Chel & Riley Adventures

Chel & Riley Adventures
Author: Matthew Graphman
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 81
Release: 2011-09-20
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1456795732

Chel & Riley are always on the lookout for new adventures. After a game of hide and seek at Chels house turns into a disaster, Riley returns home to discover that his favorite, furry pal is missing. Not only is Laser missing, but Chel & Riley discover that hes been dog-napped. A ransom note threatens to turn Laser loose out in the wild whatever that means unless the pair retrieves a long sought for treasure buried at a nearby archeological dig. Chel & Riley must brave a deserted museum, a towering dirt mound and a pit filled with dark and scary tunnels, all to try and find clues that will lead them to the hidden treasure and to Lasers safe return. But, God is teaching Chel & Riley more than just about history in this adventure. God is going to showing them how to trust him even in the mummys tomb.

Chel & Riley Adventures

Chel & Riley Adventures
Author: Wm. Matthew Graphman
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2011-04-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1456755919

Chel & Riley really hated being bored, so Riley sets out to plan an adventure that the children will never forget. After digging through several exciting but expensive adventures, the two settle on an amazing and free expedition up a nearby mountain. Little do Chel & Riley know that danger lurks around every turn of the mountain path. On the one hand, the children marvel at the beautiful scenery that God has made; and on the other, wild animals lay quietly in the darkness of a cave waiting for some unsuspecting prey to walk in. The peaceful and pleasant pathways give way to crumbling ledges that lead down rocky cliffs. And most importantly, a lone dark figure lingers in the shadows following the childrens every movement. They dont see him, but somehow they know hes there. Is he their friend or a dangerous enemy? What lessons will God teach Chel & Riley on the Great Mountain Adventure?

Chel and Riley Adventures

Chel and Riley Adventures
Author: Wm. Matthew Graphman
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2014-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1490835539

Chel and Riley receive a strange phone call from a friend they haven't heard from in a long, long time. Sagon has called from his uncle's home a few blocks away. To their surprise, Chel and Riley realize that Sagon's uncle owns the spooky Cunningham place that most of the kids in the area believe to be haunted. When Sagon calls, he sounds scared and is looking for the two friends to come over and help him spend the week at the uncle's place until his mom can get back from a business trip. Chel and Riley are not sure about helping out their old friend, but Riley's mom reminds him that they need to be faithful friends and be there for him. Chel and Riley get more than they bargained for when they arrive. Not only is the house spooky on the outside, but a sudden thunderstorm forces the two to go inside immediately after they arrive. Much to their surprise, Sagon is nowhere to be found, and the two are trapped inside the spooky house. Chel and Riley must now test their faith as they search the spooky mansion for their buddy and try to find a way out. Will their faithfulness to their friend hold true, and can Chel and Riley figure out a way to escape the haunted house?

Chel & Riley Adventures

Chel & Riley Adventures
Author: Matthew Graphman
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 93
Release: 2012-04-19
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1468553917

Riley has a rude awakening one summer day when his plans to go on a exotic animal hunt get spoiled because he had forgotten about the soccer camp that he had let his friend Chel talk him into. Bitter and grumpy things go from bad to worse as Riley figures out that hes the worst player in the camp. Chel tries to encourage him through the different activities and drills and just as Rileys attitude begins to brighten along comes Bruno the ball hog. Brunos attitude and ability clash with Rileys pride and the war for the soccer ball begins. Chel struggles to keep Riley from doing something really bad and even their friendship gets tested. What will God teach Chel & Riley in this adventure?

The Life of Riley

The Life of Riley
Author: Joanna Nadin
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-03-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780192733887

Rachel Riley is back! And this time she is desperately seeking the ONE. Well, actually, she may already have found him . . . now all she has to do is make him see that she is his ONE! Join Rachel in her latest laugh-out-loud escapade! Not suitable for younger readers.

Chel & Riley Adventures

Chel & Riley Adventures
Author: Wm. Matthew Graphman
Publisher: Booktango
Total Pages: 81
Release: 2011-09-20
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1468900064

Chel & Riley are always on the lookout for new adventures. After a game of “hide and seek” at Chel’s house turns into a disaster, Riley returns home to discover that his favorite, furry pal is missing. Not only is Laser missing, but Chel & Riley discover that he’s been dog-napped. A ransom note threatens to turn Laser loose out in the wild – whatever that means – unless the pair retrieves a long sought for treasure buried at a nearby archeological dig. Chel & Riley must brave a deserted museum, a towering dirt mound and a pit filled with dark and scary tunnels, all to try and find clues that will lead them to the hidden treasure and to Laser’s safe return. But, God is teaching Chel & Riley more than just about history in this adventure. God is going to showing them how to trust him even in the mummy’s tomb.

Sky Pirates: Echo Quickthorn and the Great Beyond

Sky Pirates: Echo Quickthorn and the Great Beyond
Author: Alex English
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2020-07-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1471190781

Take to the skies in this thrilling new series from author Alex English. (BEWARE: THERE WILL BE PIRATES!) 11 year-old Echo Quickthorn has grown up believing that nothing exists outside the Kingdom of Lockfort, but everything changes when an eccentric professor parks his airship outside her window armed with a map that shows all the magical places that exist beyond the city walls. Together with her pet lizard, Gilbert, Echo sets off on an incredible adventure to find her missing mother; an adventure that will take her to unimaginable places filled with giant butterflies, mechanical dragons and . . . sky pirates! Praise for Sky Pirates: Echo Quickthorn and the Great Beyond: "Strap yourselves in for an exhilarating ride!" - Daily Mail "Fizzes with magic and wonder" – Abi Elphinstone, bestselling author of SKY SONG "A charmingly madcap adventure, with endearing friendships, sparkling wit, and a swashbuckling journey across pirate-infested skies. I loved it. Perfect for fans of Nevermoor and Cogheart." – Hana Tooke, author of THE UNADOPTABLES “A spirited protagonist, a charming side-kick and a believable villain come together in this tightly plotted, visual, treat for the senses. I want to soar over the rainbow rooftops of Port Tourbillon and the toadstooled forests of Tyrian in my very own airship.” – Nizrana Farook, author of THE GIRL WHO STOLE AN ELEPHANT “Sky Pirates is a fast-moving adventure story full of intrepid explorers, ingenious inventors, stolen treasure and mysterious undiscovered lands. If you like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (and who doesn't?) you'll love Sky Pirates too!” Kirsty Applebaum, author of THE MIDDLER "From the very first page, I felt as if I'd been grabbed by the hand by a best friend and taken on the journey of a lifetime. Pacey, thrilling and endearing too. If I was ever to encounter sky pirates, I can think of no one I'd want by my side more than clever, brave Echo." – Joanna Nadin, author of the RACHEL RILEY series “A breath-taking adventure and a wonderfully imagined story of friendship and danger in strange places.” – Claire Fayers, author of THE VOYAGE TO MAGICAL NORTH "An incredible adventure, brimming with friendship and danger" – The Bookseller

Small Persons with Wings

Small Persons with Wings
Author: Ellen Booraem
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2011-01-20
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 110147551X

An irreverent take on fairies for fans of Savvy and Ella Enchanted! Mellie has been trying, unsuccessfully, to live down the day she told her kindergarten class she had a fairy living in her bedroom. Years later, she is still teased. So when her parents inherit her grandfather's inn and their family moves to a new town, Mellie believes she'll leave all that fairy nonsense behind - only to discover that her family members have been fairy guardians for generations and the inn is overrun with small persons with wings (they hate to be called fairies). Before she knows it, the family and fairies are all facing an evil temptress in disguise who wants the fairy magic all for her own. Can Mellie set things right and save the day?

Negotiating Translation and Transcreation of Children's Literature

Negotiating Translation and Transcreation of Children's Literature
Author: Joanna Dybiec-Gajer
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2020-05-04
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9811524335

This book offers fresh critical insights to the field of children’s literature translation studies by applying the concept of transcreation, established in the creative industries of the globalized world, to bring to the fore the transformative, transgressional and creative aspects of rewriting for children and young audiences. This socially situated and culturally dependent practice involves ongoing complex negotiations between creativity and normativity, balancing text-related problems and genre conventions with readers’ expectations, constraints imposed by established, canonical translations and publishers’ demands. Focussing on the translator’s strategies and decision-making process, the book investigates phenomena where transcreation is especially at play in children’s literature, such as dual address, ambiguity, nonsense, humour, play on words and other creative language use; these also involve genre-specific requirements, for example, rhyme and rhythm in poetry. The book draws on a wide range of mostly Anglophone texts for children and their translations into languages of limited diffusion to demonstrate the numerous ways in which information, meaning and emotions are transferred to new linguistic and cultural contexts. While focussing mostly on interlingual transfer, the volume analyses a variety of translation types from established, canonical renditions by celebrity translators to non-professional translations and intralingual rewritings. It also examines iconotextual dynamics of text and image. The book employs a number of innovative methodologies, from cognitive linguistics and ethnolinguistics to semiotics and autoethnographic approaches, going beyond text analysis to include empirical research on children’s reactions to translation strategies. Highlighting the complex dynamics at work in the process of transcreating for children, this volume is essential reading for students and researchers in translation studies, children’s fiction and adaptation studies.

The Talk of Pram Town

The Talk of Pram Town
Author: Joanna Nadin
Publisher: Mantle
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2021-05-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1760981702

For fans of Eleanor Oliphant is Absolutely Fine and Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel, comes a story about mothers, daughters and second chances... It's 1981. Eleven-year-old Sadie adores her beautiful and vibrant mother, Connie, whose dreams of making it big as a singer fill their tiny house in Leeds. It's always been just the two of them. Until the unthinkable happens. Jean hasn't seen her good-for-nothing daughter Connie since she ran away from the family home in Harlow – or Pram Town as its inhabitants affectionately call it – aged seventeen and pregnant. But in the wake of the Royal Wedding, Jean gets a life-changing call: could she please come and collect the granddaughter she's never met? We all know how Charles and Diana turned out, and Jean and Sadie are hardly a match made in heaven – but is there hope of a happy ending for them? Written in Joanna Nadin’s trademark dazzling prose, The Talk of Pram Town tells the story of three generations of Earnshaws and asks whether it always has to be like mother, like daughter . . .