41. A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy: Clay By David Almond The Good I adore david almond. Straight up, let s get that out of the way. Love him. Love his books. So of course this gets onto my Best Books of 2006 list http://yzocaet.blogspot.com/2006/12/clay-by-david-almond.html

// Label Cloud User Variables var lcBlogURL = 'http://yzocaet.blogspot.com'; var cloudMin = 8; var maxFontSize = 30; var maxColor = [0,0,255]; var minFontSize = 10; var minColor = [0,0,0]; var lcShowCount = false; skip to main skip to sidebar All I want: like Buffy, I want a chair. A fireplace. A tea cozy. And to talk about stories. Pull up a chair, have a cup of tea. Sunday, December 31, 2006 Clay by David Almond Clay by David Almond . Copy from library. The Plot: Davie is an altar boy, living in a small town in England when he first sees Stephen. Before this, it is a typical boyhood; a flirtation with a girl at school, a best friend, a rivalry with the kids from the next town that is a self described "war". But after Stephen arrives, a strange boy living with Crazy Mary , things change. Stephen makes things out of clay. And says he can make them live. Are they alive? Davie is drawn to Stephen, to this power he has, and other things fall by the wayside. The pretty girl, his best friend. But the war with Martin "Mouldy" Mould only escalates. Stephen's answer? Create a man of clay to take care of Mouldy. The Good: I adore David Almond. Straight up, let's get that out of the way. Love him. Love his books. So of course this gets onto my Best Books of 2006 list.

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43. David Almond: Top 10 Children's Books | Top 10s | Guardian Unlimited Books david almond won the 2003 Whitbread Children s Book award for The Fire Eaters (Hodder), the tale of a young boy starting at grammar school in 1950s Tyneside http://books.guardian.co.uk/top10s/top10/0,,1131633,00.html

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44. Enjoy England - Storybook England - David Almond (Kit's Wilderness) david almond’s books mainly take inspiration from his home town of Fellingon-Tyne, Gateshead, where he grew up. Climb to the summit of the town and get a http://www.storybookengland.com/authors.php?form_id=3413618857

45. David Almond - Lesson Plans & Study Guides For Novels, Including Skellig Counting Stars Reader s Guide (by david almond) Random House Kit s Wilderness Questions (by david almond) Multnomah County Library http://litplans.com/authors/David_Almond.html

Web LitPlans.com LitPlans : David Almond Lesson Plans, Teacher's Guides, Novel Unit Plans, Study Guides, and more for: Almond, David How to Use This Directory A B C ... David Almond BookRags Counting Stars Reader's Guide (by David Almond) Random House Counting Stars (Book) (by David Almond) Middle (Amazon.com) David Almond Discussion Guide (by David Almond) Random House Heaven Eyes Reader's Guide (by David Almond) Random House Heaven Eyes Reader's Guide (by David Almond) Gr.4-12 Random House Heaven Eyes (Book) (by David Almond) (Amazon.com) Kit's Wilderness Reader's Guide (by David Almond) Random House Kit's Wilderness Reader's Guide (by David Almond) Gr.4-12 Random House Kit's Wilderness Questions (by David Almond) Multnomah County Library Kit's Wilderness (Book) (by David Almond) Middle (Amazon.com) Secret Heart (Book) (by David Almond) Middle (Amazon.com) Skellig Complete Study Pack (by David Almond) BookRags Skellig Literature is for Thinking (LIFT) Guide (by David Almond) Gr.5-10 Sundance Publishing Skellig Unit Plan PDF (by David Almond) EnglishResources.co.UK

46. Skellig - Literature Guide - MSN Encarta Previously published as an author for adults, david almond became an overnight sensation before Skellig even hit bookshelves in his native England, http://encarta.msn.com/sidebar_701703937/Skellig.html

var s_account="msnportalencarta"; MSN home Mail My MSN Sign in ... more Hotmail Messenger My MSN MSN Directory Air Tickets/Travel Autos City Guides Election 2008 ... More Additional Reference Materials Thesaurus Translations Multimedia Other Resources Education Resources Math Help Foreign Language Help Project Planner ... Help Subscription Article This article is exclusively available for MSN Encarta Premium Subscribers. Already a subscriber? Sign in above. Skellig I. About the Author II. Overview III. Setting IV. Themes and Characters V. Literary Qualities VI. Social Sensitivity VII. Topics for Discussion VIII. Ideas for Reports and Papers IX. Related Titles and Adaptations Literature Guide - Skellig Almond, David Published 1998 I About the Author Previously published as an author for adults, David Almond became an overnight sensation before Skellig even hit bookshelves in his native England, and later in the United States. Of course, the term overnight sensation is ironic since he had been writing for over twenty years to critical acclaim for his adult work before achieving widespread praise and popularity for his first childrens book. Born May 15, 1951, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne to James and Catherine Almond, Almond grew up in the neighboring Felling-on-Tyne. He was surrounded by relatives, including four sisters and one brother, and he spent his early childhood in a large, staunchly Catholic family. Catherine took her new son to visit an uncles printing press regularly where he found the motion of the pages produced by the machines highly entertaining. He mentions on his Web site, . . . maybe I began to fall in love with print when I was just a few months old. Almond always knew he wanted to be a writer. ...

47. Skellig By David Almond Skellig by david almond. (page refs to Heinemann edition.) A resource by Jennifer Greenald. This is a plan for your essay on Skellig. http://www.newi.ac.uk/englishresources/workunits/ks3/reading/yr9/skelligessplan.

Skellig by David Almond. (page refs to Heinemann edition.) A resource by Jennifer Greenald This is a plan for your essay on Skellig. Write out the sections in this type and add the things in this type to come up with a detailed essay, using and explaining quotes from the book. (The number of dots does not show how much you should write in each gap!) The essay topic Michael is lonely, unhappy and worried at the beginning of the novel. How does his discovery of Skellig help to change that as the book goes on? Explain what differences Skellig makes to Michael's life. Paragraph 1 At the beginning of the book, Michael is unhappy because (explain several reasons - use more than one sentence.) Michael shows these feelings when he says " " (find a quote that proves what you have said. ) Paragraph 2 When Michael discovers Skellig at first it makes him feel (look at pages 6 and 7and explain, then find a quote.) " " This shows that Michael's reaction to Skellig is because Paragraph 3 Soon Michael starts to help Skellig.

48. Edge Of Hong Kong: Lui Chun Kwong, Almond Chu, David Clarke, Woody Lee And Chow Edge of Hong Kong Lui Chun Kwong, almond Chu, david Clarke, Woody Lee and Chow Chun Fai Edge Gallery Edge Gallery is pleased to announce the first http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2007/07/26/34600.html

login password artist portfolio gallery portfolio MYabsolutearts help media kit about us services ... DISCUSS Indepth Arts News: "Edge of Hong Kong: Lui Chun Kwong, Almond Chu, David Clarke, Woody Lee and Chow Chun Fai" 2007-07-25 until 2007-08-30 Edge Gallery Hong Kong, , HK Hong Kong EDGE OF HONG KONG will feature paintings, photographs and video by the five Hong Kong artists collectively sketching out a faint blueprint of the frontier edge of the Hong Kong art screen in response to the complicity now we Hong Kong experienced. Artists present. Artist Statement “I think about the earth, big plains, rivers and seas. I am fascinated by big space my aim is to make harmony and make it simple My paintings reflect a change in my lifestyle: simple but rich.” – Lui Chun Kwong “Reality is in fact a scenery of fabrication.” – Almond Chu “I tend to photograph that which is familiar or close at hand, localities and situations where I am an inhabitant or participant rather than those to which I feel an outsider. I refuse the rhetoric of truthfulness and objectivity that photography of a documentary nature often claims, and deliberately produce images that declare a certain allegiance or reveal a specific personal viewpoint.” – David Clarke “My works are not in pursuance of fashion but in quest for the truth. I am not depicting the vividness of fashion but describing the depth of fashion” – Woody Lee

49. Carnivals, The Carnivalesque, "The Magic Puddin'," And David Almond's "Wild Girl Applies some of these ideas to david almond s Wild Girl, Wild Boy. (PM). Abstractor, N/A. Reference Count, N/A. Note, N/A http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/recordDetail?accno=EJ672777

50. Dovegreyreader Scribbles: My Dad's A Birdman My last david almond read was Skellig which came upon me by chance, hit me like a thunderbolt I read Clay by david almond and enjoyed it immensely. http://dovegreyreader.typepad.com/dovegreyreader_scribbles/2007/10/my-dads-a-bir

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51. TES - Teaching Jobs, Resources & Ideas From The Times Educational Supplement You searched for All Subjects, All Keystages, david almond and we found 6 items Author david almond Publisher Hodder Children s Books http://www.tes.co.uk/reviewbank/search.aspx?subject=All Subjects&type=All Types&

52. David Almond Bibliography Of First Editions At Bookseller World david almond Bibliography and checklist of first edition books for readers and collectors. http://www.booksellerworld.com/david-almond.htm

David Almond Bibliography UK First Edition Books A Collectors Reference Guide Find an Author A B C D ... XYZ More Information David Almond has won the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book of the year. His work has become very collectable and the early titles are both rare books and valuable as first editions. Collectors would seek out all of the books listed in this bibliography, even the later ones, although many would insist on signed copies of those. The first two books are short story collections and difficult to locate due to a very small print run from an obscure publisher. His third book and the first for children, Skellig, is the one which won him critical acclaim and the awards. Should be an interesting author to watch in terms of how the value of his books holds up, at the time of writing they are pretty strong. If you are looking to buy or sell rare books then our antiquarian booksellers section may be of some assistance. You may also Like Lemony Snicket Harry Potter Philip Pullman Philip Reeve Title Date Notes Sleepless Nights Iron Press A Kind of Heaven Iron Press paperback original Skellig Hodder Kit's Wilderness Stoughton Blue cloth, silver titles. 10-1

53. Almond, David. Clay. - Free Online Library Free Online Library almond, david. Clay.(Young adult review, Brief article, Book review) by Kliatt ; Business Publishing industry Library and information http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Almond, David. Clay-a0148564107

CacheBuster('') Printer Friendly over 3,000,000 articles and books Periodicals Literature Keyword Title Author Topic Member login User name Password Remember me Join us Forgot password? Submit articles free The Free Library ... Kliatt artId=148564107;usrSelf=false; Almond, David. Clay. ALMOND, David. Clay. Random House, Delacorte. 224p. c2006. 0-385-73171-X. $15.95. (Lib. bdg: 0-385-90208-5. $17.99.) JS * Altar boys Davie and Geordie are well behaved only when adults are looking; their biggest problem is Mouldy, a threatening bully, or so they think. Then Stephen Rose comes to their small village in northern England, and Davie's world abruptly changes. Stephen is Stephen I, a strange and disturbed boy who creates beautiful sculptures out of clay. He convinces Davie that he can bring them to life, and that Davie can, too. The two work in an abandoned garden to form a golem golem [Heb.,=an undeveloped lump], in medieval Jewish legend, an automatonlike servant made of clay and given life by means of a charm, or shem [Heb.,=name, or the name of God]. Golems were attributed in Jewish legend to several rabbis in different European countries.

54. David Almond: Frankenstein Goes To Tyneside - Features, Books - Independent.co.u david almond drew on monster myths for his new children s novel. But his northern roots were crucial too, he tells Benedicte Page http://arts.independent.co.uk/books/features/article325406.ece

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55. Jubilee Books - Profile Of David Almond Jubilee Books profile of the children s author david almond. http://www.jubileebooks.co.uk/jubilee/magazine/authors/david_almond/almond.asp

Title Author Name Keyword ISBN Series Authors A to Z Best Sellers New Releases Reviews ... Web Watch AUTHOR PROFILE David Almond David Almond's debut children's novel 'Skellig' was published 1998. In the same year it won the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year and the Carnegie Medal. It was also shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Award. His book 'Heaven Eyes', published by Hodder, was shortlisted for the 2000 Whitbread Book Award. His other books include 'Kit's Wilderness', 'Counting Stars and Other Stories', 'Secret Heart', a play 'Wild Boy, Wild Girl' and most recently 'The Fire-eaters'. David was born and grew up locally in a large Catholic family in a small steep town overlooking the River Tyne called Felling-on-Tyne. Of this town David says, "it was a place of ancient coal mines, dark terraced streets, strange shops, new estates and wild heather hills. Our lives were filled with mysterious and unexpected events, and the place and the people have given me many of my stories." For most of his writing career David was a teacher, firstly in a primary school, then as an adult literacy tutor, then as a teacher for children with learning difficulties. He went part time as a teacher in 1990 to spend more time on his writing.

56. Heaven Eyes By David Almond On Mrs Mad's Book-a-Rama Heaven Eyes by david almond Mrs Mad s Booka-Rama - the place for young readers, parents and teachers to find great children s books, http://www.mrsmad.com/book000514.asp

home search top 50 review ... say hi Heaven Eyes by David Almond more about David Almond first published 2000 Fantasy and Magic for ages 9 to 14 published by Hodder Children's Books Available from: Amazon.co.uk Mrs Mad's humble opinion What's it about? Erin and her friends live in a home for children, running away is part of their lives, but this time their journey will be very different and lead them to Heaven Eyes. What happens? Whitegates is a children's home full of sadness, even Maureen who runs it seems lost and alone in the world. Erin fights the system unwilling to pretend she needs help. Her running away friend is January Carr, they often run away but this time January has built a raft and with little Mouse Gullane they sail off down the river. Stranded in the dark they are rescued on the Black Middens by Heaven Eyes and her Grampa. A strange little girl with webbed hands and a complete innocence of the world, looked after a mad old man. What is the strange story behind this odd couple and what will the three runaways do stranded out on the derelict island across the river. Is it easy to read?

57. This Guy Falls Down: David Almond On Writing I just finished reading the lovely and haunting Heaven Eyes by david almond. He has an interesting writing style which blurs the line between real and http://marklee.typepad.com/this_guy_falls_down/2007/08/david-almond-on.html

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58. Kit's Wilderness By David Almond - Book david almond gives a haunting visionary look of death and the past that follows it. He has such a prolific description of the town and settings involved http://www.sffworld.com/book/2778.html

Home Literature Stories Movies ... Updated: Heath Ledger Dead at 28 Official sffworld Reviews War Machine by Andy Remic (01-24 - Book) Blood Rites by Jim Butcher (01-21 - Book) Matter by Iain M. Banks (01-21 - Book) Killswitch by Joel Shepherd (01-13 - Book) Author David Almond Homepage Books Other Heaven Eyes Secret Heart Skellig Kit's Wilderness ... General comments Site Index Home News Literature Authors A-Z ... Newsletters Book Info Kit's Wilderness by David Almond (28 ratings) A B C D ... Z Rating (28 ratings) Rate this book (5 best - 1 worst) Book Information Author David Almond Title Kit's Wilderness Series Volume Year Unknown Genre Fantasy Book Reviews (submitted by readers) Submitted by Braeden House (May 15, 2007) Kit's Wilderness is set in a former coal-mining town called Stoneygate, where a 13 year-old boy named Christopher Watson, Kit, is now residing. He soons realizes that he is connected to the village's past more than just his own name carved in a list of people who died in the coal mine. He meets a boy his age named John Askew, an artist who insist that he and Kit are meet to be together, as John draws Kit's stories perfectly. Askew introduces a game called Death to Kit, a game in which the kids of the town pretend they are part of the coal mine and die like one of the lost children that died years ago in the mine. But it's just a game, right? David Almond gives a haunting visionary look of death and the past that follows it. He has such a prolific description of the town and settings involved that he makes you feel as if you been sucked in by the book. The in-depth characterization make Kit Waston, John Askew, and many other characters come to life. You can practically close your eyes and with Almond's description be able to see the mine, and the snowfall. You can feel the cool breeze and the snow crunch underneath your feet, or the smell the black soot of the coal mine and hear the ghost children laughing as they run through the mine.

59. Welcome To TeachingBooks david almond is an awardwinning author of novels for young people filled with vivid imagery and colorful characters, including Skellig, Kit s Wilderness, http://www.teachingbooks.net/spec_athr.cgi?name=Almond, David&a=1

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