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View Rights PortalThere is a lot of fun in the "The Chinese Stories Reading Club." Pete, the Bread Wolf, wants to learn a lot from Chinese in the Chinese Story Reading Club. What surprised Pete is that the vast knowledge of Chinese can never be exhausted, such as the usage of punctuation marks, Chinese characters, the rules of writing, and the use of rhetoric... These knowledge simply make Pete feel overwhelmed. After feeling upset, Pete decicdes to work hard to catch up!
It consists of short fairy tales such as "The Forest Train Station," "The Bread Wolf's Neighborhood," and "Mr. Muddle and the Muddle Thing," each of which stands on its own and coheres as a whole. Pete the Bread Wolf owns a tiny bakery in the forest. His house is especially large, as spacious as a soccer field. The railroad runs through the bakery and Pete opens the door for the train every day. Later, the bakery became the forest train station and Pete was the station master. Every day, passengers get on and off the train, and lots of funny things happen that will make you laugh.
This book consists of a number of short fairy tales, each story is independent, but also coherent as a whole. Story Lane Primary School first-grade students for physical examination, the bread wolf Pete also came to check the body, but he is sometimes too high, sometimes too fat, blood pressure and heart problems, which can be the big ears of the doctor worried about bad. It turns out that Pete is a big bread, can not be measured by the standards of elementary school students, only the old grandpa can do the physical examination for him. After the examination, the old grandpa judged that Pete was not only a healthy big bread, but also a capable assistant.
This new edition of Journeyman, Ewan MacColl's vivid and entertaining autobiography, has been re-edited from the original manuscript, and includes a new introduction by Peggy Seeger, for whom he wrote the unforgettable 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face'. MacColl, a singer, songwriter, actor, playwright and broadcaster, begins this fascinating account with his working class Salford childhood, traces the founding and life of Theatre Workshop, one of Britain's most innovative theatre companies, then moves on to his work with folksingers, the Radio Ballads and his ascent into old age. Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger were among the main leaders of the UK folksong revival. Journeyman documents their struggle to secure the integrity of that revival as the popular media appropriated and re-created traditional music for commercial gain. An entertaining and thought-provoking slice of British history, it will appeal to those interested in the histories of folk music, theatre, radio, left-wing politics and the Manchester area. ;
This new edition of Journeyman, Ewan MacColl's vivid and entertaining autobiography, has been re-edited from the original manuscript, and includes a new introduction by Peggy Seeger, for whom he wrote the unforgettable 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face'. MacColl, a singer, songwriter, actor, playwright and broadcaster, begins this fascinating account with his working class Salford childhood, traces the founding and life of Theatre Workshop, one of Britain's most innovative theatre companies, then moves on to his work with folksingers, the Radio Ballads and his ascent into old age. Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger were among the main leaders of the UK folksong revival. Journeyman documents their struggle to secure the integrity of that revival as the popular media appropriated and re-created traditional music for commercial gain. An entertaining and thought-provoking slice of British history, it will appeal to those interested in the histories of folk music, theatre, radio, left-wing politics and the Manchester area. ;
"The Snowwolf" is an interesting game. On a winter day, Pete and Sansan were making snowman. Bread Wolf also came to join in the fun. He used expired bread to pack a "Snowwolf" as big as his own size. Some little birds accidentally ate the expired bread and got sick. After that, the bread wolf made a change by using fresh bread to pack some "Snowwolf." Little birds can then eat bread with peace of mind.
In "The Big Belly of A Bread Wolf", many interesting stories happened. In a small bakery in Story Alley, Pete accidentally “eats” a mouse; Granny Goat’s cat got into Pete’s stomach to catch the mouse; Granny Goat walked in the same way into Pete's belly in order to save the kitten. The building of Granny Goat's house was also "eaten" into the belly... Eventually Pete's belly was broken by swallowing two many things. The grandpa had to help him fix his belly.