Books with author Anthony James

Inspired by Dr. Suess, The Gesture Grin is a tale for children of all ages. Join Yawl Tall as he seeks a way, To end the darkness that comes each day. Just when it seems no answer is near, Tall uses his thinker and Grin Appears. Grin is a Gesture, a creature of thought, Rewarding with an answer when all seems naught. Be it Snap, Nod, Grin, or Wink, A Gesture appears every time you think. Will Yawl Tall find the answer he desperately seeks? Turn the page and take a peek.

Did you know bricks can talk? Well, they can! They have a language all of their own, it's called Arabrick. There are even experts that study bricks! Follow the advenure of Eric, a lowly brick, doomed to a boring life, when one dark night something happens to change his life forever! A charming and imaginative short story about ambition, courage, and teamwork. Suitable for all ages 6 and up (even adults!)

The time has been, but happily exists no longer, when it would have been necessary to offer an apology for such a book as this. In those days it was not held that Beauty is its own excuse for being; on the contrary, a spurious utilitarianism reigned supreme in literature, and fancy and imagination were told to fold their wings, and travel only in the dusty paths of every-day life. Fairy tales, and all such flights into the region of the supernatural, were then condemned as merely idle things, or as pernicious occupations for faculties that should be always directed to serious and profitable concerns. But now we have cast off that pedantic folly, let us hope for ever. We now acknowledge that innocent amusement is good for its own sake, and we do not affect to prove our advance in civilisation by our incapacity to relish those sportive creations of unrestricted fancy that have been the delight of every generation in every land from times beyond the reach of history. The materials of the following Collection have been carefully chosen from more than a hundred volumes of the fairy lore of all nations;

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