Books with author Patricia Demuth

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Readers will learn all about the comic genius who created ""The Little Tramp""! Charlie Chaplin sang on a London stage for the first time at the age of five. Performing proved to be his salvation, providing a way out of a life of hardship and poverty. Success came early and made Chaplin one of the best loved people in the United States until the McCarthy witch hunts drove Chaplin from his adopted country. This is a moving portrait of a multi-talented man--actor, director, writer, even music composer--and the complicated times he lived in.

Summary: A Rare Purple Bear, a read aloud fiction book for four to eight-year olds, is the tale of Clancy, a curious, cream-colored black bear cub. Because of accidental misfortune, the cub is swept to his death and over a waterfall on his first adventure out of the family's winter den. Clancy lands in the colorful Land of Enchantment, a parallel world of celebratory holidays and magic, just in time for Easter. Throughout the story, familiar holiday personalities befriend him and thoughtfully encourage his curiosity and offer support as he weaves through his personal grieving process. The young bear joins in the camaraderie, festivities, and the hope-filled magic of seasonal celebrations from Easter until Christmas Eve guided by the Easter Bunny (EB) and Ellie, a young deer. A Rare Purple Bear resolves in a joyful ending that will endear everyone. A Rare Purple Bear is an appropriate story for young children who may have been exposed to the death of loved ones, witness to scenes in the media that create anxiety, or who are personally suffering. It offers a sense of familiarity, gentle relief, and insight for everyone while treating death as part of the living process.

Who hasn't heard of Raven, a corvid with legendary status? Tales abound of Raven's trickster spirit helping shape the destiny of mankind. However, in Raven's Journey Home, having been seduced by his own ego and the materialist greed of humanity, he has fallen from grace and blames himself for the partial demise of First Earth and the ensuing Time of Great Sorrow. To regain the trust of the spirit forces who are reclaiming the land, Raven must confront his own shadow and release its grip on his psyche before he can, once again, act as archetype and creator for the Mystery.Like stepping onto the Holodeck of the Federation Starfleet vessel USS Enterprise, in Raven's Journey Home, the reader begins a voyage of environmental fantasy to sensually experience and practice the transformation of life's boundaries. A thought-provoking novella for young adults, written to enliven the reader's curiosity about the magic of living systems found in the natural realms of a northern rainforest, it's an expressive journey rich in imagery, filled with transformational magic, and flowing with the rhythms of nature. Patricia DeMarco has created Raven's Journey Home complete with engaging possibilities that challenge the reader to become personally involved in the co-creative re-evolution of a more compassionate humankind."FOR a very long time, thick mists and unrelenting rains veiled both the forest and seashore. Even the distinctive hissing sound of Raven’s rhythmical wing beat and his guttural croaks were subdued by the sounds of drenching rains assaulting the environment." And so the scene is set for Raven and the reader to explore the mysteries, navigating between the Forever Worlds of past, present and future with a hummingbird, a river otter, the Peoples of Gaia, Grandfather Whale, and the Elders of the Thirteen Moons as guides.

The second edition of From Instruction to Delight is a thorough update of Patricia Demers' essential anthology of key works of children's literature from 1000 to 1850. It includes approximately 70 examples of children's literature, ranging from complete and excerpted short stories, verse, and lessons for children, along with critical introductions, headnotes, and original black and white woodcuts.