Books with title The Giraffe Hunters

“No one who has written books for the young during the present century ever had so large a circle of readers as Captain Mayne Reid, or ever was so well fitted by circumstances to write the books by which he is chiefly known…. There is not much that needs be told—not much, indeed, that can be told—in the life of a man of letters like Captain Mayne Reid. It is written in his books. Mayne Eeid was one of the best known authors of his time—differing in this from many authors who are popular without being known—and in the walk of fiction which he discovered for himself he is an acknowledged master. His reputation did not depend upon the admiration of the millions of young people who read his books, but upon the judgment of mature critics, to whom his delineations of adventurous life were literature of no common order. His reputation as a story-teller was widely recognized on the Continent, where he was accepted as an authority in regard to the customs of the pioneers and the guerilla warfare of the Indian tribes, and was warmly praised for his freshness, his novelty, and his hardy originality. The people of France and Germany delighted in this soldier-writer. "There was not a word in his books which a school-boy could not safely read aloud to his mother and sisters." So says a late English critic, to which another adds, that if he has somewhat gone out of fashion of late years, the more's the pity for the school-boy of the period. What Defoe is in Robinson Crusoe—realistic idyl of island solitude—that, in his romantic stories of wilderness life, is his great scholar, Captain Mayne Reid.” -R.H. Stoddard

Magic is unclean. Witches are unclean. Wizards are unclean. Beasts are unclean.All must be exterminated to cleanse the world of impurity….That was what we were taught, and for a long time, that was what we believed. Even with the magic coursing through our veins. But now we had questions. Now we were second guessing ourselves. What was right, what was wrong, and what was true?

Thomas Mayne Reid (1818-1883), was an Irish- American novelist. "Captain" Reid wrote many adventure novels akin to those written by Frederick Marryat and Robert Louis Stevenson. These novels contain action that takes place primarily in untamed settings: the American West, Mexico, South Africa, the Himalayas, and Jamaica. Reid had his first poem published in Godey's Lady's Book under the pseudonym "A Poor Scholar". Books such as The Young Voyagers (1853) had great popularity, especially with boys. He was also very popular around the world; his tales of the American West captivated children everywhere, including Europe and Russia. Among his books, many of which were popular in translation in Poland and Russia, were The Rifle Rangers (1850), Scalp Hunters (1851), Boy Hunters (1853), War Trail (1851), Boy Tar (1859), and Headless Horseman (1865/6).

The HuntersThe third book presented by the two sisters. This story is packed full of adventures with ghosties and heroes of our country. Rusty the ghost flies the kids to many places and asks the kids to undo fred, as they are good detectives. Together Rusty and the kids come up against Mr. Bad and his ghosties. At the end of the book you will find art tips to make your art really come alive. Enjoy!Jim Hummel and "The Two Sisters"

The last place Angela wants to be on her 14th birthday is on holiday with her Dad and his new family in the New Forest. When a pony-trekking expedition organised by her step-mother ends in a humiliating fall from her horse, Angela decides enough is enough and strides off alone into the forest. Soon she is lost; but this is the only the beginning of Angela's adventures in a world that first terrifies, then intrigues and fascinates her, and takes her on a journey that will change her life.

The Hunters The third book presented by the two sisters. This story is packed full of adventures with ghosties and heroes of our country. Rusty the ghost flies the kids to many places and asks the kids to undo fred, as they are good detectives. Together Rusty and the kids come up against Mr. Bad and his ghosties. At the end of the book you will find art tips to make your art really come alive. Enjoy! Jim Hummel and "The Two Sisters"