Letters from Father Christmas - J.R.R. Tolkien

Letters from Father Christmas - J.R.R. Tolkien

Editora: HarperCollins
Ano da Edição: 2015
Páginas: 192
Sinopse
Every December J.R.R. Tolkien's children would receive letters from Father Christmas. From the first note to his eldest son in 1920 to the final poignant correspondence to his daughter in 1943, this book collects all the remarkable letters and pictures in one enchanting edition.
This revised edition of Tolkien’s famous illustrated letters from Father Christmas to his children includes a number of pictures and letters that have not been seen in print before.


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Mr. Bliss - J.R.R. Tolkien

Mr. Bliss - J.R.R. Tolkien

Editora: HarperCollins UK
Ano da Edição: 2011
Páginas: 192
Sinopse
Professor J.R.R. Tolkien invented and illustrated the book of Mr Bliss’s adventures for his own children when they were very young. The book was handwritten with lots of detailed and uproarious colour pictures.
This is a complete and highly imaginative tale of eccentricity. Mr Bliss, a man notable for his immensely tall hats and for the girabbit in his garden, takes the whimsical decision to buy a motor car. But his first drive to visit friends quickly becomes a catalogue of disasters. Some of these could be blamed on Mr Bliss’s style of driving, but even he could not anticipate being hijacked by three bears. As for what happened next – the readers, whether young or old, will want to discover for themselves.
Redesigned using new archival scans of Tolkien’s original drawings, MR BLISS is presented for the first time in a conventional trade format, sure to delight Tolkien fans of all ages.


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Harry Potter: Film Wizardry - Brian Sibley

Harry Potter: Film Wizardry - Brian Sibley

Editora: Harper Design
Ano da Edição: 2012
Páginas: 164
Sinopse
Immerse yourself in the world of the spectacular Harry Potter film series, and learn why Yule Ball ice sculptures never melt, where Galleons, Sickles, and Knuts are really "minted," how to get a Hippogriff to work with actors, the inspiration behind Hogwarts castle, and why Dementors move the way they do. Written and designed in collation with the cast and crew that brought J. K. Rowling's celebrated novels to the silver screen, Harry Potter: Film Wizardry delivers an enchanting interactive experience, transporting readers to the wizarding world by sharing film-making secrets, unpublished photography and artwork, and exclusive stories from the stars. Full of removable facsimile reproductions of props and paper ephemera from the movies, this collectible volume offers a privileged look at the Harry Potter films and the talented group of Muggles that has made true movie magic.


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The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman

The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman

Editora: HarperCollins
Ano da Edição: 2015
Páginas: 296

Sinopse
Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place - he's the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians' time as well as their ghostly teachings - such as the ability to Fade so mere mortals cannot see him. Can a boy raised by ghosts face the wonders and terrors of the worlds of both the living and the dead? And then there are being such as ghouls that aren't really one thing or the other.


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Coraline - Neil Gaiman

Coraline - Neil Gaiman

Editora: HarperCollins
Ano da Edição: 2015
Páginas: 192
Título Original: Coraline

Sinopse
Primeiro livro de Neil Gaiman escrito especialmente para o público juvenil, Coraline é um conto de fadas às avessas que reconhece a subestimada e, por vezes esquecida, maturidade da maioria dos jovens leitores. Nele, Gaiman encara pela primeira vez o desafio de escrever fantasias assustadoras para as crianças e vai além dos tradicionais gigantes padronizados, príncipes encantados, frágeis princesas ou dragões, que habitam esse universo, criando uma personagem com a qual as crianças podem facilmente se identificar. 

Em uma tarde chuvosa, a menina consegue abrir uma porta que sempre estivera trancada na sala de visitas de casa e descobre um caminho para um misterioso apartamento ‘vazio’ no quarto andar do prédio. Para sua surpresa, o apartamento não tem nada de desabitado, e ela fica cara a cara com duas criaturas que afirmam ser seus “outros” pais. Na verdade, aquele parece ser um “outro” mundo mágico atrás da porta. Lá, há brinquedos incríveis e vizinhos que nunca falam seu nome errado. Porém a menina logo percebe que aquele mundo é tão mortal quanto encantador e que terá de usar toda a sua inteligência para derrotar seus adversários.


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