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  2. Little Orphant Annie - Wikipedia

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    The poem consists of four stanzas, each with twelve lines. Riley dedicated his poem "to all the little ones," which served as an introduction to draw the attention of his audience when read aloud. The alliteration, parallels, phonetic intensifiers and onomatopoeia add effects to the rhymes that become more detectable when read aloud.

  3. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie - Wikipedia

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    The mouse asks for a glass of milk. He then requests a straw (to drink the milk), a napkin and then a mirror (to avoid a milk mustache), nail scissors (to trim his hair in the mirror), and a broom (to sweep up his hair trimmings). Next, he wants to take a nap, have a story read to him, draw a picture, and hang the drawing on the refrigerator.

  4. Hammond's Hard Lines - Wikipedia

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    Hammond's Hard Lines is a children's novel written by Scottish educationist John Adams (under the pen name of Skelton Kuppord), with illustrations by Harold Copping.In the tale—one of only two school stories by Kuppord—a British schoolboy gets wishes from a mysterious figure that do not go well in his or the institution's favour.

  5. No, David! - Wikipedia

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    No, David! is a 1998 children's picture book written and illustrated by David Shannon and published by Scholastic Inc.Shannon wrote a story by himself at five years old, and later in his life, he found this story and decided to publish it after re-writing this original work.

  6. Cool S - Wikipedia

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    The Cool S consists of 14 line segments, forming a stylized, pointed S-shape.It has also been compared to the infinity symbol. [4] The S appears to have depth, where the overlap in the center of the S and the appearance of a potential altitude change at the top and bottom of the S make it look like the S connects back to itself in the same way as the infinity symbol does. [5]

  7. Ligne claire - Wikipedia

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    Ligne claire (French: [liɲ(ə) klɛːʁ]; Dutch: klare lijn [ˈklaːrə ˈlɛin]; both meaning "clear line") is a style of drawing created and pioneered by Hergé, the Belgian cartoonist and creator of The Adventures of Tintin. It uses clear strong lines sometimes of varied width and no hatching, while contrast is downplayed as well. Cast ...

  8. Big Bad Wolf - Wikipedia

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    At the end of each short, the Wolf is dealt with by the resourceful thinking and hard work of Practical Pig. In the original short, he falls into a boiling pot prepared by the pigs. In The Big Bad Wolf, Practical pours popcorn and hot coals down his pants. In the final two shorts, Practical invents an anti-Wolf contraption to deal with the Wolf ...

  9. The Man Who Walked Between the Towers - Wikipedia

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    The cable was so heavy that it took them 3 hours to secure the line from across the two towers. By the dawn of August 7, 1974, they tightened the ropes between the twin towers. Philippe then put on his black shirt and tights (which were specially prepared for the occasion), picked up his 28-foot balancing pole, and started walking on the wire.