Considered a writer of great range, depth, and imagination, Philip Pullman is recognized as one of the most talented creators of children's literature to have entered the field in the last several dec...
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Lyra is the main character of "The Golden Compass." She is a young girl around the age of 11 and she has lived most of her life in Oxford, at Jordan College. She has dark blond hair, and is somewhat...
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For this course I had to read six novels. The first of which was "The Golden Compass" by Phillip Pullman. Through his detailed settings and engaging characters Mr. Pullman has truly woven a tale of...
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I am writing a Characterization on the Character, Lyra Silvertounge from the novel The Golden Compass, written by Philip Pullman. Lyra is intelligent, Courageous, and Caring.
Lyra proves to be intel...
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Teaching The Golden Compass
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The Golden Compass Lesson Plans contain 140 pages of teaching material, including:
This is the prime season for one of nature's great displays, but you might have to travel a ways to see it. The aurora borealis, aka the Northern Lights, is best seen at northern latitudes, and tha...
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Scientists think they have discovered the energy source of auroras borealis, the spectacular color displays seen in the upper latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.New data from NASA's Themis missio...
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Reykjavik (dpa) Hilmar Viktorsson is a tourist guide in the
Icelandic capital and like many of his colleagues, his workload is
growing thanks to increasing tourist nu...
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For Japanese newlyweds Jun and Chisako Shibata, the perfect honeymoon meant standing on a steep Alaska mountain in the freezing darkness, gazing up at the dancing lights in the sky."Amazing," Chisa...
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For Japanese newlyweds Jun and Chisako Shibata, the perfect honeymoon meant standing on a steep Alaska mountain in the freezing darkness, gazing up at the dancing lights in the sky."Amazing," Chisa...
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LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - He's jumping off tall buildings
again, but this time it is just rehearsals ahead of the next
James Bond blockbuster due in theatres in 2008. British actor Daniel Craig, ...
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Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name, by Vendela Vida. Ecco, 226 pages, $23.95.
The impulse to lump these two novels together is understandable, since Heidi Julavits and Vendela Vida are co-fo...
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NASA released the first three-dimensional images of the sun Monday, saying the photos taken from twin spacecraft may lead to better predictions of solar eruptions that can affect communications and...
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Strong upper level winds forced NASA to abort plans to launch five satellites on a single rocket Friday from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, officials said.NASA will attempt to launch the fiv...
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Philip Pullman
A Comparison of the Characters Lyra and Gaea
Travel to see the Northern Lights
