Best Selling Books by Elizabeth Fuller

An analysis of the Thaipusam festival of the Hindu Tamils of Malaysia and the vows they make to the god Murugan. It explores the meaning of vow fulfilment as reflected in social, economic and political divisions in the Tamil community, and the practice of ritual as a form of symbolic action.

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Spanning five thousand years of human experience, from the Fertile Crescent to the inventor''s lab, Mythic Plays includes four dramas evolved from collaboration with American theatres by playwrights Conrad Bishop and Elizabeth Fuller and their performance ensemble The Independent Eye. From Greek myth (Medea/Sacrament), Norse saga (Ragnarok: Doom of the Gods), Sumerian archetype (Descent of the Goddess Inanna) and Mary Shelley''s "Modern Prometheus," Frankenstein, these plays offer models for a synthesis of poetry, physical theatre, and the immediate reality of myth.

In the course of their fifty years of marriage, Bishop & Fuller have collaborated as performers, playwrights, producers and puppeteers in bringing hundreds of stories to thousands of audiences. Now they tackle their own story - a chronicle of parenting, uprootings, successes and failures, polyamory, spiritual quests, strict accounting practices, dancing naked around bonfires, and perpetual improvisation.

When all the children take their teddy bears to school for a best-loved bear contest, Tim is embarrassed because his teddy is so worn out. Suggested level: junior.

A story for children. Cameron lives in the mountains and his grandfather is too busy to take him to see the sea. In spring the local creek laughs to him as it flows to the sea, joining other creeks to become a stream, and then a river. Cameron follows all the way to the sea, and returns home with a better understanding of the creek. Each page has full colour illustrations.

Conservation Bulletin No. 27 from the US Department of the Interior''s Fish and Wildlife Service. Recipes and instructions for cooking fish and other seafood.

Tom the Turkey shares daily reflections for the month of Thanksgiving reminding kids and adults of what to be thankful for in life. Tom shares photos of his travels both near and far in this heartwarming, charming book.

"Mrs. Wishy-Washy says Sudsy Soap will wash anything!"--p. [4] of cover.

The readers from this reading scheme feature a gradual developmental sequence.