U GOTTA READ THIS SOMETIMES A BOOK REALLY IS A TREASURE.Byline: Rob Lowman Entertainment Editor Here's a way to have fun with your kids ... or to get a headache when you find out how much smarter they are than you. ``Secrets of the Alchemist Dar'' (Treasure Trove TREASURE TROVE. Found treasure. 2. This name is given to such money or coin, gold, silver, plate, or bullion, which having been hidden or concealed in the earth or other private place, so long that its owner is unknown, has been discovered by accident. ; $21.99) -- the sequel to the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times best-selling ``A Treasure's Trove'' by Michael Stadther -- is a fantasy about good and bad fairies and the evil Alchemist Dar. Dar wants his Dark Fairies to live forever, and to do this he steals the Good Fairies' Rings of Fairy Life. Now you can read the story together with your children and simply enjoy the fantasy, or you can try to solve the clues -- which are concealed in the pages of the book-- to recover the ring and then win one of the 100 real diamond rings valued together at more than $2 million. Stadther's ``Trove'' used a similar gambit (language) Gambit - A variant of Scheme R3.99 supporting the future construct of Multilisp by Marc Feeley <feeley@iro.umontreal.ca>. Implementation includes optimising compilers for Macintosh (with Toolbox and built-in editor) and Motorola 680x0 Unix systems and HP300, BBN and was a success, but the prizes for ``Dar'' are twice as large, with one ring -- a red diamond -- that supposedly worth $1 million. I wouldn't recommend the story for anyone younger than 8, though. The book even looks a bit daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin at first, but the prose is straightforward and bright, as are the illustrations. ``Escape From the Carnivale: A Never Land Book'' (Disney's Hyperion; $9.99) sounds like it should be the story of my life, but it's really the latest collaboration between Pulitzer Prize-winning Dave Barry For the English musician, see . David Barry, Jr. (born July 3, 1947) is a bestselling American author and Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist who wrote a nationally syndicated column for the The Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005. and thriller-writer Ridley Pearson. The pair have already written two Never Land adventures, including the best seller ``Peter and the Shadow Thieves The Shadow Thieves are a thieves guild based in the fictional city of Athkatla, a large port city within the Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms campaign setting. They were the original Thieves guild of Waterdeep, until they were driven out and to Amn by the Lords of that city. .'' ``Carnivale'' involves the young mermaid Surf who ventures too far out to sea and is captured by pirates who plan on making her a star attraction star attraction n → atracción f principal star attraction n → grande attraction star attraction star n → in a maritime circus. The 134-page book -- with a number of evocative black- and-white illustrations by Greg Call -- is a breezy read, as you'd expect from Barry and Pearson, with the former adept at keeping you amused a·muse tr.v. a·mused, a·mus·ing, a·mus·es 1. To occupy in an agreeable, pleasing, or entertaining fashion. 2. and the latter an expert page turner. The book is recommended for children 8 and up, and there is an audio version -- read by Jim Dale, who does the ``Harry Potter'' books -- available for $9.95. Rob Lowman (818) 713-3687 robert.lowman@dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) no caption (``Secrets of the Alchemist Dar'') (2) no caption (``Escape From the Carnivale: A Never Land Book'') |
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