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English
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In this uproarious exploration of the joys of reading, a long-time teacher, lifelong reader and The New Yorker contributor shares surprising stories from her life and the poignant ways in which books have impacted her students and shows us how literature can transform us for the better.
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Publisher
Allison & Busby Limited
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
As she approached the age of seventy, Ruth Wilson began to have recurring dreams about losing her voice. And as she grappled with feelings of unfathomable sadness, she made the radical decision to retreat from her conventional life with her husband to a small sunshine-yellow cottage in New South Wales, Australia where she lived alone for the following ten years. Ruth had fostered a lifelong love of reading, and from the moment she first encountered...
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Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Emma, Jess, Megan, Becca, and Cassidy go to Camp Lovejoy in New Hampshire to serve as counselors and when some of the young campers are stricken with homesickness, the friends decide to start a summer camp book club.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In 2008, a group of first grade moms formed a neighborhood book club with their kids, in order to cultivate their kids' nascent love of reading and their friendships. Plus, it gave the parents an excuse to get together. Why not give it a go? This simple but ambitious idea stuck--the group lasted for 11 years! The budding bookworms became strong readers, formed a long-lasting love of books, and formed meaningful friendships. The parents got to know...
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Publisher
Norton
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
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Sixty years after a book's publication, its author remembers his lost love and missing son, while a teenage girl named for one of the book's characters seeks her namesake, as well as a cure for her widowed mother's loneliness.
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Publisher
ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The columns gathered here explore reading, writing, and book collections and collecting; the past, present, and future of Young Adult literature; and various genres, including historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, humor, and comics, along with tributes of notable figures in the world of publishing.
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Series
Publisher
ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
There is a rich and varied body of literature for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, asexual/allied and intersexed young people, which can function as a mirror for LGBTQAI+ individuals and as a window for others. This resource for librarians who work with children and teens surveys the best in LGBTQAI+ lit and offers guidance on how to share it to encourage understanding and acceptance among parents, school administrators, and...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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This is a book about dinosaurs. No it's not. Dinosaurs are not allowed. Oh. This is now a book about avocados! Sorry. We deleted those too. FINE. This book is about--nope! Forbidden! Maybe you shouldn't even try reading this book...But what could possibly be inside? Discover just what can happen when ideas are erased instead of expressed.
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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This true story begins long ago in Spain, where a bride and groom are gifted a hand-painted haggadah. It is used at many Passover seders until the Spanish Inquisition when the family escapes. The haggadah survived for centuries in different countries. Scholars declared it a treasure. To protect it from the Nazis, a curator smuggled it out of a Sarajevo museum and hid it in a village mosque. On Passover of 1995, with bombs exploding overhead, the Bosnian...
14) Book!
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Publisher
POW!, a division of powerHouse packaging & Supply, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"It has stuff about the book that you just read, or you're about to read. If you haven't read it yet, why are you reading this? The good stuff is on the inside. Turn it around. The front cover is on the other side. Sheesh!"--
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Publisher
Gecko Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Everyone's on the sofa to share a book: zebra, cat, child, lion. "Wait!" says zebra, "Stork isn't here yet!" Then cat needs a cushion, hamster's missing, someone's sitting on lion's tail, fish wants to be in the middle . . . . Now they'll be able to start--won't they? In this fun, humorous story, the familiar chaos of piling onto the sofa with friends builds to a climactic hullabaloo until the happy ending of sharing a book in an ideal reading spot--behind...
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Publisher
Flowerpot Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
There are so many great things about reading, but these are the seven best things! We asked real children what they love most about reading and these were their answers. This book features cuddly animal friends doing all the things that make reading great including picking a book, turning the page, doing the funny voices, and more!
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Quitting her job and divorcing her husband, Yeong-Ju, in a leap of faith, opens the Hyunam-dong Bookshop, and, welcoming new friends and visitors to her circle, builds an inviting space for hurt and lost souls to rest, heal and learn how to write their own stories.
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
Children read aloud in various settings to celebrate of El día de los niños, or Children's Day, in this bilingual story. Includes facts about Mexico's annual celebration of children and the book fiestas that are often included.
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Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
This Is Not My Story is an adventure-filled introduction to the ten literary genres. The story starts with our hero, a brave captain flying his spaceship through an army of saucers. To defeat the aliens, all the hero has to do is push the right button and ... the hero stops the story. It turns out this is the wrong story for him. After pleading with the author to put him in the proper story, the two settle on a shoot-out in the Old West -- until the...
Author
Publisher
J-Novel Club
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Myne is determined to protect those she cares about most, so she abandons the life she knows to become Rozemyne, the archduke's mana-rich adopted daughter. She charges forward into this strange new world, not letting her new persona change her passion for books! Watch as the setting of this biblio-fantasy by book lovers, for book lovers continues to expand... along with the book-making industry!
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