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Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Sunyi Dean's The Book Eaters is a contemporary fantasy debut. It's a story of motherhood, sacrifice, and hope; of queer identity and learning to accept who you are; of gilded lies and the danger of believing the narratives others create for you. Out on the Yorkshire Moors lives a secret line of people for whom books are food, and who retain all of a book's content after eating it. To them, spy novels are a peppery snack; romance novels are sweet...
6) Don't blink!
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
53 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Description
"A page turns every time you blink, bringing you closer to the end of the book--and bedtime"--
Author
Formats
Description
Step one: Find a story. (A good one.) Step two: Find a reading buddy. (Someone nice.) Step three: Find a reading spot. (Couches are cozy.) Now: Begin. Kate Messner and Mark Siegel chronicle the process of becoming a reader: from pulling a book off the shelf and finding someone with whom to share a story, to reading aloud, predicting what will happen, and -- finally -- coming to The End. This picture book playfully and movingly illustrates the idea...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
We all know kids who carry a book everywhere they go. Kids who can't stop reading, even if it's long after bedtime. Kids who love nothing more than sitting quietly in the corner, turning page after page...
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
When her favorite book is returned to the library instead of renewed, Olivia painstakingly combs the library's shelves in the hope of reclaiming the book before someone else checks it out.
10) The reader
Author
Publisher
Amazon Children's Pub
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Description
A boy and his dog hike to the top of a very tall, snowy hill where they play, enjoy a snack, and then share their favorite book before sledding home.
11) Wolves
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Description
When a young rabbit checks out a library book about wolves, he learns much more about their behavior than he wanted to know.
12) Frankencrayon
Author
Formats
Description
If the crayons cannot stop the scribble monster, this picture book and the play "Frankencrayon" may have to be canceled.
13) A child of books
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Description
A young reader introduces a boy to the many imaginative worlds that books bring to life.
Author
Series
Publisher
Jimmy Patterson Books / Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
333 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
Rafe and Jimmy are in charge of a celebration of books and reading, but when a small issue becomes a big problem that threatens to derail the event, they must work fast to keep things on track.
18) The starless sea
Author
Description
"Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a rare book hidden in the stacks. As he turns the pages, entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, key collectors, and nameless acolytes, he reads something strange: a story from his own childhood. Bewildered by this inexplicable book and desperate to make sense of how his own life came to be recorded, Zachary uncovers a series of clues--a bee, a key, and a sword--that lead him...
19) The book hog
Author
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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Description
The Book Hog loves books and has a large collection, although he never learned to read.
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