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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...
Publisher
PBS Kids
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Take a look, it's in a book, a Reading Rainbow! For over 30 years, this beloved children's television series has been bringing stories to life. Hosted by acclaimed actor LeVar Burton, journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Episodes include: The Bionic Bunny Show, Tar Beach, Enemy Pie, Amazing Grace and The Tin Forest.
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
320 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Description
Need help telling your adjectives from your adverbs? Struggling to work out what that poem is really about, or where to begin with your essay? Then this may be the book for you! How to be Good at English Language Arts uses short, straightforward explanations and clear graphics to shed light on the trickiest of topics, making this language-learning book the perfect guide to understanding and using the English language. Illustrated examples make daunting...
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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
Harpercollins Childrens Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
32 pages
Description
"If you have to read, but you don't like reading, this book is for you! If someone's bugging you to open a book, grab this one. In this book, you'll zoom through 20 minutes of reading . . . without really reading!"--Amazon.com.
11) Vowel power
Publisher
PBS Kids
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Welcome to a library like no other! The doors swing open to reveal a magical place where characters pop off the pages of books, vowels sing, and words take on a life of their own.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
xviii, 279 p. ; 22 cm
Description
Named for two literary characters ("Alice" from Lewis Carroll and "Ozma" from L. Frank Baum), the author is the daughter of a Philadelphia-area elementary school librarian. Father and daughter embarked on a streak of reading-out-loud sessions every night before bed as Ozma was growing up--a "streak" that would continue for eight years straight.
14) 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
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.
18) 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.
19) Frankencrayon
Author
Formats
Description
If the crayons cannot stop the scribble monster, this picture book and the play "Frankencrayon" may have to be canceled.
20) 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.
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