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Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
viii, 296 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Description
Describes the true story of a provincial bookseller who discovered an incredible portrait of King Charles I at a liquidation auction and his lifelong quest to prove it was painted by Diego Velazquez.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
viii, 260 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"From the author of Proust and the Squid, a lively, ambitious, and deeply informative epistolary book that considers the future of the reading brain and our capacity for critical thinking, empathy, and reflection as we become increasingly dependent on digital technologies."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Touchstone, a divions of Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
xxvii, 305 pages ; 22 cm
Description
A program for parents and professionals on how to raise kids who love to read, featuring interviews with childhood development experts, advice from librarians, tips from authors and children's book publishers, and reading recommendations for kids from birth up to age five.
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Appears on list
Description
"The heroes of Cloud Cuckoo Land are children trying to figure out the world around them, and to survive. In the besieged city of Constantinople in 1453, in a public library in Lakeport, Idaho, today, and on a spaceship bound for a distant exoplanet decades from now, an ancient text provides solace and the most profound human connection to characters in peril. They all learn the story of Aethon, who longs to be turned into a bird so that he can fly...
11) Once upon a book
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Description
A little girl named Alice opens on a book on a rainy day and travels around the world through its pages.
12) My "e" sound box
Author
Formats
Description
"Little e has an adventure with items beginning with his letter's sound, such as eggs, elves, and an elephant."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xii, 202 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
Combining clear, practical advice with inspiration, wisdom, tips, and curated reading lists, How to Raise a Reader shows you how to instill the joy and time-stopping pleasure of reading. Divided into four sections, from baby through teen, and each illustrated by a different artist, this book offers something useful on every page, whether its how to develop rituals around reading or build a family library, or ways to engage a reluctant reader. A...
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
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Description
Otto lives in a book in a house but when no one is looking he comes to life to read his favorite stories and practice his writing, until he is left behind and must set out in search of a new home.
Author
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
316 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
"Orner reads?and writes?everywhere he finds himself: a hospital cafeteria, a coffee shop in Albania, or a crowded bus in Haiti. The result is “a book of unlearned meditations that stumbles into memoir.” Among the many writers Orner addresses are Isaac Babel and Zora Neale Hurston, both of whom told their truths and were silenced; Franz Kafka, who professed loneliness but craved connection; Robert Walser, who spent the last twenty-three years of...
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.
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