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61) Born to read
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A little boy named Sam discovers the many unexpected ways in which a love of reading can come in handy, and sometimes even save the day.
Author
Language
English
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"Reading isn't just a way to pass the time -- it's a lifestyle. Books shape, define, and enchant us. They are part of who we are and we can't imagine life without them. In this collection of charming and relatable reflections, beloved blogger and author Anne Bogel leads you to remember the book that first hooked you, the place where you first fell in love with reading, and all the books and moments afterward that helped make you the reader you are...
64) Frankencrayon
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Language
English
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If the crayons can't stop the scribble monster, this picture book and the play "Frankencrayon" may have to be canceled.
Author
Series
Miss Malarkey volume 6
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
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Description
Miss Malarkey vows to find each of her students a book to love by the end of the school year, but one video-game loving boy proves to be a challenge.
Author
Series
Lola books (Anna McQuinn) volume 2
Language
English
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Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
Storytime @ Home: Family and Friends
Storytime @ Home: Tails and Tales Summer Reading Challenge
Storytime @ Home: Family and Friends
Storytime @ Home: Tails and Tales Summer Reading Challenge
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Lola loves to hear Daddy read a new library book each night, an activity that spurs her imagination and results in inventive play the next day.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"For twenty-eight years, Pamela Paul has been keeping a diary that records the books she reads, rather than the life she leads. Or does it? Over time, it's become clear that this Book of Books, or Bob, as she calls him, tells a much bigger story. For Paul, as for many readers, books reflect her inner life--her fantasies and hopes, her dreams and ideas. And her life, in turn, influences which books she chooses, whether for solace or escape, diversion...
69) Hug this book!
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
This picture book celebrates a love of books.
71) I am a story
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
Author-illustrator Dan Yaccarino presents a powerful picture book that celebrates storytelling from the past to the present and beyond. From cave drawings to the invention of the printing press to our digital age, discover how a story has been told in many different ways from the past to today. I' always been around, making us happy, sad, excited, or scared and bringing people together. With simple text and delightful illustrations, Dan Yaccarino...
Author
Series
Elephant and Piggie books volume 13
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Gerald and Piggie discover the joy of being read. But what will happen when the book ends?
Author
Series
Library mouse books volume 3
Language
English
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Description
When Sarah, an explorer mouse, meets Sam she gives him the courage to finally climb to the highest library shelves--and beyond--and he shows her how to explore the world through reading.
Author
Pub. Date
[1984]
Language
English
Description
Here are over seventy games to help your child learn to read--and love it. Peggy Kaye's Games for Reading helps children read by doing just what kids like best: playing games. There is a "bingo" game that helps children learn vocabulary. There is a rhyming game that helps them hear letter sounds more accurately. There are mazes and puzzles, games that train the eye to see patterns of letters, games that train the ear so a child can sound out words,...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
"Broken Wheel, Iowa, has never seen anyone like Sara, who traveled all the way from Sweden just to meet her pen pal, Amy. When she arrives, however, she finds that Amy's funeral has just ended. Luckily, the townspeople are happy to look after their bewildered tourist--even if they don't understand her peculiar need for books. Marooned in a farm town that's almost beyond repair, Sara starts a bookstore in honor of her friend's memory. All she wants...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Celebrates the pleasures of reading and pays homage to the works and writers the author admires above all others, from Jane Austen to Charles Dickens to Jennifer Egan.
In an age defined by hyper-connectivity and constant stimulation, Francine Prose makes a compelling case for the solitary act of reading and the great enjoyment it brings. Inspiring and illuminating, What to Read and Why includes selections culled from Prose's previous essays, reviews,...
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