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Packing My Library
An Elegy and Ten Digressions
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
A best-selling author and world-renowned bibliophile meditates on his vast personal library and champions the vital role of all libraries
In June 2015 Alberto Manguel prepared to leave his centuries-old village home in France’s Loire Valley and reestablish himself in a one-bedroom apartment...
The Modern Library Collection Children's Classics 5-Book Bundle
The Wind in the Willows, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, Peter Pan, The Three Musketeers
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
For young dreamers, nostalgic parents, and imaginative readers of all ages, this wonderful eBook collection not only contains five of the most beloved children’s books in the world but some of the most admired and enduring literature ever put to page. Each of these can be considered a “Household...
A Feeling for Books
The Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary Taste, and Middle-Class Desire
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
Deftly melding ethnography, cultural history, literary criticism, and autobiographical reflection, A Feeling for Books is at once an engaging study of the Book-of-the-Month Club's influential role as a cultural institution and a profoundly personal meditation about the experience of reading. Janice...
The Social Life of Books
Reading Together in the Eighteenth-Century Home
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
A vivid exploration of the evolution of reading as an essential social and domestic activity during the eighteenth century Two centuries before the advent of radio, television, and motion pictures, books were a cherished form of popular entertainment and an integral component of domestic social life....
The Mother of All Booklists
The 500 Most Recommended Nonfiction Reads for Ages 3 to 103
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2014
The Mother of All Booklists: The 500 Most Recommended Nonfiction Reads for Ages 3 to 103 is written for parents, grandparents, and teachers unfamiliar with the bewildering array of award and recommended reading lists. This book is a long overdue composite of all the major booklists. It brings together...
The Reading Life
The Joy of Seeing New Worlds Through Others' Eyes
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2019
The revered teacher and bestselling author of such classic Christian works as Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters reflects on the power, importance, and joy of a life dedicated to reading books in this delightful collection drawn from his wide body of writings.
More than fifty years...
Under the Chinaberry Tree
Books and Inspirations for Mindful Parenting
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Celebrating Chinaberry's twentieth anniversary, the women behind America's beloved children's book catalog share their wisdom about the joys of children's literature and parenting.
The Chinaberry catalog was created when Ann Ruethling became troubled by the violence in many old-fashioned nursery...
by Tonya Macalino
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
NOT ALL MAGIC IS FROM THE ANCIENTS...
Hannah and Cameron are determined to have a day of normal amidst all this fantastic madness! A visit to the town's restored old theater, The Venetian, should be just the fun they need.
Unless, of course, Mom's ancestors get tired of letting Dad's...
by David A. Adler
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2004
The Cam Jansen books are perfect for young readers who are making the transition to chapter books, and Cam is a spunky young heroine whom readers have loved for over two decades. Now the first ten books in the series have updated covers that bring new life to these perennial best-sellers. Old fans and new readers will love Cam's cool, modern look!
by Margaret J. McMaster
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2009
Mrs. Chairbottom is watching Stewart for the weekend. But the question is, who's watching Mrs. Chairbottom? Instead of spending a weekend full of freedom and mischief, Stewart must keep his wits about him in order to stay ahead of the troublesome babysitter and her parrot.
Book One of the Babysitter...
by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Mitchell Sharmat
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2009
Beginning readers are introduced to the detective mystery genre in these chapter books. Perfect for the Common Core, kids can problem-solve with Nate, using logical thinking to solve mysteries!
Nate the Great solves crimes with his dog, Sludge. But this time, Sludge can’t help. Sludge is...
by Trevor Pryce
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
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It’s frogs versus scorpions in this new series by professional football player Trevor Pryce. For years, the frogs of the Amphibilands have lived in safety—protected by an elite group of poisonous frogs named...
by Walter Malcolm
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
**Elizabeth Finds A Fish
Elizabeth loves animals, and often goes to the zoo to see the live animals shown in her books. She knows all their names. But she has never actually seen a really truly live fish.
One day she notices a picture of a fish in one of her animal books (she has a lot...
Where I'm Reading From
The Changing World of Books
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
Why do we need fiction? Why do books need to be printed on paper, copyrighted, read to the finish? Do we read to challenge our vision of the world or to confirm it? Has novel writing turned into a job like any other? In Where I’m Reading From, the novelist and critic Tim Parks ranges over decades...