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Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Do you remember your first visit to where the wild things are? How about curling up for hours on end to discover the secret of the Philosopher's Stone? Combining clear, practical advice with inspiration, wisdom, tips, and curated reading lists, How to Raise a Reader, from the authors of the original and viral New York Times Books feature, shows you how to instil the joy and time-stopping pleasure of reading. Divided into four sections, from baby through...
3) 75 years of Children's Book Week posters: celebrating great American children's book illustrators
Publisher
A.A. Knopf
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Before he heads out for his first day of school, Chepito encounters a variety of people in his neighborhood, each of whom is reading something, from a newspaper to a comic book to a car mechanic's manual.
Publisher
Grupo Anaya
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Español
Description
"Hay un montón de razones por las que merece la pena leer: porque es útil, divertido, nos acerca a los demás, nos hace estar mejor con nosotros mismos...Y así, hasta 101"--P. [4] of cover.
There are many, many reasons for taking the time to read, and reading this book will give you 101 of them.
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Franklin the dragon loves stories and loves reading stories to people too, but everyone is too scared to even talk to him. One day, he meets a girl named Luna who, rather than being afraid, is fascinated to meet Franklin, having recently read all about dragons in one of her books. They instantly become friends and talk nonstop about what they've read: books about roller-skating, King Arthur, spiders, and how to do kung fu. Together they hatch a plan...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
New York City, 1946. Regina Robichard works for Thurgood Marshall, who receives an unusual letter asking the NAACP to investigate the murder of a returning black war hero. It is signed by M. P. Calhoun, the most reclusive author in the country. As a child, Regina was captivated by Calhoun's The Secret of Magic, a novel in which white and black children played together in a magical forest. Once down in Mississippi, Regina finds that nothing in the...
Author
Publisher
Great Potential Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Recommends books for gifted readers that provide insights and coping skills for issues they may face from preschool through high school, featuring more than three hundred titles with brief summaries, organized by reading levels; and includes an index arranged by theme.
Author
Publisher
Ediciones Urano
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
Basado en las últimas investigaciones sobre neurociencia y comportamiento, y en experiencia como crítica de literatura infantil en The Wall Street Journal, Meghan Cox Gurdon describe los beneficios cognitovos y socioemocionales de la lectura en voz alta a cualquier edad.
Grounded in the latest neuroscience and behavioral research, and drawing widely from literature, The Enchanted Hour explains the dazzling cognitive and social-emotional benefits...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Traditional storytime often offers a passive experience for kids, but the Whole Book approach asks the youngest of readers to ponder all aspects of a picture book and to use their critical thinking skills. Using classic examples, Megan asks kids to think about why the trim size of Ludwig Bemelman's Madeline is so generous, or why the typeset in David Wiesner's Caldecott winner, The Three Pigs, appears to twist around the page, or why books like Chris...
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
"What children's book changed the way you see the world?" Anita Silvey asked this question to more than one hundred of our most respected and admired leaders in society, and she learned about the books that shaped financiers, actors, singers, athletes, activists, artists, comic book creators, novelists, illustrators, teachers... Writers (Anna Quindlen, Sherman Alexie, Bobbie Ann Mason, Azar Nafisi, Angela Johnson, David McCullough, Ann Tyler,...
Author
Publisher
Avery, Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Reading for Our Lives challenges the bath-book-bed mantra and the idea that reading aloud to our kids is enough to ensure school readiness. Instead, it gives parents easy, immediate, and accessible ways to nurture language and literacy development from the start. Through personal stories, historical accounts, scholarly research, and practical tips, this book presents the life-and-death urgency of literacy, investigates inequity in reading achievement,...
Author
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
Angels and Wild Things examines the unique contribution of Maurice Sendak to the literature of childhood. It is the first comprehensive reading of Sendak's key works that considers the symbolic child who has appeared and developed in Sendak's books and remains at the center of his vision. By fusing biographical, historical, cultural, and literary materials with the insights of depth psychology and archetypal theory, this study traces the evolution...
Author
Publisher
Firefly Books Ltd
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
While the modern children's book, intended specifically for the enjoyment of children, did not emerge until 18th-century Europe, its roots span centuries and continents: children's literature began with fables, myths and folk tales from the oral tradition. A History of the Children's Book in 100 Books takes a global perspective and traces the development of the genre from ancient stories such as Aesop's Fables and the Indian Panchatantra, through...
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