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Author
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
This entertaining biography of the author takes readers back to his childhood in South Africa, his youth and adulthood in Great Britain, his experience in World War I, and his professorship at Oxford where Tolkien thought he had reached the pinnacle of his career. But it would be there that Tolkien would write "The Hobbit," the story that led to his "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Photos.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"¿Quién ha pasado trabajo para encontrar el libro perfecto? Te presentamos a Henley, un buen chico que nunca ha leído un libro que realmente le guste. Cuando se supone que lea, él prefiere hacer cualquier otra cosa. Hasta un día en que le dan la tarea más terrible del mundo: buscar su libro favorito para leerlo en la clase al día siguiente. ¿Qué deberá hacer el chico? ¿Cómo encontrará Henley el libro que reflejo lo que siente?--
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Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
This manual "not only helps parents and educators understand their own reading experiences, it offers extensive and creative ideas to help children become lifelong readers and writers! At its heart, Trees in the forest captures the essence of our relationship with books, characters, authors, and with one another as we read and discuss stories. This resource can be used as part of any language arts program for years to come..." (From back cover).
1205) Bird by bird
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
"A New York Times bestselling author of both fiction and nonfiction, Anne Lamott was also the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. As much a guide to writing as an exploration of the emotional challenges of being a writer, Bird by Bird offers a candid and often humorous look at how to tackle these varied obstacles" -- from publisher's web site.
1206) The enchanted places
Author
Pub. Date
1975.
Description
The now grown-up Christopher Robin recalls his family life and the persons and situations that were sources of inspiration for the Winnie-the-Pooh stories.
1208) Wolf boy: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
On a frosty winters day, Francis-the sweet, generous, responsible eldest child of the Harrelson family-dies in a car accident on an ice-covered highway, and Wolf Boy is born. The earth doesnt rumble, no angels descend, and the sun doesnt weep. Nothing, in short, to signify the deep change that each member of the Harrelson household will undergo. Parents Gene and Helen turn away from each other and look inward, losing themselves in private fantasies....
1210) J.K. Rowling
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Presents the life of popular British author, J.K. Rowling, best known for her books about Harry Potter.
Author
Series
Jane Austen takes the South volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"This hilarious Southern retelling of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice tells the story of two hard-headed Civil war historians who find that first impressions can be deceiving. Shelby Roswell, a Civil War historian and professor, is on the fast track to tenure--that is, until her new book is roasted by the famous historian Ransom Fielding in a national review. With her career stalled by a man she's never met, Shelby struggles to maintain her composure...
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Tells the story of how, in Savannah, Georgia, in 1857 James Lord Pierpont sat down to write a song for his congregation's Thanksgiving program and, homesick for the cold New England weather he remembered, came up with an enduring classic.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"Learn about your skills, dreams, desires, and personality with Do You Know Who You Are?, a guided journal for young adults who want to discover more about themselves. Part quiz book, part self-help book, and part activity book, Do You Know Who You Are? is packed with questionnaires, creative activities, fascinating analysis, and psychological wisdom. Created in collaboration with a professional psychologist who specializes in childhood and adolescence,...
1214) Bowled over
Author
Series
Maggie Kelly mysteries volume 6
Pub. Date
2009, c2007
Description
"Mystery author Maggie Kelly had enough on her mind wondering how she was going to keep her fictional Regency Era creation from dropping to one knee with a marriage proposal. Then a murderer crosses the foul line--way too close to home...."--from cover.
Author
Pub. Date
c1998
Description
"In 1972 Rudolfo Anaya made a quiet entry into American literature with the publication of Bless Me, Ultima. It was the first Chicano novel to enter the American literary canon, and it helped identify Anaya as one of the founders of Chicano literature." "In this collection of interviews Anaya talks about his life and how New Mexico, his home state, influences his work. The interviews explore the importance that myths and spiritual matters play in...