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Starfish
Fipps, LisaPenguin Young Readers Group 2021A Printz Honor winner! Ellie is tired of being fat-shamed and does something about it in this poignant debut novel-in-verse.Ever since Ellie wore a whale swimsuit and made a big sp...
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A Girl Like Me
Johnson, AngelaLerner Publishing Group 2020"Once I dreamed I swam / the ocean / and saw everything deep, cool / and was part of the waves. / I swam on by the people / onshore / hollering, / 'A girl like you needs to / stay...
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Ballet Stars
Holub, JoanRandom House Children's Books 2012From ballet class to rehearsal for the big show to the final curtsies—budding ballet stars show emergent readers each step and pirouette along the way! This Step 1 story has big ty...
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Eight Winter Nights : A Family Hanukkah Book
Melmed, Laura KraussChronicle Books LLC 2011An “inviting picture book” following a family’s Hanukkah preparations and celebrations in lively, simple verse, from the author of Moishe’s Miracle (Booklist). Laura Krauss Melm...
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One : WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL 2016
Crossan, SarahBloomsbury Publishing 2015_______________ 'Broke my heart and mended it' - Cecilia Ahern 'It will shake up preconceptions and move readers to tears' - Sunday Times Book of the Week'Truly remarkable' - Irish...
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Heartbeat
Creech, SharonHarperCollins 2009"A stunning accomplishment. This story pierces the heart." —Chicago Sun-Times RUN RUN RUN. That's what twelve-year-old Annie loves to do. When she's barefoot and running, she can h...
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The Weight of Water
Crossan, SarahBloomsbury Publishing 2011_______________ 'Poignant, powerful, just perfect' - Cathy Cassidy 'This poetic novel is sheer perfection ... I loved it' - Irish Examiner'A compellingly beautiful, utterly seducti...
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Flower Fables
Alcott, Louisa MayDuke Classics 2012Though she is now best remembered as the author of the classic novel Little Women, Louisa May Alcott was a prolific writer whose talents led her to explore many different genres. F...
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Many Voices
Nesbit, E.Duke Classics 2012Prolific British children's author E. (Edith) Nesbit penned several series of beloved action-adventure and fantasy tales for the younger set. In this collection, she shifts gears a...
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The Re-echo Club
Wells, CarolynSaga EgmontFirst published in 1913 ‘The Re-Echo Club’ is a short collection of poetry from popular author Carolyn Wells. In it, Wells has cleverly re-written popular poems of the time in the...
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Writing for Journalists
Hicks, Wynford; Adams, Sally; Gilbert, Harriett; Holmes, TimTaylor & Francis Group 2008 1. painosPraise for the first edition: 'There are books that are badly written, books that are well written and books that you wish you'd written. This is one of the latter. Hicks and his c...
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Cursory Rhymes
Wolfe, HumbertSaga Egmont‘Cursory Rhymes’ is a collection of poems written for children, by one of the most popular poets of the early 20th Century. Packed with intelligent humour, these verses invite youn...
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The Hunting of the Snark
Carrol, LewisSaga Egmont"The last of the crew needs especial remark, Though he looked an incredible dunce:He had just one idea—but, that one being ‘Snark’, The good Bellman engaged him at once." ‘Th...
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An Introduction to Book History
McCleery, Alistair; Finkelstein, DavidTaylor & Francis Group 2006 1. painosThis is a comprehensive introduction to books and print culture which examines the move from the spoken word to written texts, the book as commodity, the power and profile of reade...
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The Book of Nonsense
Lear, EdwardDuke Classics 2021Edward Lear (1812 - 1888) was an English writer of nonsense, the most famous piece of which is The Owl and the Pussycat. He is also credited with popularizing the limerick, though...
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The Hunting of the Snark : An Agony in Eight Fits
Carroll, LewisDuke Classics 2022The nonsensical poem The Hunting of the Snark (An Agony in Eight Fits) was written by Lewis Carroll in 1874 and published in 1876. Describing "with infinite humor the impossible vo...