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In this uproarious exploration of the joys of reading, a long-time teacher, lifelong reader and The New Yorker contributor shares surprising stories from her life and the poignant ways in which books have impacted her students and shows us how literature can transform us for the better.
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A classic middle-grade novel about a little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps, by New York Times--bestselling authors Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass. When a mysterious little free library (guarded by a large orange cat) appears overnight, eleven-year-old Evan plucks two books from its shelves, never suspecting that his life is about to change. Evan and his best friend Rafe discover a link between one of the books...
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"An exhilarating volume that will ratchet up the joy for all reading groups "Wendy Lesser's extraordinary alertness, intelligence, and curiosity have made her one of America's most significant cultural critics," writes Stephen Greenblatt. In Why I Read, Lesser draws on a lifetime of pleasure reading and decades of editing one of the most distinguished little magazines in the country, The Threepenny Review, to describe a life lived in and through literature....
5) I see OY
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"This interactive book features pictures of familiar objects whose names contain the vowel team oy. Simple sentences, decodable words, and engaging questions support young readers as they sharpen fluency and phonics skills. Downloadable Teacher Notes available."--
6) I see UE
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"This interactive book features pictures of familiar objects whose names contain the long vowel team ue. Simple sentences, decodable words, and engaging questions support young readers as they sharpen fluency and phonics skills. Downloadable Teacher Notes available."--
7) I see AI
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"This interactive book features pictures of familiar objects whose names contain the long vowel team ai. Simple sentences, decodable words, and engaging questions support young readers as they sharpen fluency and phonics skills. Downloadable Teacher Notes available."--
8) I see ER
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"This interactive book features pictures of familiar objects whose names contain the r-controlled sound of er. Simple sentences, decodable words, and engaging questions support young readers as they sharpen fluency and phonics skills. Downloadable Teacher Notes available."--
9) I see AR
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"This interactive book features pictures of familiar objects whose names contain the r-controlled sound of ar. Simple sentences, decodable words, and engaging questions support young readers as they sharpen fluency and phonics skills. Downloadable Teacher Notes available."--
10) I see OI
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"This interactive book features pictures of familiar objects whose names contain the vowel team oi. Simple sentences, decodable words, and engaging questions support young readers as they sharpen fluency and phonics skills. Downloadable Teacher Notes available."--
11) I see EIGH
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"This interactive book features pictures of familiar objects whose names contain the long vowel team eigh. Simple sentences, decodable words, and engaging questions support young readers as they sharpen fluency and phonics skills. Downloadable Teacher Notes available."--
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"The charming international bestseller about an unlikely friendship between an elderly door-to-door bookseller and a nine-year-old girl that changes his life. Small-town German bookseller Carl Kollhoff delivers his books to special customers in the evening hours after closing time, walking through the picturesque alleys of the city. These people are almost like friends to him, and he is their most important connection to the world. When Kollhoff unexpectedly...
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Once out of school, most of us read for pleasure. Yet there is another equally important, though often overlooked, reason that we read: to learn how to live. Though books have always been understood as life-teachers, the exact way in which they instruct, cajole, and convince remains a subject of some mystery. Drawing on sources as diverse as Dr. Seuss and Simone Weil, P. G. Wodehouse and Isaiah Berlin, Pulitzer prize-winning critic Michael Dirda shows...
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The inside scoop on book groups--from the nation's leading experts!
As book group members across the country have discovered, Ellen Moore and Kira Stevens know everything there is to know about book groups, and then some. The founders of the country's first book group consulting company, in Good Books Lately they dish out fun, stimulating advice based on their own experiences and those of hundreds of book group members on everything from:
* How to...
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"A retired bestselling author hosts a one-of-a-kind competition, with high risks and high rewards-giving the winner a chance to change lives. Lucy Hart has come a long way since feeling the cold neglect of her parents, whose attention always centered around her chronically ill sister's needs. Now a twenty-six-year-old teacher's aide, Lucy is able to share her love of books with bright, young students, and one in particular, a seven-year-old orphan...
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"Train your mind to achieve new levels of success!Professionals and entrepreneurs do a great job of keeping up appearances. But if they're honest with themselves, they're short on living the life they really want. Train Your Brain For Success provides the perspective to analyze how you got where you are and, more importantly, learn the skills to get where you truly desire to be. Train Your Brain For Success explains specific ways of thinking and acting...
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Infinity alchemist volume 1
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Discovered practicing alchemy by apprentice Ramsay Thorne, Ash must help her find a sacred text of extraordinary power - a journey that forces him to discover his own definition of true power and how far he will go to seize it.
20) The parliament
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When tens of thousands of owls descend on her hometown library, rending and tearing at anyone foolish enough to step outside, Madigan Purdy, tasked with keeping her students safe, seeks inspiration from her favorite childhood book, The Silent Queen, to find a solution to their dilemma.
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