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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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"The essays in The Art of Libromancy explore the politics, philosophies, technologies, emotional experience, and craft of selling books in the twenty-first century. In a society filled with misinformation, disinformation, conspiracy theories, and propaganda, true storytelling and story-reading are more important than ever. But with Amazon continuing to increase its power in bookselling and publishing and the publishing industry consolidating into...
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"Children's literacy advocate John Schu and Caldecott Honor recipient Lauren Castillo celebrate the power of finding the perfect book--in a story that's more relevant than ever. With a sea-horse kite in hand, a child heads out with Dad to the library. On the way they stop at a park, joining lots of people, some of whom are flying kites, too. At the library, a person toting a big pile of books hands over a story on a favorite subject: the sea horse....
12) The library fish
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When Mr. Hughes finds a fish all alone in the library and names her Library Fish, she knows she's found her true home. Library Fish makes friends in the library and on the bookmobile, checks that books are returned, and absolutely loves story time, when she can listen to all kinds of stories and poems, meet unforgettable characters, and travel around the world and even to other planets! But one day, everything outside is covered in snow and no one...
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Early Literacy & Story Times- BBTL Teacher Training Book List
How to Bring a Book to Life - 2023
How to Bring A Book to Life- Teacher Training Booklist
How to Bring a Book to Life - 2023
How to Bring A Book to Life- Teacher Training Booklist
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Duck finds a book and is surprised to discover that there are books with words and no pictures--and that even without pictures a book can interest and excite you.
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How to Bring a Book to Life - 2023
How to Bring A Book to Life- Teacher Training Booklist
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Zany Picture Books
How to Bring A Book to Life- Teacher Training Booklist
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Zany Picture Books
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"In this book with no pictures, the reader has to say every silly word, no matter what"--
16) The bee tree
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To teach his grandaughter the value of books a grandfather leads a growing crowd in search of the tree where the bees keep all their honey.
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"Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape"--
20) The book hog
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The Book Hog loves books and has a large collection, although he never learned to read.