Introduces readers to the process of making a book covering the sequence of events from the author's first draft, budgeting, layout and printing to a finished book.
Young Belle has trouble fitting in at school until she discovers a neglected bookstore in the village and shows her classmates how wonderful books and stories can be.
"The powerful Lost Books at the palace library are infecting the rest with an evil magic, and two unlikely friends must figure out who, or what, is controlling the books and their power. If they can't, the entire kingdom could be at risk"--Amazon.
A fourth grader fights back when From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg is challenged by a well-meaning parent and taken off the shelves of her school library. Amy Anne is shy and soft-spoken, but don't mess with her when it comes to her favorite book in the whole world.
Encourages the reader to manipulate the book to take care of a little dragon that has hatched inside--and to try to put out a fire after the dragon sneezes.
A chronological examination of eighty books that explores each title as a historical artifact and a vehicle of change and illustrates the impact that books have had on history and culture over the centuries.
Thirteen poems that encourage young readers to snuggle up with a story and stretch their imaginations, to splash in a sea of tales by day and swashbuckle through chapters late at night.
". . . historian Fr?d?ric Barbier provides an important new economic, political and social analysis of the first great 'media revolution' in the West: Gutenberg's invention of the printing press in the mid fifteenth century. In great detail and with a wealth of historical evidence . . . charts the developments in manuscript culture in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, and shows how the steadily increasing need for written documents initiated the processes of change which culminated with Gutenberg."--Provided by publisher.
Despite the availability of the Internet, the library is still an important place for research. Through clear text and full-color photographs, readers will learn how to conduct research in the library and the media center, as well as how to make the best use of their time.
