books and reading

Lists concise profiles of major authors and their works. Includes additional listings for series, categories, awards, and selected readings.

An anthology of poems about the joys of books and reading includes selections by David McCord, Karla Kuskin, Myra Cohn Livingston, and Jack Prelutsky.

Upon learning that his class will not be going to the school book sale until the last half hour of the day, Dewey worries that all the best books will already be taken.

Guided by a mysterious book and invisible guardians, meek high-schooler Owen Reeder learns that there is another world besides his ordinary one, where he is destined to face an evil dragon in order to make his own world safe and whole again.

Eleven-year-old Augie Boretski dreams of escaping his run-down Camden, New Jersey, neighborhood, but things start to turn around with help from a Big Brother, a music teacher, and a mysterious bookstore owner, so when his school is in trouble, he pulls the community together to save it.

Thursday Next faces a new set of problems in the BookWorld, both at home and at work, and struggles to keep her wits as she navigates the treacherous world around her.

Presents the complete idiot's guide to critical reading and contains advice on how to read and interpret novels, nonfiction, poems, essays, and more.

Offers a month-by-month guide for creating book club get togethers, featuring fiction and nonfiction reading selections and recipes for easy-to-prepare cocktails, finger foods, sit-down dinners, and snacks based on the books.

Henry the mouse likes everything about first grade except reading, but with some extra help at school and home, he is delightfully surprised.

"Is your week busy? Emma has a busy week, too! Follow along as she goes to ballet class, the zoo, a friend's house, soccer practice, the library, and much more. After each busy day, Emma relaxes by reading a really cool book. See how Eamma gets through her very busy week" (publisher).