books and reading

Contains a collection of booktalks arranged by age level. Includes a bibliography by age level, theme and genre, and an index.

Collects fifty of Michael Dirda's witty and wide-ranging reflections on literary journalism, book collecting, and the writers he loves. Reaching from the classics to the post-moderns, his allusions go from Samuel Johnson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and M.F.K. Fisher to Marilynne Robinson, Hunter S. Thompson and David Foster Wallace.

Animal toddlers arrive for storytime with Miss Bingo the flamingo.

Twelve-year-old Rob has stuffed his closet with old laboratory experiments, unread books, and more, and when a creature emerges from that chaos causing a great deal of trouble, Rob has to do such horrible things as visit a library and speak at a school assembly to set things right again.

The latest creature to emerge from Rob's closet is a cross between Chewbacca from "Star Wars" and Harry Potter. Rob names him "Potterwookiee" ("Hairy" for short) and soon he finds himself treading water as he tries to figure out how to care for his mixed-up friend.

"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"--Provided by publisher.

Presents bilingual songs about words, counting and more, with music for young children.

Mr. Putter and Mrs. Teaberry bring Tabby and Zeke to the library for a special storytime.

A group of kids are excited to spend a fun night at a lock-in at Mr. Lemoncello's newly opened library. However, the event is quite literal--now they will have to band together to find a way out before it is too late.