The Adventures of Big Head Bob - Transform Your Weakness Into Strength
by David Schnitzer
Bloom'S Classic Critical Views Set, 24-Volumes
Bloom's Classic Critical Views offers a selection of the finest classic criticism on the authors most commonly read in high school and college classes today. Whereas the popular Bloom's Modern Critical Views series provides the best contemporary criticism on great authors, this new series attempts to place these enduring authors in the context of their time and to provide criticism that has proved over the years to be the most valuable to readers and writers. Most of the essays featured in this...
Young Adult Literature (TIME FOR KIDS(R) Nonfiction Readers)
by Jill K Mulhall
Young adult novels are a great place to find characters who are a lot like you. Maybe they are new to school, are dealing with being bullied, or feel like they just don't fit in. By reading realistic fiction books, you can read about someone who is going through similar experiences. Highlighting the elements found in realistic fiction novels, this book examines the different types of internal struggles found in YA fiction. Developed by Timothy Rasinski and Lori Oczkus, and featuring TIME content...
Classic Horror Writers (Writers of English: Lives & Works)
by Prof. Harold Bloom
Offers brief profiles of Ambrose Bierce, Charles Brockden Brown, Joseph Sheridan LeFanu, Edgar Allan Poe, Ann Radcliffe, Mary Shelley, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Bram Stoker.
Young Adult Literature (TIME FOR KIDS(R) Nonfiction Readers)
by Torrey Maloof and Christina Hill
Why is the magical world so mighty and alluring? How does it cast such a powerful spell over readers? Explore the themes and elements found in young adult fantasy fiction novels and series including Eragon, the Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Narnia, and more. Developed by Timothy Rasinski and Lori Oczkus, and featuring TIME content, this book builds reading skills and includes essential text features like an index, captions, glossary, and table of contents. The detailed sidebars...
I'll Build You a Bookcase (Vietnamese-English Bilingual Edition)
by Jean Ciborowski Fahey
The author tells how he learned about his own Native American background, how he became a writer, and how he spends his days.
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by Peter Aperlo
"I intend to stand firm and let the peacocks multiply, for I am sure that, in the end, the last word will be theirs." -Flannery O'Connor When she was young, the writer Flannery O'Connor was captivated by the chickens in her yard. She'd watch their wings flap, their beaks peck, and their eyes glint. At age six, her life was forever changed when she and a chicken she had been training to walk forwards and backwards were featured in the Pathe News, and she realized that people want to see what is o...