Discusses ways to dissect novels and examine grammar, structure choices, point of view, chapter construction, characters, continuity, literary language, and more in order to better understand and enjoy the reading experience.
A step-by-step guide to running a book group that offers librarians practical tips and suggestions to help them organize and run a successful book discussion group in their community.
After an earthquake has destroyed much of the planet, an epileptic teenager nicknamed Spaz begins the heroic fight to bring human intelligence back to the Earth of a distant future.
Four girls, and their mothers, continue their mother-daughter book club via videoconference between Massachusetts and England, reading Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice," and try to put friendship before romance.
"Dog loves his books so much that he can't put them down long enough to go to bed! His friends help him count his way to sleep"--Provided by publisher.
The girls of the mother-daughter book club find their holiday family vacations going wrong when Megan and Becca both fall for the son of the cruise ship's captain, Cassidy and her family start to feel homesick while visiting Laguna Beach, and Emma and Jess see their plans changing by a disastrous sledding accident.
While helping his family in their work as migrant laborers far from their home, Tom?s finds an entire world to explore in the books at the local public library.
A formidable librarian makes readers not only out of the once resistant residents of her small town, but out of a tough-talking, television-watching motorcycle gang as well.
