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One of our most beloved writers reassess the electrifying works of literature that have shaped her life
I sometimes think I was born reading...I can't remember the time when I didn't have a book in my hands, my head lost to the world around me.
Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-reader is Vivian Gornick's celebration of passionate reading, of returning again and again to the books that have shaped her at crucial points in her life. In...
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Cette fiche de lecture sur Manon Lescaut de Prévost propose une analyse complète :
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Appréciée des lycéens, cette fiche de lecture sur Manon Lescaut a été rédigée par un professeur de français.
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L'image tourmentée de Francis Bacon (1909-1992), sa passion du jeu et son alcoolisme sont probablement aussi célèbres que son art. Outre cette figure sur-médiatisée, le peintre soignait aussi celle de l'artiste solitaire, unique, sans origine, sans ancêtres et sans postérité.
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Décryptez L'Attentat de Yasmina Khadra avec l'analyse du PetitLittéraire.fr !
Que faut-il retenir de L'Attentat, roman incontournable de la littérature française ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cette œuvre dans une analyse complète et détaillée.
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By the late 1980s half the nation's children were receiving eleven years of progressivist schooling that failed to give them even the elementary basis of education that was completed by the age of seven in earlier days. This great reading disaster was caused by the 'look-say' method of teaching, which presented whole words not individual letters. This book explains the causes and provides the solution to this problem.
In 2006, the Secretary of State...
1767) The Longest Yawn
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Hippo has chased everyone away from his water pool. Every day is calm and quiet, but now he is so bored he spends his days yawning. Little does he know, a number of fantastical things happen while hippo is yawing! But, don't yawn or you might miss them! Muddy maggots, clattering clams and a sick sheep race through this clever tale. Read aloud daily... if you dare.
Wrap your tongue around the alluring alliteration and tantalizing tongue twisters in...
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A compendium of delightful essays, poems, photos, quotations, and illustrations for book lovers.
For anyone who'd rather be reading than doing just about anything else, this ebook is the ultimate must-have. In this visual ode to all things bookish, readers will get lost in page after page of beautiful contemporary art, photography, and illustrations depicting the pleasures of books. Artwork from the likes of Jane Mount, Lisa Congdon, Julia Rothman,...
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Cette fiche de lecture sur Si tu veux être mon amie de Galit Fink et Mervet Akram Sha'ban propose une analyse complète:
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1770) The sound of stars
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IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 16
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Two years ago, a misunderstanding between the leaders of Earth and the invading Ilori resulted in the deaths of one-third of the world's population. Seventeen-year-old Janelle "Ellie" Baker survives in an Ilori-controlled center in New York City. With humans deemed dangerously volatile because of their initial reaction to the invasion, emotional expression can be grounds for execution. Music, art and books are illegal, but Ellie breaks the rules by...
1771) Secret origins
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Story thieves volume 3
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IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
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Aided by old friends and new, Owen and Bethany try to bring the light back to Jupiter City, a comic book world where they discover a link between the Dark and Bethany's father.
1772) Good night, Gorilla
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The gorilla in the story is an unobservant zookeeper is followed home by all the animals he thinks he has left behind in the zoo.
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The stories we read as children shape us for the rest of our lives. But, it is never too late to discover that transformative spark of hope that children's classics can ignite within us.
Award-winning children's author Mitali Perkins grew up steeped in stories, escaping into her books on the fire escape of a Flushing apartment building and, later, finding solace in them as she navigated between the cultures of her suburban California school and her...
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In an age when deleted scenes from Adam Sandler movies are saved, it's sobering to realize that some of the world's great prose and poetry has gone missing. This witty and unique new book rectifies that wrong. Part detective story, part history, part exposé, The Book of Lost Books is the first guide to literature's what-ifs and never-weres.
In compulsively readable fashion, this book reveals details about tantalizing vanished works by the famous,...
1775) We go way back
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Roaring Brook Press
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2023.
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English
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"What is life? How did it start? Long, long ago, no one knows exactly where or when, a tiny bubble formed that was a Little Bit Different. It was the first living cell. Everyone's ancestor. And so the story of life begins."--
1776) Leo the late bloomer
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Leo, a young tiger, finally blooms under the anxious eyes of his parents.
1777) A story for Small Bear
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Schwartz & Wade Books
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Small Bear's mother promises stories before their winter slumber if Small Bear will help prepare with no dilly dallying, but the playful cub finds it hard to stick to her tasks.
1778) Mike's mystery
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 2
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Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden are on another summer trip to visit Aunt Jane at Mystery Ranch. They're thrilled to find their friend Mike Wood lives in the bustling new town near the ranch. But one night, Mike's house burns down and he is blamed for starting the fire!
1779) Fox versus winter
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
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"Fox does not like winter. None of his friends are around to play. He is bored and alone. Then Fox has an idea. If he cannot escape winter, he will fight it!" --Amazon.com.
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Speed reading is one of the basic things which we should be knowing and acquainted with. Developing such habit is essential these days as time is very important in this busy life. One may need speed reading in every walk of life so having such a skill will always help you out. The first and foremost thing which you will have to do before speed reading is making up your mind that you need to do speed reading.
Speed reading is a skill which you can...
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