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"We look around and feel as if book culture as we know it is crumbling to dust, but there's one important thing to keep in mind: as we know it." What happens if we separate the idea of "the book" from the experience it has traditionally provided? Lynn Coady challenges booklovers addicted to the physical book to confront their darkest fears about the digital world and the future of reading. Is the all-pervasive internet turning readers into web-surfing...
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"A lively survey…her research and insights make us conscious of how we, today, use books."-John Sutherland, The New York Times Book Review
Two centuries before the advent of radio, television, and motion pictures, books were a cherished form of popular entertainment and an integral component of domestic social life. In this fascinating and vivid history, Abigail Williams explores the ways in which shared reading shaped the lives and literary...
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Many Christians today long to become reacquainted with their ancient ancestors in the faith. They see a deeper worship and devotion in the prayers and hymns of the early church. And they believe that the writings of the early church can shed new light on their understanding of Scripture. But where and how do we begin? Our first encounter with the writings of the church fathers may seem like visiting a far country where the language, assumptions, concerns,...
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Are your students ready to become the engaged and informed citizens our democracy needs right now? Your classroom can be a place for them to experience what it means to live in community with others, to balance their own interests with those of the group, to challenge themselves to overcome differences, and to ask the questions that help them understand the crux of an issue.
Powerful reading and writing are fundamentally linked to civic education....
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Many Christians mistakenly believe that their only choice is either to reconcile themselves to a fundamentalist reading of scripture (a "literal-factual" approach) or to simply reject the Bible as something that could bring meaning and value into their lives. In Reading the Bible Again for the First Time, Marcus Borg shows how instead we can freshly appreciate all the essential elements of the Old and New Testaments-from Genesis to Revelation-in a...
11) I love colors!
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Scholastic
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
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A playful dog makes a colorful mess when he mixes different colors of paint.
12) Simon's book
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Mulberry Books
Pub. Date
1991, �1983
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English
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Simon flees from a friendly monster with the aid of some drawing pens and a bottle of ink.
13) Easter engines
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Random House
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English
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As Thomas and his friends are getting ready for the Easter parade, Sir Topham Hatt asks Thomas to go to McColl's farm and bring back an Easter egg, but Thomas must hurry if he wants to get back in time to lead the parade.
16) At the park
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Pub. Date
2016
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English
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"Reading begins at birth! It's never too early to share a book. This series is made especially for you and your new baby. Enjoy it together!"--Page 4 of cover.
19) In the garden
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Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"Reading begins at birth! It's never too early to share a book. This series is made especially for you and your new baby. Enjoy it together!"--Page 4 of cover
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Tiger tales
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2017.
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English
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Friends Fox, Rabbit, Hedgehog, and Mouse all love to read. One day, they find a book in the woods and set off to return it to its owner, Bear. When they arrive at Bears house, they discover shelves and shelves of books. A dream come true as they read story after story until Bear comes home! -- Amazon.com.
