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IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Mr. Willowby's Christmas tree was so big and tall that it couldn't stand up straight in Mr. Willowby's parlor. These verses tell how Mr. Willowby solved this problem and how Barnaby Bear, Frisky Fox and the other forest animals come to share Mr. Willowby's Christmas.
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Throughout his long life, William Butler Yeats produced important works in every literary genre. His early poetry is memorable and moving. His poems and plays of middle age address the human condition with language that has entered our vocabulary for cataclysmic personal and world events. The writings of his final years offer wisdom, courage, humor, and sheer technical virtuosity. The Yeats reader is the most comprehensive single volume to display...
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Pub. Date
2017.
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Isabel Allende despliega en este libro sus poderes mágicos como cuentista y, con un encanto peculiar, entrelaza las sensuales artes de todo el mundo, leyendas históricas, y momentos memorables de la literatura (incluyendo la literatura erótica), con porciones similares de humor y perspicacia. El lector es el invitado privilegiado a un banquete de hechos fascinantes sobre los podere afrodisíacos de los alimentos y las bebidas que Isabel Allende...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Teri Horton, a 73-year-old former truck driver with an 8th grade education, buys a painting in a thrift shop for five dollars, but unbeknownst to her, the artist is Jackson Pollock. This adventure documents a 15-year war with the art world's inner circle, lifts the veil on how art is bought and sold in America and introduces audiences to the funny, profane and utterly unforgettable Teri Horton.
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Pub. Date
2004
Description
Getting teens to read, much less enjoy classic literary fiction is an on-going challenge for educators and librarians. However, Holly Koelling--author, YA librarian, and "booktalker extraordinaire"--Offers a variety of techniques for rising to that challenge and successfully selecting, presenting, and connecting teens with great literature in the library and in school. This book defines "classics" and discusses why they are important, then provides...