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"Monsieur Perdu calls himself a literary apothecary. From his floating bookstore in a barge on the Seine, he prescribes novels for the hardships of life. Using his intuitive feel for the exact book a reader needs, Perdu mends broken hearts and souls. The only person he can't seem to heal through literature is himself; he's still haunted by heartbreak after his great love disappeared"--
""There are books that are suitable for a million people, others...
42) No two persons
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"One book. Nine readers. Ten changed lives. New York Times bestselling author Erica Bauermeister's No Two Persons is "a gloriously original celebration of fiction, and the ways it deepens our lives." That was the beauty of books, wasn't it? They took you places you didn't know you needed to go ... Alice has always wanted to be a writer. Her talent is innate, but her stories remain safe and detached, until a devastating event breaks her heart open,...
48) Maps
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16 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm.
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English
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Simply describes how to use a map in easy-to-read text that incorporates phonics instruction.
49) Baby read-aloud basics: fun and interactive ways to help your little one discover the world of words
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x, 246 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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"All it takes is the right book to turn a book hater into a book lover ... That was what Elliott -- the beloved co-owner of Over the Rainbow Bookstore -- believed before his untimely passing. He always had the perfect book suggestion for the self-proclaimed Book Hater. Now, his grief-ridden business partner, Irma, has agreed to sell Over the Rainbow to condo developers. But others won't give up the bookstore without a fight. When Irma breaks the news...
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32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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Bunny loves to sit outside the library with the kids and listen to summer story time. But when the weather gets cold and everyone moves inside, his daily dose of joy is gone. Desperate, Bunny refuses to miss out on any more reading time and devises a plan to sneak into the library at night ... through the library's book drop!
57) Essays one
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"A selection of essays on writing and reading by the master short-fiction writer Lydia Davis"--
59) Feelings
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Reading rainbow volume 28
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1 videodisc (approximately 30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Probes the world of feelings and how they affect us and those around us. Features the book Feelings by Aliki, which uses pictures, dialogs, poems and stories to portray various emotions we feel. Reviews other books with related themes.
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iii, 121 pages ; 22 cm
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In Reaching reluctant young adult readers, the author addresses the issue of aliteracy--the condition when one has the ability to read but chooses not to--in young people of ages 10 - 15. These students do not read for pleasure and they read only when forced to do so through class reading assignments, a pervasive problem that affects grades and that can affect future success. Librarians and teachers can cultivate a love of reading in even the most...
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