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Language
English
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Description
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...
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
Geraldo y Cerdita descubren el placer de que los lean. Pero ¡¿qué va a pasar cuando se acabe el libro?!
When Gerald the elephant and Piggie realize that they are in a book, they decide to have some fun with the reader.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based upon the best-selling novel. The profoundly moving story of a girl who transforms the lives of those around her during World War II, Germany. Although Liesel is illiterate when she is adopted by a German couple, her adoptive father encourages her to learn to read. Ultimately, the power of words helps Liesel and Max, a Jew hiding in the family's home, escape from the events unfolding around them.
Series
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Take a look, it's in a book. For over thirty years, this beloved children's television series has been bringing stories to life. Hosted by acclaimed actor LeVar Burton, journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Susan is living through an unfulfilling marriage when she receives a package containing a novel manuscript from her ex-husband, Edward. The novel is dedicated to her but its content is violent and devastating. Susan cannot help but reminisce over her past love story with the author. Increasingly she interprets the book as a tale of revenge, a tale that forces her to re-evaluate the choices that she has made, and reawakens a love that she feared was...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Susan is living through an unfulfilling marriage when she receives a package containing a novel manuscript from her ex-husband, Edward. The novel is dedicated to her but its content is violent and devastating. Susan cannot help but reminisce over her past love story with the author. Increasingly she interprets the book as a tale of revenge, a tale that forces her to re-evaluate the choices that she has made, and reawakens a love that she feared was...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 19
Language
Español
Description
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
When Rose and Anna stop to investigate a strange lending library that has suddenly appeared, they find themselves trapped by the monstrous Digest Bird--and only Rose's quick thinking, a copy of Rose Red and Snow White, and the Red Librarian can save them and the other children trapped in the nest.
19) El pez pucheros
Author
Series
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
The pout-pout fish believes he only knows how to frown, even though many of his friends suggest ways to change his expression, until one day a fish comes along that shows him otherwise.
20) Goosebumps
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Upset about moving from a big city to a small town, teenager Zach Cooper finds a silver lining when he meets the beautiful girl, Hannah, living right next door, and makes a quick friend in Champ. But every silver lining has a cloud, and Zach's comes when he learns that Hannah's mysterious dad is in fact R.L. Stine, the author of the bestselling Goosebumps series. As Zach starts learning about the strange family next door, he soon discovers that Stine...