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Book Crush: For Kids and Teens--Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Interest
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by Nancy Pearl
Nancy Pearl
Book Crush: For Kids and Teens--Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Interest
304
by Nancy Pearl
Nancy Pearl
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Overview
Do you remember your first book crush? You know, the first time a book completely captured your imagination, transported you to a magical place, or introduced you to a lifelong friend you will never forget?
In Book Crush, popular librarian and reading enthusiast Nancy Pearl reminds us why we fell for reading in the first place—how completely consuming and life-changing a good book can be.
Pearl offers more than 1,000 crush-worthy books organized into over 100 recommended reading lists aimed at youngest, middle-grade, and teen readers. From picture books to chapter books, YA fiction and nonfiction, Pearl has developed more smart and interesting thematic lists of books to enjoy.
Parents, teachers, and librarians are often puzzled by the unending choices for reading material for young people. It starts when the kids are toddler and doesn’t end until high-school graduation. What’s good, what’s not, and what’s going to hold their interest? Popular librarian Nancy Pearl points the way in Book Crush.
In Book Crush, popular librarian and reading enthusiast Nancy Pearl reminds us why we fell for reading in the first place—how completely consuming and life-changing a good book can be.
Pearl offers more than 1,000 crush-worthy books organized into over 100 recommended reading lists aimed at youngest, middle-grade, and teen readers. From picture books to chapter books, YA fiction and nonfiction, Pearl has developed more smart and interesting thematic lists of books to enjoy.
Parents, teachers, and librarians are often puzzled by the unending choices for reading material for young people. It starts when the kids are toddler and doesn’t end until high-school graduation. What’s good, what’s not, and what’s going to hold their interest? Popular librarian Nancy Pearl points the way in Book Crush.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781570616563 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Sasquatch Books |
| Publication date: | 09/29/2009 |
| Series: | LUST |
| Sold by: | Penguin Random House Publisher Services |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 304 |
| File size: | 808 KB |
About the Author
Nancy Pearl created the program "If All of Seattle Read the Same Book," which has spread across America and around the world. She talks about books and reading on NPR’s "Morning Edition" and on other public radio stations. Pearl teaches at the University of Washington and inspires readers across the country. She is the author of several books, including Book Lust, More Book Lust, and George & Lizzie. Pearl lives in Seattle with her husband.
Table of Contents
Introduction v
Acknowledgments xiii
Youngest Readers 1
Ahh, Those Adorable Anthropomorphic Animals 3
B Is for Babies 7
Bedtime Stories 9
Boo! Halloween Books to Treasure 11
Books, Books, Books 12
The Cats Meow 14
Good Books for the Youngest Readers 18
Christmas Is Coming 20
D Is for Dinosaurs 22
Death and Dying 23
A Dog's Life 25
Easy as 1,2,3: Counting Books 27
Fairy Tales (Fractured or Not) 28
Folk Tales 33
Girls Rule 36
Grandmas and Grandpas 38
Grin and Bear It! 40
Just for Fun 42
Latkes, Dreidels, and Lights 46
Let Me Introduce You To... 47
Many Cultures, Many Voices 49
Meet Mother Goose 51
Mind Your P's & Q's 53
Music to My Ears 54
Noodlehead Stories 55
One Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words 57
Picture Perfect 58
Quack Away 60
Reality Check 62
Rebels with a Cause 64
Rhyming Read-Alouds for the Very Young 67
School Daze 68
Simple as ABC 71
Stop Bugging Me: Insects Galore 73
Tall Tales 75
Thanks for Thanksgiving 77
Trickster Tales 78
Weather or Not 80
You've Got a Friend 82
Middle-Grade Readers, Ages 8-12 85
Adventure Ahoy! 87
All in the Family 89
Animal Tales 92
Author! Author! 94
Autobiographies 95
Before and After Harry (Potter, of Course) 97
Biographical Fiction 99
Boys Will Be Boys 102
Coming of Age 105
D@%! the Torpedoes, Full Steam Ahead 107
Dragon Tales 110
Dewey Love Nonfiction? Dewey Ever! 111
Doggone It, She Said Ho(a)rsely 128
Dolls and Dollhouses 130
Double Trouble 134
Friends Make the World Go Round 135
G and T's: Gifted and Talented 137
Girl Power! 137
Gone But Not Forgotten 140
Good Sports 141
Goosebumps 145
Greek Myths 147
Guaranteed to Grab You 148
Hickory, Dickory, Dock 150
"I" Books 152
In the Footsteps of Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys 154
The Kids Next Door 157
Kids to the Rescue 158
King Arthur 160
Let's Talk About It 163
LOL: Laugh Out Loud 164
Melting Pots and Salad Bowls 167
Myths, Legends, Folk and Fairy Tales 168
Not a Dry Eye in the House 171
O Pioneers! 173
One Word Is Worth a Thousand Pictures (Or Something Like That) 175
Orphans Abounding 176
Other Times, Other Places 178
The Pleasures of Poetry 180
Real People You Ought to Know 183
Relativity 185
Science Fiction: Future Possibilities 188
Slavery and the Civil War 189
The Witch Trials-Salem and Beyond 191
Teen Readers, Ages 13-18 193
After Sam Spade and Kinsey Millhone 195
Always Short and Sometimes (But Usually Not) Sweet 196
Chicklet Lit: For Girls Only 198
Cry Me a River 201
Dragooned by Dragons 202
Fantastic Fantasies 204
Getting to Know Me: Memoirs 205
Ghosts I Have Loved 208
Girls Kick Butt 209
GLBTQ 211
Growing Up Is (Sometimes) Hard to Do 213
Heartbreak Hotel 215
Historical Fiction 216
Immigrants and Refugees 220
It Might as Well Be Greek 221
It's a Guy Thing 223
Kung Fu, the Samurai Code, and Ninja Stealth 225
May I Have This Dance? 227
Moving Up 229
Not Your Parents' Comic Books 230
One-Word Wonders 233
Our Love Is Here to Stay-Or Not 236
Page-Turning Pleasures 237
Play the Game 239
Poems as Novels and Novels as Poems 240
Queens of Fantasy 242
Shape Shifters 244
Sink Your Teeth into These 245
Slowly Unraveling 247
Smells Like Teen Nostalgia 248
Tam Lin 251
This Is My Life 253
Up All Night 256
Utopia-Not! 258
What'd I Do to Deserve This Biography? 260
Index 263
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