Catalog Search Results
Author
Publisher
Robert D. Reed Publishers
Pub. Date
©2012
Language
English
Description
"After very insightful and thorough examination of the Dr Seuss books, Dr Einhorn offers her brilliant interpretations of why we all love his books. Not only very intelligent, this book is highly entertaining, simultaneously serious and humorous, as it specifically illustrates how Seuss combined entertainment with spiritual lessons. Reputed to transform children story-time forever from the boring Dick and Jane series to a land of wild imagination,...
5) My duck
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
A little girl writes a story and soon it has a life of its own
8) Dr. Seuss
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to Dr. Seuss. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
"What children's book changed the way you see the world?" Anita Silvey asked this question to more than one hundred of our most respected and admired leaders in society, and she learned about the books that shaped financiers, actors, singers, athletes, activists, artists, comic book creators, novelists, illustrators, teachers... Writers (Anna Quindlen, Sherman Alexie, Bobbie Ann Mason, Azar Nafisi, Angela Johnson, David McCullough, Ann Tyler,...
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Dr. Seuss and Philosophy explores philosophical concepts such as the nature of the good life in Oh the Places You'll Go, the nature of knowledge in McElligot's Pool, Postmodernity in On Beyond Zebra, business and the environment in The Lorax, and moral character in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, among many others. --from publisher description
Author
Language
English
Description
A classic memoir that's gripping, funny, and ultimately unforgettable from the bestselling former National Ambassador of Books for Young People. A strong choice for summer reading—an engaging and powerful autobiographical exploration of growing up a so-called "bad boy" in Harlem in the 1940s.
As a boy, Myers was quick-tempered and physically strong, always ready for a fight. He also read voraciously—he
...Author
Language
English
Description
"SOME PIG," Charlotte the spider's praise for Wilbur, is just one fondly remembered snippet from E. B. White's Charlotte's Web. In Some Writer!, the two-time Caldecott Honor winner Melissa Sweet mixes White's personal letters, photos, and family ephemera with her own exquisite artwork to tell his story, from his birth in 1899 to his death in 1985. Budding young writers will be fascinated and inspired by the journalist, New Yorker contributor, and...
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books / Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When young Elwyn White lay in bed as a sickly child, a bold house mouse befriended him. When the time came for kindergarten, an anxious Elwyn longed for the farm, where animal friends awaited him at the end of each day. Propelled by his fascination with the outside world, he began to jot down his reflections in a journal. Writing filled him with joy, and words became his world. Today, Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web are beloved classics of children's...
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
As he was composing what was to become his most enduring book, E. B. White was obeying the maxim: "Write what you know." Helpless pigs, silly geese, clever spiders, greedy rats--White knew all of these characters in the barns and stables where he spent his favorite hours. Painfully shy his entire life, "this boy," White once wrote of himself, "felt for animals a kinship he never felt for people." It is all the more impressive, therefore, how many...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"An extraordinary, path-breaking, and penetrating book on the life and work and creative inspirations of the great children's book genius Maurice Sendak, who since his death in 2012 has only grown in his stature and recognition as a major American artist, period. Polymath and master interviewer Jonathan Cott first interviewed Maurice Sendak in 1976 for Rolling Stone, just at the time when Outside Over There, the concluding and by far the strangest...
In Interlibrary Loans
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Coastline Library Network can be requested from other Interlibrary Loans libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request