In honor of Women's History Month, we're highlighting 10 new books that
give young readers a fresh batch of heroines, from new fictional favorites to historical role models getting some much - deserved attention:
In stories from both eras, they subtly
give young readers strong lessons in the major choices that life presents, choices about good and evil, about forgiving wrongs, about constancy, about faith.
Now, LeVar Burton, longtime host and executive producer of the program, is venturing into the world of electronic juvenile reading with the launch of RRKidz, a subscription - based digital library for iPad and key Android devices which will
give young readers access to hundreds of titles while being moderated for content appropriateness.
With books like these, an investment of nothing more than a little bit of time can
give young readers and counters workouts that spell f - u-n.
These fast - paced stories are woven together to
give young readers a wealth of historical information in an incredibly gripping way.
Help
us give young readers a chance to read new books as well as classics.
Coy's text, which includes a bibliography and a timeline, brings the actions of the game to life while at the same time
gives young readers enough history to appreciate the event's significance.
This book
gives young readers an image of a girl who is both clever and giving and whose independent vision is undaunted by those around her.
The PAWS to Read program
gives young readers the opportunity to read to an attentive, unbiased and non-judgmental listener.
Not exact matches
Instead, I have gone through my career in national media with a misinformed sense of satisfaction that, as a perceptive
young journalist, I called Trump on his lies and
gave Forbes
readers who used the Rich List as a barometer of private wealth a more accurate picture of his finances than the one he was selling.
We then have a major section on Ayesha, who is later impersonated by one of the prostitutes, the whores of «The Curtain,» and from that impersonation the
reader is
given full details of Ayesha's strong - willed character, and the scandal involving her and an apparently innocent
young man, Safwan, who rescues her on a desert trail only for idle tongues to wag about their alleged secret conduct.
We're working hard here in our editorial office to
give our
readers — and I'm speaking particularly of our
young readers here — something to chew on.
DFB Question # 2 — Many of my
readers have kids with dairy allergies — can you
give me a few of your recipes from this book that have been a hit with
younger kids?
The illustrations are appealing, featuring
young children at play in all sorts of weather,
giving readers someone to relate to («I like to splash in the rain too!»).
Today I'm pleased to
give TLT
readers a chance to win a free copy of a beautiful new children's book designed to get
young readers excited about cooking, eating and trying new fruits and vegetables.
I'll also be
giving away a free copy of Jill's new book, Eat Like a Champion: Performance Nutrition for Your
Young Athlete, to one lucky TLT
reader.
DFB Question # 2 — Many of my
readers have kids with dairy allergies — can you
give me a few of your recipes from this book that have been a hit with
younger kids?
It is the account of a
young German soldier's experience of the trenches in World War One and
gives the
reader a harrowing insight into the reality of war.
Most important of all,
younger readers would have been
given no idea why Benn was rejected by the Labour party.
To help our
readers — especially the
younger, less established lot — deal with that uncertainty, we
gave longtime contributor Beryl Lieff Benderly her own column, «Taken for Granted,» in which she dissects the challenges faced by postdocs and other researchers «who deserve better.»
Several times, I have received messages from
readers, asking me for the WhatsApp numbers of rich Sugar mummy to chat them up, and sincerely, we have hundreds of their phone numbers,
given to us by these Women, who are in need of
young men.
However,
given the high volume of questions we receive from
readers asking us to decipher whether a guy likes them or not (and the fact that «Does He 19 too
young online dating My own dating site.
In Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's animated adaptation of Satrapi's graphic - novel autobiography about a
young girl growing up in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution and Iran's war with Iraq, episodic stories
give Western
readers and many others a glimpse into a fascinating world during a tumultuous era, and the author's illustrations express the caricatured, exaggerated impressions of a
young child.
This extract from «Go Green: Having the Energy»
gives a clear, illustrated explanation of what climate change is in terms that
young readers will really understand.
Books
Give Us Wings In this Letters About Literature lesson, students read and discuss letters written by
young readers to the authors of books that «
gave them wings.»
Students read and discuss letters written by
young readers to the authors of books that «
gave them wings.»
Educators had little idea it was so successful until 2000, when the first results from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a standardized test
given to 15 - year - olds in more than 40 global venues, revealed Finnish youth to be the best
young readers in the world.
As teachers provide meaningful, well - prepared think alouds, they
give students clarity on the process of understanding text — a process which is too often full of secrecy and confusion for
young readers.
I think that expanding the reading audience is vital for them — and
given the length of many manga series, this could be important for gaining and maintaining
readers who are either mobile, expecting to move quite often (which is a number of
younger people), who have space limitations, or equally, simply don't want to mess with mail order or going out to get hardcopy manga volumes.
These six sparkling poetry books speak to
young readers of all ages, addressing a symphony of subjects with creativity, humor and style.STARTING SMALLIn the introduction to Wee Rhymes: Baby's First Poetry Book, longtime collaborators Jane Yolen and artist Jane Dyer explain how vital poetry is: «Children who are
given poetry early will have a fullness inside.
This story of a
young mother resonated with BookBrowse
readers with 11 out of 14 reviewers
giving it a full five stars.
More than anything, I'd like
young readers to know that even when it feels like life is
giving you a beating, there's always hope around what may at first look like a very dark corner.
Given that this is a title that will likely be geared heavily towards the bookstore /
young reader market, that's great.
I'm doing another
give - away, where I'm just
giving away 10 signed bestselling books in the
young adult fantasy genre and I've got to 5,000
readers already.
The
young readers were
given an eBook, a physical copy, and an enhanced eBook version of the same story.
Reid introduces the book by identifying reasons that
young people become reluctant
readers and
gives tips for using the book.
By toning down the content for
young adults while still sticking to the story line, or by ramping up the explicit content for the new adult
readers, authors can reach out to an even wider audience while
giving readers the confidence that the book appeals to the appropriate
readers.
By not billing itself as
young adult, which has a lot of variations as to the maturity level of the content, new adult
gives people some idea of being aimed at an older age bracket than the standard preteen or teenage
reader.
Young readers, no matter how small, will enjoy seeing just how big the gift of love can be, as well as their own ability to
give it.
Unlike some books chosen for reading in school, it also resonates with
young readers: In 2000, it won the five main literary prizes
given by French students!
Throughout the novel, Hay moves back and forth through Elsie's years,
giving the
reader introspective looks into her life: from her days as a vibrant, adventurous
young woman to her years mothering her twins, Elaine and Don; from the time she stepped out of her ordinary life to have her portrait painted to the present day, when she looks into her mirror at «the facility» and says to herself, «I have no idea who you are or why you're here.»
It is repeated in the forgiveness the
reader gives Annie and as Annie forgives herself for her affair with Malcomb and in life as we all tend to forgive a harmful choice when children and
young adults lie or or make a mistake.
Give me a break, Penguin
Young Readers.
The strong voice will resonate with
readers, soothe any
young child scared of their first cut, and
give a boost of confidence to the seasoned pros.
When I was in third grade, my parents
gave me a bright red book that still sits on my bookshelf today: Great Stories for
Young Readers.
In the year ending in January 2012, the American Association of Publishers reported that e-book sales had risen more than 49.4 % in the adult books category, 475.1 % in the children's and
young adult category, and 150.7 % in the religious publications category.5 We at the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project reported that ownership of e-book
readers among adults age 18 and older had nearly doubled from 10 % of the population to 19 % over the holiday gift -
giving season at the end of 2011, and ownership of tablet computers had surged a similar amount.6 In the final week of 2011 the e-book version of 42 of the top - selling 50 books on USA Today's best - seller book list was outselling the paper version of the same book.7
The second is Picture Book Depot, which is dedicated to the wonderful picture books I read and review for publishers across the U.S. I
give the books away when I'm finished, so if you know of some
young readers who want FREE books, just drop me a line.
The
younger readers respond favorably to the interactivity, such as bonus games, touch - screen coloring book applications, and the imagery from their favorite characters; the adults who ultimately purchase the content for their children are primarily interested in quality content that they feel confident in
giving to their children, as well as the value of the content at that price point.
Now, those sentiments have often fallen away,
given the popularity of kids» ebooks and the large number of interactive enhanced ebook publishers for
young readers.
With the majority of
young readers taking advantage of the read - to - me option, the developers put more text on the same screen,
giving the book that «big kid book» image; that will be incredibly important as elementary
readers begin to make the transition to chapter books.