Download or read book What We See When We Read written by Peter Mendelsund and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gorgeously unique, fully illustrated exploration into the phenomenology of reading—how we visualize images from reading works of literature, from one of our very best book jacket designers, himself a passionate reader. “A playful, illustrated treatise on how words give rise to mental images.” —The New York Times What do we see when we read? Did Tolstoy really describe Anna Karenina? Did Melville ever really tell us what, exactly, Ishmael looked like? The collection of fragmented images on a page—a graceful ear there, a stray curl, a hat positioned just so—and other clues and signifiers helps us to create an image of a character. But in fact our sense that we know a character intimately has little to do with our ability to concretely picture our beloved—or reviled—literary figures. In this remarkable work of nonfiction, Knopf's Associate Art Director Peter Mendelsund combines his profession, as an award-winning designer; his first career, as a classically trained pianist; and his first love, literature—he considers himself first and foremost as a reader—into what is sure to be one of the most provocative and unusual investigations into how we understand the act of reading.

Download or read book Read and See Pack 2 written by Sue Lloyd and published by Jolly Phonics. This book was released on 2001-12-31 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All these books for children have regular words that can be read by sounding out and blending. Perfect first reading books for children learning with synthetic phonics, supporting their school work and getting them interested in reading. Each book has pages with a single word and a picture of the word next to it, under a flap. The children read the word and then lift the flap to see if they are correct! These are ideal first books to send home for reading. 12 Books per pack, 8 Pages per book, 1 Word per page. Titles included in Pack 2: 'Digraphs' ai wordsoa wordsIee wordsor wordsng wordsoo wordsch wordssh wordsou wordsoi wordser wordsar words

Download or read book Before They Are Hanged written by Joe Abercrombie and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second novel in the wildly popular First Law Trilogy from New York Times bestseller Joe Abercrombie. Superior Glokta has a problem. How do you defend a city surrounded by enemies and riddled with traitors, when your allies can by no means be trusted, and your predecessor vanished without a trace? It's enough to make a torturer want to run -- if he could even walk without a stick. Northmen have spilled over the border of Angland and are spreading fire and death across the frozen country. Crown Prince Ladisla is poised to drive them back and win undying glory. There is only one problem -- he commands the worst-armed, worst-trained, worst-led army in the world. And Bayaz, the First of the Magi, is leading a party of bold adventurers on a perilous mission through the ruins of the past. The most hated woman in the South, the most feared man in the North, and the most selfish boy in the Union make a strange alliance, but a deadly one. They might even stand a chance of saving mankind from the Eaters -- if they didn't hate each other quite so much. Ancient secrets will be uncovered. Bloody battles will be won and lost. Bitter enemies will be forgiven -- but not before they are hanged. First Law Trilogy The Blade Itself Before They Are Hanged Last Argument of Kings For more from Joe Abercrombie, check out: Novels in the First Law world Best Served Cold The Heroes Red Country

Download or read book I Can See Just Fine written by Eric Barclay and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paige is just like every other kid. She goes to school. She practices her violin. She plays outside. The only problem is, she cannot quite see the chalkboard, her sheet music, or anything else! Despite Paige’s repeated refrain of “I can see just fine,” the comical illustrations portray a different story. Paige’s parents decide it’s time for her to visit the eye doctor, despite her protests. But Paige’s stubbornness quickly dissolves as she braves an enthralling eye checkup, enjoys a playful frame selection, and, most importantly, ends up with perfect eyesight! Barclay successfully depicts a very real and relevant issue with lightheartedness and gentle humor. Young readers will relate to Paige’s journey and celebrate her triumph of seeing clearly in the end. Praise for I Can See Just Fine "It’s a useful, non-didactic story for kids in Paige’s situation—and utterly fun, too.” --Publishers Weekly "A gentle way to introduce the topic of eyeglasses with a resistant child and what to expect in finding a solution." --Shelf Awareness for Readers "With an attractive, clean layout and big speech bubbles, this story is one that young readers will easily follow as Paige ultimately triumphs with her new glasses." --School Library Journal "This is an easy picture book for beginning readers with full-color illustrations. The stylized, pleasing illustrations are done well and a lot of children can relate to the situation." --Library Media Connection

Download or read book Read and See written by Sue Lloyd and published by Jolly Learning Limited. This book was released on 2001-12-31 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All these books for children have regular words that can be read by sounding out and blending. Perfect first reading books for children learning with synthetic phonics, supporting their school work and getting them interested in reading. Each book has pages with a single word and a picture of the word next to it, under a flap. The children read the word and then lift the flap to see if they are correct! These are ideal first books to send home for reading. 12 Books per pack, 8 Pages per book, 1 Word per page. Titles included in Pack 1: 'Basic Words' First WordsWho's in the Box?I canck wordsDouble TroubleEggsUnder the LeafMy BodyOn the RoadFishAt SeaLonger Words

Download or read book Read It See It Say It Sing It written by Hunter Beless and published by B&H Kids. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this rhyming, whimsical picture book, Hunter Beless delights young readers with the message of reading, seeing, saying, and singing the Bible with the goal of drawing closer to Jesus.

Download or read book I Can See written by Julie Murray and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Very simple, easy-to-read text pairs up with fun photographs to teach little readers that eyes are for seeing, as well as all the beautiful things they can see! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.

Download or read book I See Summer written by Charles Ghigna and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pea pods, cucumbers, and strawberries provide plenty of opportunities for counting in the garden Follow Dad, Grandma, and other family members as they pick and count. Hidden numbers on every page give readers an opportunity to search and learn.

Download or read book I See You Saw written by Nurit Karlin and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1999-02-27 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A can, a fly, a seesaw, a bee.Two jaunty cats see it all as they spend the day playing their own version of I Spy.Soon enough, their play grows into boisterous fun where wordplay is the name of the game, and the ingenious concept behind this My First I Can Read Book. "Clever and bright." —Kirkus Reviews

Download or read book Why I Read written by Wendy Lesser and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Wendy Lesser's extraordinary alertness, intelligence, and curiosity have made her one of America's most significant cultural critics," writes Stephen Greenblatt. In Why I Read, Lesser draws on a lifetime of pleasure reading and decades of editing one of the most distinguished literary magazines in the country, The Threepenny Review, to describe her love of literature. As Lesser writes in her prologue, "Reading can result in boredom or transcendence, rage or enthusiasm, depression or hilarity, empathy or contempt, depending on who you are and what the book is and how your life is shaping up at the moment you encounter it." Here the reader will discover a definition of literature that is as broad as it is broad-minded. In addition to novels and stories, Lesser explores plays, poems, and essays along with mysteries, science fiction, and memoirs. As she examines these works from such perspectives as "Character and Plot," "Novelty," "Grandeur and Intimacy," and "Authority," Why I Read sparks an overwhelming desire to put aside quotidian tasks in favor of reading. Lesser's passion for this pursuit resonates on every page, whether she is discussing the book as a physical object or a particular work's influence. "Reading literature is a way of reaching back to something bigger and older and different," she writes. "It can give you the feeling that you belong to the past as well as the present, and it can help you realize that your present will someday be someone else's past. This may be disheartening, but it can also be strangely consoling at times." A book in the spirit of E. M. Forster's Aspects of the Novel and Elizabeth Hardwick's A View of My Own, Why I Read is iconoclastic, conversational, and full of insight. It will delight those who are already avid readers as well as neophytes in search of sheer literary fun.

Download or read book Jolly Phonics written by Sara Wernham and published by Jolly Phonics. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complete set of 7 fun-filled activity books for kids, each covering one group of letter sounds. Jolly Phonics teaches children to read and write using synthetic phonics in a fun and engaging way. Each of these 36 page activity books for children aged 3+, including 2 pages of stickers provide a range of fun activities for children to complete, including coloring, handwriting practice, puzzles, mazes, games, craft activities, word & picture matching and flash cards. There is a story for each of the letter sounds as well as the letter sound action, introducing synthetic phonics in a fun and multi-sensory way, giving them solid support at home. Activity Book 1 s, a, t, i, p, n Activity Book 2 c k, e, h, r, m, d Activity Book 3 g, o, u, l, f, b Activity Book 4 ai, j, oa, ie, ee, or Activity Book 5 z, w, ng, v, oo, oo Activity Book 6 y, x, ch, sh, th, th Activity Book 7 qu, ou, oi, ue, er, ar

Download or read book Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons written by Phyllis Haddox and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1986-06-15 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A step-by-step program that shows parents, simply and clearly, how to teach their child to read in just 20 minutes a day.

Download or read book ABC See Hear Do Level 1 written by Stefanie Hohl and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-10 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABC See, Hear, Do Level 1: Writing Practice, Uppercase Letters allows children to trace and write uppercase letters.

Download or read book Tar Beach written by Faith Ringgold and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD WINNER • CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK • A NEW YORK TIMES BEST ILLUSTRATED BOOK Acclaimed artist Faith Ringgold seamless weaves fiction, autobiography, and African American history into a magical story that resonates with the universal wish for freedom, and will be cherished for generations. Cassie Louise Lightfoot has a dream: to be free to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life. One night, up on “tar beach,” the rooftop of her family’s Harlem apartment building, her dreams come true. The stars lift her up, and she flies over the city, claiming the buildings and the city as her own. As Cassie learns, anyone can fly. “All you need is somewhere to go you can’t get to any other way. The next thing you know, you’re flying among the stars.”

Download or read book Baby Bear Baby Bear What Do You See Oso beb oso beb qu ves ah Bilingual board book English Spanish written by Bill Martin, Jr. and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2020-06-16 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bilingual English and Spanish board book edition of Bill Martin and Eric Carle's classic picture book Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? / Oso bebé, oso bebé, ¿qué ves ahí? Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? is the final collaboration from this bestselling author-illustrator team. Young readers will enjoy Baby Bear's quest to find Mama, and they'll revel in identifying each of the native North American animals that appear along the way. The central focus on the special bond between Mama and baby makes a fitting finale to a beloved series. Oso bebé, oso bebé, ¿qué ves ahí? es la última colaboración del equipo autor-ilustrado más vendido. Los lectores jóvenes disfrutarán la aventura de Oso Bebé en búsqueda de Mamá, y se divertirán identificando cada uno de los animales nativos a Norte América que aparecen en el camino. El enfoque en la conexión especial entre Mamá y bebé hacen de este libro un final perfecto para una serie tan adorada.

Download or read book I Can See Peace written by Julie D. Penshorn and published by Growing Communities for Peace. This book was released on 2018-09-21 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children's mental health is key to their success. This award-winning, multicultural children's book won a Gold Medal in the "Health" category and also was named "Indie Human Relations Peace Book of the Year" surpassing adult titles, too. It shows that even a child with arguing parents, severe illness, or in conflict with a bully, can find peace,

Download or read book What Do You See written by and published by MacMillan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1974 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several animals describe the world from their point of view, and the lark, flying above, sees that they are all partially correct.