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How to read literature like a professor : for kids / Thomas C. Foster.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Harper, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Edition: First editionDescription: 168 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0062200852 (paperback)
  • 0062200860 (trade binding)
  • 9780062200853 (paperback)
  • 9780062200860 (trade binding)
Subject(s):
Contents:
How'd he do that? -- Every trip is a quest (except when it's not) -- Nice to eat with you: acts of communion -- Nice to eat with you: acts of vampires -- If it's square, it's a sonnet -- Now where have I seen him before? -- When in doubt, it's from Shakespeare... -- ...Or the Bible -- Hanseldee and Greteldum -- It's Greek to me -- It's more than just rain or snow or springtime -- Is that a symbol? -- It's all political -- Geography matters -- One story -- Marked for greatness -- He's blind for a reason, you know -- It's never just heart disease... and rarely just illness -- Don't read with your eyes -- Is he serious? And other ironies -- A test case.
Summary: Selected by a master storyteller and beloved New York Times best-selling author, the 16 stories in this menagerie will introduce teen readers to a host of strange, wondrous beings that have never existed anyplace but in the richness of the imagination.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 808 F757 Available 33111007461680
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:



Did you know the Grinch was on a quest What does it mean when a hero takes a journey Or eats green eggs and ham And what are vampires really about One thing's for sure--there's always more to a story than you think!



Now there's a young readers' edition of the New York Times bestselling adult title that's sold year after year.



Discussing such favorites as Little Women, Twilight, Beauty Queens, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, A Christmas Carol, and Harry Potter, this is the funny and accessible go-to guide for reading. Parents will delight in this amazing resource that will give their kids that extra edge or help them enjoy reading in a whole new way.



Funny and practical, this tween edition of Thomas C. Foster's New York Times bestseller offers a fresh and fun perspective on reading, drawing from classics and current favorites to explore what stories mean to us and how we can understand them. Foster explores all genres: novels, short stories, plays, poems, movies, and song lyrics, and gives kids the hidden tools to unlock the secrets of reading, making it exciting!



Includes bibliographical references, pages 147-153, and index.

How'd he do that? -- Every trip is a quest (except when it's not) -- Nice to eat with you: acts of communion -- Nice to eat with you: acts of vampires -- If it's square, it's a sonnet -- Now where have I seen him before? -- When in doubt, it's from Shakespeare... -- ...Or the Bible -- Hanseldee and Greteldum -- It's Greek to me -- It's more than just rain or snow or springtime -- Is that a symbol? -- It's all political -- Geography matters -- One story -- Marked for greatness -- He's blind for a reason, you know -- It's never just heart disease... and rarely just illness -- Don't read with your eyes -- Is he serious? And other ironies -- A test case.

Selected by a master storyteller and beloved New York Times best-selling author, the 16 stories in this menagerie will introduce teen readers to a host of strange, wondrous beings that have never existed anyplace but in the richness of the imagination.

Ages 8-12.

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