How to Read Literature Like a Professor
For Kids
New York, NY : Harper, [2013]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 168 pages ; 22 cm
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.
Contents:
How'd he do that? -- Every trip is a quest (except when it's not) -- Nice to eat with you: acts of communion -- 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.
Target Audience: 820L
ISBN:
9780062200860
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C EDUCATION Reading Fos | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Education | Out (Due: 5/9/2024) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.