Author: Maria Popova
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1592703321
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
A Brain Pickings Best Children's Book of the Year "An embarrassment of riches." —The New York Times An expansive collection of love letters to books, libraries, and reading, from a wonderfully eclectic array of thinkers and creators. In these pages, some of today's most wonderful culture-makers—writers, artists, scientists, entrepreneurs, and philosophers—reflect on the joys of reading, how books broaden and deepen human experience, and the ways in which the written word has formed their own character. On the page facing each letter, an illustration by a celebrated illustrator or graphic artist presents that artist's visual response. Among the diverse contributions are letters from Jane Goodall, Neil Gaiman, Jerome Bruner, Shonda Rhimes, Ursula K. Le Guin, Yo-Yo Ma, Judy Blume, Lena Dunham, Elizabeth Gilbert, and Jacqueline Woodson, as well as a ninety-eight-year-old Holocaust survivor, a pioneering oceanographer, and Italy's first woman in space. Some of the illustrators, cartoonists, and graphic designers involved are Marianne Dubuc, Sean Qualls, Oliver Jeffers, Maira Kalman, Mo Willems, Isabelle Arsenault, Chris Ware, Liniers, Shaun Tan, Tomi Ungerer, and Art Spiegelman. This project is woven entirely of goodwill, generosity of spirit, and a shared love of books. Everyone involved has donated their time, and all profits will go to the New York Public Library systems. This stunning 272-page hardcover volume features a lay-flat binding to allow for greater ease of reading.
A Velocity of Being
Author: Maria Popova
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1592703321
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
A Brain Pickings Best Children's Book of the Year "An embarrassment of riches." —The New York Times An expansive collection of love letters to books, libraries, and reading, from a wonderfully eclectic array of thinkers and creators. In these pages, some of today's most wonderful culture-makers—writers, artists, scientists, entrepreneurs, and philosophers—reflect on the joys of reading, how books broaden and deepen human experience, and the ways in which the written word has formed their own character. On the page facing each letter, an illustration by a celebrated illustrator or graphic artist presents that artist's visual response. Among the diverse contributions are letters from Jane Goodall, Neil Gaiman, Jerome Bruner, Shonda Rhimes, Ursula K. Le Guin, Yo-Yo Ma, Judy Blume, Lena Dunham, Elizabeth Gilbert, and Jacqueline Woodson, as well as a ninety-eight-year-old Holocaust survivor, a pioneering oceanographer, and Italy's first woman in space. Some of the illustrators, cartoonists, and graphic designers involved are Marianne Dubuc, Sean Qualls, Oliver Jeffers, Maira Kalman, Mo Willems, Isabelle Arsenault, Chris Ware, Liniers, Shaun Tan, Tomi Ungerer, and Art Spiegelman. This project is woven entirely of goodwill, generosity of spirit, and a shared love of books. Everyone involved has donated their time, and all profits will go to the New York Public Library systems. This stunning 272-page hardcover volume features a lay-flat binding to allow for greater ease of reading.
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1592703321
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
A Brain Pickings Best Children's Book of the Year "An embarrassment of riches." —The New York Times An expansive collection of love letters to books, libraries, and reading, from a wonderfully eclectic array of thinkers and creators. In these pages, some of today's most wonderful culture-makers—writers, artists, scientists, entrepreneurs, and philosophers—reflect on the joys of reading, how books broaden and deepen human experience, and the ways in which the written word has formed their own character. On the page facing each letter, an illustration by a celebrated illustrator or graphic artist presents that artist's visual response. Among the diverse contributions are letters from Jane Goodall, Neil Gaiman, Jerome Bruner, Shonda Rhimes, Ursula K. Le Guin, Yo-Yo Ma, Judy Blume, Lena Dunham, Elizabeth Gilbert, and Jacqueline Woodson, as well as a ninety-eight-year-old Holocaust survivor, a pioneering oceanographer, and Italy's first woman in space. Some of the illustrators, cartoonists, and graphic designers involved are Marianne Dubuc, Sean Qualls, Oliver Jeffers, Maira Kalman, Mo Willems, Isabelle Arsenault, Chris Ware, Liniers, Shaun Tan, Tomi Ungerer, and Art Spiegelman. This project is woven entirely of goodwill, generosity of spirit, and a shared love of books. Everyone involved has donated their time, and all profits will go to the New York Public Library systems. This stunning 272-page hardcover volume features a lay-flat binding to allow for greater ease of reading.
Letters To Young Lovers
Author: Ellen G. White
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781087933962
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Throughout this book are letters written under the inspiration of God and addressed to young people to help them make the right choices relating to their courtship and marriage. Now in a new edition "big print copy" for those people that have problems with vision.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781087933962
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Throughout this book are letters written under the inspiration of God and addressed to young people to help them make the right choices relating to their courtship and marriage. Now in a new edition "big print copy" for those people that have problems with vision.
Letters to Young People
Author: Glenn Colquhoun
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780473518813
Category : New Zealand poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
"In this collection of poetry Glenn Colquhoun writes to the young people he works with at the Horowhenua Health Service. Tender and poignant, wondering and wry, here his words become small scissors, knives, bandages and balms. Gathered together they represent an inventory of one doctor's consultations taken home, responses to those moments he might have woken in the night and wished he had said things better"--Dust jacket.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780473518813
Category : New Zealand poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
"In this collection of poetry Glenn Colquhoun writes to the young people he works with at the Horowhenua Health Service. Tender and poignant, wondering and wry, here his words become small scissors, knives, bandages and balms. Gathered together they represent an inventory of one doctor's consultations taken home, responses to those moments he might have woken in the night and wished he had said things better"--Dust jacket.
C. S. Lewis' Letters to Children
Author: Clive Staples Lewis
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684823721
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
A collection of letters from the English author of the Narnia books to a variety of children.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684823721
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
A collection of letters from the English author of the Narnia books to a variety of children.
A Book of Letters
Author: Ken Wilson-Max
Publisher: Cartwheel Books
ISBN: 9780439324557
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A circle of young friends pass on a chain of "letters" starting from A and going all the way to Z.
Publisher: Cartwheel Books
ISBN: 9780439324557
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A circle of young friends pass on a chain of "letters" starting from A and going all the way to Z.
Letters to a Young Muslim
Author: Omar Saif Ghobash
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250119839
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
**A New York Times Editor's Pick** From the Ambassador of the UAE to Russia comes Letters to a Young Muslim, a bold and intimate exploration of what it means to be a Muslim in the twenty-first century. In a series of personal and insightful letters to his sons, Omar Saif Ghobash offers a vital manifesto that tackles the dilemmas facing not only young Muslims but everyone navigating the complexities of today’s world. Full of wisdom and thoughtful reflections on faith, culture and society. This is a courageous and essential book that celebrates individuality whilst recognising it is our shared humanity that brings us together. Written with the experience of a diplomat and the personal responsibility of a father; Ghobash’s letters offer understanding and balance in a world that rarely offers any. An intimate and hopeful glimpse into a sphere many are unfamiliar with; it provides an understanding of the everyday struggles Muslims face around the globe. *One of Time's Most Anticipated Books of 2017, a Bustle Best Nonfiction Pick for January 2017, a Chicago Review of Books Best Book to Read in January 2017, a Stylist Magazine Best Book of 2017, included in New Statesman's What to Read in 2017*
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250119839
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
**A New York Times Editor's Pick** From the Ambassador of the UAE to Russia comes Letters to a Young Muslim, a bold and intimate exploration of what it means to be a Muslim in the twenty-first century. In a series of personal and insightful letters to his sons, Omar Saif Ghobash offers a vital manifesto that tackles the dilemmas facing not only young Muslims but everyone navigating the complexities of today’s world. Full of wisdom and thoughtful reflections on faith, culture and society. This is a courageous and essential book that celebrates individuality whilst recognising it is our shared humanity that brings us together. Written with the experience of a diplomat and the personal responsibility of a father; Ghobash’s letters offer understanding and balance in a world that rarely offers any. An intimate and hopeful glimpse into a sphere many are unfamiliar with; it provides an understanding of the everyday struggles Muslims face around the globe. *One of Time's Most Anticipated Books of 2017, a Bustle Best Nonfiction Pick for January 2017, a Chicago Review of Books Best Book to Read in January 2017, a Stylist Magazine Best Book of 2017, included in New Statesman's What to Read in 2017*
Letters to a Young Teacher
Author: Jonathan Kozol
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307393720
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
“This remarkable book is a testament to teachers who not only respect and advocate for children on a daily basis but who are the necessary guardians of the spirit. Every citizen who cares about the future of our children ought to read this.”—Eric Carle, author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and other classic works for children “Kozol’s love for his students is as joyful and genuine as his critiques of the system are severe. He doesn’t pull punches.”—The Washington Post In these affectionate letters to Francesca, a first grade teacher at an inner-city school in Boston, Jonathan Kozol vividly describes his repeated visits to her classroom while, under Francesca’s likably irreverent questioning, he also reveals his own most personal stories of the years that he has spent in public schools. Letters to a Young Teacher reignites a number of the controversial issues Jonathan has powerfully addressed in his bestselling The Shame of the Nation and On Being a Teacher: the mania of high-stakes testing that turns many classrooms into test-prep factories where spontaneity and critical intelligence are no longer valued, the invasion of our public schools by predatory private corporations, and the inequalities of urban schools that are once again almost as segregated as they were a century ago. But most of all, these letters are rich with the happiness of teaching children, the curiosity and jubilant excitement children bring into the classroom at an early age, and their ability to overcome their insecurities when they are in the hands of an adoring and hard-working teacher.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307393720
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
“This remarkable book is a testament to teachers who not only respect and advocate for children on a daily basis but who are the necessary guardians of the spirit. Every citizen who cares about the future of our children ought to read this.”—Eric Carle, author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and other classic works for children “Kozol’s love for his students is as joyful and genuine as his critiques of the system are severe. He doesn’t pull punches.”—The Washington Post In these affectionate letters to Francesca, a first grade teacher at an inner-city school in Boston, Jonathan Kozol vividly describes his repeated visits to her classroom while, under Francesca’s likably irreverent questioning, he also reveals his own most personal stories of the years that he has spent in public schools. Letters to a Young Teacher reignites a number of the controversial issues Jonathan has powerfully addressed in his bestselling The Shame of the Nation and On Being a Teacher: the mania of high-stakes testing that turns many classrooms into test-prep factories where spontaneity and critical intelligence are no longer valued, the invasion of our public schools by predatory private corporations, and the inequalities of urban schools that are once again almost as segregated as they were a century ago. But most of all, these letters are rich with the happiness of teaching children, the curiosity and jubilant excitement children bring into the classroom at an early age, and their ability to overcome their insecurities when they are in the hands of an adoring and hard-working teacher.
A Book of Letters for Young People
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American letters
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American letters
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Letters to My Children
Author: Robert C. Maynard
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Collection of columns compiled by Maynard's daughter, Dori J. Maynard.
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Collection of columns compiled by Maynard's daughter, Dori J. Maynard.
Children's Letters to God
Author: Stuart E. Hample
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 9780894809996
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
A collection of questioning, serious, reverent, and humorous letters which children have written to God.
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 9780894809996
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
A collection of questioning, serious, reverent, and humorous letters which children have written to God.