Titoli in Libri e biblioteche

Nei prati riarsi della calda stagione texana, Calpurnia non può fare a meno di notare che le cavallette gialle sono molto, molto più grandi delle cavallette verdi. Perché? Sono di due specie diverse? Calpurnia ha sentito parlare del libro di un certo Darwin, in cui si spiega l'origine delle specie animali. Forse può trovare quel libro nella biblioteca pubblica? Sì, ma la bibliotecaria non glielo vuole mostrare. Poco male, quel libro si trova anche a casa sua: nello studio del nonno, il libero pensatore della famiglia.

Nessuno sa come né perché, dopo un violento nubifragio, il cubo di cemento della biblioteca Jacques Prévert prende il largo e si ritrova a navigare nell'oceano. A bordo il direttore, la bibliotecaria, la signora delle pulizie, una prima media al completo con il professore di tecnologia e il giovane Saïd. Gli improvvisati marinai dovranno trovare il modo per sopravvivere. Per fortuna, ad aiutarli in questa avventura, ci sono i libri della biblioteca!

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Jewish Book Week, this engaging biography introduces children to the influential librarian and immigrant who originated the event. Fanny Goldstein immigrated to America from Russia when she was six. She loved the fact that in her new country she could...

Breve storia tra realtà e fantasia che vede come protagonista una bambina di nome Caterina. Caterina adora i libri, ma proprio non ne ha nessuna cura, finché un giorno, i protagonisti dell'ultimo libro che ha acquistato si ribellano, perché il loro mondo viene "capovolto" da questa fanciulla un po' birbante. Riusciranno i personaggi delle fiabe più famose a ritrovare la loro storia?

Celebrate the joy of books with the entertaining Charlie Cook's Favourite Book, read by Imelda Staunton and Steven Pacey, from the unparalleled picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo. This audiobook edition also includes a song and a read along...

Dracula is everyone's all-time favorite vampire story. Why are the Transylvanian peasants so fearful of count Dracula's castle? When a young businessman discovers the truth, it is nearly too late. Will Jonathan have enough time to save his beloved fiancée from the vampire's deadly embrace?

Essie has grown up in the public library, raised in secret by the four librarians who found her abandoned as a baby in the children’s department. With four mothers and miles of books to read, Essie has always been very happy living there. But now that she is eleven, Essie longs for a little more freedom…and maybe a friend her own age. She seems to get her wish when her moms let her go by herself to the mall.

Bestselling author of Ella Enchanted and fairy-tale master Gail Carson Levine shares her secrets of great writing in this companion to the popular Writing Magic. Have you ever wanted to captivate readers with a great opening, create spectacular and fantastical creatures, make up an entire...

With more than 12 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading! In this ninth book in the My Weirder School series, it's time for the annual Ella Mentry School fund-raiser, and guess who's in charge? Alexia's mom, Ms. Sue! She has the teachers selling everything from...

Although a year has passed, not a day goes by without Meggie thinking of Inkheart, the book whose characters came to life–and changed her life forever. But for Dustfinger, the fire-eater brought into being from words, the need to return to the original tale has become desperate. When he finds...

DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF. The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller that is now a major motion picture, Markus Zusak's unforgettable story is about the ability of books to feed the soul. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by...

Max, who loves to read, discovers all the services available to him during a visit to the library.

There's a storm raging in Eerie-on-Sea. Has the mighty Gargantis come back from the deep...? When an ancient bottle is found washed up on the beach after a ferocious electrical storm, all the residents of Eerie-on-Sea seem to want it ... but should they in fact fear it? Legend has it that the...

A storybook princess breaks the fourth wall and incites a new kind of adventure in this imaginative middle grade fantasy perfect for fans of Chris Colfer and Gail Carson Levine. Sylvie had an amazing life, but she didn’t get to live it very often. Sylvie has been a twelve-year-old princess for...

School libraries are the hub for learning, community, and creating. Kid-friendly text highlights all the things a library can be.

Explore the life and career of Newbery-award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson.

A bored school teacher seeks adventure as a whale hunter. He has no idea that the mad captain of the Pequod is interested in pursuing only one whale - the enormous white beast that bit off his leg! Now it's too late to turn back.

When 11-year-old Langston's mother dies in 1946, he and his father leave rural Alabama for Chicago's brown belt as a part of what came to be known as the Great Migration. It's lonely in the small apartment with just the two of them, and Langston is bullied at school. But his new home has one fantastic thing. Unlike the whites-only library in Alabama, the local public library welcomes everyone. There, hiding out after school, Langston discovers another Langston, a poet whom he learns inspired his mother enough to name her only son after him.

Neftalí’s father wants him to be a doctor. But Neftalí is not like other children. How he reconciles his own dreams with his father’s is at the heart of this profoundly moving story of the life of poet Pablo Neruda.

From award-winners Supriya Kelkar and Jarrett Lerner comes a middle-grade story about a pair of unlikely friends determined to save the library that brought them together. Roohi and Nate are not friends. Their paths have crossed a handful of times over the years—and the outcome has never been...