Children And Books In The Modern World

Author : Alexander Weinstein
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250098998
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Children of the New World written by Alexander Weinstein and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes "After Yang," the basis for the acclaimed A24 film After Yang, starring Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Haley Lu Richardson, and directed by Kogonada. A New York Times Notable Book “A darkly mesmerizing, fearless, and exquisitely written work. Stunning, harrowing, and brilliantly imagined.” —Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven Children of the New World introduces readers to a near-future world of social media implants, memory manufacturers, dangerously immersive virtual reality games, and alarmingly intuitive robots. Many of these characters live in a utopian future of instant connection and technological gratification that belies an unbridgeable human distance, while others inhabit a post-collapse landscape made primitive by disaster, which they must work to rebuild as we once did millennia ago. In “The Cartographers,” the main character works for a company that creates and sells virtual memories, while struggling to maintain a real-world relationship sabotaged by an addiction to his own creations. In “After Yang,” the robotic brother of an adopted Chinese child malfunctions, and only in his absence does the family realize how real a son he has become. Children of the New World grapples with our unease in this modern world and how our ever-growing dependence on new technologies has changed the shape of our society. Alexander Weinstein is a visionary and singular voice in speculative fiction for all of us who are fascinated by and terrified of what we might find on the horizon.

Author : Keith Bosco
Publisher : Yellow Light Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781947165328
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sloppy Okapi written by Keith Bosco and published by Yellow Light Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie is a young okapi who wants to be a detective, but his one big flaw causes a big, big problem...he's a very sloppy okapi! Join Charlie as he learns the importance of being neat while discovering that his weakness doesn't determine his destiny.

Author : Tessa Strickland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781782852964
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Barefoot Book of Children written by Tessa Strickland and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Barefoot Book of children takes its readers on a visual trek across the globe, where they discover that--despite our different clothes and homes and languages--we are more alike than different.

Author : Shannon Vyff
Publisher : Warren Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781886057005
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 21st Century Kids written by Shannon Vyff and published by Warren Pub. This book was released on 2007-03-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 21st Century Kids is an adventure into the future of two children who are re-animated 200 years from today, in a society that has implemented many things as we see possible now.

Author : Kathleen T. Isaacs
Publisher : American Library Association
ISBN 13 : 0838911269
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Picturing the World written by Kathleen T. Isaacs and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2013 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This annotated resource by veteran children's book reviewer Isaacs surveys the best 250 nonfiction/informational titles for ages 3 through 10, helping librarians make informed collection development and purchasing decisions.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The World Book Encyclopedia written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.

Author : Emma Otheguy
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1534445358
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Sled for Gabo written by Emma Otheguy and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Snowy Day meets Last Stop on Market Street in this heartwarming classic in the making about a young boy who is in a new town and doesn’t have much, but with the help of a loving community discovers the joys of his first snowy day. On the day it snows, Gabo sees kids tugging sleds up the hill, then coasting down, whooping all the while. Gabo wishes he could join them, but his hat is too small, and he doesn’t have boots or a sled. But he does have warm and welcoming neighbors in his new town who help him solve the problem in the sweetest way possible!

Author : David Macaulay
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547770723
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Motel of the Mysteries written by David Macaulay and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1979-10-11 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the year 4022; all of the ancient country of Usa has been buried under many feet of detritus from a catastrophe that occurred back in 1985. Imagine, then, the excitement that Howard Carson, an amateur archeologist at best, experienced when in crossing the perimeter of an abandoned excavation site he felt the ground give way beneath him and found himself at the bottom of a shaft, which, judging from the DO NOT DISTURB sign hanging from an archaic doorknob, was clearly the entrance to a still-sealed burial chamber. Carson's incredible discoveries, including the remains of two bodies, one of then on a ceremonial bed facing an altar that appeared to be a means of communicating with the Gods and the other lying in a porcelain sarcophagus in the Inner Chamber, permitted him to piece together the whole fabric of that extraordinary civilization.

Author : Neil Grant
Publisher : OXFORD University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780199105007
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oxford Children's History of the World written by Neil Grant and published by OXFORD University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A single-volume, sumptuously illustrated history of the world specifically designed for grade schoolers, this readable volume follows the evolution of humankind from the earliest colonization of the world to the beginning of the new millennium. This beautiful book is made truly accessible to children. Organized chronologically in five sections, it contains a series of double-page spreads, each focusing on a major historical period. Whether it is Medieval Africa or the Ottoman Empire, or Louis XIV's Europe or American Independence that strikes your fancy, you will find it here. Color maps, illustrations, drawings, and photographs add information and make the easily digestible text even more accessible and visually appealing. Feature boxes look more closely into specific subjects and historical figures like Marco Polo, pilgrimage, or the Korean War. Each section concludes with illustrated "Who's Who" and "Timeline" segments, which present a quick survey of the most significant events and personalities of the period and allow a comparison between regions at a glance. A glossary and comprehensive index wrap up this helpful reference. Written from a global perspective, The Oxford Children's History of the World recounts the important events in the development of civilizations not only in Europe but also in the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Up-to-date, thorough, and imaginatively illustrated in full color, it is the perfect introduction to social studies for children.

Author : Elizabeth Laraway Wilson
Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 1433516349
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Books Children Love (Revised Edition) written by Elizabeth Laraway Wilson and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2002-10-30 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A love for reading is one of the most precious gifts that we can give children. It nurtures their imagination and creativity, lets them explore other worlds, and opens their minds to new truths and knowledge in appealing, inspiring ways. But how can we sort through thousands of children's books to discover the really worthwhile ones? Elizabeth Wilson offers us a newly revised, comprehensive guide to the very best in children's literature. Just as in the original volume, she comments on the tone and content of excellently written, captivating books in over two dozen subject areas. Hundreds of new titles have been added while retaining timeless classics and modern favorites-all of which respect traditional values. So that no matter what the children's ages are or whether they love fact or fiction, you can trust these books to share things that you can believe in and kids will delight in.