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Gelett Burgess c. 1910. In the US, the history of the blurb is said to begin with Walt Whitman's collection, Leaves of Grass.In response to the publication of the first edition in 1855, Ralph Waldo Emerson sent Whitman a congratulatory letter, including the phrase "I greet you at the beginning of a great career": the following year, Whitman had these words stamped in gold leaf on the spine of ...
Malala's Magic Pencil is a 2017 picture book authored by Malala Yousafzai and illustrated by Kerascoët.The book was published by Little, Brown and Company in the U.S., and Puffin Books in the U.K., [2] with Farrin Jacobs as editor. [3]
Skellig is a children's novel by the British author David Almond, published by Hodder in 1998.It was the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year and it won the Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's outstanding children's book by a British author. [3]
Things Not Seen is a first-person novel written by Andrew Clements and his third novel after Frindle and The Landry News. The title is apparently taken from Hebrews 11:1, "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" in the King James Version of the Bible.
The Armpit of Doom: Funny Poems for Kids. Purple Room Publishing. Nesbitt, K. (2012). The Story of the Sun and the Moon. National Geographic School Publishing. Nesbitt, K. (2012). I'm Growing a Truck in the Garden. Collins Big Cat. Nesbitt, K. (2011). The Ultimate Top Secret Guide to Taking Over the World. Sourcebooks Jabberwocky. Nesbitt, K ...
Chasing Vermeer is Blue Balliett's first published book. Its original purpose was a book to read to her class for fun. [2] She realized that a mystery about "real" art issues had not been written since E.L. Konigsburg's 1967 novel From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, and desired to write what she wished to read. [3]
The book received critical acclaim, [6] with the book being nominated for a 2012 Harvey Award for a "Special Award for Humor in Comics". [7] Publishers Weekly and Entertainment Weekly both praised the entry, with Publishers Weekly writing that although the snow storm doesn't occur until later in the read, "it’s unlikely that anyone will mind".
So Much to Tell You is a young adult novel by Australian author John Marsden, first published in 1987. [1] It was his debut book. It was instantly successful in Australia and the US and has since been translated into nine languages and awarded many highly acclaimed literary awards including the Christopher Medal and the Victorian Premier's Award.