Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise
By: Katherine Rundell
4.10
Format: 76 pages, Hardcover
An unmissable essay on the importance of children's literature by the bestselling and award-winning…
Want to Read $ 6.99"Children's books are not a hiding place, they are a seeking place."-Katherine Rundell, Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise
"But the writing we call children’s fiction is not a childish thing: childish things include picking your nose and eating the contents, and tantruming at the failure to get your own way. The 45th President of America is childish. Children’s fiction has childhood at its heart, which is not the same thing."-Katherine Rundell, Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise
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By: Elisabeth Helland Larsen
3.48
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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2. De spin en de sleutel
By: Anna Woltz
4.07
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
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Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition
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Format: 304 pages, None
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By: Laura Vinogradova
4.42
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Pie lasītājiem dodas Eiropas Savienības balvas literatūrā laureātes Lauras Vinogradovas jaunais dar… read more
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8. Wantij
By: Jaap Robben
3.98
Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition
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4.44
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
Grāmatas galvenā varone ir meitene, vārdā Zlata, kas mācās 7. klasē. Ir 2022. gada pavasaris, kad s… read more
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10. Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise
By: Katherine Rundell
4.10
Format: 76 pages, Hardcover
An unmissable essay on the importance of children's literature by the bestselling and award-winning… read more
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"Children's books are not a hiding place, they are a seeking place."-Katherine Rundell, Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise
"But the writing we call children’s fiction is not a childish thing: childish things include picking your nose and eating the contents, and tantruming at the failure to get your own way. The 45th Pres…"-Katherine Rundell, Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise
11. Island of Whispers
By: Frances Hardinge
4.35
Format: 120 pages, Hardcover
The award-winning, bestselling Frances Hardinge and Emily Gravett unite for the first time to conju… read more
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"Kindness is not weakness. To be kind in this unkind world is walking through a battlefield without armour or sword. It takes courage and strength to be kind."-Frances Hardinge, Island of Whispers
"They do not touch you. But they will trick you into touching them. Falter-moths, grief-winged. Things of doubt and confusion that feed on loss. If you touch them, they will feed on you..."-Frances Hardinge, Island of Whispers
"There was a trick to seeing and hearing the Dead, like the trick to falling asleep. You had to not quite listen, not quite look, not quite think. You let the edges of your mind slip into the right so…"-Frances Hardinge, Island of Whispers
"Everywhere Milo saw traces of his father - his chair, his bowl, the roof he had planned to mend. The worst thing about losing somebody is that, even after you survive a difficult day, the next mornin…"-Frances Hardinge, Island of Whispers
12. Pazudušais miedziņš
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4.58
Format: None pages, None
“Pazudušais miedziņš” ir ģimenisks stāsts, kurā iesaistīts bērns, vecāki, grāmatas, rotaļlietas un … read more
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13. De boom die een wereld was
By: Yorick Goldewijk
4.27
Format: 80 pages, Kindle Edition
De boom is oud en stil. Aan een tak hangt een luiaard de hele dag roerloos voor zich uit te staren.… read more
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14. Tepat kaimiņos dzīvo meitene
By: Ida Mlakar Črnič
4.36
Format: 28 pages, Hardcover
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15. Seven Types of Atheism
By: John Gray
3.84
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
For a generation now, public debate has been corroded by a narrow derision of religion in the name … read more
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16. De chaos in Loïs
By: Yorick Goldewijk
4.08
Format: 64 pages, Kindle Edition
Kinderboek bij de Maand van de Filosofie 2024 Maarten was er drie weken lang bang voor dat de b… read more
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By: Aleksandra Runde
4.43
Format: 50 pages, Hardcover
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18. Een lui letterland
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3.96
Format: 182 pages, Paperback
We zijn een land van leeshaters geworden. Nederland bungelt onderaan als het aankomt op leesplezier… read more
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19. The Witchstone Ghosts
By: Emily Randall-Jones
4.37
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
WINNER OF THE TIMES/CHILDREN'S FICTION COMPETITION WINNER OF THE MSLEXIA NOVEL AWARD 'It's excit… read more
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21. Boy Here, Boy There
By: Chuck Groenink
3.91
Format: 56 pages, Hardcover
To a young Neanderthal boy, the world is full of incredible adventures — and unexpected encounters,… read more
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