E. B White
Author
Description
Some Pig. Humble. Radiant. These are the words in Charlotte's Web, high up in Zuckerman's barn. Charlotte's spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig named Wilbur, who simply wants a friend. They also express the love of a girl named Fern, who saved Wilbur's life when he was born the runt of his litter. E. B. White's Newbery Honor Book is a tender novel of friendship, love, life, and death that will continue to be enjoyed by generations to...
4) On democracy
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xxxii, 203 pages ; 20 cm
Description
"Anchored by an introduction by Jon Meacham, this concise collection of essays, letters, and poems from one of this country's most eminent literary voices sheds much-needed historical context on the state of the nation and offers a ray of hope for the future of our society; for "as long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman...the scene is not desolate.""--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021
Formats
Description
Descubre el divertido clásico que inspiró la famosa película. Una historia entrañable con preciosas ilustraciones para disfrutar en familia.
Ser un ratón en una familia de humanos puede ser complicado, sobre todo cuando vives en Nueva York...
¡Pero Stuart Little hace que parezca fácil! Es tan pequeñito que puede colarse por el desagüe para recuperar el anillo perdido de su madre o mover las teclas desde dentro del piano mientras su hermano...
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
xvii, 147 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
"The Elements of Style is an American English writing style guide in numerous editions. The original was written by William Strunk Jr. in 1918, and it was published by Harcourt in 1920, comprising eight "elementary rules of usage," ten "elementary principles of composition," "a few matters of form," a list of 49 "words and expressions commonly misused," and a list of 57 "words often misspelled."
Strunk concentrated on the cultivation of good writing...
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 75 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Stuart joins his family for a camping trip in the great outdoors. Before Snowbell can enjoy the trip, she is kidnapped by some angry animals. It's up to Stuart and his new friend Reeko to come to Snowbell's rescue.
12) Charlotte's web
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Fern is a young farm girl who rescues the runt, Wilbur. Wilbur the pig is saved from certain death and Fern visits him every day at her Uncle Homer's farm. But it's Wilbur's friendship with Charlotte the spider that ultimately saves him from the "smoke house." Charlotte's talent for weaving praiseworthy words about Wilbur into her web turns the Zuckerman farm into a tourist attraction.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
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Description
From the pages of America’s most influential magazine come eight decades of holiday cheer—plus the occasional comical coal in the stocking—in one incomparable collection. Sublime and ridiculous, sentimental and searing, Christmas at The New Yorker is a gift of great writing and drawing by literary legends and laugh-out-loud cartoonists.
Here are seasonal stories, poems, memoirs, and more, including such classics...
Here are seasonal stories, poems, memoirs, and more, including such classics...