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By 1964, sales reached one million Notes annually. CliffsNotes now exist for hundreds of works. The term "Cliff's Notes" has become a proprietary eponym for similar products. IDG Books purchased CliffsNotes in 1998 for $14.2 million. John Wiley & Sons acquired IDG Books (renamed Hungry Minds) in 2001.
Cliff's baby brother is rushed to the hospital with a severe illness. While he is recovering in the hospital on Christmas Eve , his family finally figure out that the "yidda yadda" he has been asking Santa Claus for is a little ladder like the one used to climb up to the top of a bunk bed .
The Coles bookstore first published Coles Notes in 1948. The first title published was on the French novella Colomba by Prosper Mérimée. [1] [2] In 1958, Jack Cole and Carl Cole, founders of Coles, sold the U.S. rights to Coles Notes to Cliff Hillegass who then published the books under CliffsNotes. By 1960, Coles notes sales had peaked.
Greenglass House is a 2014 novel by American writer Kate Milford [1] [2] with illustrations made by Jaime Zollars. The novel won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Children's Novel, [3] [4] and was also nominated for the National Book Award [5] and the Andre Norton Award. [6]
For example, Tony and his friends are drinking milkshakes at a malt shop when Joel thinks it is cute to hide the tip inside a half-full milkshake glass, causing the waitress to put up a fuss and remark that "your crummy coins buy me a loaf of bread; ever stop and think of that". This causes Tony to reflect on the differences between where he ...
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Brighty of the Grand Canyon is a 1953 children's novel by Marguerite Henry and a 1966 film of the same name based on the novel. They present a fictionalized account of a real-life burro named "Brighty", who lived in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River from about 1892 to 1922.
Children's literature portal; Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School is a children's novel written by American author Jeff Kinney first published in 2015. It is the tenth book of Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, preceded by Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul and followed by Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down.