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The Chronicles of Narnia – series of seven high fantasy novels by C. S. Lewis, about the adventures of children who play central roles in the unfolding history of the fictional realm of Narnia, a place where animals talk, magic is common, and good battles evil. It is considered a classic of children's literature and is the author's best-known ...
Advance copy – a free promotional copy of a book given by a publisher to booksellers, librarians, journalists, or others, or as a contest or school prize, before the book is printed for mass distribution. Alphabet book – a book primarily designed for young children representing letters of the alphabet with corresponding words and/or images.
Outline is a novel by Rachel Cusk, [1] the first in a trilogy known as The Outline trilogy, [2] which also contains the novels Transit and Kudos.It was chosen by The New York Times critics as one of the 15 remarkable books by women that are "shaping the way we read and write fiction in the 21st century."
Oliver Madox Brown (1855–1874) finished his novel Gabriel Denver in early 1872, when he was 17. It was published the following year. Pamela Brown (1924–1989) finished her children's novel about an amateur theatre company, The Swish of the Curtain (1941), when she was 16 and later wrote other books about the stage. [2]
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to fiction: Fiction – narrative which is made up by the author. Literary work, it also includes theatrical, cinematic, documental, and musical work. In contrast to this is non-fiction, which deals exclusively in factual events (for example, biographies, histories).
The title of the book refers to the role of the protagonist, 11-year-old Parvana, who is forced by circumstances to be the breadwinner for her family during the Third Afghan Civil War. For her research, the author spent several months interviewing women and girls in refugee camps in Pakistan, and used these interviews as the basis of her ...
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Corduroy is a 1968 children's book written and illustrated by Don Freeman, and published by The Viking Press. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children." [1] It was one of the "Top 100 Picture Books" of all time in a 2012 poll by School Library Journal. [2]