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When I Went to the Library: Writers Celebrate Books and Reading Hardback - 2001

by Debora Pearson (Editor); Introduction by Michele Landsberg

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Public libraries play important roles in introducing children to worlds beyond their own. Whether urban and well established, or rural and small, libraries provide children with a place to experience the power and pleasure of reading. This collection of nine diverse stories illustrates the profound influence of libraries and books.

In "Dear Mr. Winston" by Ken Roberts, Cara learns the hard way what happens when you accidentally let a snake loose in a library run by someone who is terrified of snakes. In Tim Wynne-Jones's "The Mystery of the Cuddly Wuddly Bunny, " a boy who befriends a stranger in the library finds himself plunged into a mystery that changes his view of the world. Marc Talbert's "Books Don't Cry" shows how libraries and books provide an unexpected source of comfort for Tad, a boy who senses that his grandmother's death is near. Paul Yee creates a world in which books provide an unearthly escape for Mei-ping, a young Chinese woman who has moved to a remote town in Canada.

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I ALWAYS used to skip the introductions in books, just in case they let something slip and ruined the freshness of discovery that lay waiting for me in the pages ahead-or, worse, in case their dull, stodgy flavor slopped over and spoiled the distinctive tang of the story I was about to plunge into.

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  • Title When I Went to the Library: Writers Celebrate Books and Reading
  • Author Debora Pearson (Editor); Introduction by Michele Landsberg
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 128
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Groundwood Books, Toronto
  • Publication date July 10, 2001
  • ISBN 9780888994233 / 0888994230
  • Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.48 x 5.49 x 0.29 in (21.54 x 13.94 x 0.74 cm)
  • Age range 08 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 7
  • Category Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2001411193
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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