Read-Alouds


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Isabel Coixet, director of the film adaptation of Penelope Fitzgerald's The Bookshop, set in 1959, talked with the New York Post about how she found vintage titles to fill the store, including 250 copies of Lolita.
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"We know which library section you're most like based on these questions," Buzzfeed noted.
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Flavorwire showcased a selection of "gorgeous photos of scenes from The Little Prince--in LEGO."
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"Book clinic: which books can best help me deal with noxious colleagues?" the Guardian asked.
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"Crime doesn't pay, but vocabulary might," Merriam-Webster noted in listing "12 words from the wrong side of the law."
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Gastro Obscura served up "the Communist cookbook that defined Prague's cuisine."
In 2005, the New York Times Magazine published the article "My Addicted Son" by journalist David Sheff, in which he described his son Nic's addiction to methamphetamine and its impact on their family. In 2008, Sheff expanded that story into Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction (Simon & Schuster), which was published concurrently with Nic Sheff's memoir, Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines (Atheneum). The two books are both the basis for a film called Beautiful Boy, starring Steve Carell as David Sheff and Timothée Chalamet as Nic. It will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7 and open on October 12. Movie tie-in editions of both Beautiful Boy (Eamon Dolan/Mariner, $16.99, 9781328974716) and Tweak (Atheneum, $13.99, 9781534436572) come out today.
Both Sheffs have continued to write about drugs and addiction. In 2011, Nic wrote a followup called We All Fall Down: Living with Addiction (Little, Brown) about his continued fight to stay sober (Nic is also the author of several YA novels). In 2013, David released Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America's Greatest Tragedy (Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin), which combines personal experience and the latest science to give a wider view of addiction. High: Everything You Want to Know About Drugs, Alcohol, and Addiction (HMH Young Readers) is a guide to all things intoxicating co-written by both Sheffs for ages 10 and up. This father/son collaboration is available January 8, 2019. --Tobias Mutter
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You'll Always Be My Chickadeeby Kate Hosford, illus. by Sarah Gonzales
Dear Reader, When I think back to my childhood in Vermont, I was often in the outdoors with my mom, identifying wildflowers and birds, swimming in rivers and exploring the woods. When I wrote this poem, I wanted to weave together the themes of outdoor exploration and parental devotion, assuring children that our love for them is as steadfast as the tallest tree and as boundless as the night sky. This book could be a gift for Mother’s Day or Graduation; no matter how far away our children fly, they will always be our chickadees. Kate Hosford |
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