[Book Lust 01] • Book Crush by Pearl, Nancy -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Introduction Acknowledgements PART I - YOUNGEST READERS

AHH, THOSE ADORABLE ANTHROPOMORPHIC ANIMALS

Aardvarks Amphibians Dogs Donkeys Earthworms Elephants Foxes Gorillas Hamsters Pigs Rabbits Rodents Wombats

B IS FOR BABIES BEDTIME STORIES BOO! HALLOWEEN BOOKS TO TREASURE (AND READ ALOUD) BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS THE CAT’S MEOW CHAPTER ONE: GOOD BOOKS FOR THE YOUNGEST READERS CHRISTMAS IS COMING! D IS FOR DINOSAURS DEATH AND DYING A DOG’S LIFE EASY AS 1, 2, 3: COUNTING BOOKS FAIRY TALES (FRACTURED OR NOT)

Cinderella The Frog Prince Hansel and Gretel Jack and the Beanstalk Little Red Riding Hood Puss in Boots Rapunzel Rumpelstiltskin Sleeping Beauty The Three Little Pigs

FOLK TALES GIRLS RULE GRANDMAS AND GRANDPAS GRIN AND BEAR IT! JUST FOR FUN LATKES, DREIDELS, AND LIGHTS: CHANUKAH BETWEEN THE PAGES LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO . . . MANY CULTURES, MANY VOICES MEET MOTHER GOOSE MIND YOUR P’S & Q’S MUSIC TO MY EARS NOODLEHEAD STORIES ONE PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS PICTURE PERFECT QUACK AWAY REALITY CHECK REBELS WITH A CAUSE RHYMING READ-ALOUDS FOR THE VERY YOUNG SCHOOL DAZE SIMPLE AS ABC STOP BUGGING ME: INSECTS GALORE TALL TALES THANKS FOR THANKSGIVING TRICKSTER TALES WEATHER OR NOT YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND

PART II - MIDDLE-GRADE READERS

ADVENTURE AHOY! ALL IN THE FAMILY ANIMAL TALES AUTHOR! AUTHOR! AUTOBIOGRAPHIES BEFORE AND AFTER HARRY (POTTER, OF COURSE) BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION BOYS WILL BE BOYS COMING OF AGE D@%! THE TORPEDOES, FULL STEAM AHEAD DRAGON TALES DEWEY LOVE NONFICTION? DEWEY EVER!

100s 200s 300s 400s 500s 600s 700s 800s 900s

DOGGONE IT, SHE SAID HO(A)RSELY

Dogs Horses

DOLLS AND DOLLHOUSES DOUBLE TROUBLE FRIENDS MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND G AND T’S : GIFTED AND TALENTED GIRL POWER! GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN GOOD SPORTS GOOSEBUMPS GREEK MYTHS GUARANTEED TO GRAB YOU—MEMORABLE FIRST LINES HICKORY, DICKORY, DOCK “I”BOOKS IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF NANCY DREW AND THE HARDY BOYS THE KIDS NEXT DOOR KIDS TO THE RESCUE KING ARTHUR LET’S TALK ABOUT IT: GOOD BOOKS FOR DISCUSSION LOL: LAUGH OUT LOUD MELTING POTS AND SALAD BOWLS MYTHS, LEGENDS, FOLK AND FAIRY TALES NOT A DRY EYE IN THE HOUSE O PIONEERS! ONE WORD IS WORTH A THOUSAND PICTURES (OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT) ORPHANS ABOUNDING OTHER TIMES, OTHER PLACES THE PLEASURES OF POETRY REAL PEOPLE YOU OUGHT TO KNOW RELATIVITY SCIENCE FICTION: FUTURE POSSIBILITIES SLAVERY AND THE CIVIL WAR THE WITCH TRIALS—SALEM AND BEYOND

PART III - TEEN READERS

AFTER SAM SPADE AND KINSEY MILLHONE ALWAYS SHORT AND SOMETIMES (BUT USUALLY NOT) SWEET CHICKLET LIT: FOR GIRLS ONLY CRY ME A RIVER DRAGOONED BY DRAGONS FANTASTIC FANTASIES GETTING TO KNOW ME : MEMOIRS GHOSTS I HAVE LOVED GIRLS KICK BUTT GLBTQ GROWING UP IS (SOMETIMES) HARD TO DO HEARTBREAK HOTEL HISTORICAL FICTION IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES IT MIGHT AS WELL BE GREEK IT’S A GUY THING KUNG FU, THE SAMURAI CODE, AND NINJA STEALTH MAY I HAVE THIS DANCE? OLD-FASHIONED LOVE HIP ENOUGH FOR THE JADED-AT-TWELVE CROWD MOVING UP NOT YOUR PARENTS’ COMIC BOOKS ONE-WORD WONDERS OUR LOVE IS HERE TO STAY—OR NOT PAGE-TURNING PLEASURES PLAY THE GAME POEMS AS NOVELS AND NOVELS AS POEMS QUEENS OF FANTASY SHAPE SHIFTERS SINK YOUR TEETH INTO THESE SLOWLY UNRAVELING SMELLS LIKE TEEN NOSTALGIA TAM LIN THIS IS MY LIFE UP ALL NIGHT UTOPIA—NOT! WHAT’D I DO TO DESERVE THIS BIOGRAPHY?

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