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In the United Kingdom and Ireland, World Book Day is a charity event in March, held annually on the first Thursday and coinciding with the release of special editions. The annual celebration on 23 April is World Book Night, an event organized by independent charity The Reading Agency.
Supertato: Books Are Rubbish! written by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet (Simon & Schuster) Amelia Fang and the Bookworm Gang written by Laura Ellen Anderson (Egmont) Dog Man written by Dav Pilkey ( Scholastic) Evie in the Jungle written by Matt Haig, illustrated by Emily Gravett (Canongate)
World Book Encyclopedia. The World Book Encyclopedia is an American encyclopedia. [1] World Book was first published in 1917. Since 1925, a new edition of the encyclopedia has been published annually. [1] Although published online in digital form for a number of years, World Book is currently the only American encyclopedia which also still ...
Cover of revised edition (2015, North Atlantic Books, CA). Art by Phoebe Gloeckner, design by Carl Greene. The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures is a diaristic graphic novel by author and artist Phoebe Gloeckner. It is notable for its hybrid form, composed of both prose and "comics" passages, each contributing to the ...
International Children's Book Day ( ICBD) is a yearly event sponsored by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), an international non-profit organization. Founded in 1967, the day is observed on or around Hans Christian Andersen 's birthday, April 2. Activities include writing competitions, announcements of book awards and ...
How to Read a Book is a book by the American philosopher Mortimer J. Adler. Originally published in 1940, it was heavily revised for a 1972 edition, co-authored by Adler with editor Charles Van Doren. The 1972 revision gives guidelines for critically reading good and great books of any tradition. In addition, it deals with genres (including ...
Nineteen Eighty-Four (also published as 1984) is a dystopian novel and cautionary tale by English writer George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, it centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive regimentation ...
The Complete Book of Fairies; My Big Book of Fairies; My A to Z of Fairies; My Basis of Fairies; Additionally, annuals were released yearly, but they were discontinued in 2016. Magic Animal Friends. Magic Animal Friends is another book series written under the Daisy Meadows pen name. Its first series was released on 3 July 2014 with four books ...