[3] How do we learn to read? For many, picture books are the foundation of our reading skills. We look at the illustrations and follow the stories of Harry the Dirty Dog or the Very Hungry Caterpillar or Alexander and his Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. The drawings and paintings enhance the tales told in the text running along the bottom of the pages.
[5] The word inquisition is bandied about as people use it to discuss persecution of one sort or another. However, the Inquisition as a historical event still has ramifications today.
[8] Richard Adams' classic novel Watership Down isn't just about rabbits. Tackling the big ideas, including the importance of storytelling to society, Adams weaves an adult tale of human struggle cloaked as a book about bunnies.
[10] Kansas City author Linda Rodriguez offers readers a strong female protagonist, an intriguing mystery, and a local setting in her debut novel Every Last Secret.
[12] For Jillian King, a young aspiring pianist, to play Liszt at Carnegie Hall is to reach her lifelong dream. But a tragic accident at a New York subway station damages her hand and takes away her only chance.
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/KC+Unbound/feed
[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/4-amazing-illustrated-novels-adults
[4] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/18581#comment-form
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/gods-jury-cullen-murphy
[6] http://cullenmurphy.com/
[7] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/18542#comment-form
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/classic-review-watership-down-richard-adams
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/18498#comment-form
[10] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/every-last-secret-linda-rodriguez
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/every-last-secret-linda-rodriguez#comments
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/lost-melody-lori-copeland-and-virginia-smith
[13] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/lost-melody-lori-copeland-and-virginia-smith#comments
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=6
[16] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=3
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=4
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=5
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=8
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=9
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=10
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=11
[23] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=51
