Ella Minnow Pea

Author	: Mark Dunn
Publisher	: MP Publishing
Release Date	: 2010-05-22
ISBN 10	: 9781596929999
Pages	: 170 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (969 users)

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Download or read book Ella Minnow Pea written by Mark Dunn and published by MP Publishing. This book was released on 2010-05-22 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An epistolary novel set on a fictional island off the South Carolina coastline, 'Ella Minnow Pea' brings readers to the hometown of Nevin Nollop, inventor of the pangram 'The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog'. Deified for his achievement in life, Nevin has been honored in death with a monument featuring his famous phrase. One day, however, the letter 'Z' falls from the monument, and some of the islanders interpret the missing tile as a message from beyond the grave. The letter 'Z' is banned from use. On an island where the residents pride them-selves on their love of language, this is seen as a tragedy. They are still reeling from the shock when another tile falls. And then another... In his charming debut, first published in 2001, Mark Dunn took readers on a journey through the eyes of Ella Minnow Pea, a young woman forced to create another clever turn of phrase in order to save the islanders’ beloved language.

Ella Minnow Pea

Author	: Mark Dunn
Publisher	: Anchor
Release Date	: 2014-12-30
ISBN 10	: 9781101911778
Pages	: 224 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (19 users)

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Download or read book Ella Minnow Pea written by Mark Dunn and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2014-12-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hilarious and moving story of one girl’s fight for freedom of expression, as well as a linguistic tour de force sure to delight word lovers everywhere Ella Minnow Pea is a girl living happily on the fictional island of Nollop off the coast of South Carolina. Nollop was named after Nevin Nollop, author of the immortal phrase containing all the letters of the alphabet, “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” Now Ella finds herself acting to save her friends, family, and fellow citizens from the encroaching totalitarianism of the island’s Council, which has banned the use of certain letters of the alphabet as they fall from a memorial statue of Nevin Nollop. As the letters progressively drop from the statue they also disappear from the novel. The result is "a love letter to alphabetarians and logomaniacs everywhere" (Myla Goldberg, bestselling author of Bee Season).

Ella Minnow Pea

Author	: Mark Dunn
Publisher	: Demco Media
Release Date	: 2002-09
ISBN 10	: 0606314148
Pages	: 205 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (141 users)

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Download or read book Ella Minnow Pea written by Mark Dunn and published by Demco Media. This book was released on 2002-09 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts what happens when the citizens of an island must rely on all their ingenuity to communicate in an increasingly limited language when the goverment progressively bans letters from the alphabet.

Ella Minnow Pea

Author	: Mark Dunn
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 2012-04-01
ISBN 10	: 0413777294
Pages	: 206 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (772 users)

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Download or read book Ella Minnow Pea written by Mark Dunn and published by . This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ella Minnow Pea

Author	: Mark Dunn
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 2001
ISBN 10	: 1402566174
Pages	: 239 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (661 users)

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Download or read book Ella Minnow Pea written by Mark Dunn and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ella Minnow Pea is an epistolary novel set in the fictional island of Nollop situated off the coast of South Carolina and home to the inventor the pangram The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog. Now deceased, the islanders have erected a monument to honor their hero, but one day a tile with the letter "z" falls from the statue. The leaders interpret the falling tile as a message from beyond the grave and the letter is banned from use.

Ella Minnow Pea

Author	: Mark Dunn
Publisher	: Dzanc Books
Release Date	: 2022-11-15
ISBN 10	: 195053961X
Pages	: pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (396 users)

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Download or read book Ella Minnow Pea written by Mark Dunn and published by Dzanc Books. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published by MacAdam/Cage in 2001, Mark Dunn's novel Ella Minnow Pea celebrates its twentieth anniversary under the roof of Penguin/Random House and the British publisher Methuen. Over the years it has become a mainstay of book clubs and middle-school and high-school English classes, has inspired a stage musical LMNOP, and is the recipient of multiple accolades, including winning the 2001 Borders Original Voices competition for fiction. Set on a fictional island off the coast of South Carolina, Ella Minnow Pea takes readers to the homeland of the late Nevin Nollop, the inventor of the pangram "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." Lionized for this achievement, he's been honored with a monument featuring this famous phrase. But life for Nollopians drastically changes when the tile containing the letter "z" topples from the statue and island authorities interpret the fall as a message from Nollop from beyond the grave. They waste no time in banning this letter from all use. As other tiles fall, additional laws are passed which put increasing communicational constraints on the islanders, and ultimately undermine all the freedoms they had heretofore taken for granted. It is up to a young woman named Ella to restore order and sanity to the nation of Nollop, using the very tools used by Mr. Nollop to win the day. In this special anniversary edition by Dzanc Books, author Dunn is joined by talented illustrator Brittany Worsham. She enhances this tale - embraced for decades by readers throughout the world - with insight and whimsy as the story explores through this new graphic lens themes relating to language and freedom and human dignity in an era of political oppression. Readers, both longtime fans of the book and those newly discovering its power and literary merit, will cherish this special keepsake edition.

Ready Made Book Displays

Author	: Nancy M. Henkel
Publisher	: ABC-CLIO
Release Date	: 2011
ISBN 10	: 9781598848625
Pages	: 182 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (988 users)

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Download or read book Ready Made Book Displays written by Nancy M. Henkel and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2011 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing more than 50 fiction display descriptions, this book identifies themes for the entire year and includes titles for signage, annotated book lists, prop and material ideas, as well as photographs that show how to pull it all together. * 55 theme-based listing of displays * Original materials and documents include a "Which Shakespeare Play?" quiz and a handy Book Display Log for tracking displays * Photographs of each display accompany the descriptions * An index of authors and titles notes which provide listed entries and which are fully annotated * "Display Months" appendix connects displays with time of year, holidays, events, and celebrations

101 Great Ready to Use Book Lists for Teens

Author	: Nancy J. Keane
Publisher	: ABC-CLIO
Release Date	: 2012
ISBN 10	: 9781610691345
Pages	: 263 pages
Rating	: 4.6/5 (16 users)

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Download or read book 101 Great Ready to Use Book Lists for Teens written by Nancy J. Keane and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2012 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on the author's work in The Big Book of Teen Reading Lists, this book provides 101 new and revised reading lists created in consultation with teachers and public librarians—an invaluable resource for any educator who plans activities for children that involve using literature.

Outstanding Books for the College Bound

Author	: Angela Carstensen
Publisher	: American Library Association
Release Date	: 2011-05-27
ISBN 10	: 9780838985700
Pages	: 175 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (389 users)

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Download or read book Outstanding Books for the College Bound written by Angela Carstensen and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2011-05-27 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Connecting teens to books they’ll truly enjoy is the aim of every young adult librarian, and the completely revamped guide Outstanding Books for the College Bound will give teen services staff the leg up they need to make it happen. Listing nearly 200 books deemed outstanding for the college bound by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), this indispensable resource Examines how the previous lists in the series were developed, and explains the book’s new layout Features engaging, helpful book descriptions useful for readers’ advisory Offers programming tips and other ideas for ways the lists can be used at schools and public libraries Includes indexes searchable by topic, year, title, and authorMore than simply a vital collection development tool, this book can help librarians help young adults grow into the kind of independent readers and thinkers who will flourish at college.

365

Author	:
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 2003
ISBN 10	: UOM:39015058780050
Pages	: 404 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (91 users)

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Download or read book 365 written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Lust

Author	: Nancy Pearl
Publisher	: Sasquatch Books
Release Date	: 2009-09-29
ISBN 10	: 9781570616594
Pages	: 304 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (76 users)

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Download or read book Book Lust written by Nancy Pearl and published by Sasquatch Books. This book was released on 2009-09-29 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What to read next is every book lover's greatest dilemma. Nancy Pearl comes to the rescue with this wide-ranging and fun guide to the best reading new and old. Pearl, who inspired legions of litterateurs with "What If All (name the city) Read the Same Book," has devised reading lists that cater to every mood, occasion, and personality. These annotated lists cover such topics as mother-daughter relationships, science for nonscientists, mysteries of all stripes, African-American fiction from a female point of view, must-reads for kids, books on bicycling, "chick-lit," and many more. Pearl's enthusiasm and taste shine throughout.

The Epistolary Renaissance

Author	: Maria Löschnigg
Publisher	: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date	: 2018-09-10
ISBN 10	: 9783110582178
Pages	: 305 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (15 users)

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Download or read book The Epistolary Renaissance written by Maria Löschnigg and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-09-10 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the late twentieth century, letters in literature have seen a remarkable renaissance. The prominence of letters in recent fiction is due in part to the rediscovery, by contemporary writers, of letters as an effective tool for rendering aspects of historicity, liminality, marginalization and the expression of subjectivity vis-à-vis an ‘other’; it is also due, however, to the artistically challenging inclusion of the new electronic media of communication into fiction. While studies of epistolary fiction have so far concentrated on the eighteenth century and on thematic concerns, this volume charts the epistolary renaissance in recent literature, entering new territory by also focusing on the aesthetic implications of the epistolary mode. In particular, the essays in this volume illuminate the potential of the epistolary (including digital forms) for rendering contemporary sensitivities. The volume thus offers a comprehensive assessment of letter narratives in contemporary literature. Through its focus on the aesthetic and structural aspects of new epistolary fiction, the inclusion of various narrative forms, and the consideration of both conventional letters and their new digital kindred, The Epistolary Renaissance offers novel insight into a multi-facetted (re)new(ed) genre.

Teaching Middle School Language Arts

Author	: Anna J. Small Roseboro
Publisher	: R&L Education
Release Date	: 2010-04-16
ISBN 10	: 9781607095811
Pages	: 336 pages
Rating	: 4.6/5 (7 users)

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Download or read book Teaching Middle School Language Arts written by Anna J. Small Roseboro and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 2010-04-16 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book on teaching middle school language arts for multiple intelligences and related 21st century literacies in technologically and ethnically diverse communities. Roseboro's book provides an entire academic year of inspiring theory and instruction in multimedia reading, writing, and speaking for the 21st century literacies that are increasingly required in the United States and Canada.

This Book Will Send You to Sleep

Author	: K. McCoy
Publisher	: Random House
Release Date	: 2018-05-10
ISBN 10	: 9781473555785
Pages	: 198 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (735 users)

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Download or read book This Book Will Send You to Sleep written by K. McCoy and published by Random House. This book was released on 2018-05-10 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sleep smarter ‘The indispensable bedside classic’ Leland Carlson, Assistant Vice President of the Dull Men’s Club This Book Will Send You to Sleep makes no claims to be fun or interesting. It is a book you can read in full confidence that you will find absolutely nothing to stimulate your brain. A book, like any other, that will afford you much sleep and copious amounts of pointless knowledge. Where else will you read about the political crisis in Belgium 2007–2011 or the recent developments in the taxonomy of molluscs? And where else can you find, in one place: a summary of the administrative bureaucracy of the Byzantine Empire? A world almanac of pickled cucumbers? The measurement of the linear density of fibre? 'Prepare to fall fast asleep with the most boring book ever published' Tim Jones, sleep specialist

Will Spook You For Real

Author	: Christina Maria Huber
Publisher	: Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH
Release Date	: 2018
ISBN 10	: 9783832547028
Pages	: 331 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (325 users)

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Download or read book Will Spook You For Real written by Christina Maria Huber and published by Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH. This book was released on 2018 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular fiction can be more than "feel-good diversion". Stories which are intended to entertain are uniquely suited to affect their recipients' feelings or moods, and tend to leave a more sustained impression than lectures or lists of facts. It is hardly surprising, therefore, that story-telling keeps on thriving in the 21st century, with ever new media providing ever new space for narratives. In Will Spook You For Real, Huber examines a wide range of strategies used in fiction to trigger a specific emotion in the readers: anxiety regarding the social constructs they live in, and their specific positions within these constructs. Can we trust our neighbours? Can we rely on our governments? What do big corporations have in mind? And what happens if I cannot conform to the role which has been assigned to me?

The Spectator

Author	:
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 2002
ISBN 10	: IND:30000093606790
Pages	: 836 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 ( users)

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Download or read book The Spectator written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Author	: Mark Dunn
Publisher	: MacAdam/Cage Publishing
Release Date	: 2004
ISBN 10	: UOM:39015058225189
Pages	: 288 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (91 users)

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Download or read book Ibid written by Mark Dunn and published by MacAdam/Cage Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of Jonathan Blashette, a three-legged circus performer and the CEO of Dandy-de-odor-o Inc., in a novel composed entirely of footnotes.