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Question: Do you know some kid books?

I need names of pre-k to kindergarten books of
1) easy readers
2) chapter books
3) biography
4) audio
5) little words, more pictures

Answer: I know some but i don’t know if u have already read them:

Clifford books
Franklin series
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Curious George
Amelia Bedelia
Dr. Suess books (probably too simple, but i don’t know how high of a level you are looking for)
What Color is your underwear? (a good one to make him/her laugh)
Fancy Nancy Series (will be loved by if the child u r Reading to is a girl)

I hope this list helps! I gave some of my faves because it could go on forever!

Temple Grandin

Highly Recommended THE MOVIE: HBO’s new biography picture Temple Grandin is a satisfying, touching look at an impressive life. Claire Danes stars as Grandin, an autistic woman who revolutionized how America treated its beef cattle and also how we understood what it meant to have autism. Her endeavors and accomplishments are truly extraordinary, and they make for a rousing example of human …

Room Full Of Mirrors: Jimi Hendrix Biography – Audio Book

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Question: A good, relatively short, biography or autobiography. Not of someone “cliche”?

Can you guys tell me one, or a list of the best autobiographies or biographies that you have read. I rather it not be about anyone cliche or overrated. No maya angelou, no bill clinton, no hitler, no barak obama, etc. you get the point.

Any random NON FICTION is fine, but maybe something that has some psychological depth, but having psychological aspecgts are NOT necessary, but if you think the book you are refering to has some or a substantial amount of psychological conflicts, issues or references, please let me know what book it is.

THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!
COLLEGE LEVEL thank you guys!

Answer: A fascinating biography that is getting a lot of attention is “Ibn al-Haytham: First Scientist” by Bradley Steffens. It tells the inspiring, true story of a medieval Muslim scholar who overcame bouts of mental illness to develop the scientific method two hundred years before the Europeans learned of it—by reading his books. It was just chosen by California Readers to be part of the 2008 California Collection. You can find reviews of the book and a sample chapter at http://www.ibnalhaytham.net/ Enjoy!

Marylin Hudson dies at 76; book critic co-founded Round Table West

The now-defunct book and author program with a Hollywood sheen met monthly in Beverly Hills, Newport Beach and Palm Desert. It was the nation’s largest such literary group. A book club with a Hollywood sheen, the monthly literary luncheon known as Round Table West, took root in 1977 at a ballroom in the Ambassador Hotel and grew into the largest such gathering in the nation.

James Baldwin: the Price of the Ticket

Summer reading: ‘coalition books’

As the coalition government settles in, we asked writers and politicians, from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to David Miliband to Sarah Waters, to recommend two books – unlikely bedfellows or easy companions – to take on holiday this summer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie I will be taking on holiday Colson Whitehead’s novel Sag Harbor (Harvill Secker), which is about an African-American boy’s summer in …

Andrew Jackson: Reinventing the Presidency

Question: ernest hemingway biographies?

Im trying to learn about the life of Ernest Hemingway. What book do you guys think has the best biography of him?
In other words, what is the best biography of Ernest Hemingway?

Answer: There are two that I know of. One is titled “Hemingway: A Life Without Consequences” by James R. Mellon. And the other is interesting, although more focused on the entire Hemingway clan and not just Ernest: “Strange Tribe” by John Hemingway.

Good luck and happy reading to you!

Ginsberg-Kerouac letters best of two books on fabled ‘Generation’

“The Typewriter is Holy: The Complete Uncensored History of The Beat Generation,” by Bill Morgan. Free Press, $28.

Ernest Hemingway: Rough Diamond (clip)