Books of Chronicles

Born and raised in a tiny Minnesota prairie town, few would have guessed that young and down-to-earth Sinclair Lewis would become one of America’s most celebrated authors and outspoken liberal thinkers. Lewis didn’t discover this exact destiny until his 20s, but from his early teens, Lewis could tell that the prairie village of his birth would be far too limiting for his future. In 1902, he travelled east to attend Oberlin Academy (Oberlin College’s preparatory high school), but it was on the…

The title of my book is Lost in the Barrens. Its a fiction book by Farley Mowat that contains 244 pages. The main characters are Awain Meewasin and Jamie MacNair. Awasin is a boy whos dad goes on a hunt every year with Jamie’s Uncle. Jamie is a boy who’s parents died when he was little so he went to a boarding school and then got transferd to is Uncle Angus MacNair. This book is about two boys who got lost in the wild for 4-5 months. They had to try and find away to survive and try to find…

advice, and have morals, which teach you lessons. Even if you read a book for the hundredth time, when you finish it, it might teach you something new, or a new way to look at it. It gives different point of views. So then you might ask why read books? Well, reading books improves your imagination, it helps expand yourself as a person, and of course simply to have fun, after all reading is just another…

act like he knows a lot about books even though he really doesn’t. This makes him look even less smart. The second Conflict is man versus man which is a struggle that occurs between two characters. This conflict occurs between the man and Mr. Clark. The man’s admiration for Mr. Clark turned into jealousy toward him, which caused a struggle between the two. Although Mr. Clark did not do anything, the man starts to dislike Mr. Clark and because of that he buys the book Mr. Clark was saving up…

course the picture books were the best. I mean, at that age, I didn’t really have the visualization skills to see the book on my own just from words, versus how I am today. So, I loved having the pictures in books as a visual aid. I was reading things like “Beauty & the Beast, The Jungle Book, Tarzan, Cinderella, and The Lion King.” I can’t say how many times I read those books over and over. I went on to read more and more of those books, but this time they had some chapters. Books such as…

shelved according to Dewey. First, arranging fiction books by genre will help students, especially younger students, find what they want to read for pleasure more easily than shelving them by author’s last name. Students need to experience success, not frustration when browsing. This crucial first step to finding a “just right book” is aided by the bookstore model library organization. This method also gives users easy access to other books or “read-alikes” they may be interested in reading.…

I have always been known by my family and in school as an avid reader. Early on, my mom, a former elementary school teacher herself, fostered in me a burning desire for reading and a love to get lost in a book. In grade school, I was known to finish my math and other more “boring” work as quickly as possible so that I could get back to whichever story I was reading at the time. As I got older, reading for pleasure took a backseat to homework, a social life, and other hobbies. I believe I…

back, in the 1650+ range. Scanning the page I found it only listed four titles. Making up my mind, I settled on looking for one called The Scarlet Letter that I’d never heard of before. After a few short minutes of looking, I triumphantly pulled the book from the shelf and inspected the cover. It looked more worn and faded and had an old-fashioned drawing on the front that didn’t catch my fancy. Only slightly dissuaded, I turned it over to the back to read the synopsis. Sentence by sentence, my…

Although paperback and digital books are both great ways of reading, they each have distinct advantages and disadvantages. There are three categories in which some of the main advantages and disadvantages can be sorted into; Price, Enjoyment and Convenience. The first category price can vary for both ways of reading. Paperback books can be fairly expensive when bought one at a time and that’s similar for digital books as well. But, an advantage when buying books for digital books is that it's…

When reading books and fairy tales, people more often than not learn many things. Not just crazy facts about dolphins, but real things that can be useful in everyday life. Stories are told every day by people for many different reasons. They are often told to give people hope when times are tough. They can also be used to give a message to a reader like how actions have consequences. Greek Mythology is no exception to this theory. Many messages and lessons could be learned from these myths like…