Abby Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Clotelle: A Tale of the Southern States (Large Print Edition)
William Wells BrownAbbyOn this day in 1853, escaped slave and abolitionist William Wells Brown became the first African-American to publish a novel. Clotel, about two fictional mixed-race daughters of President Thomas Jefferson (who had 6 children with slave Sally Hemmings), is considered a tragedy. https://t.co/ayQpfrtVkp
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The Good Earth (Graphic Adaptation)
Pearl S. BuckAbby@LostBoysPress The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck. Technically three books in one but, as a full tome covers three generations of one family in China.
Paperback, 2018
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Arrowsmith: Pulitzer Prize Winner
Sinclair LewisAbbyOn this day in 1926, American author Sinclair Lewis declined the Pulitzer Prize for his novel Arrowsmith, saying he didn't like prizes pitting authors against one another. By 1930 when he won the Nobel Lit prize (which has a list of nominees, one winner), he proudly accepted. https://t.co/124z4TVYdY
Paperback, Mass Market, 2008
$7.95Member price:$3.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Ballad of Reading Gaol: Royal Edition
Oscar WildeAbbyOn this day in 1897, writer Oscar Wilde was released from Reading Gaol in England. He served two years hard labour for "gross indecency with other men" and later wrote the poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol while living in exile in France. https://t.co/1BHpJqaV1s
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I Have to Go! (Annikin Miniature Edition)
Robert MunschAbbyCried about this news just now. What are your seminal Robert Munsch stories? I'll start: Love You Forever, The Snowsuit, I Have to Go Pee, and The Paper Bag Princess. https://t.co/CuYx4xIjyq
Paperback, 1986
$2.49Member price:$1.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Love You Forever
Robert MunschAbbyCried about this news just now. What are your seminal Robert Munsch stories? I'll start: Love You Forever, The Snowsuit, I Have to Go Pee, and The Paper Bag Princess. https://t.co/CuYx4xIjyq
Paperback, 1995
$5.95Member price:$2.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Paper Bag Princess
Robert MunschAbbyCried about this news just now. What are your seminal Robert Munsch stories? I'll start: Love You Forever, The Snowsuit, I Have to Go Pee, and The Paper Bag Princess. https://t.co/CuYx4xIjyq
Paperback, 1981
$2.49Member price:$1.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Good Earth
Pearl S. BuckAbby@LostBoysPress The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck. Technically three books in one but, as a full tome covers three generations of one family in China.
Paperback, 2020
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Little House on the Prairie
L. WilderAbby@LostBoysPress First chapter book was Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder at 6, and absolutely yes it inspired me to write.
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Respect: A Children's Picture Book
Otis ReddingAbby@VikingJonesy The Pusher by Blind Melon over Steppenwolf. Yes. I Will Always Love You by Whitney over Dolly. Respect by Aretha over Otis Redding.
Hardcover, 2020
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book