Litrasaurus Quest Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
#BoTD 1820 Anna Sewell "Black Beauty" is one of top ten best selling novels for children ever written She wrote it aged 57 and already chronically ill Sadly she died without realising its success It's never too late to start writing ! https://t.co/OVLiYMj13u #LITRASAURUS https://t.co/oShTFZfyrg
Paperback, 2008
$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle
#BoTD Eric Carle Writer & Illustrator 70+ children’s books His most famous 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' Over 50 million copies sold in more than 65 languages There is a child living inside all of us #Read #Write #Draw #Share https://t.co/OVLiYMj13u #LITRASAURUS https://t.co/2Czc9qooSF
Board Book, 1994
$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe Record for most pseudonyms ~200 Merchant, Insurer, Bankrupt, Economic Theorist, Rebel, Spy, Journalist, Pamphleteer, Poet & Novelist 500+ publications ~60 when he wrote his first novel "Robinson Crusoe" apart from Bible the most translated book #LITRASAURUS https://t.co/aXGNU7Z0HG
Paperback, 2003
$10.00$5.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Little White Horse
Elizabeth Goudge
#Horses #Unicorns Elizabeth Goudge Carnegie Medal winning children's author of The Little White Horse Transformative writer of stories full of memories, observation, kindness, imagination, myth and magic https://t.co/OVLiYMj13u #Read #Write #Share #LITRASAURUS @jk_rowling https://t.co/9LJxQnvHgK
Paperback, 2001
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
#BoTD #Centenary #Poet Jack Kerouac American novelist, poet and leader of the Beat movement His book "On the Road" captured the spirit of its time as no other work of the 20th century had since F. Scott Fitzgerald’s "The Great Gatsby" #Read #Write #Share #Poetry #LITRASAURUS https://t.co/QvUVFTVVGQ
Paperback, 2004
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Wind in the Willows: The Classic Heirloom Edition Hardcover with Slipcase and Ribbon Marker
Kenneth Grahame
#BoTD 1859 Kenneth Grahame A wonderful teller of tales "The Wind in the Willows" was inspired by bedtime stories that Grahame told to his son It is still so important to read to children and share stories and books https://t.co/OVLiYMj13u #Oxford #Thames #LITRASAURUS https://t.co/mzAEgzrJD8
Hardcover, 2022
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Day the Crayons Quit
Drew Daywalt
#HappyBirthday Drew Daywalt With brilliant illustrator Oliver Jeffers created 'The Day the Crayons Quit' Some 'Hilarious yet Insightful Writing Wisdom' from him here https://t.co/ZaPpaQlX9i “The best writing is achieved by equal parts accident and architecture.” #LITRASAURUS https://t.co/WsXLfP71SM
Hardcover, 2013
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
I Capture the Castle
Dodie Smith
#BoTD #AmReading Dodie Smith Actress & Playwright 'Forgotten' Children's Author Yet two of her books are amongst the best-loved of all children's books "I Capture The Castle" "101 Dalmations" #Reading is so essential for developing #Children's #Imagination #LITRASAURUS https://t.co/9kuO573ClO
Paperback, 1999
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book