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Children and Young Adult (YA) Literature is literature written for, published for or marketed towards children and young adults. The American Library Association (ALA) defines children as twelve-years-old (12) or below, and young adults are defined as being between twelve and eighteen (12-18).
Charlotte's Web is a children's book by acclaimed American author E. B. White, first published in 1952, it tells the story of a barn spider named Charlotte and her friendship with a pig named Wilbur. It was illustrated by Garth Williams.
This book is about a girl, called Fern Arable, who is an ordinary farm girl. One day, her father’s sow gave birth to some piglets, Fern's father discovered one of them was a runt and decided to kill it. However, Fern wanted to let it live. Therefore her father had no choice but to give it to Fern as a pet, and she named the runt Wilbur.(more...)
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Among his most popular books are Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, The Witches, The BFG, and Kiss Kiss.
Roald Dahl was born at 32 Fairwater Road, Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales in 1916, to Norwegian parents, Harald Dahl and Sofie Magdalene Dahl (née Hesselberg).(more...)
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- The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron won the Newbery Medal 2007.
"It is very difficult to phone people in China, Mr. President", said the Postmaster General, "The country is so full of Wings and Wongs, every time you wing you get the wong number."
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