Read Around North America Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in North America.
Best books from North America (2098)
2071.
¿Eres tú mi mamá? (Are You My Mother? Spanish Edition) by P.D. Eastman ES
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Una nueva traducción al español de Are You My Mother? Esta edición en español de Are You My Mother?, la historia de un pajarito que busca a su mamá, brinda la oportunidad a millones de hispanoparlantes de leer esta entrañable historia de P.D. Eastman en su propio idioma. Traducido por Teresa Mlawer, una de las figuras más respetadas en el mundo editorial en español, este clásico recrea el eterno vínculo que existe entre una madre y su hijo. El regalo ideal para futuras mamás, el Día de la Madre o cualquier ocasión especial. An all-new Spanish language translation of Are You My Mother? This Spa... continue
2072.
Wanted: One Family by Deanna Edwards EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
A true story in which Joe Smarzik of Walnut Grove, Minnesota wrote a want ad that changed his life forever. The ad read, "Wanted: one family to eat Christmas dinner with. I will furnish the turkey." The account ends with a family reunion.
2073.
The Dyslexic Advantage by Brock L. Eide, Fernette F. Eide EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
"A must read for parents, educators, and people with dyslexia." -Gordon F. Sherman, Ph.D., Past-President International Dyslexia Association Revised and updated edition with groundbreaking scientific insights and eighteen new profiles of individuals with dyslexia forthcoming in February 2023: https://bit.ly/DArevised Did you know that many successful architects, lawyers, engineers—even bestselling novelists—had difficulties learning to read and write as children? In this groundbreaking book, Brock and Fernette Eide explain how 20% of people—individuals with dyslexia—share a unique learning sty... continue
2074.
Uncovering the Logic of English by Denise Eide EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Discover answers to questions about English and eliminate thousands of exceptions. In this easy-to-read volume, multiple-award-winning author and speaker Denise Eide uncovers valuable reading and spelling tools (such as nine reasons for a silent final E). Empowering teachers with this vital information is an easy way to raise reading and spelling scores.
2075.
The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-defense by Suzette Haden Elgin EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Don't turn the other cheek and fume quietly; know what to say when someone throws out the snide backhanded "compliment," subtle insult, cruel criticism, or outright verbal blow. Inside these pages is an arsenal of tools for fending off that attack and neutralizing the harm spiteful words inflict. Learn to identify modes of verbal assault, such as laying blame, and to recognize when someone is about to launch a linguistic strike and the motivation behind it. Sample scripts prevent you from getting tongue-tied, and a progress journal helps you use voice and body language for maximum effect. Find... continue
2076.
The Complete Plays of T. S. Eliot by T. S. Eliot EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The collected dramatic works of the Nobel Prize winner, from Murder in the Cathedral to The Elder Statesman. T. S. Eliot’s plays—Murder in the Cathedral, The Family Reunion, The Cocktail Party (which won a Tony Award for its Broadway production), The Confidential Clerk, and The Elder Statesman—are brought together for the first time in this volume. They summarize the Nobel Prize winner’s achievements in restoring dramatic verse to the English and American stages, an effort of great significance both for the theater and for the development of Eliot’s art. Between 1935, when Murder in the Cathed... continue
2077.
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by Thomas Stearns Eliot EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
These playful verses by a celebrated poet have delighted readers and cat lovers around the world ever since they were gathered for publication in 1939. As Valerie Eliot has pointed out, there are a number of references to cats in T.S. Eliot's work, but it was to his godchildren, particularly Tom Faber and Alison Tandy, in the 1930s, that he first revealed himself as "Old Possum" and for whom he composed his poems; later inspired Andrew Lloyd Webber's legendary musical "Cats."
2078.
Four Quartets by Thomas Stearns Eliot EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Four long poems are written in a new style which the author calls quartets.
2079.
Murder in the Cathedral by Thomas Stearns Eliot EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
A play in verse from dramatizes the Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket by four knights of Henry II's court.
2080.
The Surrender Tree by Margarita Engle EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Cuba has fought three wars for independence, and still she is not free. This history in verse creates a lyrical portrait of Cuba.