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Sylvia's Bookshop: The Story of Paris's Beloved Bookstore and Its Founder (As Told by the Bookstore Itself!)
By BURLEIGH, Robert
- ISBN
- 9781481472456
- Publisher
- S. & S. Paula Wiseman Bks.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2018 | Elementary
PreS-Gr 3—A famous Parisian bookshop tells readers about the marvelous woman who brought it to life and the people that gathered there. When Sylvia Beach first sees her shop it is dusty, quiet, and dark, but she soon lines the shelves with piles and piles of books and brings it to life. Sylvia knows the power of stories and wants to build a place to share them with the world. She names her bookshop "Shakespeare and Company," and soon it becomes a meeting place for many well-...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on March 1, 2019
The famous Paris bookstore Shakespeare and Company narrates its own story and stresses the value of books in text unevenly rhymed but with offbeat appeal. The fr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
