Ray Bradbury
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Series
Ballantine science fiction classic volume 72138
Lexile Measure
780L
Summary
Haunting, harrowing, and downright horrifying, this classic collection from the modern master of the fantastic features: THE SMALL ASSASSIN: a fine, healthy baby boy was the new mother's dream come true -- or her nightmare ... THE EMISSARY: the faithful dog was the sick boy's only connectioin with the world outside -- and beyond ... THE WONDERFUL DEATH OF DUDLEY STONE: a most remarkable case of murder -- the deceased was delighted! And more!
Author
Lexile Measure
680L
Summary
The Illustrated Man is classic Bradbury - a collection of tales that breathe and move, animated by sharp, intaken breath and flexing muscle. Here are eighteen startling visions of humankind's destiny, unfolding across a canvas of decorated skin - visions as keen as the tattooist's needle and as colorful as the inks that indelibly stain the body. The images, ideas, sounds and scents that abound in this phantasmagoric sideshow are provocative and powerful:...
Author
Summary
"Mr. Pope had rigged up a reading light . . . and the horse read far into the night."
- From Ed Has His Mind Improved by Walter R. Brooks
A boon for booklovers, this set features funny, fantastical and poignant stories about people with unique and passionate connections to the written word.
Walter R. Brooks' Ed Has His Mind Improved
read by Tony Roberts
How Ed-a talking horse-became a voracious reader of adventure tales and hardboiled
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