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author spotlight
“To me the highest accolade comes when a young reader tells me, ‘I really liked your book.’ The young seem to be able to say ‘really’ with a clarity, a faith, and an honesty that we as adults have long forgotten. That is why I write.”—Christopher Paul Curtis
Christopher Paul Curtis made an outstanding debut in children’s literature with The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963. His second novel, Bud, Not Buddy, is the first book ever to receive both the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Author Award.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Born in Flint, Michigan, Christopher Paul Curtis spent his first 13 years after... Read More
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Bud, Not Buddy
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2002
Price: $6.99
It’s 1936, in Flint, Michigan, and when 10-year-old Bud decides to hit the road to find his father, nothing can stop him. Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2002
Price: $6.99
It’s 1936, in Flint, Michigan, and when 10-year-old Bud decides to hit the road to find his father, nothing can stop him. Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and a
paperback.
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: September 8, 1997
Price: $6.99
When Kenny Watson’s brother, Byron, gets to be too much trouble, the Watson family heads south to Birmingham to visit Grandma, the one person who can shape him up. And they happen to be in Birmingham when Grandma’s church is bombed. Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: September 8, 1997
Price: $6.99
When Kenny Watson’s brother, Byron, gets to be too much trouble, the Watson family heads south to Birmingham to visit Grandma, the one person who can shape him up. And they happen to be in Birmingham when Grandma’s church is bombed. Read more >
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Bud, Not Buddy
Format: Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $6.99
It’s 1936, in Flint, Michigan, and when 10-year-old Bud decides to hit the road to find his father, nothing can stop him.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
Format: Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $6.99
It’s 1936, in Flint, Michigan, and when 10-year-old Bud decides to hit the road to find his father, nothing can stop him.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963
Format: Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: December 12, 2000
Price: $6.99
A wonderful middle-grade novel narrated by Kenny, 9, about his middle-class black family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. When Kenny's 13-year-old brother, Byron, gets to be too much trouble, they head South to Birmingham to visit Grandma, the one person who can shape him up. And they happen to be in Birmingham when Grandma's church... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: December 12, 2000
Price: $6.99
A wonderful middle-grade novel narrated by Kenny, 9, about his middle-class black family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. When Kenny's 13-year-old brother, Byron, gets to be too much trouble, they head South to Birmingham to visit Grandma, the one person who can shape him up. And they happen to be in Birmingham when Grandma's church... Read more >
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The Prince and the Pauper
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: July 8, 2003
Price: $10.00
Set in sixteenth-century England, Mark Twain’s classic “tale for young people of all ages” features two identical-looking boys—a prince and a pauper—who trade clothes and step into each other’s lives. While the urchin, Tom Canty, discovers luxury and power, Prince Edward, dressed in rags, roams his kingdom and experiences the cruelties... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: July 8, 2003
Price: $10.00
Set in sixteenth-century England, Mark Twain’s classic “tale for young people of all ages” features two identical-looking boys—a prince and a pauper—who trade clothes and step into each other’s lives. While the urchin, Tom Canty, discovers luxury and power, Prince Edward, dressed in rags, roams his kingdom and experiences the cruelties... Read more >
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Bucking the Sarge
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: May 9, 2006
Price: $6.99
Luther T. Farrell has got to get out of Flint, Michigan.
As his best friend Sparky says, “Flint’s nothing but the Titanic.”
And his mother, a.k.a. the Sarge, says, “Take my advice and stay off the sucker path.”
The Sarge milked the system to build an empire of slum housing and group homes. Luther’s... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: May 9, 2006
Price: $6.99
Luther T. Farrell has got to get out of Flint, Michigan.
As his best friend Sparky says, “Flint’s nothing but the Titanic.”
And his mother, a.k.a. the Sarge, says, “Take my advice and stay off the sucker path.”
The Sarge milked the system to build an empire of slum housing and group homes. Luther’s... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
hardcover library binding.
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Bud, Not Buddy
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 23, 2006
Price: $19.95
It's 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud's got a few things going for him:
1. He has his own suitcase filled with his own important, secret things.
2. He's the author of Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 23, 2006
Price: $19.95
It's 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud's got a few things going for him:
1. He has his own suitcase filled with his own important, secret things.
2. He's the author of Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover,
paperback and a
trade paperback.
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Mr. Chickee's Funny Money
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: January 23, 2007
Price: $6.50
Mr. Chickee, the genial blind man in the neighborhood, gives 9-year-old Steven a mysterious bill with 15 zeros on it and the image of a familiar but startling face. Could it be a quadrillion dollar bill? Could it be real? Well, Agent Fondoo of the U.S. Treasury Department and his team... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: January 23, 2007
Price: $6.50
Mr. Chickee, the genial blind man in the neighborhood, gives 9-year-old Steven a mysterious bill with 15 zeros on it and the image of a familiar but startling face. Could it be a quadrillion dollar bill? Could it be real? Well, Agent Fondoo of the U.S. Treasury Department and his team... Read more >
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Bud, Not Buddy
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: September 7, 1999
Price: $16.95
It's 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud's got a few things going for him:
1. He has his own suitcase filled with his own important, secret things.
2. He's the author of Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: September 7, 1999
Price: $16.95
It's 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud's got a few things going for him:
1. He has his own suitcase filled with his own important, secret things.
2. He's the author of Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
paperback and a
trade paperback.
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1995
Price: $16.95
A wonderful middle-grade novel narrated by Kenny, 9, about his middle-class black family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. When Kenny's 13-year-old brother, Byron, gets to be too much trouble, they head South to Birmingham to visit Grandma, the one person who can shape him up. And they happen to be... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1995
Price: $16.95
A wonderful middle-grade novel narrated by Kenny, 9, about his middle-class black family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. When Kenny's 13-year-old brother, Byron, gets to be too much trouble, they head South to Birmingham to visit Grandma, the one person who can shape him up. And they happen to be... Read more >
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 10, 2005
Price: $19.95
Enter the hilarious world of ten-year-old Kenny and his family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. There's Momma, Dad, little sister Joetta, Kenny, and Byron, Kenny's older brother, who, at thirteen, is an "official juvenile delinquent."
When Momma and Dad decide it's time for a visit to Grandma, Dad comes home... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 10, 2005
Price: $19.95
Enter the hilarious world of ten-year-old Kenny and his family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. There's Momma, Dad, little sister Joetta, Kenny, and Byron, Kenny's older brother, who, at thirteen, is an "official juvenile delinquent."
When Momma and Dad decide it's time for a visit to Grandma, Dad comes home... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download.
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Mr. Chickee's Messy Mission
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: June 10, 2008
Price: $6.50
Steven and his best friend Russell are back!
When Russell's dog, Rodney Rodent, jumps into a mural to chase a demonic-looking gnome and disappears, the Flint Future Detectives are on the case. With the secret password (Bow-wow-wow yippee yo yippee yay!) Steven, Richelle, and Russell enter the mural too, only to find... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: June 10, 2008
Price: $6.50
Steven and his best friend Russell are back!
When Russell's dog, Rodney Rodent, jumps into a mural to chase a demonic-looking gnome and disappears, the Flint Future Detectives are on the case. With the secret password (Bow-wow-wow yippee yo yippee yay!) Steven, Richelle, and Russell enter the mural too, only to find... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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Mr. Chickee's Funny Money
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: October 11, 2005
Price: $15.95
Mr. Chickee, the genial blind man in the neighborhood, gives 9-year-old Steven a mysterious bill with 15 zeros on it and the image of a familiar but startling face. Could it be a quadrillion dollar bill? Could it be real? Well, Agent Fondoo of the U.S. Treasury Department and his team... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: October 11, 2005
Price: $15.95
Mr. Chickee, the genial blind man in the neighborhood, gives 9-year-old Steven a mysterious bill with 15 zeros on it and the image of a familiar but startling face. Could it be a quadrillion dollar bill? Could it be real? Well, Agent Fondoo of the U.S. Treasury Department and his team... Read more >
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Bucking the Sarge
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $30.00
Luther T. Farrell has got to get out of Flint, Michigan.
As his best friend Sparky says, “Flint’s nothing but the Titanic.”
And his mother, a.k.a. the Sarge, says, “Take my advice and stay off the sucker path.”
The Sarge milked the system to build an empire of slum housing and group homes. Luther’s... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $30.00
Luther T. Farrell has got to get out of Flint, Michigan.
As his best friend Sparky says, “Flint’s nothing but the Titanic.”
And his mother, a.k.a. the Sarge, says, “Take my advice and stay off the sucker path.”
The Sarge milked the system to build an empire of slum housing and group homes. Luther’s... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover library binding and a
paperback.
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Elijah of Buxton
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: March 25, 2008
Price: $50.00
Eleven-year-old Elijah is the first child born into freedom in Buxton, Canada, a settlement of runaway slaves just over the border from Detroit. He’s best known in his hometown as the boy who made a memorable impression on Frederick Douglass. But things change when a former slave steals money from Elijah’s... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: March 25, 2008
Price: $50.00
Eleven-year-old Elijah is the first child born into freedom in Buxton, Canada, a settlement of runaway slaves just over the border from Detroit. He’s best known in his hometown as the boy who made a memorable impression on Frederick Douglass. But things change when a former slave steals money from Elijah’s... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download.
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Mr. Chickee's Messy Mission
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: January 23, 2007
Price: $15.99
Steven and his best friend Russell are back!
When Russell's dog, Rodney Rodent, jumps into a mural to chase a demonic-looking gnome and disappears, the Flint Future Detectives are on the case. With the secret password (Bow-wow-wow yippee yo yippee yay!) Steven, Richelle, and Russell enter the mural too, only to find... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: January 23, 2007
Price: $15.99
Steven and his best friend Russell are back!
When Russell's dog, Rodney Rodent, jumps into a mural to chase a demonic-looking gnome and disappears, the Flint Future Detectives are on the case. With the secret password (Bow-wow-wow yippee yo yippee yay!) Steven, Richelle, and Russell enter the mural too, only to find... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover library binding and a
trade paperback.
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Bucking the Sarge
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 272 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $17.99
Luther T. Farrell has got to get out of Flint, Michigan.
As his best friend Sparky says, “Flint’s nothing but the Titanic.”
And his mother, a.k.a. the Sarge, says, “Take my advice and stay off the sucker path.”
The Sarge milked the system to build an empire of slum housing and group homes. Luther’s... Read more >
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 272 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $17.99
Luther T. Farrell has got to get out of Flint, Michigan.
As his best friend Sparky says, “Flint’s nothing but the Titanic.”
And his mother, a.k.a. the Sarge, says, “Take my advice and stay off the sucker path.”
The Sarge milked the system to build an empire of slum housing and group homes. Luther’s... Read more >
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Mr. Chickee's Messy Mission
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 240 pages
On Sale: January 23, 2007
Price: $18.99
Steven and his best friend Russell are back!
When Russell's dog, Rodney Rodent, jumps into a mural to chase a demonic-looking gnome and disappears, the Flint Future Detectives are on the case. With the secret password (Bow-wow-wow yippee yo yippee yay!) Steven, Richelle, and Russell enter the mural too, only to find... Read more >
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 240 pages
On Sale: January 23, 2007
Price: $18.99
Steven and his best friend Russell are back!
When Russell's dog, Rodney Rodent, jumps into a mural to chase a demonic-looking gnome and disappears, the Flint Future Detectives are on the case. With the secret password (Bow-wow-wow yippee yo yippee yay!) Steven, Richelle, and Russell enter the mural too, only to find... Read more >
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Mr. Chickee's Funny Money
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 11, 2005
Price: $12.50
Mr. Chickee, the genial blind man in the neighborhood, gives 9-year-old Steven a mysterious bill with 15 zeros on it and the image of a familiar but startling face. Could it be a quadrillion dollar bill? Could it be real? Well, Agent Fondoo of the U.S. Treasury Department and his team... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 11, 2005
Price: $12.50
Mr. Chickee, the genial blind man in the neighborhood, gives 9-year-old Steven a mysterious bill with 15 zeros on it and the image of a familiar but startling face. Could it be a quadrillion dollar bill? Could it be real? Well, Agent Fondoo of the U.S. Treasury Department and his team... Read more >
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Mr. Chickee's Funny Money
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2009
Price: $6.50
Mr. Chickee, the genial blind man in the neighborhood, gives 9-year-old Steven a mysterious bill with 15 zeros on it and the image of a familiar but startling face. Could it be a quadrillion dollar bill? Could it be real? Well, Agent Fondoo of the U.S. Treasury Department and his team... Read more >
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2009
Price: $6.50
Mr. Chickee, the genial blind man in the neighborhood, gives 9-year-old Steven a mysterious bill with 15 zeros on it and the image of a familiar but startling face. Could it be a quadrillion dollar bill? Could it be real? Well, Agent Fondoo of the U.S. Treasury Department and his team... Read more >
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Mr. Chickee's Messy Mission
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $6.50
Steven and his best friend Russell are back!
When Russell's dog, Rodney Rodent, jumps into a mural to chase a demonic-looking gnome and disappears, the Flint Future Detectives are on the case. With the secret password (Bow-wow-wow yippee yo yippee yay!) Steven, Richelle, and Russell enter the mural too, only to find... Read more >
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $6.50
Steven and his best friend Russell are back!
When Russell's dog, Rodney Rodent, jumps into a mural to chase a demonic-looking gnome and disappears, the Flint Future Detectives are on the case. With the secret password (Bow-wow-wow yippee yo yippee yay!) Steven, Richelle, and Russell enter the mural too, only to find... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover,
hardcover library binding and a
trade paperback.
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Bucking the Sarge
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 1, 2009
Price: $6.99
Luther T. Farrell has got to get out of Flint, Michigan.
As his best friend Sparky says, “Flint’s nothing but the Titanic.”
And his mother, a.k.a. the Sarge, says, “Take my advice and stay off the sucker path.”
The Sarge milked the system to build an empire of slum housing and group homes. Luther’s... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 1, 2009
Price: $6.99
Luther T. Farrell has got to get out of Flint, Michigan.
As his best friend Sparky says, “Flint’s nothing but the Titanic.”
And his mother, a.k.a. the Sarge, says, “Take my advice and stay off the sucker path.”
The Sarge milked the system to build an empire of slum housing and group homes. Luther’s... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover library binding and a
paperback.
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 13, 2001
Price: $6.99
A wonderful middle-grade novel narrated by Kenny, 9, about his middle-class black family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. When Kenny's 13-year-old brother, Byron, gets to be too much trouble, they head South to Birmingham to visit Grandma, the one person who can shape him up. And they happen to be... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 13, 2001
Price: $6.99
A wonderful middle-grade novel narrated by Kenny, 9, about his middle-class black family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. When Kenny's 13-year-old brother, Byron, gets to be too much trouble, they head South to Birmingham to visit Grandma, the one person who can shape him up. And they happen to be... Read more >
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Bud, Not Buddy
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 13, 2001
Price: $6.99
It's 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud's got a few things going for him:
1. He has his own suitcase filled with his own important, secret things.
2. He's the author of Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 13, 2001
Price: $6.99
It's 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud's got a few things going for him:
1. He has his own suitcase filled with his own important, secret things.
2. He's the author of Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover,
paperback and a
trade paperback.
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Bud, Not Buddy
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: July 5, 2000
Price: $9.98
It's 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud's got a few things going for him:
1. He has his own suitcase filled with his own important, secret things.
2. He's the author of Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: July 5, 2000
Price: $9.98
It's 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud's got a few things going for him:
1. He has his own suitcase filled with his own important, secret things.
2. He's the author of Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for... Read more >
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