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The summer I turned ten, my mother instituted a new house rule–NO READING AT THE DINNER TABLE! She wrote it– in red crayon–on a piece of construction paper, which she taped on the dining room wall: NO READING AT THE DINNER TABLE! Without it, my father would have forked up salad and read about fly fishing, my teenaged sister would have flipped through the latest issue of Seventeen magazine, and I would have devoured yet another Nancy Drew mystery along with my pork chop. But my mother–no reading slouch herself–wanted to hear more than pages turning at dinner.
“Let’s talk,” she... Read More
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The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $6.50
These contemporary “fables” are instructive, hilarious, and now in paperback!
The fourth graders at Aesop Elementary are, well, unusual. There’s Calvin Tallywong, who wants to go back to kindergarten. But when he actually gets the chance, he’s forced to do the squirrel dance and wear a yellow-school-bus name tag. The moral of... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $6.50
These contemporary “fables” are instructive, hilarious, and now in paperback!
The fourth graders at Aesop Elementary are, well, unusual. There’s Calvin Tallywong, who wants to go back to kindergarten. But when he actually gets the chance, he’s forced to do the squirrel dance and wear a yellow-school-bus name tag. The moral of... Read more >
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The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary
Format: Hardcover, 200 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $24.99
THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR of Ben Franklin’s Almanac and Our Eleanor has created an enthralling joint biography of our greatest president and his complex wife unlike any other—a scrapbook history that uses photographs, letters, engravings, and even cartoons, along with a fascinating text, to form an enthralling museum on the page. Here... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 200 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $24.99
THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR of Ben Franklin’s Almanac and Our Eleanor has created an enthralling joint biography of our greatest president and his complex wife unlike any other—a scrapbook history that uses photographs, letters, engravings, and even cartoons, along with a fascinating text, to form an enthralling museum on the page. Here... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding.
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The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2007
Price: $15.99
Hero's a chapter book of contemporary fables about a rambunctious group of fourth graders and their amazing teacher—the globe-trotting, Mayan-ceremonial-robe-wearing Mr. Jupiter—that is sure to delight students and teachers alike. There's Calvin Tallywong, who wants to go back to kindergarten. But when he actually gets the chance, he's forced to do... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2007
Price: $15.99
Hero's a chapter book of contemporary fables about a rambunctious group of fourth graders and their amazing teacher—the globe-trotting, Mayan-ceremonial-robe-wearing Mr. Jupiter—that is sure to delight students and teachers alike. There's Calvin Tallywong, who wants to go back to kindergarten. But when he actually gets the chance, he's forced to do... Read more >
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Imogene's Last Stand
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $16.99
Meet Imogene, a plucky heroine with a passion for history.
As a baby, Imogene's first words were “Four score and seven years ago.” In preschool, she fingerpainted a map of the Oregon Trail. So it’s not surprising that when the mayor wants to tear down the long-neglected Liddleton Historical Society to make... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $16.99
Meet Imogene, a plucky heroine with a passion for history.
As a baby, Imogene's first words were “Four score and seven years ago.” In preschool, she fingerpainted a map of the Oregon Trail. So it’s not surprising that when the mayor wants to tear down the long-neglected Liddleton Historical Society to make... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding.
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The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 200 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $28.99
THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR of Ben Franklin’s Almanac and Our Eleanor has created an enthralling joint biography of our greatest president and his complex wife unlike any other—a scrapbook history that uses photographs, letters, engravings, and even cartoons, along with a fascinating text, to form an enthralling museum on the page. Here... Read more >
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 200 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $28.99
THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR of Ben Franklin’s Almanac and Our Eleanor has created an enthralling joint biography of our greatest president and his complex wife unlike any other—a scrapbook history that uses photographs, letters, engravings, and even cartoons, along with a fascinating text, to form an enthralling museum on the page. Here... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Imogene's Last Stand
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $19.99
Meet Imogene, a plucky heroine with a passion for history.
As a baby, Imogene's first words were “Four score and seven years ago.” In preschool, she fingerpainted a map of the Oregon Trail. So it’s not surprising that when the mayor wants to tear down the long-neglected Liddleton Historical Society to make... Read more >
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $19.99
Meet Imogene, a plucky heroine with a passion for history.
As a baby, Imogene's first words were “Four score and seven years ago.” In preschool, she fingerpainted a map of the Oregon Trail. So it’s not surprising that when the mayor wants to tear down the long-neglected Liddleton Historical Society to make... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P. T. Barnum
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 160 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $21.99
Step right up! Meet the astounding . . . the amazing . . . P. T. Barnum!
The award-winning author of The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary, Our Eleanor, and Ben Franklin’s Almanac brings us the larger-than-life biography of showman P. T. Barnum. Known far and wide for his... Read more >
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 160 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $21.99
Step right up! Meet the astounding . . . the amazing . . . P. T. Barnum!
The award-winning author of The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary, Our Eleanor, and Ben Franklin’s Almanac brings us the larger-than-life biography of showman P. T. Barnum. Known far and wide for his... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 192 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2007
Price: $18.99
Hero's a chapter book of contemporary fables about a rambunctious group of fourth graders and their amazing teacher—the globe-trotting, Mayan-ceremonial-robe-wearing Mr. Jupiter—that is sure to delight students and teachers alike. There's Calvin Tallywong, who wants to go back to kindergarten. But when he actually gets the chance, he's forced to do... Read more >
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 192 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2007
Price: $18.99
Hero's a chapter book of contemporary fables about a rambunctious group of fourth graders and their amazing teacher—the globe-trotting, Mayan-ceremonial-robe-wearing Mr. Jupiter—that is sure to delight students and teachers alike. There's Calvin Tallywong, who wants to go back to kindergarten. But when he actually gets the chance, he's forced to do... Read more >
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The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P. T. Barnum
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $18.99
Step right up! Meet the astounding . . . the amazing . . . P. T. Barnum!
The award-winning author of The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary, Our Eleanor, and Ben Franklin’s Almanac brings us the larger-than-life biography of showman P. T. Barnum. Known far and wide for his... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $18.99
Step right up! Meet the astounding . . . the amazing . . . P. T. Barnum!
The award-winning author of The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary, Our Eleanor, and Ben Franklin’s Almanac brings us the larger-than-life biography of showman P. T. Barnum. Known far and wide for his... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding.
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The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: June 3, 2009
Price: $6.50
Hero's a chapter book of contemporary fables about a rambunctious group of fourth graders and their amazing teacher—the globe-trotting, Mayan-ceremonial-robe-wearing Mr. Jupiter—that is sure to delight students and teachers alike. There's Calvin Tallywong, who wants to go back to kindergarten. But when he actually gets the chance, he's forced to do... Read more >
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: June 3, 2009
Price: $6.50
Hero's a chapter book of contemporary fables about a rambunctious group of fourth graders and their amazing teacher—the globe-trotting, Mayan-ceremonial-robe-wearing Mr. Jupiter—that is sure to delight students and teachers alike. There's Calvin Tallywong, who wants to go back to kindergarten. But when he actually gets the chance, he's forced to do... Read more >
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