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Burning
Written by Elana K. Arnold
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $16.99
A sizzling love story between a small-town boy and a Gypsy girl unfolds as the Burning Man festival is in full swing.
Ben: Having just graduated from high school, Ben is set to leave Gypsum, Nevada. It's good timing since the gypsum mine that is the lifeblood of the area is... Read more >
Written by Elana K. Arnold
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $16.99
A sizzling love story between a small-town boy and a Gypsy girl unfolds as the Burning Man festival is in full swing.
Ben: Having just graduated from high school, Ben is set to leave Gypsum, Nevada. It's good timing since the gypsum mine that is the lifeblood of the area is... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Burning
Written by Elana K. Arnold
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $10.99
Ben: Having just graduated from high school, Ben is set to leave Gypsum, Nevada. It's good timing since the gypsum mine that is the lifeblood of the area is closing, shutting the whole town down with it. Ben is lucky: he's headed to San Diego, where he's got a track scholarship... Read more >
Written by Elana K. Arnold
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $10.99
Ben: Having just graduated from high school, Ben is set to leave Gypsum, Nevada. It's good timing since the gypsum mine that is the lifeblood of the area is closing, shutting the whole town down with it. Ben is lucky: he's headed to San Diego, where he's got a track scholarship... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
The Pool Party
Written by Gary Soto
Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2013
Price: $3.99
Rudy Herrera is surprised and excited when he gets an invitation to a pool party. It's from Tiffany Perez, the richest and most popular girl in school.
Rudy's grandmother, "El Shorty," thinks he is going off to shoot pool. His sister, Estela, warns him not to make a fool of himself, or worse, embarass her. Rudy's father teaches him... Read more >
Written by Gary Soto
Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2013
Price: $3.99
Rudy Herrera is surprised and excited when he gets an invitation to a pool party. It's from Tiffany Perez, the richest and most popular girl in school.
Rudy's grandmother, "El Shorty," thinks he is going off to shoot pool. His sister, Estela, warns him not to make a fool of himself, or worse, embarass her. Rudy's father teaches him... Read more >
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The Cydonian Pyramid
Written by Pete Hautman
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $16.99
The much-anticipated sequel to The Obsidian Blade transports readers to the terrifying and thrilling world of Lah Lia, the enigmatic girl who changed Tucker Feye’s life.
More than half a millennium in the future, in the shadow of the looming Cydonian Pyramid, a pampered girl named Lah Lia has been raised for... Read more >
Written by Pete Hautman
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $16.99
The much-anticipated sequel to The Obsidian Blade transports readers to the terrifying and thrilling world of Lah Lia, the enigmatic girl who changed Tucker Feye’s life.
More than half a millennium in the future, in the shadow of the looming Cydonian Pyramid, a pampered girl named Lah Lia has been raised for... Read more >
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Swim, Boots, Swim! (Dora the Explorer)
Written by Random House
Illustrated by Random House
Format: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $3.99
Nickelodeon's Dora the Explorer is ready for a super day at the beach--until she learns that Boots can't swim. Can Mariana the Mermaid help them? Little boys and girls ages 3 to 7 will enjoy this full-color storybook. Read more >
Written by Random House
Illustrated by Random House
Format: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $3.99
Nickelodeon's Dora the Explorer is ready for a super day at the beach--until she learns that Boots can't swim. Can Mariana the Mermaid help them? Little boys and girls ages 3 to 7 will enjoy this full-color storybook. Read more >
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Waiting for the Biblioburro
Written by Monica Brown
Illustrated by John Parra
Format: eBook, 32 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2013
Price: $10.99
Ana loves stories. She often makes them up to help her little brother fall asleep. But in her small village there are only a few books and she has read them all. One morning, Ana wakes up to the clip-clop of hooves, and there before her, is the most wonderful sight... Read more >
Written by Monica Brown
Illustrated by John Parra
Format: eBook, 32 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2013
Price: $10.99
Ana loves stories. She often makes them up to help her little brother fall asleep. But in her small village there are only a few books and she has read them all. One morning, Ana wakes up to the clip-clop of hooves, and there before her, is the most wonderful sight... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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What Can You Do with a Paleta?
Written by Carmen Tafolla
Illustrated by Magaly Morales
Format: eBook, 32 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2013
Price: $9.99
Where the paleta wagon rings its tinkly belland carries a treasure of icy paletasin every color of the sarape . . .
As she strolls through her barrio, a young girl introduces readers to the frozen, fruit-flavored treat that thrills Mexican and Mexican-American children. Create a masterpiece, make tough choices (strawberry or... Read more >
Written by Carmen Tafolla
Illustrated by Magaly Morales
Format: eBook, 32 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2013
Price: $9.99
Where the paleta wagon rings its tinkly belland carries a treasure of icy paletasin every color of the sarape . . .
As she strolls through her barrio, a young girl introduces readers to the frozen, fruit-flavored treat that thrills Mexican and Mexican-American children. Create a masterpiece, make tough choices (strawberry or... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Alvin Ho: Allergic to Babies, Burglars, and Other Bumps in the Night
Written by Lenore Look
Illustrated by LeUyen Pham
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $10.99
Readers will herald the return of their favorite phobic boy in this, the fifth book in the beloved Alvin Ho series. Alvin's mother has been getting bigger . . . and bigger. Alvin's sure it's all the mochi cakes she's been eating, but it turns out she's pregnant! There are lots... Read more >
Written by Lenore Look
Illustrated by LeUyen Pham
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $10.99
Readers will herald the return of their favorite phobic boy in this, the fifth book in the beloved Alvin Ho series. Alvin's mother has been getting bigger . . . and bigger. Alvin's sure it's all the mochi cakes she's been eating, but it turns out she's pregnant! There are lots... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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Alvin Ho: Allergic to Babies, Burglars, and Other Bumps in the Night
Written by Lenore Look
Illustrated by LeUyen Pham
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 192 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $18.99
Readers will herald the return of their favorite phobic boy in this, the fifth book in the beloved Alvin Ho series. Alvin's mother has been getting bigger . . . and bigger. Alvin's sure it's all the mochi cakes she's been eating, but it turns out she's pregnant! There are lots... Read more >
Written by Lenore Look
Illustrated by LeUyen Pham
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 192 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $18.99
Readers will herald the return of their favorite phobic boy in this, the fifth book in the beloved Alvin Ho series. Alvin's mother has been getting bigger . . . and bigger. Alvin's sure it's all the mochi cakes she's been eating, but it turns out she's pregnant! There are lots... Read more >
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Alvin Ho: Allergic to Babies, Burglars, and Other Bumps in the Night
Written by Lenore Look
Illustrated by LeUyen Pham
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $15.99
Readers will herald the return of their favorite phobic boy in this, the fifth book in the beloved Alvin Ho series. Alvin's mother has been getting bigger . . . and bigger. Alvin's sure it's all the mochi cakes she's been eating, but it turns out she's pregnant! There are lots... Read more >
Written by Lenore Look
Illustrated by LeUyen Pham
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $15.99
Readers will herald the return of their favorite phobic boy in this, the fifth book in the beloved Alvin Ho series. Alvin's mother has been getting bigger . . . and bigger. Alvin's sure it's all the mochi cakes she's been eating, but it turns out she's pregnant! There are lots... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
hardcover library binding.
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Precious Bones
Written by Mika Ashley-Hollinger
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $7.99
Meet ten-year-old Bones, whose playground is the Florida swamps, brimming with mystical witches, black bears, alligators and bobcats. Bones' father, Nolay, a Miccosukee Indian, is smart and mischievous. Her Mama, practical as corn bread, can see straight into Bones' soul.
It's summer, and Bones is busy hunting and fishing with her best... Read more >
Written by Mika Ashley-Hollinger
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $7.99
Meet ten-year-old Bones, whose playground is the Florida swamps, brimming with mystical witches, black bears, alligators and bobcats. Bones' father, Nolay, a Miccosukee Indian, is smart and mischievous. Her Mama, practical as corn bread, can see straight into Bones' soul.
It's summer, and Bones is busy hunting and fishing with her best... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
hardcover library binding.
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Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass
Written by Meg Medina
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $16.99
In Meg Medina’s compelling new novel, a Latina teen is targeted by a bully at her new school — and must discover resources she never knew she had.
One morning before school, some girl tells Piddy Sanchez that Yaqui Delgado hates her and wants to kick her ass. Piddy doesn’t even know... Read more >
Written by Meg Medina
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $16.99
In Meg Medina’s compelling new novel, a Latina teen is targeted by a bully at her new school — and must discover resources she never knew she had.
One morning before school, some girl tells Piddy Sanchez that Yaqui Delgado hates her and wants to kick her ass. Piddy doesn’t even know... Read more >
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Crow
Written by Barbara Wright
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $7.99
The summer of 1898 is filled with ups and downs for 11-year-old Moses. He's growing apart from his best friend, his superstitious Boo-Nanny butts heads constantly with his pragmatic, educated father, and his mother is reeling from the discovery of a family secret. Yet there are good times, too. He's teaching... Read more >
Written by Barbara Wright
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $7.99
The summer of 1898 is filled with ups and downs for 11-year-old Moses. He's growing apart from his best friend, his superstitious Boo-Nanny butts heads constantly with his pragmatic, educated father, and his mother is reeling from the discovery of a family secret. Yet there are good times, too. He's teaching... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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Brendan Buckley's Sixth-Grade Experiment
Written by Sundee T. Frazier
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $6.99
Written by Sundee T. Frazier
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $6.99
Brendan Buckley's headed to middle school, and he has some big questions! Can he keep his new pet anole, Einstein, alive? Will his tough-as-rock Grandpa Ed and sharp-witted grandma, Gladys, butt heads or become friends? Most importantly, what will he propose for the national science competition his class is entering?
Then Brendan's...
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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Dora Saves the Enchanted Forest/Dora Saves Crystal Kingdom (Dora the Explorer)
Written by Random House
Illustrated by Random House
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $4.99
Two magical Nickelodeon Dora the Explorer adventures in one book! Young girls ages 3-7 will love this Deluxe 8x8 Books, based on the popular tentpoles Dora Saves the Enchanted Forest and Dora Saves Crystal Kingdom, that features fairies, elves, a unicorn—plus over 50 stickers. Read more >
Written by Random House
Illustrated by Random House
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $4.99
Two magical Nickelodeon Dora the Explorer adventures in one book! Young girls ages 3-7 will love this Deluxe 8x8 Books, based on the popular tentpoles Dora Saves the Enchanted Forest and Dora Saves Crystal Kingdom, that features fairies, elves, a unicorn—plus over 50 stickers. Read more >
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Dora's Big Birthday Adventure (Dora the Explorer)
Written by Random House
Illustrated by Random House
Format: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $3.99
It's Dora the Explorer's birthday, but she can't get to her party until she finds her way out of a magical storybook. Boys and girls ages 3-7 will love this full-color storybook starring Nickelodeon's Dora the Explorer. Read more >
Written by Random House
Illustrated by Random House
Format: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $3.99
It's Dora the Explorer's birthday, but she can't get to her party until she finds her way out of a magical storybook. Boys and girls ages 3-7 will love this full-color storybook starring Nickelodeon's Dora the Explorer. Read more >
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Bitter Melon
Written by Cara Chow
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2012
Price: $9.99
Frances has one job in life: to get into Berkeley and become a doctor so that her mother's ambitions will be realized. And Frances doesn't think there's anything wrong with that, until the day she accidentally steps into a speech class and begins to discover a talent her mother wouldn't approve of.
Frances... Read more >
Written by Cara Chow
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2012
Price: $9.99
Frances has one job in life: to get into Berkeley and become a doctor so that her mother's ambitions will be realized. And Frances doesn't think there's anything wrong with that, until the day she accidentally steps into a speech class and begins to discover a talent her mother wouldn't approve of.
Frances... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Piano Starts Here
The Young Art Tatum
Written by Robert A. Parker
Illustrated by Robert A. Parker
Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: December 19, 2012
Price: $10.99
Regardless of whether they’ve heard of jazz or Art Tatum, young readers will appreciate how Parker uses simple, lyrical storytelling and colorful and energetic ink-and-wash illustrations to show the world as young Art Tatum might have seen it. Tatum came from modest beginnings and was nearly blind, but his passion for... Read more >
The Young Art Tatum
Written by Robert A. Parker
Illustrated by Robert A. Parker
Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: December 19, 2012
Price: $10.99
Regardless of whether they’ve heard of jazz or Art Tatum, young readers will appreciate how Parker uses simple, lyrical storytelling and colorful and energetic ink-and-wash illustrations to show the world as young Art Tatum might have seen it. Tatum came from modest beginnings and was nearly blind, but his passion for... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Stories at the Door
Written by Jan Andrews
Illustrated by Francis Blake
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $8.99
Jan Andrews draws on folk stories from around the world to build her newest collection of tales, rife with humor and tingling with action. Cleverly threaded together by verses describing the arrival of unbidden stories that enter boldly through the door and stay just long enough to have their say, these... Read more >
Written by Jan Andrews
Illustrated by Francis Blake
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $8.99
Jan Andrews draws on folk stories from around the world to build her newest collection of tales, rife with humor and tingling with action. Cleverly threaded together by verses describing the arrival of unbidden stories that enter boldly through the door and stay just long enough to have their say, these... Read more >
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Un regalo de gracias
La leyenda de la Altagracia
Written by Julia Alvarez
Illustrated by Beatriz Vidal
Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: November 28, 2012
Price: $7.99
A magical picture book about the legend of Altagracia by master storyteller Julia Alvarez. Read more >
La leyenda de la Altagracia
Written by Julia Alvarez
Illustrated by Beatriz Vidal
Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: November 28, 2012
Price: $7.99
A magical picture book about the legend of Altagracia by master storyteller Julia Alvarez. Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Squeak, Rumble, Whomp! Whomp! Whomp!
A Sonic Adventure
Written by Wynton Marsalis
Illustrated by Paul Rogers
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2012
Price: $15.99
The creators of Jazz ABZ are back for an encore! With infectious rhythm and rhyme, musical master Wynton Marsalis opens kids’ ears to the sounds around us.
What’s that sound? The back door squeeeaks open, sounding like a noisy mouse nearby — eeek, eeeek, eeeek! Big trucks on the highway rrrrrrrumble, just... Read more >
A Sonic Adventure
Written by Wynton Marsalis
Illustrated by Paul Rogers
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2012
Price: $15.99
The creators of Jazz ABZ are back for an encore! With infectious rhythm and rhyme, musical master Wynton Marsalis opens kids’ ears to the sounds around us.
What’s that sound? The back door squeeeaks open, sounding like a noisy mouse nearby — eeek, eeeek, eeeek! Big trucks on the highway rrrrrrrumble, just... Read more >
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Alvin Ho: Allergic to Dead Bodies, Funerals, and Other Fatal Circumstances
Written by Lenore Look
Illustrated by LeUyen Pham
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $6.99
Everyone's favorite neurotic second grader is back, in the most touching Alvin Ho book to date. In this fourth book in the Alvin Ho series, Alvin is facing something truly scary: the idea that someone he loves might die. When Alvin's GungGung loses his best friend, Alvin (gulp) volunteers to go... Read more >
Written by Lenore Look
Illustrated by LeUyen Pham
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $6.99
Everyone's favorite neurotic second grader is back, in the most touching Alvin Ho book to date. In this fourth book in the Alvin Ho series, Alvin is facing something truly scary: the idea that someone he loves might die. When Alvin's GungGung loses his best friend, Alvin (gulp) volunteers to go... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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Come August, Come Freedom
The Bellows, The Gallows, and The Black General Gabriel
Written by Gigi Amateau
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $16.99
An 1800 insurrection planned by a literate slave known as "Prosser’s Gabriel" inspires a historical novel following one extraordinary man’s life.
In a time of post-Revolutionary fervor in Richmond, Virginia, an imposing twenty-four-year-old slave named Gabriel, known for his courage and intellect, plotted a rebellion involving thousands of African- American freedom seekers... Read more >
The Bellows, The Gallows, and The Black General Gabriel
Written by Gigi Amateau
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $16.99
An 1800 insurrection planned by a literate slave known as "Prosser’s Gabriel" inspires a historical novel following one extraordinary man’s life.
In a time of post-Revolutionary fervor in Richmond, Virginia, an imposing twenty-four-year-old slave named Gabriel, known for his courage and intellect, plotted a rebellion involving thousands of African- American freedom seekers... Read more >
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De como tia Lola termino empezando otra vez
Written by Julia Alvarez
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $6.99
Welcome to Tía Lola's bed and breakfast! With the help of her niece and nephew and the three Sword Sisters, Tía Lola is opening the doors of Colonel Charlebois' grand old Vermont house to visitors from all over. But Tía Lola and the children soon realize that running a B &... Read more >
Written by Julia Alvarez
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $6.99
Welcome to Tía Lola's bed and breakfast! With the help of her niece and nephew and the three Sword Sisters, Tía Lola is opening the doors of Colonel Charlebois' grand old Vermont house to visitors from all over. But Tía Lola and the children soon realize that running a B &... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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De como tia Lola termino empezando otra vez
Written by Julia Alvarez
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $6.99
Welcome to Tía Lola's bed and breakfast! With the help of her niece and nephew and the three Sword Sisters, Tía Lola is opening the doors of Colonel Charlebois' grand old Vermont house to visitors from all over. But Tía Lola and the children soon realize that running a B &... Read more >
Written by Julia Alvarez
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $6.99
Welcome to Tía Lola's bed and breakfast! With the help of her niece and nephew and the three Sword Sisters, Tía Lola is opening the doors of Colonel Charlebois' grand old Vermont house to visitors from all over. But Tía Lola and the children soon realize that running a B &... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
