Egg Drop
Written by Mini Grey
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $16.99
Now for something completely different from Mini Grey!
A mother hen tells her chicks about the egg that wanted to fly. “The egg was young. It didn’t know much. We tried to tell it, but of course it didn’t listen.” The egg loves looking up at the birds (yes, it has eyes)...
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Egg Drop
Written by Mini Grey
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 32 pages
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $19.99
Now for something completely different from Mini Grey!
A mother hen tells her chicks about the egg that wanted to fly. “The egg was young. It didn’t know much. We tried to tell it, but of course it didn’t listen.” The egg loves looking up at the birds (yes, it has eyes)...
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Sylvie
Written by Jennifer Sattler
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: May 26, 2009
Price: $15.99
Meet a flamingo of a different stripe!
“Mama, why are we pink?” asks an irrepressible and ever-curious young flamingo named Sylvie. When she learns that it’s due to the little pink brine shrimp they eat, Sylvie takes the maxim “You are what you eat!” to a whole new level. Her new diet...
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Sylvie
Written by Jennifer Sattler
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: May 26, 2009
Price: $18.99
Meet a flamingo of a different stripe!
“Mama, why are we pink?” asks an irrepressible and ever-curious young flamingo named Sylvie. When she learns that it’s due to the little pink brine shrimp they eat, Sylvie takes the maxim “You are what you eat!” to a whole new level. Her new diet...
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The Mousewife
Written by Rumer Godden
Illustrated by William Pene Du Bois
Format: Hardcover, 56 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $14.95
Day in and day out the dutiful mousewife works alongside her mousehusband in the house of Miss Barbara Wilkinson. It is a nice house and the mousewife is for the most part happy collecting crumbs and preparing a nest for her future mouse-babies—yet she yearns for something more. But what? Her...
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Funny Frank
Written by Dick King-Smith
Illustrated by John Eastwood
Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2009
Price: $5.50
Being a duck isn’t all it’s quacked up to be.
But don’t try telling that to Frank—he’s a chicken with a dream. All he thinks about are webbed feet, waterproof feathers, and the cool water of the pond. So when Frank takes a dip and nearly drowns, his mood turns foul...
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Owl Babies: Candlewick Storybook Animations
Written by Martin Waddell
Illustrated by Patrick Benson
Format: Package, 32 pages
On Sale: September 23, 2008
Price: $14.99
A gentle tale of three baby owls reassures every child that Mommy will always come home."The bay owls came out of their house,
and they sat on the tree and waited.
A big branch for Sarah, a small branch for Percy,
and an old piece of ivy for Bill."
When three baby owls awake one...
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Turtle's Penguin Day
Written by Valeri Gorbachev
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: August 12, 2008
Price: $16.99
TURTLE IS SO excited by the book about penguins that his dad reads him at bedtime that he decides he wants to
be a penguin. So the next morning, he creates a penguin costume, grabs his book, and heads for the schoolbus. His kindergarten classmates are thrilled. They all want to...
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Turtle's Penguin Day
Written by Valeri Gorbachev
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: August 12, 2008
Price: $19.99
TURTLE IS SO excited by the book about penguins that his dad reads him at bedtime that he decides he wants to
be a penguin. So the next morning, he creates a penguin costume, grabs his book, and heads for the schoolbus. His kindergarten classmates are thrilled. They all want to...
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Look Out, Suzy Goose
Written by Petr Horacek
Illustrated by Petr Horacek
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: July 22, 2008
Price: $14.99
Children are sure to smile as Suzy sets off to the woods in search of peace and quiet — cluelessly evading a trail of hungry critters in her wake.One afternoon all the geese are honking — except Suzy Goose, who is heading off to escape the noise. Suzy loves being alone...
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Stanley and the Class Pet
Written by Barney Saltzberg
Illustrated by Barney Saltzberg
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: June 10, 2008
Price: $16.99
Uh-oh! Stanley learns the hard way not to bow to peer pressure in a gently humorous tale about responsibility — and the value of supportive friends.Finally! It is Stanley’s turn to take the class pet home for the weekend. He can’t wait to show Figgy to his mother and spend some...
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Tweedle Dee Dee
Written by Charlotte Voake
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: May 13, 2008
Price: $16.99
The award-winning creator of HELLO TWINS offers a joyous celebration of nature as it springs to life.Come into the woods, where the green leaves grow around and around and where, high in the branches, a nest is full of cheeping birds. With radiant, expressive artwork, Charlotte Voake captures the essence of...
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Mommy, Do You Love Me?
Written by Jeanne Willis
Illustrated by Jan Fearnley
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: March 11, 2008
Price: $15.99
No amount of mischief can shake a mommy’s assurance of affection in this humorous, heartening story sure to soften even the most trying days.Even when a little chick makes funny faces, splashes in the mud, and comes in last place, his mommy still loves him. But does she love him when...
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Nine Ducks Nine
Written by Sarah Hayes
Illustrated by Sarah Hayes
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2008
Price: $3.99
"Pastoral watercolors dovetail neatly with the lighthearted mood of this merry counting book." — PUBLISHERS WEEKLYNine plump ducks walk to the river, with hungry Mr. Fox close behind. One by one the ducks make their way down to the rickety bridge, where they have a big surprise waiting for Mr. Fox!...
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Nate the Great Talks Turkey
Written by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and Mitchell Sharmat
Illustrated by Jody Wheeler
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2007
Price: $4.50
A giant turkey is on the loose! Nate, the great detective, and his dog, Sludge, hear the news on the radio. But Nate doesn't want to take a case that everyone in town is on. Not even when Claude claims that he saw the turkey, then lost him in the woods...
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Do Like a Duck Does!
Written by Judy Hindley
Illustrated by Ivan Bates
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $4.99
"Story hour alert! Here’s a book with a clever premise, a bouncy text, and sunny, funny pictures. . . . Supremely satisfying." — BOOKLIST (starred review)Mama Duck has a good hunch that the big brown creature waddling behind her babies is no duck! As the foxy impostor sneaks closer and closer...
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My Nest Is Best
Written by P.D. Eastman
Format: Non-traditional book
On Sale: May 24, 2005
Price: $8.99
Mr. Bird thinks his nest is the best in the world—until Mrs. Bird tells him it’s all wrong. Adapted from P. D. Eastman’s classic
The Best Nest, simple and sturdy flaps, wheels, and slide tabs bring Mr. and Mrs. Bird’s quest for “the best nest” to life when their “mailbox-nest” gets...
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Funny Frank
Written by Dick King-Smith
Illustrated by John Eastwood
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: August 12, 2003
Price: $5.50
Being a duck isn’t all it’s quacked up to be.
But don’t try telling that to Frank—he’s a chicken with a dream. All he thinks about are webbed feet, waterproof feathers, and the cool water of the pond. So when Frank takes a dip and nearly drowns, his mood turns foul...
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eBook.
Owl Babies
Book and Toy Gift Set
Written by Martin Waddell
Illustrated by Patrick Benson
Format: Boxed Set, 22 pages
On Sale: August 11, 2003
Price: $12.99
A comforting classic now comes with a cute owl toy to remind the youngest of children that Mommy always comes back."I want my mommy!" Three baby owls awake one night to find their mother gone, and they can’t help but wonder where she is. What is she doing? When will she...
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Owl Babies
Written by Martin Waddell
Illustrated by Patrick Benson
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2002
Price: $6.99
A tender tale to remind the youngest of children that Mommy always comes back."I want my mommy!" Three baby owls awake one night to find their mother gone, and they can’t help but wonder where she is. What is she doing? When will she be back? What scary things move all...
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Owl Babies Big Book
Written by Martin Waddell
Illustrated by Patrick Benson
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2000
Price: $24.99
The bay owls came out of their house,
and they sat on the tree and waited.
A big branch for Sarah, a small branch for Percy,
and an old piece of ivy for Bill.
When three baby owls awake one night to find their mother gone, they can't help but wonder where she is. Stunning...
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Flap Your Wings
Written by P.D. Eastman
Illustrated by P.D. Eastman
Format: Hardcover, 48 pages
On Sale: January 25, 2000
Price: $8.99
When a strange egg appears in their nest, Mr. and Mrs. Bird kindly take it upon themselves to raise the "baby bird" inside. But when the egg hatches, the Birds are in for a big surprise--"Junior" is the oddest-looking baby bird they've ever seen--with big, long
jaws full of teeth and...
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