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A Spotlight for Harry
Written by Eric A. Kimmel
Illustrated by Jim Madsen
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $12.99
The story of young Harry Houdini, the world’s greatest escape artist!
Harry Weiss—later known by his stage name, Harry Houdini—and his brother, Dash, are enthralled when the circus comes to their Wisconsin town. Harry loves all the acts, but his favorites are the tightrope and the amazing trick where a man hangs... Read more >
Written by Eric A. Kimmel
Illustrated by Jim Madsen
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $12.99
The story of young Harry Houdini, the world’s greatest escape artist!
Harry Weiss—later known by his stage name, Harry Houdini—and his brother, Dash, are enthralled when the circus comes to their Wisconsin town. Harry loves all the acts, but his favorites are the tightrope and the amazing trick where a man hangs... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding.
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A Spotlight for Harry
Written by Eric A. Kimmel
Illustrated by Jim Madsen
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 112 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $15.99
The story of young Harry Houdini, the world’s greatest escape artist!
Harry Weiss—later known by his stage name, Harry Houdini—and his brother, Dash, are enthralled when the circus comes to their Wisconsin town. Harry loves all the acts, but his favorites are the tightrope and the amazing trick where a man hangs... Read more >
Written by Eric A. Kimmel
Illustrated by Jim Madsen
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 112 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $15.99
The story of young Harry Houdini, the world’s greatest escape artist!
Harry Weiss—later known by his stage name, Harry Houdini—and his brother, Dash, are enthralled when the circus comes to their Wisconsin town. Harry loves all the acts, but his favorites are the tightrope and the amazing trick where a man hangs... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Thanks a LOT, Emily Post!
Written by Jennifer LaRue Huget
Illustrated by Alexandra Boiger
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $16.99
A hilarious look at good (and bad) behavior!
Based on Emily Post’s bestselling etiquette book, published in 1922, here’s an uproarious picture book that takes rules about behavior and turns them upside down. When Mother brings home Post’s big blue book—it’s all about minding your manners—there sure are a lot of new... Read more >
Written by Jennifer LaRue Huget
Illustrated by Alexandra Boiger
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $16.99
A hilarious look at good (and bad) behavior!
Based on Emily Post’s bestselling etiquette book, published in 1922, here’s an uproarious picture book that takes rules about behavior and turns them upside down. When Mother brings home Post’s big blue book—it’s all about minding your manners—there sure are a lot of new... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding.
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Thanks a LOT, Emily Post!
Written by Jennifer LaRue Huget
Illustrated by Alexandra Boiger
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $19.99
A hilarious look at good (and bad) behavior!
Based on Emily Post’s bestselling etiquette book, published in 1922, here’s an uproarious picture book that takes rules about behavior and turns them upside down. When Mother brings home Post’s big blue book—it’s all about minding your manners—there sure are a lot of new... Read more >
Written by Jennifer LaRue Huget
Illustrated by Alexandra Boiger
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $19.99
A hilarious look at good (and bad) behavior!
Based on Emily Post’s bestselling etiquette book, published in 1922, here’s an uproarious picture book that takes rules about behavior and turns them upside down. When Mother brings home Post’s big blue book—it’s all about minding your manners—there sure are a lot of new... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The Story of Walt Disney
Maker of Magical Worlds
Written by Bernice Selden
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 1, 2009
Price: $5.50
When Walt Disney was a child, he loved to draw. It's no wonder he grew up to create such memorable and loveable characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck.
Walt Disney spent a lifetime entertaining and delighting millions of children and adults alike--on film, on television, and in his magical kingdoms of... Read more >
Maker of Magical Worlds
Written by Bernice Selden
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 1, 2009
Price: $5.50
When Walt Disney was a child, he loved to draw. It's no wonder he grew up to create such memorable and loveable characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck.
Walt Disney spent a lifetime entertaining and delighting millions of children and adults alike--on film, on television, and in his magical kingdoms of... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Your Own, Sylvia
A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath
Written by Stephanie Hemphill
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: December 23, 2008
Price: $7.99
Your Own, Sylvia draws on Plath’s writing and extensive nonfiction sources, chronicling Hemphill’s interpretation of Plath’s life from infancy to her death by suicide at age 30. The poems are arranged chronologically and each conveys an experience in Plath’s life told via the voice and perspective of family members, friends, doctors... Read more >
A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath
Written by Stephanie Hemphill
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: December 23, 2008
Price: $7.99
Your Own, Sylvia draws on Plath’s writing and extensive nonfiction sources, chronicling Hemphill’s interpretation of Plath’s life from infancy to her death by suicide at age 30. The poems are arranged chronologically and each conveys an experience in Plath’s life told via the voice and perspective of family members, friends, doctors... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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The President's Daughter
Written by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $5.50
ETHEL IS 10 YEARS OLD in 1901 when her family’s life changed forever. Suddenly, Father is not only a famous cowboy, war hero, and politician, but also President Theodore Roosevelt, leader of the United States—and Ethel has a new place to call home. The White House is older and stuffier than... Read more >
Written by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $5.50
ETHEL IS 10 YEARS OLD in 1901 when her family’s life changed forever. Suddenly, Father is not only a famous cowboy, war hero, and politician, but also President Theodore Roosevelt, leader of the United States—and Ethel has a new place to call home. The White House is older and stuffier than... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Your Own, Sylvia
A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath
Written by Stephanie Hemphill
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2008
Price: $7.99
On a bleak February day in 1963 a young American poet died by her own hand, and passed into a myth that has since imprinted itself on the hearts and minds of millions. She was and is Sylvia Plath and Your Own, Sylvia is a portrait of her life, told in... Read more >
A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath
Written by Stephanie Hemphill
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2008
Price: $7.99
On a bleak February day in 1963 a young American poet died by her own hand, and passed into a myth that has since imprinted itself on the hearts and minds of millions. She was and is Sylvia Plath and Your Own, Sylvia is a portrait of her life, told in... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover,
hardcover library binding and a
trade paperback.
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Piano Starts Here
The Young Art Tatum
Written by Robert A. Parker
Illustrated by Robert A. Parker
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $17.99
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: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $17.99
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 library binding.
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Piano Starts Here
The Young Art Tatum
Written by Robert A. Parker
Illustrated by Robert A. Parker
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $19.99
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: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $19.99
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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Young Pele
Soccer's First Star
Written by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Illustrated by James E. Ransome
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: September 25, 2007
Price: $17.99
HOW DID A POOR BOY named Edson - who kicked rocks down roads and dribbled balls made from rags - go on to become the greatest soccer player of all time? While other kids memorized letters, Edson memorized the scores of soccer matches. And when Edson finally played in a youth... Read more >
Soccer's First Star
Written by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Illustrated by James E. Ransome
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: September 25, 2007
Price: $17.99
HOW DID A POOR BOY named Edson - who kicked rocks down roads and dribbled balls made from rags - go on to become the greatest soccer player of all time? While other kids memorized letters, Edson memorized the scores of soccer matches. And when Edson finally played in a youth... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding.
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Young Pele
Soccer's First Star
Written by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Illustrated by James E. Ransome
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: September 25, 2007
Price: $19.99
HOW DID A POOR BOY named Edson - who kicked rocks down roads and dribbled balls made from rags - go on to become the greatest soccer player of all time? While other kids memorized letters, Edson memorized the scores of soccer matches. And when Edson finally played in a youth... Read more >
Soccer's First Star
Written by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Illustrated by James E. Ransome
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: September 25, 2007
Price: $19.99
HOW DID A POOR BOY named Edson - who kicked rocks down roads and dribbled balls made from rags - go on to become the greatest soccer player of all time? While other kids memorized letters, Edson memorized the scores of soccer matches. And when Edson finally played in a youth... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Listen Up!
Alexander Graham Bell's Talking Machine
Written by Monica Kulling
Illustrated by Richard Walz
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: August 28, 2007
Price: $3.99
IT'S 1876 AND THE whole country is celebrating the 100th birthday of the United States. The biggest party is in Philadelphia at the World's Fair, where the latest and greatest inventions are on display for all to see. Alexander Graham Bell is headed to the fair to demonstrate his invention -... Read more >
Alexander Graham Bell's Talking Machine
Written by Monica Kulling
Illustrated by Richard Walz
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: August 28, 2007
Price: $3.99
IT'S 1876 AND THE whole country is celebrating the 100th birthday of the United States. The biggest party is in Philadelphia at the World's Fair, where the latest and greatest inventions are on display for all to see. Alexander Graham Bell is headed to the fair to demonstrate his invention -... Read more >
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Cassandra's Sister
Written by Veronica Bennett
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2007
Price: $15.99
How did a country girl named Jenny become the celebrated novelist Jane Austen? A highly engaging historical novel by the author of ANGELMONSTER.
Young Jane — or Jenny, as she is called — is a girl with a head full of questions. Surrounded by her busy parents and brothers, Jenny finds a... Read more >
Written by Veronica Bennett
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2007
Price: $15.99
How did a country girl named Jenny become the celebrated novelist Jane Austen? A highly engaging historical novel by the author of ANGELMONSTER.
Young Jane — or Jenny, as she is called — is a girl with a head full of questions. Surrounded by her busy parents and brothers, Jenny finds a... Read more >
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Susanna's Quill
Written by Julie Johnston
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2007
Price: $9.95
Shortlisted for the 2005 Young Adult Canadian Book Award
Susanna's Quill is a work of historical fiction based on the life of Susanna Moodie, writer and pioneer, by award-winning author Julie Johnston. The story takes us into Susanna’s genteel English childhood, through her humorous teenage attempts at writing, growing to her burgeoning... Read more >
Written by Julie Johnston
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2007
Price: $9.95
Shortlisted for the 2005 Young Adult Canadian Book Award
Susanna's Quill is a work of historical fiction based on the life of Susanna Moodie, writer and pioneer, by award-winning author Julie Johnston. The story takes us into Susanna’s genteel English childhood, through her humorous teenage attempts at writing, growing to her burgeoning... Read more >
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Your Own, Sylvia
A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath
Written by Stephanie Hemphill
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2007
Price: $15.99
On a bleak February day in 1963 a young American poet died by her own hand, and passed into a myth that has since imprinted itself on the hearts and minds of millions. She was and is Sylvia Plath and Your Own, Sylvia is a portrait of her life, told in... Read more >
A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath
Written by Stephanie Hemphill
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2007
Price: $15.99
On a bleak February day in 1963 a young American poet died by her own hand, and passed into a myth that has since imprinted itself on the hearts and minds of millions. She was and is Sylvia Plath and Your Own, Sylvia is a portrait of her life, told in... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover library binding and a
trade paperback.
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Your Own, Sylvia
A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath
Written by Stephanie Hemphill
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 272 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2007
Price: $18.99
On a bleak February day in 1963 a young American poet died by her own hand, and passed into a myth that has since imprinted itself on the hearts and minds of millions. She was and is Sylvia Plath and Your Own, Sylvia is a portrait of her life, told in... Read more >
A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath
Written by Stephanie Hemphill
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 272 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2007
Price: $18.99
On a bleak February day in 1963 a young American poet died by her own hand, and passed into a myth that has since imprinted itself on the hearts and minds of millions. She was and is Sylvia Plath and Your Own, Sylvia is a portrait of her life, told in... Read more >
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Diego
Written by Jonah Winter
Illustrated by Jeanette Winter
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: January 9, 2007
Price: $15.99
Diego was a boy who loved to draw; he drew on everything, even the walls. In time, he would become known as one of the greatest muralists in all of Mexico—in all the world. "An accessible picture book about the life and work of Diego Rivera sounds like an oxymoron, but... Read more >
Written by Jonah Winter
Illustrated by Jeanette Winter
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: January 9, 2007
Price: $15.99
Diego was a boy who loved to draw; he drew on everything, even the walls. In time, he would become known as one of the greatest muralists in all of Mexico—in all the world. "An accessible picture book about the life and work of Diego Rivera sounds like an oxymoron, but... Read more >
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The 39 Apartments of Ludwig Van Beethoven
Written by Jonah Winter
Illustrated by Barry Blitt
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: September 26, 2006
Price: $15.95
How hard is it to move 5 legless pianos 39 times?
Beethoven owned five legless pianos and composed great works on the floor. His first apartment was in the center of Vienna's theater district... but he forgot to pay rent, so he had to move. (And it's very hard to move a... Read more >
Written by Jonah Winter
Illustrated by Barry Blitt
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: September 26, 2006
Price: $15.95
How hard is it to move 5 legless pianos 39 times?
Beethoven owned five legless pianos and composed great works on the floor. His first apartment was in the center of Vienna's theater district... but he forgot to pay rent, so he had to move. (And it's very hard to move a... Read more >
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The President's Daughter
Written by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: July 11, 2006
Price: $5.50
ETHEL IS 10 YEARS OLD in 1901 when her family’s life changed forever. Suddenly, Father is not only a famous cowboy, war hero, and politician, but also President Theodore Roosevelt, leader of the United States—and Ethel has a new place to call home. The White House is older and stuffier than... Read more >
Written by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: July 11, 2006
Price: $5.50
ETHEL IS 10 YEARS OLD in 1901 when her family’s life changed forever. Suddenly, Father is not only a famous cowboy, war hero, and politician, but also President Theodore Roosevelt, leader of the United States—and Ethel has a new place to call home. The White House is older and stuffier than... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Your Favorite Seuss
A Baker's Dozen by the One and Only Dr. Seuss
Written by Dr. Seuss
Designed by Molly Leach
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: October 12, 2004
Price: $34.95
From his very first book to his very last book, here in one big volume are 13 classic Dr. Seuss stories, everyone’s favorites. All of the words and virtually all of the illustrations are included. Each story is prefaced by a short essay by someone whose life was changed by Dr... Read more >
A Baker's Dozen by the One and Only Dr. Seuss
Written by Dr. Seuss
Designed by Molly Leach
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: October 12, 2004
Price: $34.95
From his very first book to his very last book, here in one big volume are 13 classic Dr. Seuss stories, everyone’s favorites. All of the words and virtually all of the illustrations are included. Each story is prefaced by a short essay by someone whose life was changed by Dr... Read more >
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Doctor Dan the Bandage Man
Written by Helen Gaspard
Format: Hardcover, 24 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $2.99
ONE OF THE most-requested Little Golden Books is back in print—complete with Band-Aid® bandages! Millions of baby boomers remember little Dan, who stops crying over a scratch as soon as Mother puts a Band-Aid® on it. Soon the dolls and teddy bears in Dan’s house are wearing Band-Aids®, too. This charming... Read more >
Written by Helen Gaspard
Format: Hardcover, 24 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $2.99
ONE OF THE most-requested Little Golden Books is back in print—complete with Band-Aid® bandages! Millions of baby boomers remember little Dan, who stops crying over a scratch as soon as Mother puts a Band-Aid® on it. Soon the dolls and teddy bears in Dan’s house are wearing Band-Aids®, too. This charming... Read more >
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Kitty's New Doll
Written by Dorothy Kunhardt
Format: Hardcover, 24 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $3.99
KITTY AND HER mother go to the toy store for her very first doll. Which one does Kitty choose? Not the doll that walks and talks. Kitty chooses a rag doll that can’t do anything, not even sleep. “But she can pretend cry and pretend sleep . . . and she... Read more >
Written by Dorothy Kunhardt
Format: Hardcover, 24 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $3.99
KITTY AND HER mother go to the toy store for her very first doll. Which one does Kitty choose? Not the doll that walks and talks. Kitty chooses a rag doll that can’t do anything, not even sleep. “But she can pretend cry and pretend sleep . . . and she... Read more >
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Peace Walker
The Legend of Hiawatha and Tekanawita
Written by C.J. Taylor
Format: Hardcover, 48 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $15.95
The Iroquois Confederacy was one of the world’s great democracies, serving as a model that inspired the founders of both the United States and Canada. C. J. Taylor has drawn on her Mohawk heritage and versions of the story she has gathered from elders to tell the story of the Confederacy... Read more >
The Legend of Hiawatha and Tekanawita
Written by C.J. Taylor
Format: Hardcover, 48 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $15.95
The Iroquois Confederacy was one of the world’s great democracies, serving as a model that inspired the founders of both the United States and Canada. C. J. Taylor has drawn on her Mohawk heritage and versions of the story she has gathered from elders to tell the story of the Confederacy... Read more >
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Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia
Written by Margaret Cousins
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: January 27, 2004
Price: $5.99
Benjamin Franklin was one of the busiest men in the American colonies. He was a printer, a postmaster, an inventor, a writer, and a diplomat. When the Revolutionary War began, Ben supported America in the Continental Congress. Like the clever adages from his Poor Richard’s Almanac, Ben Franklin still sets an... Read more >
Written by Margaret Cousins
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: January 27, 2004
Price: $5.99
Benjamin Franklin was one of the busiest men in the American colonies. He was a printer, a postmaster, an inventor, a writer, and a diplomat. When the Revolutionary War began, Ben supported America in the Continental Congress. Like the clever adages from his Poor Richard’s Almanac, Ben Franklin still sets an... Read more >
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