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Young Pele
Soccer's First Star
Written by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Illustrated by James Ransome
Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2013
Price: $7.99
Soccer's First Star
Written by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Illustrated by James Ransome
Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2013
Price: $7.99
HOW DID A POOR BOY named Edson—who kicked rocks down roads and dribbled balls made from rags—go on to become Pelé, 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 soccer tournament in...
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trade paperback.
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Jemmy Button
Written by Jennifer Uman and Valerio Vidali
Illustrated by Jennifer Uman and Valerio Vidali
Format: Hardcover, 48 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $16.99
A beautiful collaboration based on a true story.
Jennifer Uman and Valerio Vidali discovered a mutual interest in this story and overcame language obstacles with the help of translators. Jemmy Button, a native of Tierra del Fuego, was brought to England in the mid-1800s to be "educated and civilized." The book illustrates... Read more >
Written by Jennifer Uman and Valerio Vidali
Illustrated by Jennifer Uman and Valerio Vidali
Format: Hardcover, 48 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $16.99
A beautiful collaboration based on a true story.
Jennifer Uman and Valerio Vidali discovered a mutual interest in this story and overcame language obstacles with the help of translators. Jemmy Button, a native of Tierra del Fuego, was brought to England in the mid-1800s to be "educated and civilized." The book illustrates... Read more >
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Abe Lincoln's Hat
Written by Martha Brenner
Illustrated by Donald Cook
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $3.99
Illus. in full color. Abraham Lincoln, one of our greatest presidents, started out in life as an absent-minded frontier lawyer. How did he nudge his memory? He stuck letters, court notes, contracts, and even his checkbook in his trademark top hat. When he took off his hat, it was all there! ... Read more >
Written by Martha Brenner
Illustrated by Donald Cook
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $3.99
Illus. in full color. Abraham Lincoln, one of our greatest presidents, started out in life as an absent-minded frontier lawyer. How did he nudge his memory? He stuck letters, court notes, contracts, and even his checkbook in his trademark top hat. When he took off his hat, it was all there! ... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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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 >
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hardcover.
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Before There Was Mozart: The Story of Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George
Written by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Illustrated by James E. Ransome
Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: November 28, 2012
Price: $10.99
The musical superstar of 18th-century France was Joseph Boulogne—a black man. This inspiring story tells how Joseph, the only child of a black slave and her white master, becomes "the most accomplished man in Europe." After traveling from his native West Indies to study music in Paris, young Joseph is taunted... Read more >
Written by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Illustrated by James E. Ransome
Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: November 28, 2012
Price: $10.99
The musical superstar of 18th-century France was Joseph Boulogne—a black man. This inspiring story tells how Joseph, the only child of a black slave and her white master, becomes "the most accomplished man in Europe." After traveling from his native West Indies to study music in Paris, young Joseph is taunted... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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Cleopatra
Queen of Egypt
Written by Clint Twist
Illustrated by Ian Andrew
Format: Hardcover, 30 pages
On Sale: October 31, 2012
Price: $19.99
Meet the woman who became the icon.
The story of Cleopatra’s life has captured the imagination of countless writers and artists for centuries. As one of history’s most enduring figures, much lore has obscured the real woman behind the myth. Was she a beautiful and heartless schemer who stopped at nothing to... Read more >
Queen of Egypt
Written by Clint Twist
Illustrated by Ian Andrew
Format: Hardcover, 30 pages
On Sale: October 31, 2012
Price: $19.99
Meet the woman who became the icon.
The story of Cleopatra’s life has captured the imagination of countless writers and artists for centuries. As one of history’s most enduring figures, much lore has obscured the real woman behind the myth. Was she a beautiful and heartless schemer who stopped at nothing to... Read more >
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Doctor Dan the Bandage Man
Written by Helen Gaspard
Format: eBook, 24 pages
On Sale: October 31, 2012
Price: $3.99
ONE OF THE most-requested Little Golden Books is back in print! Millions of baby boomers remember little Dan, who stops crying over a scratch as soon as Mother puts a bandage on it. Soon the dolls and teddy bears in Dan’s house are wearing bandages, too. This charming story from the... Read more >
Written by Helen Gaspard
Format: eBook, 24 pages
On Sale: October 31, 2012
Price: $3.99
ONE OF THE most-requested Little Golden Books is back in print! Millions of baby boomers remember little Dan, who stops crying over a scratch as soon as Mother puts a bandage on it. Soon the dolls and teddy bears in Dan’s house are wearing bandages, too. This charming story from the... Read more >
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hardcover.
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The Honeybee Man
Written by Lela Nargi
Illustrated by Kyrsten Brooker
Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: July 25, 2012
Price: $10.99
"Eccentric and unusual with an appealing, gentle charm," raves Kirkus Reviews, in a starred review.
Every morning, Fred climbs three flights of stairs—up to his rooftop in Brooklyn, New York—and greets the members of his enormous family: "Good morning, my bees, my darlings!" His honeybee workers are busy—they tend the hive, feed... Read more >
Written by Lela Nargi
Illustrated by Kyrsten Brooker
Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: July 25, 2012
Price: $10.99
"Eccentric and unusual with an appealing, gentle charm," raves Kirkus Reviews, in a starred review.
Every morning, Fred climbs three flights of stairs—up to his rooftop in Brooklyn, New York—and greets the members of his enormous family: "Good morning, my bees, my darlings!" His honeybee workers are busy—they tend the hive, feed... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
Amelia Earhart
Written by John Parlin
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: February 29, 2012
Price: $3.99
"Women must try to do things as men have tried. "
When she was eight years old, Amelia Earhart built a roller coaster and "flew" through the air. She loved to watch daredevil pilots fly loops in the sky. Amelia decided to pilot a plane herself, and became one of the first women to... Read more >
Written by John Parlin
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: February 29, 2012
Price: $3.99
"Women must try to do things as men have tried. "
When she was eight years old, Amelia Earhart built a roller coaster and "flew" through the air. She loved to watch daredevil pilots fly loops in the sky. Amelia decided to pilot a plane herself, and became one of the first women to... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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When I Was Your Age: Volumes I and II
Original Stories About Growing Up
Edited by Amy Ehrlich
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $14.99
"Memoirs of adolescence by renowned YA authors. . . . Readers can journey to places where the seeds of imagination and keen powers of observation are planted." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Tell me a story of when you were little" is something children love to ask. Twenty award-winning authors respond in... Read more >
Original Stories About Growing Up
Edited by Amy Ehrlich
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $14.99
"Memoirs of adolescence by renowned YA authors. . . . Readers can journey to places where the seeds of imagination and keen powers of observation are planted." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Tell me a story of when you were little" is something children love to ask. Twenty award-winning authors respond in... Read more >
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A Boy Called Dickens
Written by Deborah Hopkinson
Illustrated by John Hendrix
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $17.99
For years Dickens kept the story of his own childhood a secret. Yet it is a story worth telling. For it helps us remember how much we all might lose when a child's dreams don't come true . . . As a child, Dickens was forced to live on his own... Read more >
Written by Deborah Hopkinson
Illustrated by John Hendrix
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $17.99
For years Dickens kept the story of his own childhood a secret. Yet it is a story worth telling. For it helps us remember how much we all might lose when a child's dreams don't come true . . . As a child, Dickens was forced to live on his own... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
hardcover library binding.
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A Boy Called Dickens
Written by Deborah Hopkinson
Illustrated by John Hendrix
Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $10.99
For years Dickens kept the story of his own childhood a secret. Yet it is a story worth telling. For it helps us remember how much we all might lose when a child's dreams don't come true . . . As a child, Dickens was forced to live on his own... Read more >
Written by Deborah Hopkinson
Illustrated by John Hendrix
Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $10.99
For years Dickens kept the story of his own childhood a secret. Yet it is a story worth telling. For it helps us remember how much we all might lose when a child's dreams don't come true . . . As a child, Dickens was forced to live on his own... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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A Boy Called Dickens
Written by Deborah Hopkinson
Illustrated by John Hendrix
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $20.99
For years Dickens kept the story of his own childhood a secret. Yet it is a story worth telling. For it helps us remember how much we all might lose when a child's dreams don't come true . . . As a child, Dickens was forced to live on his own... Read more >
Written by Deborah Hopkinson
Illustrated by John Hendrix
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $20.99
For years Dickens kept the story of his own childhood a secret. Yet it is a story worth telling. For it helps us remember how much we all might lose when a child's dreams don't come true . . . As a child, Dickens was forced to live on his own... Read more >
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George Washington's Birthday
A Mostly True Tale
Written by Margaret McNamara
Illustrated by Barry Blitt
Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $10.99
From award-winning author Margaret McNamara and New Yorker artist Barry Blitt comes this partly true and completely funny story of George Washington's 7th birthday. In this clever approach to history, readers will discover the truths and myths about George Washington. Did George Washington wear a wig? No. Did George Washington cut... Read more >
A Mostly True Tale
Written by Margaret McNamara
Illustrated by Barry Blitt
Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $10.99
From award-winning author Margaret McNamara and New Yorker artist Barry Blitt comes this partly true and completely funny story of George Washington's 7th birthday. In this clever approach to history, readers will discover the truths and myths about George Washington. Did George Washington wear a wig? No. Did George Washington cut... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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George Washington's Birthday
A Mostly True Tale
Written by Margaret McNamara
Illustrated by Barry Blitt
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $17.99
From award-winning author Margaret McNamara and New Yorker artist Barry Blitt comes this partly true and completely funny story of George Washington's 7th birthday. In this clever approach to history, readers will discover the truths and myths about George Washington. Did George Washington wear a wig? No. Did George Washington cut... Read more >
A Mostly True Tale
Written by Margaret McNamara
Illustrated by Barry Blitt
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $17.99
From award-winning author Margaret McNamara and New Yorker artist Barry Blitt comes this partly true and completely funny story of George Washington's 7th birthday. In this clever approach to history, readers will discover the truths and myths about George Washington. Did George Washington wear a wig? No. Did George Washington cut... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Zora and Me
Written by Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: December 27, 2011
Price: $6.99
Winner of the 2011 John Steptoe New Talent (Author) Award!
Racial duplicity threatens an idyllic African American community in the turn-of-the-century South in a dazzling debut inspired by the early life of Zora Neale Hurston.
Whether she’s telling the truth or stretching it, Zora Neale Hurston is a riveting storyteller. Her latest creation... Read more >
Written by Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: December 27, 2011
Price: $6.99
Winner of the 2011 John Steptoe New Talent (Author) Award!
Racial duplicity threatens an idyllic African American community in the turn-of-the-century South in a dazzling debut inspired by the early life of Zora Neale Hurston.
Whether she’s telling the truth or stretching it, Zora Neale Hurston is a riveting storyteller. Her latest creation... Read more >
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hardcover.
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Kitty's New Doll
Written by Dorothy Kunhardt
Format: eBook, 24 pages
On Sale: October 26, 2011
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: eBook, 24 pages
On Sale: October 26, 2011
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 >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Young Pele
Soccer's First Star
Written by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Illustrated by James Ransome
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $7.99
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? Here is the story of the boy who with great determination, lightning speed, and amazing skill overcame tremendous odds to become the world champion... Read more >
Soccer's First Star
Written by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Illustrated by James Ransome
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $7.99
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? Here is the story of the boy who with great determination, lightning speed, and amazing skill overcame tremendous odds to become the world champion... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Bravest Woman in America
Written by Marissa Moss
Illustrated by Andrea U'Ren
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: July 12, 2011
Price: $16.99
Written by Marissa Moss
Illustrated by Andrea U'Ren
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: July 12, 2011
Price: $16.99
Ida Lewis loved everything about the sea, so when her father became the official keeper of Lime Rock Lighthouse in Newport, Rhode Island, she couldn’t imagine anything better.
Throughout the years, Ida shadowed her father as he tended the lighthouse, listening raptly to his stories about treacherous storms, drowning sailors, and daring...
Also available as a
hardcover library binding.
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The Bravest Woman in America
Written by Marissa Moss
Illustrated by Andrea U'Ren
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 32 pages
On Sale: July 12, 2011
Price: $19.99
Written by Marissa Moss
Illustrated by Andrea U'Ren
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 32 pages
On Sale: July 12, 2011
Price: $19.99
Ida Lewis loved everything about the sea, so when her father became the official keeper of Lime Rock Lighthouse in Newport, Rhode Island, she couldn’t imagine anything better.
Throughout the years, Ida shadowed her father as he tended the lighthouse, listening raptly to his stories about treacherous storms, drowning sailors, and daring...
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Passing the Music Down
Written by Sarah Sullivan
Illustrated by Barry Root
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $16.99
A warmhearted ode to an American musical tradition and to generational ties, told in lyrical free verse with atmospheric illustrations
A young boy travels to the hills of Appalachia to meet the old-time fiddle player whose music he has admired, and so sparks a friendship that will forge a bond between generations... Read more >
Written by Sarah Sullivan
Illustrated by Barry Root
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $16.99
A warmhearted ode to an American musical tradition and to generational ties, told in lyrical free verse with atmospheric illustrations
A young boy travels to the hills of Appalachia to meet the old-time fiddle player whose music he has admired, and so sparks a friendship that will forge a bond between generations... Read more >
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The Honeybee Man
Written by Lela Nargi
Illustrated by Kyrsten Brooker
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $17.99
"Eccentric and unusual with an appealing, gentle charm," raves Kirkus Reviews, in a starred review.
Every morning, Fred climbs three flights of stairs—up to his rooftop in Brooklyn, New York—and greets the members of his enormous family: "Good morning, my bees, my darlings!" His honeybee workers are busy—they tend the hive, feed... Read more >
Written by Lela Nargi
Illustrated by Kyrsten Brooker
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $17.99
"Eccentric and unusual with an appealing, gentle charm," raves Kirkus Reviews, in a starred review.
Every morning, Fred climbs three flights of stairs—up to his rooftop in Brooklyn, New York—and greets the members of his enormous family: "Good morning, my bees, my darlings!" His honeybee workers are busy—they tend the hive, feed... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
hardcover library binding.
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The Honeybee Man
Written by Lela Nargi
Illustrated by Kyrsten Brooker
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $20.99
"Eccentric and unusual with an appealing, gentle charm," raves Kirkus Reviews, in a starred review.
Every morning, Fred climbs three flights of stairs—up to his rooftop in Brooklyn, New York—and greets the members of his enormous family: "Good morning, my bees, my darlings!" His honeybee workers are busy—they tend the hive, feed... Read more >
Written by Lela Nargi
Illustrated by Kyrsten Brooker
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $20.99
"Eccentric and unusual with an appealing, gentle charm," raves Kirkus Reviews, in a starred review.
Every morning, Fred climbs three flights of stairs—up to his rooftop in Brooklyn, New York—and greets the members of his enormous family: "Good morning, my bees, my darlings!" His honeybee workers are busy—they tend the hive, feed... Read more >
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Before There Was Mozart: The Story of Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George
Written by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Illustrated by James E. Ransome
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: January 25, 2011
Price: $17.99
The musical superstar of 18th-century France was Joseph Boulogne—a black man. This inspiring story tells how Joseph, the only child of a black slave and her white master, becomes "the most accomplished man in Europe." After traveling from his native West Indies to study music in Paris, young Joseph is taunted... Read more >
Written by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Illustrated by James E. Ransome
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: January 25, 2011
Price: $17.99
The musical superstar of 18th-century France was Joseph Boulogne—a black man. This inspiring story tells how Joseph, the only child of a black slave and her white master, becomes "the most accomplished man in Europe." After traveling from his native West Indies to study music in Paris, young Joseph is taunted... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
hardcover library binding.
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Before There Was Mozart: The Story of Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George
Written by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Illustrated by James E. Ransome
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: January 25, 2011
Price: $20.99
The musical superstar of 18th-century France was Joseph Boulogne—a black man. This inspiring story tells how Joseph, the only child of a black slave and her white master, becomes "the most accomplished man in Europe." After traveling from his native West Indies to study music in Paris, young Joseph is taunted... Read more >
Written by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Illustrated by James E. Ransome
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: January 25, 2011
Price: $20.99
The musical superstar of 18th-century France was Joseph Boulogne—a black man. This inspiring story tells how Joseph, the only child of a black slave and her white master, becomes "the most accomplished man in Europe." After traveling from his native West Indies to study music in Paris, young Joseph is taunted... Read more >
