Bigger Than Daddy
Written by Harriet Ziefert
Illustrated by Elliot Kreloff
Format: Hardcover, 36 pages
On Sale: July 1, 2011
Price: $15.95
In this story about the relationship between a boy and his father, Edward yearns to be big like his dad and fast like a fire truck. He and his dad go to the park, then walk home, play, and have dinner before Edward has a bath and is tucked into bed...
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Baby Badger's Wonderful Night
Written by Karen Saunders
Illustrated by Dubravka Kolanovic
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $16.99
“I don’t like the night,” Baby Badger whispered. Papa Badger took him by the hand. “There’s no need to be frightened,” he said. “The night is wonderful. Let me show you.” Baby Badger is afraid of the night. It’s dark and lonely. But Papa Badger promises there is nothing to fear.
Together...
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Daddies
Written by Janet Frank
Format: eBook, 24 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $3.99
In a charming rhyme, this 1953 Little Golden Books asks, "What do daddies do all day? Daddies work while children play." It shows daddies working in all kinds of careers, from farming to teaching to even singing in the opera! And it assures children that at the end of the workday...
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Daddies
Written by Janet Frank
Illustrated by Tibor Gergely
Format: Hardcover, 24 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $3.99
In a charming rhyme, this 1953 Little Golden Books asks, "What do daddies do all day? Daddies work while children play." It shows daddies working in all kinds of careers, from farming to teaching to even singing in the opera! And it assures children that at the end of the workday...
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A Photo for Greta
Written by Anna Alter
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $16.99
Greta loves spending time with her dad. She loves reading books with him, playing checkers in the park with him, and eating ice cream with him on Saturdays. But Greta's dad often has to travel far from home for work. He's an important photographer who takes pictures of astronauts, opera singers...
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A Photo for Greta
Written by Anna Alter
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $19.99
Greta loves spending time with her dad. She loves reading books with him, playing checkers in the park with him, and eating ice cream with him on Saturdays. But Greta's dad often has to travel far from home for work. He's an important photographer who takes pictures of astronauts, opera singers...
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They Never Came Back
Written by Caroline B. Cooney
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $7.99
In a busy school cafeteria, a teenage girl is confronted by a classmate who questions her identity. He explains to the students who have crowded around that the girl bears an uncanny resemblance to his cousin, who was taken away by social services five years ago. Her parents abandoned her, fleeing...
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You Don't Know About Me
Written by Brian Meehl
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $17.99
Sixteen-year-old Billy Allbright is about to bust out of his sheltered cocoon and go on a gonzo road trip. He just doesn't know it yet. His ticket to freedom? A mysterious Bible containing two resurrection stories. The second is about a man Billy's never met, and who is supposedly dead: his...
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You Don't Know About Me
Written by Brian Meehl
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $9.99
Sixteen-year-old Billy Allbright is about to bust out of his sheltered cocoon and go on a gonzo road trip. He just doesn't know it yet. His ticket to freedom? A mysterious Bible containing two resurrection stories. The second is about a man Billy's never met, and who is supposedly dead: his...
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You Don't Know About Me
Written by Brian Meehl
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 416 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $20.99
Sixteen-year-old Billy Allbright is about to bust out of his sheltered cocoon and go on a gonzo road trip. He just doesn't know it yet. His ticket to freedom? A mysterious Bible containing two resurrection stories. The second is about a man Billy's never met, and who is supposedly dead: his...
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My Side of the Car
Written by Kate Feiffer
Illustrated by Jules Feiffer
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: April 26, 2011
Price: $16.99
Wishful thinking and a wonderful daughter-and-dad rapport drive this charming collaboration between Kate Feiffer and her father, Jules Feiffer.Sadie has wanted to go the zoo forever, but something always gets in the way. Not today! Today they are finally on their way, and nothing can stop them - not a broken...
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My Dad Can Do Anything
Written by Stephen Krensky
Illustrated by Mike Wohnoutka
Format: eBook, 32 pages
On Sale: April 20, 2011
Price: $3.99
What can your dad do? Can he climb the highest mountain? Or swim to the bottom of the sea? In this heartwarming story about how dads are strong, brave, and all-around great, dads can do anything. Includes a sheet of fun stickers!
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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I'll Be There
Written by Ann Stott
Illustrated by Matt Phelan
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Price: $14.99
The creators of Always offer a celebration of a growing child’s accomplishments— and a reassurance that Mom will always be there.Children love the idea of growing up and doing things on their own. It’s fun to dress, read, and take showers like a big kid. But it’s a little scary, too...
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Calendar Mysteries #6: June Jam
Written by Ron Roy
Illustrated by John Steven Gurney
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Price: $4.99
It's a mystery every month from popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy!
June is for Jam...
In the sixth book of the Calendar Mysteries - an early chapter book mystery series featuring the younger siblings of the A to Z Mysteries detectives - Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy want to make...
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Calendar Mysteries #6: June Jam
Written by Ron Roy
Illustrated by John Steven Gurney
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Price: $4.99
It's a mystery every month from popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy!
June is for Jam...
In the sixth book of the Calendar Mysteries - an early chapter book mystery series featuring the younger siblings of the A to Z Mysteries detectives - Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy want to make...
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Calendar Mysteries #6: June Jam
Written by Ron Roy
Illustrated by John Steven Gurney
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 80 pages
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Price: $12.99
It's a mystery every month from popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy!
June is for Jam...
In the sixth book of the Calendar Mysteries - an early chapter book mystery series featuring the younger siblings of the A to Z Mysteries detectives - Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy want to make...
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Calendar Mysteries #6: June Jam
Written by Ron Roy
Read by Jim Meskimen
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Price: $8.00
It's a mystery every month from popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy!
June is for Jam...
In the sixth book of the Calendar Mysteries - an early chapter book mystery series featuring the younger siblings of the A to Z Mysteries detectives - Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy want to make...
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My Dad's a Birdman
Written by David Almond
Illustrated by Polly Dunbar
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Price: $8.99
"Flight as a metaphor for love’s transcendence over grief takes a new form in this comic piece of magical realism."
-School Library JournalIn a rainy town in the north of England, there are strange goings-on. Dad is building a pair of wings, eating flies, and feathering his nest. Auntie Doreen is...
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Grandma Calls Me Gigglepie
Written by J.D. Lester
Illustrated by Hiroe Nakata
Format: Board, 26 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $7.99
This delightful board book captures the affection and playfulness of grandmother and grandchild interaction with a clever, funny text and illustrations that are right on the mark. The rhyming couplets also teach about animal behavior, which comes to life in Hiroe Nakata's sweet and charming artwork.
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Johnny Swanson
Written by Eleanor Updale
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $16.99
The secret to instant height? Stand on a box.
Want to make your money go further? Roll it down a hill.
The answer to smelly feet? Wear a clothes pin on your nose.
Eleven-year-old Johnny Swanson is in business. He's raking in the money with his advertising scams and his advice columnist persona, who...
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Johnny Swanson
Written by Eleanor Updale
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $7.99
The secret to instant height? Stand on a box.
Want to make your money go further? Roll it down a hill.
The answer to smelly feet? Wear a clothes pin on your nose.
Eleven-year-old Johnny Swanson is in business. He's raking in the money with his advertising scams and his advice columnist persona, who...
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Johnny Swanson
Written by Eleanor Updale
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 384 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $19.99
The secret to instant height? Stand on a box.
Want to make your money go further? Roll it down a hill.
The answer to smelly feet? Wear a clothes pin on your nose.
Eleven-year-old Johnny Swanson is in business. He's raking in the money with his advertising scams and his advice columnist persona, who...
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The Queen of France
Written by Tim Wadham
Illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $16.99
Dressed up as a queen, a little girl has some endearing and funny audiences with two most obliging subjects — her mother and father.When Rose wakes up one morning feeling royal, she dons her necklaces, bracelets, and crown. Soon the Queen of France emerges to survey her domain, disapproving of Rose’s...
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The Queen of Water
Written by Laura Resau and Maria Virginia Farinango
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $9.99
An ALA Amelia Bloomer Selection
An ALA-YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults BookBorn in an Andean village in Ecuador, Virginia lives with her large family in a small, earthen-walled dwelling. In her village of indígenas, it is not uncommon to work in the fields all day, even as a child, or to...
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The Queen of Water
Written by Laura Resau and Maria Virginia Farinango
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 368 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $19.99
An ALA Amelia Bloomer Selection
An ALA-YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults BookBorn in an Andean village in Ecuador, Virginia lives with her large family in a small, earthen-walled dwelling. In her village of indígenas, it is not uncommon to work in the fields all day, even as a child, or to...
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