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Demolition
Written by Sally Sutton
Illustrated by Brian Lovelock
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $15.99
What's even more exciting to preschoolers than seeing big machines that build things? Watching
the massive ones that tear them down!
Crush the stone. Crush the stone.
Chip and grind and munch.
Make new concrete from the old.
Whirr! Churr! Crunch!
From the huge crane with a swinging ball (crack! ) to the... Read more >
Written by Sally Sutton
Illustrated by Brian Lovelock
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $15.99
What's even more exciting to preschoolers than seeing big machines that build things? Watching
the massive ones that tear them down!
Crush the stone. Crush the stone.
Chip and grind and munch.
Make new concrete from the old.
Whirr! Churr! Crunch!
From the huge crane with a swinging ball (crack! ) to the... Read more >
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An Egg-cellent Easter! (Barbie)
Written by Rebecca Frazer
Illustrated by Kellee Riley
Format: eBook, 16 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $3.99
Barbie and her sisters celebrate Easter with a fabulous Easter parade! Featuring over 50 glitter stickers, girls 3-7 will love to find this eggstra-special,full-color 8 x 8 storybook in their Easter basket! Read more >
Written by Rebecca Frazer
Illustrated by Kellee Riley
Format: eBook, 16 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $3.99
Barbie and her sisters celebrate Easter with a fabulous Easter parade! Featuring over 50 glitter stickers, girls 3-7 will love to find this eggstra-special,full-color 8 x 8 storybook in their Easter basket! Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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An Egg-cellent Easter! (Barbie)
Written by Rebecca Frazer
Illustrated by Kellee Riley
Format: Trade Paperback, 16 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $3.99
Barbie and her sisters celebrate Easter with a fabulous Easter parade! Featuring over 50 glitter stickers, girls 3-7 will love to find this eggstra-special,full-color 8 x 8 storybook in their Easter basket! Read more >
Written by Rebecca Frazer
Illustrated by Kellee Riley
Format: Trade Paperback, 16 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $3.99
Barbie and her sisters celebrate Easter with a fabulous Easter parade! Featuring over 50 glitter stickers, girls 3-7 will love to find this eggstra-special,full-color 8 x 8 storybook in their Easter basket! Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Homer, the Library Cat
Written by Reeve Lindbergh
Illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: November 8, 2011
Price: $15.99
When a quietloving cat takes an unexpected tour of the neighborhood, he's in for some rude surprises--until he discovers the purrfect solution.
Homer is a very quiet cat. He lives in a very quiet house with a very quiet lady. But one day, while the lady is away, Homer hears a very... Read more >
Written by Reeve Lindbergh
Illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: November 8, 2011
Price: $15.99
When a quietloving cat takes an unexpected tour of the neighborhood, he's in for some rude surprises--until he discovers the purrfect solution.
Homer is a very quiet cat. He lives in a very quiet house with a very quiet lady. But one day, while the lady is away, Homer hears a very... Read more >
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Subway Story
Written by Julia Sarcone-Roach
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: October 11, 2011
Price: $16.99
Never was there a subway car who loved her job more than Jessie. From morning to night she carried all sorts of people all sorts of places—to work and school and World's Fairs, over bridges and through tunnels—sometimes she even took a pigeon along for the ride! But as time passed... Read more >
Written by Julia Sarcone-Roach
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: October 11, 2011
Price: $16.99
Never was there a subway car who loved her job more than Jessie. From morning to night she carried all sorts of people all sorts of places—to work and school and World's Fairs, over bridges and through tunnels—sometimes she even took a pigeon along for the ride! But as time passed... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
hardcover library binding.
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Subway Story
Written by Julia Sarcone-Roach
Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: October 11, 2011
Price: $8.99
Never was there a subway car who loved her job more than Jessie. From morning to night she carried all sorts of people all sorts of places—to work and school and World's Fairs, over bridges and through tunnels—sometimes she even took a pigeon along for the ride! But as time passed... Read more >
Written by Julia Sarcone-Roach
Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: October 11, 2011
Price: $8.99
Never was there a subway car who loved her job more than Jessie. From morning to night she carried all sorts of people all sorts of places—to work and school and World's Fairs, over bridges and through tunnels—sometimes she even took a pigeon along for the ride! But as time passed... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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Subway Story
Written by Julia Sarcone-Roach
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: October 11, 2011
Price: $19.99
Never was there a subway car who loved her job more than Jessie. From morning to night she carried all sorts of people all sorts of places—to work and school and World's Fairs, over bridges and through tunnels—sometimes she even took a pigeon along for the ride! But as time passed... Read more >
Written by Julia Sarcone-Roach
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: October 11, 2011
Price: $19.99
Never was there a subway car who loved her job more than Jessie. From morning to night she carried all sorts of people all sorts of places—to work and school and World's Fairs, over bridges and through tunnels—sometimes she even took a pigeon along for the ride! But as time passed... Read more >
Catwalk
Includes Three Novels: Catwalk, Strike a Pose, and Rip the Runway
Written by Deborah Gregory
Format: eBook, 928 pages
On Sale: September 27, 2011
Price: $9.99
IN Catwalk, DEBORAH GREGORY creates a new YA series that takes her famously upbeat urban voice and combines it with the appeal of Project Runway and America’s Next Top Model. Catwalk follows Pashmina, Felinez, Angora, and Aphro, four best friends at Manhattan’s Fashion International High School who are about to enter... Read more >
Includes Three Novels: Catwalk, Strike a Pose, and Rip the Runway
Written by Deborah Gregory
Format: eBook, 928 pages
On Sale: September 27, 2011
Price: $9.99
IN Catwalk, DEBORAH GREGORY creates a new YA series that takes her famously upbeat urban voice and combines it with the appeal of Project Runway and America’s Next Top Model. Catwalk follows Pashmina, Felinez, Angora, and Aphro, four best friends at Manhattan’s Fashion International High School who are about to enter... Read more >
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Catwalk
Includes Three Novels: Catwalk, Strike a Pose, and Rip the Runway
Written by Deborah Gregory
Format: Paperback, 928 pages
On Sale: September 27, 2011
Price: $9.99
Includes Three Novels: Catwalk, Strike a Pose, and Rip the Runway
Written by Deborah Gregory
Format: Paperback, 928 pages
On Sale: September 27, 2011
Price: $9.99
No matter what the cost, Pashmina Purrstein and her House of Pashmina want to win the Fashion International High School Catwalk Competition. If they do, they'll be awarded the prize of a lifetime: a two-week trip to Florence, Italy, with all expenses paid! Will Pashmina and her friends make the cut?...
Read more >
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Artsy Babies Wear Paint
Written by Michelle Sinclair Colman
Illustrated by Nathalie Dion
Format: Board, 20 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $6.99
The 11th book in the ever-popular Urban Babies Wear Black series showcases an exhuberant array of art-loving tots. Whether they're throwing clay (at the floor), amassing a collection (of stuffed animals), enjoying a still life (by eating it), or posing (au naturel, of course), these urbane babies are sure to inspire... Read more >
Written by Michelle Sinclair Colman
Illustrated by Nathalie Dion
Format: Board, 20 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $6.99
The 11th book in the ever-popular Urban Babies Wear Black series showcases an exhuberant array of art-loving tots. Whether they're throwing clay (at the floor), amassing a collection (of stuffed animals), enjoying a still life (by eating it), or posing (au naturel, of course), these urbane babies are sure to inspire... Read more >
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Efrain's Secret
Written by Sofia Quintero
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $8.99
Ambitious high school senior Efrain Rodriguez dreams of escaping the South Bronx for an Ivy League college like Harvard or Yale. But how is his family going to afford to pay for a prestigious university when Moms has to work insane hours to put food on the table as it is?... Read more >
Written by Sofia Quintero
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $8.99
Ambitious high school senior Efrain Rodriguez dreams of escaping the South Bronx for an Ivy League college like Harvard or Yale. But how is his family going to afford to pay for a prestigious university when Moms has to work insane hours to put food on the table as it is?... Read more >
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Ghetto Cowboy
Written by G. Neri
Illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watson
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $15.99
A street-smart tale about a displaced teen who learns to defend what's right-the Cowboy Way. Read more >
Written by G. Neri
Illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watson
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $15.99
A street-smart tale about a displaced teen who learns to defend what's right-the Cowboy Way. Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Ollie & Moon
Written by Diane Kredensor
Illustrated by Diane Kredensor
Photographed by Sandra Kress
Format: eBook, 32 pages
On Sale: June 22, 2011
Price: $10.99
Ollie and Moon are best friends, and Ollie loves surprising Moon almost as much as Moon loves guessing Ollie's surprises. Today, Ollie has the best surprise yet for Moon, and she can't wait to guess what it is! As they gambol through the streets of Paris, hints about the surprise accumulate... Read more >
Written by Diane Kredensor
Illustrated by Diane Kredensor
Photographed by Sandra Kress
Format: eBook, 32 pages
On Sale: June 22, 2011
Price: $10.99
Ollie and Moon are best friends, and Ollie loves surprising Moon almost as much as Moon loves guessing Ollie's surprises. Today, Ollie has the best surprise yet for Moon, and she can't wait to guess what it is! As they gambol through the streets of Paris, hints about the surprise accumulate... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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Maisy Goes to the City
Written by Lucy Cousins
Illustrated by Lucy Cousins
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $12.99
It’s another first for Maisy! The intrepid mouse is off to the big city with Charley. A perfect story for young children going on an urban adventure.
Broom, vroom, beep! Maisy and Charley are in the city visiting their friend Dotty, and there are many things to get used to - noisy... Read more >
Written by Lucy Cousins
Illustrated by Lucy Cousins
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $12.99
It’s another first for Maisy! The intrepid mouse is off to the big city with Charley. A perfect story for young children going on an urban adventure.
Broom, vroom, beep! Maisy and Charley are in the city visiting their friend Dotty, and there are many things to get used to - noisy... Read more >
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Muchacho: A Novel
Written by Louanne Johnson
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $8.99
An inspiring YA debut from the author of Dangerous Minds.
Eddie Corazon is angry. He’s also very smart. But he’s working pretty hard at being a juvenile delinquent. He blows off school, even though he’s a secret reader. He hangs with his cousins, who will always back him up—when they aren’t in... Read more >
Written by Louanne Johnson
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $8.99
An inspiring YA debut from the author of Dangerous Minds.
Eddie Corazon is angry. He’s also very smart. But he’s working pretty hard at being a juvenile delinquent. He blows off school, even though he’s a secret reader. He hangs with his cousins, who will always back him up—when they aren’t in... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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Ollie & Moon
Written by Diane Kredensor
Illustrated by Diane Kredensor
Photographed by Sandra Kress
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: April 26, 2011
Price: $15.99
Ollie and Moon are best friends, and Ollie loves surprising Moon almost as much as Moon loves guessing Ollie's surprises. Today, Ollie has the best surprise yet for Moon, and she can't wait to guess what it is! As they gambol through the streets of Paris, hints about the surprise accumulate... Read more >
Written by Diane Kredensor
Illustrated by Diane Kredensor
Photographed by Sandra Kress
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: April 26, 2011
Price: $15.99
Ollie and Moon are best friends, and Ollie loves surprising Moon almost as much as Moon loves guessing Ollie's surprises. Today, Ollie has the best surprise yet for Moon, and she can't wait to guess what it is! As they gambol through the streets of Paris, hints about the surprise accumulate... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
hardcover library binding.
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Ollie & Moon
Written by Diane Kredensor
Illustrated by Diane Kredensor
Photographed by Sandra Kress
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 32 pages
On Sale: April 26, 2011
Price: $18.99
Ollie and Moon are best friends, and Ollie loves surprising Moon almost as much as Moon loves guessing Ollie's surprises. Today, Ollie has the best surprise yet for Moon, and she can't wait to guess what it is! As they gambol through the streets of Paris, hints about the surprise accumulate... Read more >
Written by Diane Kredensor
Illustrated by Diane Kredensor
Photographed by Sandra Kress
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 32 pages
On Sale: April 26, 2011
Price: $18.99
Ollie and Moon are best friends, and Ollie loves surprising Moon almost as much as Moon loves guessing Ollie's surprises. Today, Ollie has the best surprise yet for Moon, and she can't wait to guess what it is! As they gambol through the streets of Paris, hints about the surprise accumulate... Read more >
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Pick-Up Game
A Full Day of Full Court
Written by Various
Edited by Marc Aronson and Charles R. Smith Jr.
Illustrated by Charles R. Smith Jr.
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: February 8, 2011
Price: $15.99
Pass! Shoot! Swish! An all-star team of YA authors scores spectacularly with an action-packed anthology about street basketball.
It’s one steamy July day at the West 4th Street Court in NYC, otherwise known as The Cage. Hotshot ESPN is wooing the scouts, Boo is struggling to guard the weird new guy named... Read more >
A Full Day of Full Court
Written by Various
Edited by Marc Aronson and Charles R. Smith Jr.
Illustrated by Charles R. Smith Jr.
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: February 8, 2011
Price: $15.99
Pass! Shoot! Swish! An all-star team of YA authors scores spectacularly with an action-packed anthology about street basketball.
It’s one steamy July day at the West 4th Street Court in NYC, otherwise known as The Cage. Hotshot ESPN is wooing the scouts, Boo is struggling to guard the weird new guy named... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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When You Reach Me
Written by Rebecca Stead
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: December 28, 2010
Price: $6.99
This remarkable novel holds a fantastic puzzle at its heart.
By sixth grade, Miranda and her best friend, Sal, know how to navigate their New York City neighborhood. They know where it's safe to go, and they know who to avoid. Like the crazy guy on the corner.
But things start to... Read more >
Written by Rebecca Stead
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: December 28, 2010
Price: $6.99
This remarkable novel holds a fantastic puzzle at its heart.
By sixth grade, Miranda and her best friend, Sal, know how to navigate their New York City neighborhood. They know where it's safe to go, and they know who to avoid. Like the crazy guy on the corner.
But things start to... Read more >
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Gigi in the Big City
Written by Charise Mericle Harper
Format: Non-traditional book, 14 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2010
Price: $12.99
Gigi is spending a day in the big city—and what a day it is! She travels through town on mass transportation, shops in various stores, goes to lots of museums, meets interesting people and learns about their occupations, and then goes home to dream of her fun-filled and informative day.
Through the... Read more >
Written by Charise Mericle Harper
Format: Non-traditional book, 14 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2010
Price: $12.99
Gigi is spending a day in the big city—and what a day it is! She travels through town on mass transportation, shops in various stores, goes to lots of museums, meets interesting people and learns about their occupations, and then goes home to dream of her fun-filled and informative day.
Through the... Read more >
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Drum City
Written by Thea Guidone
Illustrated by Vanessa Newton
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2010
Price: $15.99
A summer parade, a drummer parade, a magical bucket-and-bowl serenade!
What begins with one boy’s beat on a kettle soon spreads to pots and pans and cartons and cans all across the neighborhood. When everyone joins in, together they create the catchy, driving tempo of a bright, hot DRUM CITY!
Get ready to... Read more >
Written by Thea Guidone
Illustrated by Vanessa Newton
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2010
Price: $15.99
A summer parade, a drummer parade, a magical bucket-and-bowl serenade!
What begins with one boy’s beat on a kettle soon spreads to pots and pans and cartons and cans all across the neighborhood. When everyone joins in, together they create the catchy, driving tempo of a bright, hot DRUM CITY!
Get ready to... Read more >
Rocky Road
Written by Rose Kent
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2010
Price: $6.99
Ice cream warms the heart, no matter what the weather.
That's the Dobson family motto. Whenever things get tough, they break out the special heart-shaped bowls and make sundaes. The road has been especially rocky lately for Tess and her deaf little brother, Jordan. Their plucky Texan mother talks big, but her... Read more >
Written by Rose Kent
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2010
Price: $6.99
Ice cream warms the heart, no matter what the weather.
That's the Dobson family motto. Whenever things get tough, they break out the special heart-shaped bowls and make sundaes. The road has been especially rocky lately for Tess and her deaf little brother, Jordan. Their plucky Texan mother talks big, but her... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Firehouse Light
Written by Janet Nolan
Illustrated by Marie Lafrance
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: May 25, 2010
Price: $15.99
Day after day, year after year,
the lightbulb did not burn out.
Here is the true story of a little lightbulb, located in a firehouse, that has stayed lit for more than one hundred years. As horse-drawn carriages make room for automobiles, dirt roads give way to paved streets, and new buildings... Read more >
Written by Janet Nolan
Illustrated by Marie Lafrance
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: May 25, 2010
Price: $15.99
Day after day, year after year,
the lightbulb did not burn out.
Here is the true story of a little lightbulb, located in a firehouse, that has stayed lit for more than one hundred years. As horse-drawn carriages make room for automobiles, dirt roads give way to paved streets, and new buildings... Read more >
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Please Take Me For a Walk
Written by Susan Gal
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: May 11, 2010
Price: $15.99
Written by Susan Gal
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: May 11, 2010
Price: $15.99
Please Take Me for a Walk is a celebration of dogs and kids and community.
The book stars a very persuasive pup pleading with his best friend—the reader!—to take him for a walk. He recounts all the fun things they can see and do: chase squirrels in the yard, greet neighbors on...
Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Chameleon
Written by Charles R. Smith Jr.
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: April 13, 2010
Price: $7.99
"Kids will grab this for the immediacy in the scenes, the brutal standoffs, the fast talk at the ball court, and the elemental conflicts of coming-of-age." - Booklist
Shooting the breeze with his boys. Tightening his D on the court. Doing a color check — making sure nobody's wearing blue or red... Read more >
Written by Charles R. Smith Jr.
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: April 13, 2010
Price: $7.99
"Kids will grab this for the immediacy in the scenes, the brutal standoffs, the fast talk at the ball court, and the elemental conflicts of coming-of-age." - Booklist
Shooting the breeze with his boys. Tightening his D on the court. Doing a color check — making sure nobody's wearing blue or red... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
