Becoming Babe Ruth
Written by Matt Tavares
Illustrated by Matt Tavares
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $16.99
Matt Tavares’s striking homage to one of baseball’s legends offers a rare view into Babe Ruth’s formative years in "the House that built Ruth."Before he is known as the Babe, George Herman Ruth is just a boy who lives in Baltimore and gets into a lot of trouble. But when he...
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National Geographic Readers: Great Migrations Elephants
Written by Laura Marsh
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: October 12, 2010
Price: $3.99
This exciting reader follows the story of the longest and the most demanding elephant migration on the planet. Living at the furthest corners of the hot and dry Sahara Desert, the very margins of where elephants can survive, hundreds of these great creatures make a dangerous but necessary journey as their...
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Helen Keller
Courage in the Dark
Written by Johanna Hurwitz
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: November 11, 1997
Price: $3.99
When a childhood illness leaves her blind and deaf, Helen Keller's life seems hopeless indeed. But her indomitable will and the help of a devoted teacher empower Helen to triumph over incredible adversity. This amazing true story is finally brought to the beginner reader level.
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Bat Loves the Night
Read and Wonder
Written by Nicola Davies
Illustrated by Sarah Fox-Davies
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: August 19, 2004
Price: $6.99
"A charming and informative story about a pipistrelle bat. . . . Offers vivid descriptions of the animal's flight, its navigational skills, and
the hunt for food." — SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNALNight has fallen, and Bat awakens to find her evening meal. Follow her as she swoops into the shadows, shouting and flying...
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Aliens are Coming!
Written by Meghan McCarthy
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: August 11, 2009
Price: $6.99
A picture-book account of one of the most famous pieces of radio history!* “Sandwiched between a look at Depression-era radios and a set of fanciful period advertisements, McCarthy delivers a semi-serious account of the 1938
War of the Worlds broadcast, illustrating both passages from the script and briefly told descriptions of...
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National Geographic Readers: Snakes!
Written by Melissa Stewart
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $3.99
They’re SSSSLITHERY! SLIPPERY! They creep us out! But get to know them and you’ll find snakes private, quiet types who just want a cool, shady place to call home. From the tip of their forked tongues, to skin that sheds, to the rattles on certain tails, these creatures have secrets all...
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