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First Kids

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December 22, 2009
First Kids
Written by Gibbs Davis, Illustrated by Sally Wern Comport
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780375822186
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First Kids
Written by Gibbs Davis
Illustrated by Sally Wern Comport


Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: December 22, 2009
Price: $3.99

Kids will be kids—even when they live in the White House! From Tad Lincoln (secretly called a “tyrant” ) to the Roosevelt gang (who kept a pet badger, a rat, dogs, snakes, horses, parrots, and a one-legged chicken!) to the Kennedys (who used the oval office as a playground) to Chelsea... Read more >
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First Kids

Available
December 22, 2009
First Kids
Written by Gibbs Davis, Illustrated by Sally Wern Comport
Format: Hardcover Library Binding
ISBN: 9780375922183
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First Kids
Written by Gibbs Davis
Illustrated by Sally Wern Comport


Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 48 pages
On Sale: December 22, 2009
Price: $12.99

Kids will be kids—even when they live in the White House! From Tad Lincoln (secretly called a “tyrant” ) to the Roosevelt gang (who kept a pet badger, a rat, dogs, snakes, horses, parrots, and a one-legged chicken!) to the Kennedys (who used the oval office as a playground) to Chelsea... Read more >
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Singing for Mrs. Pettigrew
Singing for Mrs. Pettigrew
Written by Michael Morpurgo, Illustrated by Peter Bailey
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780763636241
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Singing for Mrs. Pettigrew
Written by Michael Morpurgo
Illustrated by Peter Bailey


Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $18.99

One of today’s greatest storytellers explores the craft of writing in this collection of stories and essays by Michael Morpurgo.

Here is a literary journey that roams from the warmth of Provence in "Meeting Cézanne" to the war-torn town of "I Believe in Unicorns;" from the music-fi lled streets of Venice in... Read more >
Alive in the Killing Fields
Alive in the Killing Fields
Written by Nawuth Keat and Martha Kendall
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781426306662
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Alive in the Killing Fields
Written by Nawuth Keat and Martha Kendall

Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $15.95

Alive in the Killing Fields is the real-life memoir of Nawuth Keat, a man who survived the horrors of war-torn Cambodia. He has now broken a longtime silence in the hope that telling the truth about what happened to his people and his country will spare future generations from similar tragedy.

In... Read more >
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Alive in the Killing Fields
Alive in the Killing Fields
Written by Nawuth Keat and Martha Kendall
Format: Hardcover Library Binding
ISBN: 9781426305160
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Alive in the Killing Fields
Written by Nawuth Keat and Martha Kendall

Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 112 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $23.90

Alive in the Killing Fields is the real-life memoir of Nawuth Keat, a man who survived the horrors of war-torn Cambodia. He has now broken a longtime silence in the hope that telling the truth about what happened to his people and his country will spare future generations from similar tragedy.

In... Read more >
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Alive in the Killing Fields
Alive in the Killing Fields
Written by Nawuth Keat and Martha Kendall
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781426305153
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Alive in the Killing Fields
Written by Nawuth Keat and Martha Kendall

Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $15.95

Alive in the Killing Fields is the real-life memoir of Nawuth Keat, a man who survived the horrors of war-torn Cambodia. He has now broken a longtime silence in the hope that telling the truth about what happened to his people and his country will spare future generations from similar tragedy.

In... Read more >
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Bylines
Bylines
Written by Sue Macy, Foreword by Linda Ellerbee
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781426305139
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Bylines
Written by Sue Macy
Foreword by Linda Ellerbee


Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $19.95

Bylines is the latest title from award-winning biographer Sue Macy. Nellie Bly was a pioneering American journalist who lived by the belief that "Energy rightly applied and directed will accomplish anything." This credo took her from humble origins in Cochran’s Mill, Pennsylvania, a town named after her father, to the most... Read more >
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Bylines
Bylines
Written by Sue Macy, Foreword by Linda Ellerbee
Format: Hardcover Library Binding
ISBN: 9781426305146
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Bylines
Written by Sue Macy
Foreword by Linda Ellerbee


Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 64 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $28.90

Bylines is the latest title from award-winning biographer Sue Macy. Nellie Bly was a pioneering American journalist who lived by the belief that "Energy rightly applied and directed will accomplish anything." This credo took her from humble origins in Cochran’s Mill, Pennsylvania, a town named after her father, to the most... Read more >
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Funny Business
Funny Business
Written by Various, Edited by Leonard S. Marcus
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780763632540
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Funny Business
Written by Various
Edited by Leonard S. Marcus


Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $21.99

What makes funny FUNNY? An esteemed anthologist interviews thirteen favorite children’s authors — and asks them to share their trade secrets.

DO YOU EVER MAKE YOURSELF LAUGH WHILE YOU ARE WRITING?

"A joke isn’t a joke if you need to explain it," notes Leonard S. Marcus. "Even so, the hidden clockwork of comedy... Read more >
The Wand in the Word
The Wand in the Word
Edited by Leonard S. Marcus
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780763645564
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The Wand in the Word
Edited by Leonard S. Marcus

Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $14.99

"Each lively and highly readable interview ends with advice to would-be writers. . . .An essential volume for fantasy readers of all ages." — BOOKLIST (starred review)

"Fantasy," writes Leonard S. Marcus, "is storytelling with the beguiling power to transform the impossible into the imaginable, and to reveal our own ‘real’ world... Read more >
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Facing the Lion
Facing the Lion
Written by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781426306679
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Facing the Lion
Written by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola

Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2009
Price: $6.95

Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton gives American kids a firsthand look at growing up in Kenya as a member of a tribe of nomads whose livelihood centers on the raising and grazing of cattle. Readers share Lekuton's first encounter with a lion, the epitome of bravery in the warrior tradition. They follow his... Read more >
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The Century for Young People
The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780385737678
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The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster

Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $9.99

Experience the greatest moments of the 20th century with an accessible narrative that makes history come alive.

Adapted from the #1 national bestseller especially for young readers!

The twentieth century was a time of tremendous change, the most eventful hundred years in human history. Join Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster for a fascinating... Read more >
The Century for Young People
The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster
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ISBN: 9780385737685
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The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster

Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $9.99

Experience the greatest moments of the 20th century with an accessible narrative that makes history come alive.

Adapted from the #1 national bestseller especially for young readers!

The twentieth century was a time of tremendous change, the most eventful hundred years in human history. Join Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster for a fascinating... Read more >
The Century for Young People
The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780385737692
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The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster

Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $9.99

Experience the greatest moments of the 20th century with an accessible narrative that makes history come alive.

Adapted from the #1 national bestseller especially for young readers!

The twentieth century was a time of tremendous change, the most eventful hundred years in human history. Join Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster for a fascinating... Read more >
The Century for Young People
The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster
Format: Hardcover Library Binding
ISBN: 9780385906807
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The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster

Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 128 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $12.99

Experience the greatest moments of the 20th century with an accessible narrative that makes history come alive.

Adapted from the #1 national bestseller especially for young readers!

The twentieth century was a time of tremendous change, the most eventful hundred years in human history. Join Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster for a fascinating... Read more >
The Century for Young People
The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster
Format: Hardcover Library Binding
ISBN: 9780385906814
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The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster

Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 128 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $12.99

Experience the greatest moments of the 20th century with an accessible narrative that makes history come alive.

Adapted from the #1 national bestseller especially for young readers!

The twentieth century was a time of tremendous change, the most eventful hundred years in human history. Join Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster for a fascinating journey... Read more >
The Century for Young People
The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster
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ISBN: 9780385906821
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The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster

Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 144 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $12.99

Experience the greatest moments of the 20th century with an accessible narrative that makes history come alive.

Adapted from the #1 national bestseller especially for young readers!

The twentieth century was a time of tremendous change, the most eventful hundred years in human history. Join Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster for a fascinating... Read more >
The Century for Young People
The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780375893957
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The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster

Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $9.99

Experience the greatest moments of the 20th century with an accessible narrative that makes history come alive.

Adapted from the #1 national bestseller especially for young readers!

The twentieth century was a time of tremendous change, the most eventful hundred years in human history. Join Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster for a fascinating... Read more >
The Century for Young People
The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780375893964
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The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster

Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $9.99

Experience the greatest moments of the 20th century with an accessible narrative that makes history come alive.

Adapted from the #1 national bestseller especially for young readers!

The twentieth century was a time of tremendous change, the most eventful hundred years in human history. Join Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster for a fascinating... Read more >
The Century for Young People
The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780375893971
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The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster

Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $9.99

Experience the greatest moments of the 20th century with an accessible narrative that makes history come alive.

Adapted from the #1 national bestseller especially for young readers!

The twentieth century was a time of tremendous change, the most eventful hundred years in human history. Join Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster for a fascinating... Read more >
The Boy Who Invented TV
The Boy Who Invented TV
Written by Kathleen Krull, Illustrated by Greg Couch
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780375845611
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The Boy Who Invented TV
Written by Kathleen Krull
Illustrated by Greg Couch


Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $16.99

An inspiring true story of a boy genius.

Plowing a potato field in 1920, a 14-year-old farm boy from Idaho saw in the parallel rows of overturned earth a way to “make pictures fly through the air.” This boy was not a magician; he was a scientific genius and just eight years... Read more >
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The Boy Who Invented TV
The Boy Who Invented TV
Written by Kathleen Krull, Illustrated by Greg Couch
Format: Hardcover Library Binding
ISBN: 9780375945618
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The Boy Who Invented TV
Written by Kathleen Krull
Illustrated by Greg Couch


Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $19.99

An inspiring true story of a boy genius.

Plowing a potato field in 1920, a 14-year-old farm boy from Idaho saw in the parallel rows of overturned earth a way to “make pictures fly through the air.” This boy was not a magician; he was a scientific genius and just eight years... Read more >
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The Secret World of Walter Anderson
The Secret World of Walter Anderson
Written by Hester Bass, Illustrated by E.B. Lewis
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780763635831
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The Secret World of Walter Anderson
Written by Hester Bass
Illustrated by E.B. Lewis


Format: Hardcover, 48 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $17.99

Enter the fascinating world of reclusive nature-lover Walter Anderson — perhaps the most famous American artist you’ve never heard of.

Residents along the Mississippi Gulf Coast thought Walter Anderson was odd, rowing across twelve miles of open water in a leaky skiff to reach Horn, an uninhabited island without running water or... Read more >
Slumgirl Dreaming
Slumgirl Dreaming
Written by Rubina Ali, Anne Berthod and Divya Dugar
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780385739085
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Slumgirl Dreaming
Written by Rubina Ali, Anne Berthod and Divya Dugar

Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $9.99

My name is Rubina Ali. I don't know when my birthday is, and nor does my father, but I do know that I am nine years old.

Young Rubina is a one-in-a-million star. Plucked from among five hundred slumkids who auditioned for Danny Boyle's multi-Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire, she saw her fairy-tale... Read more >
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Slumgirl Dreaming
Slumgirl Dreaming
Written by Rubina Ali, Anne Berthod and Divya Dugar
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780375897122
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Slumgirl Dreaming
Written by Rubina Ali, Anne Berthod and Divya Dugar

Format: eBook, 144 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $9.99

My name is Rubina Ali. I don't know when my birthday is, and nor does my father, but I do know that I am nine years old.

Young Rubina is a one-in-a-million star. Plucked from among five hundred slumkids who auditioned for Danny Boyle's multi-Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire, she saw her fairy-tale... Read more >
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