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Child of the Civil Rights Movement
Written by Paula Young Shelton
Illustrated by Raul Colon
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 48 pages
On Sale: December 22, 2009
Price: $20.99
Paula Young Shelton, daughter of Civil Rights activist Andrew Young, brings a child’s unique perspective to an important chapter in America’s history. Paula grew up in the deep south, in a world where whites had and blacks did not. With an activist father and a community of leaders surrounding her, including... Read more >
Written by Paula Young Shelton
Illustrated by Raul Colon
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 48 pages
On Sale: December 22, 2009
Price: $20.99
Paula Young Shelton, daughter of Civil Rights activist Andrew Young, brings a child’s unique perspective to an important chapter in America’s history. Paula grew up in the deep south, in a world where whites had and blacks did not. With an activist father and a community of leaders surrounding her, including... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Child of the Civil Rights Movement
Written by Paula Young Shelton
Illustrated by Raul Colon
Format: Hardcover, 48 pages
On Sale: December 22, 2009
Price: $17.99
Paula Young Shelton, daughter of Civil Rights activist Andrew Young, brings a child’s unique perspective to an important chapter in America’s history. Paula grew up in the deep south, in a world where whites had and blacks did not. With an activist father and a community of leaders surrounding her, including... Read more >
Written by Paula Young Shelton
Illustrated by Raul Colon
Format: Hardcover, 48 pages
On Sale: December 22, 2009
Price: $17.99
Paula Young Shelton, daughter of Civil Rights activist Andrew Young, brings a child’s unique perspective to an important chapter in America’s history. Paula grew up in the deep south, in a world where whites had and blacks did not. With an activist father and a community of leaders surrounding her, including... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding.
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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 >
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 >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding.
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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 >
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 >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The Smart Aleck's Guide to American History
Written by Adam Selzer
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: December 22, 2009
Price: $12.99
Do you know America? No, I mean, do you REALLY know America? Would you recognize John Adams in a lineup? Can you identify any presidents between Lincoln and Roosevelt?
Hmmm. I thought so.
Well, you really need this book.
Not only will it improve your sorry historical knowledge, it will crack you up, and... Read more >
Written by Adam Selzer
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: December 22, 2009
Price: $12.99
Do you know America? No, I mean, do you REALLY know America? Would you recognize John Adams in a lineup? Can you identify any presidents between Lincoln and Roosevelt?
Hmmm. I thought so.
Well, you really need this book.
Not only will it improve your sorry historical knowledge, it will crack you up, and... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding and a
trade paperback.
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The Smart Aleck's Guide to American History
Written by Adam Selzer
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: December 22, 2009
Price: $12.99
Do you know America? No, I mean, do you REALLY know America? Would you recognize John Adams in a lineup? Can you identify any presidents between Lincoln and Roosevelt?
Hmmm. I thought so.
Well, you really need this book.
Not only will it improve your sorry historical knowledge, it will crack you up, and... Read more >
Written by Adam Selzer
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: December 22, 2009
Price: $12.99
Do you know America? No, I mean, do you REALLY know America? Would you recognize John Adams in a lineup? Can you identify any presidents between Lincoln and Roosevelt?
Hmmm. I thought so.
Well, you really need this book.
Not only will it improve your sorry historical knowledge, it will crack you up, and... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
hardcover library binding.
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The Smart Aleck's Guide to American History
Written by Adam Selzer
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 336 pages
On Sale: December 22, 2009
Price: $15.99
Do you know America? No, I mean, do you REALLY know America? Would you recognize John Adams in a lineup? Can you identify any presidents between Lincoln and Roosevelt?
Hmmm. I thought so.
Well, you really need this book.
Not only will it improve your sorry historical knowledge, it will crack you up, and... Read more >
Written by Adam Selzer
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 336 pages
On Sale: December 22, 2009
Price: $15.99
Do you know America? No, I mean, do you REALLY know America? Would you recognize John Adams in a lineup? Can you identify any presidents between Lincoln and Roosevelt?
Hmmm. I thought so.
Well, you really need this book.
Not only will it improve your sorry historical knowledge, it will crack you up, and... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Weird But True
Written by National Geographic
Illustrated by Jonathan Halling
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: December 22, 2009
Price: $6.95
At last, all those weird but true facts that readers of National Geographic Kids love so much are collected into a fun-filled book that you’ll come back to again and again!
Weird But True is based on the hugely popular magazine page of quirky, fun facts that many readers of National Geographic... Read more >
Written by National Geographic
Illustrated by Jonathan Halling
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: December 22, 2009
Price: $6.95
At last, all those weird but true facts that readers of National Geographic Kids love so much are collected into a fun-filled book that you’ll come back to again and again!
Weird But True is based on the hugely popular magazine page of quirky, fun facts that many readers of National Geographic... Read more >
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Quicksand
Written by Anonymous
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: November 24, 2009
Price: $16.99
What is it like to be affected by HIV/AIDS? A moving first-person account offers insight — and basic facts.
ONE DAY I FOUND OUT THAT SOMEONE I KNOW — MY BROTHER-IN-LAW, JAY — HAD HIV/AIDS. AT THE MOMENT I HEARD HIS DIAGNOSIS, I REALIZED THAT I HAD STEPPED INTO THE QUICKSAND OF... Read more >
Written by Anonymous
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: November 24, 2009
Price: $16.99
What is it like to be affected by HIV/AIDS? A moving first-person account offers insight — and basic facts.
ONE DAY I FOUND OUT THAT SOMEONE I KNOW — MY BROTHER-IN-LAW, JAY — HAD HIV/AIDS. AT THE MOMENT I HEARD HIS DIAGNOSIS, I REALIZED THAT I HAD STEPPED INTO THE QUICKSAND OF... Read more >
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A Thousand Years of Pirates
Written by William Gilkerson
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $32.95
For as long as they’ve existed, pirates have conjured up visions of high-seas adventure and skullduggery, sea chases and bloody battles, dangerous coastal lairs and buried treasure. Rightly so, for ever since ships have carried valuable cargo, pirates have enraged monarchs and struck terror into the hearts of honest seamen with... Read more >
Written by William Gilkerson
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $32.95
For as long as they’ve existed, pirates have conjured up visions of high-seas adventure and skullduggery, sea chases and bloody battles, dangerous coastal lairs and buried treasure. Rightly so, for ever since ships have carried valuable cargo, pirates have enraged monarchs and struck terror into the hearts of honest seamen with... Read more >
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Elmo's World: Be a Ballet Dancer!
Written by Naomi Kleinberg
Illustrated by Mary Beth Nelson
Format: Board, 12 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $4.99
Have lots of fun learning with Elmo and friends!
Elmo accompanies his friend Zoe to a dance lesson and learns all about the basics of ballet. Along with Elmo, toddlers can practice the five basic foot positions, do warm-up stretches, and learn about good posture. And they discover that, even with all... Read more >
Written by Naomi Kleinberg
Illustrated by Mary Beth Nelson
Format: Board, 12 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $4.99
Have lots of fun learning with Elmo and friends!
Elmo accompanies his friend Zoe to a dance lesson and learns all about the basics of ballet. Along with Elmo, toddlers can practice the five basic foot positions, do warm-up stretches, and learn about good posture. And they discover that, even with all... Read more >
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Ice Mummy
Written by Mark Dubowski and Cathy East Dubowski
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 48 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $11.99
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In 1991, two tourists hiking in the Alps saw something very odd sticking out of the snow. At first it looked like a doll’s head. But it wasn’t. It was a man, frozen in the ice for 5,000 years. Ice Mummy—first published by Random House in 1998—tells the story of... Read more >
Written by Mark Dubowski and Cathy East Dubowski
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 48 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $11.99
Reading paragraphs
In 1991, two tourists hiking in the Alps saw something very odd sticking out of the snow. At first it looked like a doll’s head. But it wasn’t. It was a man, frozen in the ice for 5,000 years. Ice Mummy—first published by Random House in 1998—tells the story of... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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A Really Short History of Nearly Everything
Written by Bill Bryson
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $19.99
Enter the world of science as Bill Bryson unmasks the mysteries of the universe.
Did you know that:
• Every atom in your body has almost certainly passed through several stars and been part of millions of organisms on its way to being you?
• If you are an average-sized kid, you have enough... Read more >
Written by Bill Bryson
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $19.99
Enter the world of science as Bill Bryson unmasks the mysteries of the universe.
Did you know that:
• Every atom in your body has almost certainly passed through several stars and been part of millions of organisms on its way to being you?
• If you are an average-sized kid, you have enough... Read more >
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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 >
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 >
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Ultimate Sports
Written by Donald R. Gallo
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 14, 2009
Price: $6.99
A knockout collection of 16 original stories featuring young adults playing basketball and football, running track and cross-country, and training for the triathlon. Challenges abound in water sports, racquetball and tennis, boxing and wrestling, and the "ultimate" sport of the future.
From the Paperback edition. Read more >
Written by Donald R. Gallo
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 14, 2009
Price: $6.99
A knockout collection of 16 original stories featuring young adults playing basketball and football, running track and cross-country, and training for the triathlon. Challenges abound in water sports, racquetball and tennis, boxing and wrestling, and the "ultimate" sport of the future.
From the Paperback edition. Read more >
Also available as a
paperback.
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1776: A New Look at Revolutionary Williamsburg
Written by Karen Kostyal and Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Photographed by Lori Epstein Renda
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 48 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $27.90
Find yourself transported to Williamsburg in the days of the Revolution! See the city at war through the eyes of everyday citizens for an exciting new perspective on the historic year of 1776. The latest in the popular "New Look" line of history titles, K.M. Kostyal’s 1776: A New Look at... Read more >
Written by Karen Kostyal and Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Photographed by Lori Epstein Renda
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 48 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $27.90
Find yourself transported to Williamsburg in the days of the Revolution! See the city at war through the eyes of everyday citizens for an exciting new perspective on the historic year of 1776. The latest in the popular "New Look" line of history titles, K.M. Kostyal’s 1776: A New Look at... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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1776: A New Look at Revolutionary Williamsburg
Written by Karen Kostyal and Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Photographed by Lori Epstein Renda
Format: Hardcover, 48 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $17.95
Find yourself transported to Williamsburg in the days of the Revolution! See the city at war through the eyes of everyday citizens for an exciting new perspective on the historic year of 1776. The latest in the popular "New Look" line of history titles, K.M. Kostyal’s 1776: A New Look at... Read more >
Written by Karen Kostyal and Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Photographed by Lori Epstein Renda
Format: Hardcover, 48 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $17.95
Find yourself transported to Williamsburg in the days of the Revolution! See the city at war through the eyes of everyday citizens for an exciting new perspective on the historic year of 1776. The latest in the popular "New Look" line of history titles, K.M. Kostyal’s 1776: A New Look at... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding.
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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 >
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 >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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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 >
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
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 >
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 >
Also available as an
eBook and a
hardcover library binding.
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A Big City Alphabet
Written by Allan Moak
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $7.95
From baseball to fireworks, delis to a real live castle, the city of Toronto is full of surprises and delights. Artist Allan Moak explores the city he loves, recording the sights that appeal to children and to the child in him. In this lively book, children crawl through the Henry Moore... Read more >
Written by Allan Moak
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $7.95
From baseball to fireworks, delis to a real live castle, the city of Toronto is full of surprises and delights. Artist Allan Moak explores the city he loves, recording the sights that appeal to children and to the child in him. In this lively book, children crawl through the Henry Moore... Read more >
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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 >
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 >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding.
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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 >
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 >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Cars
Written by Robert Crowther
Illustrated by Robert Crowther
Format: Hardcover, 12 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $18.99
Crazy about cars? Get in gear — and get ready for action — as Robert Crowther’s info-packed, interactive pop-up book showcases some very cool wheels.
Hop in and take a drive in the smartest, fastest automobiles — from the earliest carriages to the cars of tomorrow. With the pull of a tab... Read more >
Written by Robert Crowther
Illustrated by Robert Crowther
Format: Hardcover, 12 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $18.99
Crazy about cars? Get in gear — and get ready for action — as Robert Crowther’s info-packed, interactive pop-up book showcases some very cool wheels.
Hop in and take a drive in the smartest, fastest automobiles — from the earliest carriages to the cars of tomorrow. With the pull of a tab... Read more >
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Draw 50 Magical Creatures
Written by Lee J. Ames and Andrew Mitchell
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $8.99
Learn to Draw 50 Magical Creatures
Draw 50 Magical Creatures teaches aspiring artists how to draw with ease by following simple, step-by-step instructions. Acclaimed author and illustrator Lee J. Ames shows you how to draw an enchanting variety of mystical creatures and legendary beasts, including a stately centaur, a frightening Cyclops, a... Read more >
Written by Lee J. Ames and Andrew Mitchell
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $8.99
Learn to Draw 50 Magical Creatures
Draw 50 Magical Creatures teaches aspiring artists how to draw with ease by following simple, step-by-step instructions. Acclaimed author and illustrator Lee J. Ames shows you how to draw an enchanting variety of mystical creatures and legendary beasts, including a stately centaur, a frightening Cyclops, a... Read more >
