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Liberty or Death
The Surprising Story of Runaway Slaves who Sided with the British During the American Revolution
Written by Margaret Whitman Blair
Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: January 12, 2010
Price: $18.95
Liberty or Death is the little-known story of the American Revolution told from the perspectives of the African-American slaves who fought on the side of the British Royal Army in exchange for a promise of freedom. Motivated by the 1775 proclamation by Virginia’s Royal Governor that any slaves who took up... Read more >
The Surprising Story of Runaway Slaves who Sided with the British During the American Revolution
Written by Margaret Whitman Blair
Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: January 12, 2010
Price: $18.95
Liberty or Death is the little-known story of the American Revolution told from the perspectives of the African-American slaves who fought on the side of the British Royal Army in exchange for a promise of freedom. Motivated by the 1775 proclamation by Virginia’s Royal Governor that any slaves who took up... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding.
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Liberty or Death
The Surprising Story of Runaway Slaves who Sided with the British During the American Revolution
Written by Margaret Whitman Blair
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 64 pages
On Sale: January 12, 2010
Price: $27.90
Liberty or Death is the little-known story of the American Revolution told from the perspectives of the African-American slaves who fought on the side of the British Royal Army in exchange for a promise of freedom. Motivated by the 1775 proclamation by Virginia’s Royal Governor that any slaves who took up... Read more >
The Surprising Story of Runaway Slaves who Sided with the British During the American Revolution
Written by Margaret Whitman Blair
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 64 pages
On Sale: January 12, 2010
Price: $27.90
Liberty or Death is the little-known story of the American Revolution told from the perspectives of the African-American slaves who fought on the side of the British Royal Army in exchange for a promise of freedom. Motivated by the 1775 proclamation by Virginia’s Royal Governor that any slaves who took up... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Stride Toward Freedom
The Montgomery Story
Written by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Introduction by Clayborne Carson
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2010
Price: $24.95
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of the first successful large-scale application of nonviolence resistance in America is comprehensive, revelatory, and intimate. King described his book as "the chronicle of fifty thousand Negroes who took to heart the principles of nonviolence, who learned to fight for their rights with the weapon of... Read more >
The Montgomery Story
Written by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Introduction by Clayborne Carson
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2010
Price: $24.95
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of the first successful large-scale application of nonviolence resistance in America is comprehensive, revelatory, and intimate. King described his book as "the chronicle of fifty thousand Negroes who took to heart the principles of nonviolence, who learned to fight for their rights with the weapon of... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Stride Toward Freedom
The Montgomery Story
Written by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Introduction by Clayborne Carson
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2010
Price: $14.00
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of the first successful large-scale application of nonviolence resistance in America is comprehensive, revelatory, and intimate. King described his book as "the chronicle of fifty thousand Negroes who took to heart the principles of nonviolence, who learned to fight for their rights with the weapon of... Read more >
The Montgomery Story
Written by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Introduction by Clayborne Carson
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2010
Price: $14.00
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of the first successful large-scale application of nonviolence resistance in America is comprehensive, revelatory, and intimate. King described his book as "the chronicle of fifty thousand Negroes who took to heart the principles of nonviolence, who learned to fight for their rights with the weapon of... Read more >
Stride Toward Freedom
The Montgomery Story
Written by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Introduction by Clayborne Carson
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 1, 2010
Price: $14.00
The classic story of nonviolent resistance in America—the Montgomery bus boycott—written by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of the first successful large-scale application of nonviolent resistance in America is comprehensive, revelatory, and intimate. King described his book as "the chronicle of 50,000 Negroes who took... Read more >
The Montgomery Story
Written by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Introduction by Clayborne Carson
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 1, 2010
Price: $14.00
The classic story of nonviolent resistance in America—the Montgomery bus boycott—written by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of the first successful large-scale application of nonviolent resistance in America is comprehensive, revelatory, and intimate. King described his book as "the chronicle of 50,000 Negroes who took... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Singing for Mrs. Pettigrew
Stories and Essays from a Writing Life
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 >
Stories and Essays from a Writing Life
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
Surviving the Khmer Rouge Genocide
Written by Nawuth Keat and Martha Kendall
Format: eBook, 128 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 >
Surviving the Khmer Rouge Genocide
Written by Nawuth Keat and Martha Kendall
Format: eBook, 128 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
Surviving the Khmer Rouge Genocide
Written by Nawuth Keat and Martha Kendall
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 128 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 >
Surviving the Khmer Rouge Genocide
Written by Nawuth Keat and Martha Kendall
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 128 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
Surviving the Khmer Rouge Genocide
Written by Nawuth Keat and Martha Kendall
Format: Hardcover, 128 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 >
Surviving the Khmer Rouge Genocide
Written by Nawuth Keat and Martha Kendall
Format: Hardcover, 128 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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Bylines
A Photobiography of Nellie Bly
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 >
A Photobiography of Nellie Bly
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
A Photobiography of Nellie Bly
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 >
A Photobiography of Nellie Bly
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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Funny Business
Conversations with Writers of Comedy
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 >
Conversations with Writers of Comedy
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 >
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The Wand in the Word
Conversations with Writers of Fantasy
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 >
Conversations with Writers of Fantasy
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 >
Also available as a
hardcover.
Facing the Lion
Growing Up Maasai on the African Savanna
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 >
Growing Up Maasai on the African Savanna
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 >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding and a
trade paperback.
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The Century for Young People
1901-1936: Becoming Modern America
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 especially for young people by Jennifer Armstrong from the #1 national bestseller!
The twentieth century was a time of tremendous change, the most eventful hundred years in human history. Join Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster for... Read more >
1901-1936: Becoming Modern America
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 especially for young people by Jennifer Armstrong from the #1 national bestseller!
The twentieth century was a time of tremendous change, the most eventful hundred years in human history. Join Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster for... Read more >
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The Century for Young People
1936-1961: Defining America
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 >
1936-1961: Defining America
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 >
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The Century for Young People
1961-1999: Changing America
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 >
1961-1999: Changing America
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 >
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The Century for Young People
1901-1936: Becoming Modern America
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 >
1901-1936: Becoming Modern America
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 >
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The Century for Young People
1936-1961: Defining America
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 >
1936-1961: Defining America
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 >
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The Century for Young People
1961-1999: Changing America
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 >
1961-1999: Changing America
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 >
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A Horn for Louis
Written by Eric A. Kimmel
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 9, 2009
Price: $3.99
Seven-year-old Louis Armstrong was too poor to buy a real horn. He didn’t even go to school. To help his mother pay the rent, Louis had a job. Every day he rode a junk wagon through the streets of New Orleans, playing his tin horn and collecting stuff people didn’t want... Read more >
Written by Eric A. Kimmel
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 9, 2009
Price: $3.99
Seven-year-old Louis Armstrong was too poor to buy a real horn. He didn’t even go to school. To help his mother pay the rent, Louis had a job. Every day he rode a junk wagon through the streets of New Orleans, playing his tin horn and collecting stuff people didn’t want... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Boy Who Invented TV
The Story of Philo Farnsworth
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 >
The Story of Philo Farnsworth
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 >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding.
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The Boy Who Invented TV
The Story of Philo Farnsworth
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 >
The Story of Philo Farnsworth
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
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 >
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 >
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Sky High
The True Story of Maggie Gee
Written by Marissa Moss
Illustrated by Carl Angel
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $16.99
When I was little, something special happened every Sunday. Other families went to baseball games or the movies, but not mine . . . We went to watch the airplanes. . . .
Maggie dreamed of flying--just like her favorite pilot, Amelia Earhart. She told her brothers and sisters stories of... Read more >
The True Story of Maggie Gee
Written by Marissa Moss
Illustrated by Carl Angel
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $16.99
When I was little, something special happened every Sunday. Other families went to baseball games or the movies, but not mine . . . We went to watch the airplanes. . . .
Maggie dreamed of flying--just like her favorite pilot, Amelia Earhart. She told her brothers and sisters stories of... Read more >
