It's a Snap!
George Eastman's First Photo
Written by Monica Kulling
Illustrated by Bill Slavin
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: August 11, 2009
Price: $17.95
In 1877 in Rochester, New York, George Eastman couldn’t understand why picture-taking was so difficult. Having left school at fourteen to support his mother and two sisters, George decided to find out by making photography his hobby. He packed up glass plates, a plate holder, a tent, a heavy tripod, a...
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Miss Little's Gift
Written by Douglas Wood
Illustrated by Jim Burke
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: August 11, 2009
Price: $16.99
In a compelling and beautifully illustrated story, award-winning author Douglas Wood tells of the teacher who led him to love reading, in spite of his ADHD.Douglas is the youngest, smallest, and newest student in his second-grade class, and he doesn’t like reading. He doesn’t like sitting still. And he doesn’t like...
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Out of Slavery
The Journey to Amazing Grace
Written by Linda Granfield
Illustrated by Janet Wilson
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: August 11, 2009
Price: $15.95
The story of slavery, a man, and the world’s most beloved hymn.
John Newton led a rich life. He was a God-fearing man and a successful seafaring trader; his cargo was a lucrative business, for his wares were human beings. In 1748, Newton’s ship, the Greyhound, sailed the triangular trade route from...
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I Once Knew an Indian Woman
Written by Ebbitt Cutler
Illustrated by Bruce E. Johnson
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 10, 2009
Price: $5.99
A memoir of childhood summers spent in a Laurentian village and of an Indian woman who lived according to her ancient code of courage and humanity. A heartwarming story.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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A Picture for Marc
Written by Eric A. Kimmel
Illustrated by Matthew Trueman
Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: July 8, 2009
Price: $9.99
GROWING UP IN Russia in the late 1800s, Marc Chagall doesn't know what art is. He doesn't even know what
drawing is until one of his
schoolmates shows him how to trace a picture in a magazine. Marc tries it himself, then decides to pull pictures out of his own mind -...
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Weeds in Bloom
Autobiography of an Ordinary Man
Written by Robert Newton Peck
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: July 8, 2009
Price: $5.99
With over 65 books published, including the breathtaking (and somewhat autobiographical)
A Day No Pigs Would Die, Robert Newton Peck has enjoyed an illustrious writing career. Now, in an autobiography as unique as he is, Peck tells his story through the people in his life. From his roots as a poor...
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The Daring Nellie Bly
America's Star Reporter
Written by Bonnie Christensen
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: June 9, 2009
Price: $7.99
From the award-winning picture book biographer of Woody Guthrie comes the inspirational story of Nellie Bly. Born in 1864, during a time in which options were extremely limited for women, Nellie defied all expectations and became a famous newspaper correspondent. Her daring exploits included committing herself to an infamous insane asylum...
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Woody Guthrie
Poet of the People
Written by Bonnie Christensen
Illustrated by Bonnie Christensen
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: June 9, 2009
Price: $7.99
A beautiful tribute to America’s greatest folksinger.
Woody Guthrie spent his life putting into words and music what the rest of America was thinking. He roamed from coast to coast and captured the despair of those displaced by the Great Depression and the dust bowl, eulogized workers, and celebrated the great natural...
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The Man Who Ran Faster Than Everyone
The Story of Tom Longboat
Written by Jack Batten
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 5, 2009
Price: $10.99
Tom Longboat was a hero. A member of the Onondaga Nation, he was born on the Six Nations reserve in Oshwegen, near Brantford, Ontario. Despite poverty, poor training, and prejudice, Longboat went on to become one of the world’s best runners. In 1907, at the height of his fame, he won...
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Rapid Ray
The Story Ray Lewis
Written by John Cooper
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 5, 2009
Price: $7.99
Rapid Ray Lewis was arguably the fastest man of his generation. He won medals in the 1932 Olympics and the 1934 British Empire Games, and countless races in North America. Remarkable achievements for any man – but all the more remarkable because Lewis had to race poverty and prejudice. The geat-grandson...
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Silent in an Evil Time
The Brave War of Edith Cavell
Written by Jack Batten
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 8, 2009
Price: $10.99
Dutiful nurse, hospital matron, courageous resistance fighter, Edith Cavell was all of these. A British citizen, the forty-eight-year-old Cavell was matron of an institute for nurses in the suburbs of Brussels at the outbreak of World War I. Dedicated to the methods of Florence Nightingale, her intelligence and ferocious sense of...
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Chinese Cinderella
The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
Written by Adeline Yen Mah
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2009
Price: $8.99
A riveting memoir of a girl's painful coming-of-age in a wealthy Chinese family during the 1940s.A Chinese proverb says, "Falling leaves return to their roots." In Chinese Cinderella, Adeline Yen Mah returns to her roots to tell the story of her painful childhood and her ultimate triumph and courage in the...
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Denied, Detained, Deported: Stories from the Dark Side of American Immigration
Written by Ann Bausum
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 112 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $32.90
With painstaking research, an unerring eye for just the right illustration, and her unique narrative style, award-winning author Ann Bausum makes the history of immigration in America come alive for young people. The story of America has always been shaped by people from all corners of the Earth who came in...
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Andy Warhol, Prince of Pop
Written by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2009
Price: $6.99
“IN THE FUTURE EVERYBODY will be world famous for 15 minutes.”The Campbell’s Soup Cans. The Marilyns. The Electric Chairs. The Flowers. The work created by Andy Warhol elevated everyday images to art, ensuring Warhol a fame that has far outlasted the 15 minutes he predicted for everyone else. His very name...
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The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau
Written by Dan Yaccarino
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $16.99
Jacques Cousteau was the world’s ambassador of the oceans. His popular TV series brought whales, otters, and dolphins right into people’s living rooms. Now, in this exciting picturebook biography, Dan Yaccarino introduces young readers to the man behind the snorkel.
From the first moment he got a glimpse of what lived under...
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Babe Ruth and the Baseball Curse
Written by David A. Kelly
Illustrated by Tim Jessell
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $4.99
Before 1918, the Boston Red Sox were unstoppable. They won World Series after World Series, thanks in part to their charismatic pitcher-slugger Babe Ruth. But some people on the Red Sox felt the Babe was more trouble than he was worth, and he was traded away to one of the worst...
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Nevermore: A Photobiography of Edgar Allan Poe
Written by Karen Lange
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 64 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $28.90
Nevermore brings one of America’s most enigmatic writers to the attention of a new generation of children. This intriguing photobiography examines the life and times of the author and poet who would have a huge influence on future generations of writers, poets, artists, and even songwriters.
Poe pioneered the psychological horror...
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Nevermore: A Photobiography of Edgar Allan Poe
Written by Karen Lange
Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $19.95
Nevermore brings one of America’s most enigmatic writers to the attention of a new generation of children. This intriguing photobiography examines the life and times of the author and poet who would have a huge influence on future generations of writers, poets, artists, and even songwriters.
Poe pioneered the psychological horror...
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You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!
Written by Jonah Winter
Illustrated by Andre Carrilho
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $17.99
In this striking picture book biography, an old-timer tells us what made Sandy Koufax such an amazing baseball player. We learn that the beginning of his career with the Brooklyn Dodgers was rocky, that he was shy with his teammates, and experienced discrimination as one of the only Jews in the...
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China's Son
Growing Up in the Cultural Revolution
Written by Da Chen
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2009
Price: $5.99
A candid memoir about growing up during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, adapted by the author from his Colors of the Mountain, published by Random House.
Da Chen was born in China in 1962. The grandson of a landlord, he and his family were treated as outcasts in Communist China. In school, Da...
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