Falling Hard
100 Love Poems by Teenagers
Edited by Betsy Franco
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: December 14, 2010
Price: $6.99
“The quality here is head and shoulders above most young writers’ collections, and in fact it’s well above many adult anthologies as well.”
— Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)
The poets are straight, gay, lesbian, bi, or transgender. They live next door or across an ocean; they are innocent...
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The Classic Treasury of Childhood Wonders
Favorite Adventures, Stories, Poems, and Songs for Making Lasting Memories
Written by Susan Magsamen
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 160 pages
On Sale: October 12, 2010
Price: $28.90
This rich and nostalgic book of wonders is a collection of art, literature, and activities custom-made for the family bookshelf. It is broken into five sections that illuminate a child’s world and interests—Magic and Make-Believe, Outdoor Exploring, Crafts and Construction, Yummy for the Tummy, and Bedtime, Bathtime, and Dreamtime. Children and...
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The Classic Treasury of Childhood Wonders
Favorite Adventures, Stories, Poems, and Songs for Making Lasting Memories
Written by Susan Magsamen
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: October 12, 2010
Price: $19.95
This rich and nostalgic book of wonders is a collection of art, literature, and activities custom-made for the family bookshelf. It is broken into five sections that illuminate a child’s world and interests—Magic and Make-Believe, Outdoor Exploring, Crafts and Construction, Yummy for the Tummy, and Bedtime, Bathtime, and Dreamtime. Children and...
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In the Wild
Written by David Elliott
Illustrated by Holly Meade
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: August 24, 2010
Price: $16.99
The stellar team who brought us On the Farm present a companion book evoking creatures of the wild in simple, clever poems and vibrant woodcuts.
From the lion standing alone on the African savannah to the panda in a bamboo forest, from the rhinoceros with its boot-like face to the Arctic polar...
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What in the Wild?
Written by David Schwartz and Yael Schy
Photographed by Dwight Kuhn
Format: Hardcover, 44 pages
On Sale: August 24, 2010
Price: $16.99
From the creative team that brought us
Where in the Wild? and Where ELSE in the Wild? come 10 new mysteries of the natural world for readers to solve. Kid-pleasing riddles paired with mystifying images give clues to guess: What creature made that pile of twigs, mass of leaves, frothy spittle...
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Random House Treasury of Best-Loved Children's Poems
Written by Patricia Klein
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: June 16, 2010
Price: $9.99
This latest addition to the highly successful Random House poetry treasury series is a nostalgic collection of children's poems. This is the perfect assortment of poems for children, their parents, and other loved ones to read together.
• Features more than 100 poems by poets such as A.A. Milne, Christina Rossetti, Lewis...
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Everybody Was a Baby Once
and Other Poems
Written by Allan Ahlberg
Illustrated by Bruce Ingman
Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: March 9, 2010
Price: $15.99
The irresistible duo of Allan Ahlberg and Bruce Ingman return with an original collection of wry and playful poems for young readers.They’re back! The inspired creators of THE RUNAWAY DINNER and THE PENCIL serve up a shouting, screaming, smiling, whistling, playing, chasing, rhyming romp. Nineteen impishly illustrated poems present a unique...
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Our Farm
By the Animals of Farm Sanctuary
Written by Maya Gottfried
Illustrated by Robert Rahway Zakanitch
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: February 9, 2010
Price: $17.99
Maya the cow, J.D. the piglet, Hilda the sheep, and a dozen more animals all speak directly to the reader, showing off their unique personalities in this wonderful collection of poems. Master watercolorist Robert Rahway Zakanitch provides a portrait that perfectly captures the essence of each creature. Together the poems and...
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Dizzy in Your Eyes: Poems about Love
Written by Pat Mora
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: January 12, 2010
Price: $6.99
Beloved children's book author and speaker Pat Mora has written an original collection of poems, each with a different teen narrator sharing unique thoughts, moments, sadness, or heart’s desire: the girl who loves swimming, plunging into the water that creates her own world; the guy who leaves flowers on the windshield...
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Dizzy in Your Eyes: Poems about Love
Written by Pat Mora
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 176 pages
On Sale: January 12, 2010
Price: $18.99
Beloved children's book author and speaker Pat Mora has written an original collection of poems, each with a different teen narrator sharing unique thoughts, moments, sadness, or heart’s desire: the girl who loves swimming, plunging into the water that creates her own world; the guy who leaves flowers on the windshield...
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African Acrostics
A Word in Edgeways
Written by Avis Harley
Photographed by Deborah Noyes
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $17.99
Look carefully! The wild animals of Africa spring to life in clever, lighthearted poems and compelling, evocative photographs.Inside every acrostic is a secret message, often lurking in the first letter of each line (read top to bottom). But look out! These acrostics not only follow their subjects to Africa, but they...
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Classic Poetry
Candlewick Illustrated Classic
Edited by Michael Rosen
Illustrated by Paul Howard
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $12.99
"Few anthologies for this age group include such a fi ne selection of works, introduce the poets so vividly, or provide such a rich collection of haunting illustrations." — BooklistPoetry provides the best introduction to the marvels of the English language. This volume, collected by award-winning author Michael Rosen, presents a...
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The Cuckoo's Haiku
and Other Birding Poems
Written by Michael J. Rosen
Illustrated by Stan Fellows
Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $17.99
A joyful primer on the pleasures of bird-watching merges haiku, notes for identifying species, and exquisite watercolor illustrations.In spare and graceful words, poet and birder Michael J. Rosen captures
the forecasting call of the mysterious cuckoo as well as essential characteristics of more than twenty commonly seen North American birds. This artfully...
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A Foot in the Mouth
Poems to Speak, Sing and Shout
Illustrated by Chris Raschka
Compiled by Paul B. Janeczko
Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $17.99
Whether rhyming, tongue-tying, or defying structure, here are more than three dozen poems that simply beg to be read aloud. The creators of A POKE IN THE I and A KICK IN THE HEAD complete a triplet with this collection of lively rhymes and tricky tongue twisters, poems for more than...
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A Kick in the Head
An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms
Illustrated by Chris Raschka
Compiled by Paul B. Janeczko
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $9.99
From the simplest couplet to the mind-boggling pantoum, the award-winning team behind A POKE IN THE I shows us the many fascinating ways poetic forms take shape.
In this splendid and playful volume — second of a trilogy — an acclaimed creative team presents examples of twenty-nine poetic forms, demonstrating not only...
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The Swamps of Sleethe
Poems From Beyond the Solar System
Written by Jack Prelutsky
Illustrated by Jimmy Pickering
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $16.99
Jack Prelutsky’s exploration of outer space is not for the faint of heart. No friendly little E.T.–type aliens await your arrival. There are many imaginative ways to perish in these darkly comedic cautionary verses about unexplored worlds so far beyond our solar system. The final poem is an environmental tour de...
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Tale of Tales
Written by Tony Mitton
Illustrated by Peter Bailey
Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2009
Price: $10.99
A new offering by award-winning poet Tony Mitton, beautifully illustrated by Peter Bailey.
Short installments comprise
The Tale of Tales, the story of a group of animals making their way to Volcano Valley to hear the Tale of Tales, the greatest story ever told. Along the way, the animals meet new travelers...
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Read a Rhyme, Write a Rhyme
Selected by Jack Prelutsky
Illustrated by Meilo So
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $7.99
“Prelutsky has invented a method he calls ‘poemstarts’ to help children get started in writing poetry. He provides several introductory lines of a simple poem and then offers some open-ended suggestions for its completion. In this thematically organized collection, Prelutsky offers ten poemstarts on different popular themes, complemented by three short...
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Voices of Ancient Egypt
Written by Kay Winters
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $6.95
Beautiful full-color illustrations and poems tell the stories of different occupations in ancient Egypt, from the farmer to the pyramid builder, from the goldsmith to the embalmer. Based on the latest historical research,
Voices of Ancient Egypt conveys a dramatic sense of everyday life in this multicultural civilization.
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Falling Hard
100 Love Poems by Teenagers
Edited by Betsy Franco
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: December 9, 2008
Price: $15.99
From an acclaimed anthologist comes this unforgettable collection
of one hundred poems by teenagers, capturing the vertigo-inducing realm of romantic love."But what I'll really mean is
are you ready to dive in?
This is not falling,
this is landing."
— From "Gift" by Portia Carryer, age 16
The poets are straight, gay, lesbian, bi, or transgender. They...
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Dance with Me
Super Sturdy Picture Book
Written by Charles R. Smith Jr.
Illustrated by Noah Z. Jones
Format: Hardcover, 24 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $8.99
Young readers will find their groove with a spirited tale sure to tickle their toes and have them slapping their knees to the beat.Two kids bopping down the street get the whole town moving in a lively tale for emerging readers. Noah Z. Jones's bright, energetic illustrations tell a parallel story...
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Big Talk
Poems for Four Voices
Written by Paul Fleischman
Illustrated by Beppe Giacobbe
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2008
Price: $7.99
"Following his Newbery Medal-winning Joyful Noise, Fleischman offers another collection of beautifully orchestrated, spirited poems for many voices." — BOOKLISTThese rousing, rib-tickling poems demand the joy of reading aloud. Settle back and chant "The Quiet Evenings Here," as Grandma rocks, the clock tick-tocks, and no one cares a hoot for the...
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