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Meet Jeff Stone, author of Phoenix

Jeff Stone lives in the Midwest with his wife and two children and practices the martial arts daily.

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Janet Schulman is the editor of The 20th-Century Children’s Book Treasury. She has worked in children’s book publishing as an editor and an author for more than 40 years. She also compiled a follow-up anthology of classic stories of the 20th century, You Read to Me & I’ll Read to You. She lives in New York City


Meilo So is the award-winning illustrator of The 20th-Century Children’s Poetry Treasury, The Beauty of the Beast, Tasty Baby Belly Buttons, and It’s Simple, Said Simon.


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Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf
Written by Sergei Prokofiev
Retold by Janet Schulman
Illustrated by Peter Malone
Hardcover

THERE IS NO better way to introduce children to classical music than with Prokofiev’s musical fairy tale of the little boy (played by all the strings of the orchestra) who, with the help of a bird (played by the flute), outsmarted the big, bad wolf (played by the French horns). And... Read More
 





Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf
Written by Sergei Prokofiev
Retold by Janet Schulman
Illustrated by Peter Malone
eBook

THERE IS NO better way to introduce children to classical music than with Prokofiev’s musical fairy tale of the little boy who, with the help of a bird, outsmarted the big, bad wolf. A new retelling by Janet Schulman follows the basic story, but with a kinder ending for both the big... Read More
 





10 Easter Egg Hunters
Written by Janet Schulman
Illustrated by Linda Davick
Trade Paperback

The perfect addition to your child's Easter basket, featuring the adorable kids from the New York Times-bestseller 10 Trick-or-Treaters and Lots of Fun With Counting! 

Wake up, Bunny, move those legs,
You've not much time to hide those eggs!
By dawn the kids will want to search.
Please, please don't leave...
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10 Easter Egg Hunters
Written by Janet Schulman
Illustrated by Linda Davick
Hardcover

The perfect addition to your child's Easter basket, featuring the adorable kids from the New York Times-bestseller 10 Trick-or-Treaters and Lots of Fun With Counting! 

Wake up, Bunny, move those legs,
You've not much time to hide those eggs!
By dawn the kids will want to search.
Please, please don't leave...
Read More
 





10 Easter Egg Hunters
Written by Janet Schulman
Illustrated by Linda Davick
Board

The perfect addition to your child's Easter basket, featuring the adorable kids from the New York Times-bestseller 10 Trick-or-Treaters and Lots of Fun With Counting! 

Wake up, Bunny, move those legs,
You've not much time to hide those eggs!
By dawn the kids will want to search.
Please, please don't leave...
Read More
 





10 Easter Egg Hunters
Written by Janet Schulman
Illustrated by Linda Davick
eBook

The perfect addition to your child's Easter basket, featuring the adorable kids from the New York Times-bestseller 10 Trick-or-Treaters and Lots of Fun With Counting! 

Wake up, Bunny, move those legs,
You've not much time to hide those eggs!
By dawn the kids will want to search.
Please, please don't leave...
Read More
 





10 Trick-or-Treaters
Written by Janet Schulman
Illustrated by Linda Davick
Trade Paperback

Carve out family time for this not-too-scary Halloween counting book!

10 trick-or-treaters
on a dark and spooky night
out to get some candy
or give someone a fright.

Little do these ten trick-or-treaters know that they are the ones who will be frightened on Halloween night when a toad hops... Read More
 





10 Trick-or-Treaters
Written by Janet Schulman
Illustrated by Linda Davick
Board

Carve out family time for this not-too-scary Halloween counting book!

10 trick-or-treaters
on a dark and spooky night
out to get some candy
or give someone a fright.

Little do these ten trick-or-treaters know that they are the ones who will be frightened on Halloween night when a toad hops... Read More
 





10 Trick-or-Treaters
Written by Janet Schulman
Illustrated by Linda Davick
eBook

Carve out family time for this not-too-scary Halloween counting book!

10 trick-or-treaters
on a dark and spooky night
out to get some candy
or give someone a fright.

Little do these ten trick-or-treaters know that they are the ones who will be frightened on Halloween night when a toad hops... Read More
 





10 Trim-the-Tree'ers
Written by Janet Schulman
Illustrated by Linda Davick
Board

Help your children count down to Christmas with ten little neighbors trimming the tree in their building's lobby.
                                                                                         
1 shiny golden star at the very tip top.
2 strings of flashing lights that just won't stop.

Janet Schulman and Linda Davick, the creators of 10 Trick-or-Treaters and 10 Easter... Read More
 





10 Valentine Friends
Written by Janet Schulman
Illustrated by Linda Davick
Board

It's Valentine's Day and the 10 little neighbors in this book are busy making Valentines for their closest friends.

A dinosaur card, thinks little Pete,
My pal Max would find really neat.

Will everyone get a Valentine at the big Valentine's Day party? You can count on it!

With its fun counting element, bouncy text... Read More
 





10 Valentine Friends
Written by Janet Schulman
Illustrated by Linda Davick
eBook

It's Valentine's Day and the 10 little neighbors in this book are busy making Valentines for their closest friends.

A dinosaur card, thinks little Pete,
My pal Max would find really neat.

Will everyone get a Valentine at the big Valentine's Day party? You can count on it!

With its fun counting element, bouncy text... Read More
 





The 20th Century Children's Book Treasury
Written by Janet Schulman
Hardcover

Unparalleled in scope and quality and designed for reading aloud and sharing, this splendid anthology brings together some of the most memorable and beloved children's books of our time. Here are classics such as Madeline and Curious George; contemporary bestsellers such as Guess How Much I Love You and The Stinky... Read More
 





A Bunny for All Seasons
Written by Janet Schulman
Illustrated by Meilo So
eBook

One summer day a bunny hops out of the woods and into a garden. “What a wonderful garden someone has made just for me,” she thinks. All summer she feasts there. In the fall, she hides from the mean old cat behind big orange pumpkins. Then, just before the snows of... Read More
 





You Read to Me & I'll Read to You
Selected by Janet Schulman
Hardcover

A bright and irresistible invitation to reading, You Read to Me & I’ll Read to You will inspire a love of reading—and reading aloud—in children and parents alike.
 
Compiled by Janet Schulman, editor of the bestselling The 20th-Century Children’s Book Treasury, this anthology is full of stories from both renowned... Read More
 

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