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The 20th Century Children's Book Treasuryby Janet SchulmanISBN 0679886478 (0-679-88647-8)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 20th Century Children's Book Treasury'Book summary:Believe it or not, 44 complete read-aloud classics and future classics--from Goodnight Moon to Stellaluna--are packed in this remarkably svelte, positively historic anthology. Flipping through the 308 pages of The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury is like browsing a photo album of beloved friends and family. The familiar faces of Curious George and Ferdinand the Bull peer earnestly from the pages, and scenes from Madeline and Millions of Cats resonate as if you just experienced them yesterday. Think of the advantages of carrying this book on a vacation instead of a suitcase of single titles! (Your kids can always revisit their dog-eared hardcovers when they get home.)
This impressive collection of concept books, wordless books, picture books, and read-aloud stories was artfully compiled by longtime children's book editor and publisher Janet Schulman. Stories are coded red, blue, and green to designate age groupings from baby/toddler books such as Whose Mouse Are You?, through preschool books such as Where the Wild Things Are, to longer stories for ages 5 and older such as Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. The reason the book isn't bigger than Babar is because many of the illustrations from each story were reduced or removed to fit the anthology's format. (Leo Lionni's Swimmy, for example, takes up 5 pages total, compared to its original 29 pages.) Brief biographical notes that are surprisingly quirky shine a little light on the 62 authors and illustrators, and an index helps, too, for the child who likes one story best. We love the idea of being within easy reach of a Star-Belly Sneetch, a William Steig donkey, and a Sendak monster at all times, and we're sure your little bookworms will, too. (Click to see a sample spread from The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury, compilation copyright © 1998 by Janet Schulman, illustrations © renewed 1997 by William Steig.) (All ages) --Karin Snelson [via]
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Abraham Lincoln's Worldby Genevieve FosterISBN 0684148552 (0-684-14855-2)
Hardcover, Macmillan Pub Co
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Africaby Ray Moller, Geoff Dann, Yvonne AyoISBN 0679973346 (0-679-97334-6)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Afternoon on the Amazonby Mary Osborne, Sal MurdoccaISBN 0679963723 (0-679-96372-3)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Afternoon on the Amazon'Book summary:Jack and Annie travel back in time to a South American rain forest in search of the elusive magician Morgan le Fay. Will they find a new clue to her whereabouts before they are trampled by stampeding killer ants? [via]
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Alice's Adventures In Wonderlandby Lewis Carroll, Gwynedd M. HudsonISBN 0681006447 (0-681-00644-7)
Hardcover, Longmeadow Pr
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Ancient Egyptby George HartISBN 0679907424 (0-679-90742-4)
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Ancient Romeby Simon JamesISBN 0679907416 (0-679-90741-6)
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Anne of Green Gablesby L. M. MontgomeryISBN 0679994289 (0-679-99428-9)
Hardcover, Random House Children's Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anne of Green Gables'Book summary:Anne (with an e of course) starts out as a mistake. The elderly Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert had planned on adopting a boy to help Matthew with the chores on their Prince Edward Island farm. What are they to do with the red-haired, high-spirited girl who arrives instead?
Anne Shirley, with her boundless imagination and heart, slowly brings joy into the narrow lives of those around her, and into the lives of readers who have delighted in her adventures since Lucy Maud Montgomery began writing about her in 1905.
Annes courage, her enthusiasm, and her ability to love, have made her one of literatures most beloved characters in Canada and around the world.
This beautifully illustrated volume, with a foreword by Kate Butler MacDonald, one of L. M. Montgomerys grandchildren, is a treasure for those who find in Anne a familiar friend as well as for those who are discovering this kindred spirit for the first time.
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The Bears on Hemlock Mountainby Alice Dalgliesh, Helen SewellISBN 0684191695 (0-684-19169-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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The Berenstain Bears Trick or Treatby Stan Berenstain, Jan BerenstainISBN 0679900918 (0-679-90091-8)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Bookby Karen Brookfield, Laurence PordesISBN 067994012X (0-679-94012-X)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Boy Who Lost His Faceby Louis SacharISBN 0679886222 (0-679-88622-2)
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Classic Illustrated Sherlock Holmes: Thirty Seven Short Stories Plus a Complete Novelby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0681401893 (0-681-40189-3)
Hardcover, Longmeadow Pr
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Count Karlsteinby Philip Pullman, Diana BryanISBN 0679892559 (0-679-89255-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Count Karlstein'Book summary:"I might have occupied my mind usefully with Improving Thoughts, but the only improvement I could imagine then was a pair of wings, to enable me to fly to freedom. And, of course, a Head for Heights. I cleaned the dust from the window and peered out hopefully, but there was nothing but a Horrid Precipice, with jagged crags several thousands of feet below." Such are the woes of young Charlotte, locked in a tower room of her uncle's gloomy Castle Karlstein in 19th-century Switzerland. Escaping this predicament seems the least of her worries: in a solemn blood pact, her evil uncle, Count Karlstein, has promised to sacrifice his two orphaned nieces, Lucy and Charlotte, to Zamiel the Demon Huntsman--on midnight of All Souls' Eve--in return for his current riches.
First, however, the heartless Count and his "lip-licking, moist-handed, creeping, smarming" secretary, Herr Arturo Snivelwurst, will have to catch Lucy, too--and it is no small task with the headstrong, 14-year-old Hildi Kelmar; her 18-year-old, handsome-in-a-scowling-sort-of-way brother, Peter; and the intrepid English teacher Miss Augusta Davenport on the girls' side. As Miss Davenport herself points out, "an English gentlewoman can rise above any circumstances, given intelligence and a loaded pistol." The events in this delightful gothic farce unfold quickly in a variety of narrative voices, artfully building in suspense to a powerful, terrifying, deeply satisfying stand-off between the Count and the Demon Huntsman of Impenetrable Darkness himself. Subplots and loose ends are gracefully, happily, justly tied up in the light of day, finally allowing readers to exhale.
British novelist Philip Pullman, masterful storyteller and creator of the bestselling adventures The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife, mesmerizes us again with his playful, suspenseful thriller Count Karlstein, released in the United States 16 years after its appearance in the United Kingdom. Readers young and old will revel in every angle, twist, and turn of this breathlessly paced, very funny page-turner. (Ages 11 and older) --Karin Snelson [via]
Crime & Detectionby Brian Lane, Gary Ombler, Andy CrawfordISBN 067989117X (0-679-89117-X)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Desert Voicesby Byrd Baylor, Peter ParnallISBN 0684167123 (0-684-16712-3)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Dinosaurs Before Darkby Mary Osborne, Sal MurdoccaISBN 0679924116 (0-679-92411-6)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dinosaurs Before Dark'Book summary:Jack and Annie are ready for their first fantasy adventure in the bestselling middle-grade seriesthe Magic Tree House!
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Where did the tree house come from?
Before Jack and Annie can find out, the mysterious tree house whisks them to the prehistoric past. Now they have to figure out how to get home. Can they do it before dark . . . or will they become a dinosaur's dinner?
Visit the Magic Tree House website!
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Dogs Don't Tell Jokesby Louis SacharISBN 067992017X (0-679-92017-X)
Hardcover, Random House Children's Books
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The Duchess Bakes a Cakeby Virginia KahlISBN 0684123134 (0-684-12313-4)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Everybody Needs a Rockby Byrd Baylor, Peter ParnallISBN 0684138999 (0-684-13899-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Feeding Your Baby: Breast, Bottle and Baby Foodsby Carolyn T. ChubetISBN 0681404531 (0-681-40453-1)
Softcover, Longmeadow Pr
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First Testby Tamora PierceISBN 0679889175 (0-679-88917-5)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'First Test'Book summary:When Alanna became the King's Champion, it was decided that girls would henceforth be allowed to train for the knighthood. But ten years have passed, and no girls have come forward. Now, however, someone is about to change all that. Her name is Kel. In this first book in a new series from popular children's fantasy writer Tamora Pierce, we are introduced to a strong, adventurous new heroine who will win the hearts and minds of fantasy fans. [via]
A Gathering of Daysby Joan W. BlosISBN 0684163403 (0-684-16340-3)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Go, Dog. Go!by P. D. EastmanISBN 067988629X (0-679-88629-X)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Go, Dog. Go!'Book summary:Whether by foot, boat, car, or unicycle, P. D. Eastman's lovable dogs demonstrate the many ways one can travel. The new text emphasizes the concept element of the original while maintaining its rhythm and charm. [via]
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The Golden Compassby Philip PullmanISBN 0679893105 (0-679-89310-5)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Golden Compass'Book summary:Some books improve with age--the age of the reader, that is. Such is certainly the case with Philip Pullman's heroic, at times heart-wrenching novel, The Golden Compass, a story ostensibly for children but one perhaps even better appreciated by adults. The protagonist of this complex fantasy is young Lyra Belacqua, a precocious orphan growing up within the precincts of Oxford University. But it quickly becomes clear that Lyra's Oxford is not precisely like our own--nor is her world. For one thing, people there each have a personal dæmon, the manifestation of their soul in animal form. For another, hers is a universe in which science, theology, and magic are closely allied:
As for what experimental theology was, Lyra had no more idea than the urchins. She had formed the notion that it was concerned with magic, with the movements of the stars and planets, with tiny particles of matter, but that was guesswork, really. Probably the stars had dæmons just as humans did, and experimental theology involved talking to them.
Not that Lyra spends much time worrying about it; what she likes best is "clambering over the College roofs with Roger the kitchen boy who was her particular friend, to spit plum stones on the heads of passing Scholars or to hoot like owls outside a window where a tutorial was going on, or racing through the narrow streets, or stealing apples from the market, or waging war." But Lyra's carefree existence changes forever when she and her dæmon, Pantalaimon, first prevent an assassination attempt against her uncle, the powerful Lord Asriel, and then overhear a secret discussion about a mysterious entity known as Dust. Soon she and Pan are swept up in a dangerous game involving disappearing children, a beautiful woman with a golden monkey dæmon, a trip to the far north, and a set of allies ranging from "gyptians" to witches to an armor-clad polar bear.In The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman has written a masterpiece that transcends genre. It is a children's book that will appeal to adults, a fantasy novel that will charm even the most hardened realist. Best of all, the author doesn't speak down to his audience, nor does he pull his punches; there is genuine terror in this book, and heartbreak, betrayal, and loss. There is also love, loyalty, and an abiding morality that infuses the story but never overwhelms it. This is one of those rare novels that one wishes would never end. Fortunately, its sequel, The Subtle Knife, will help put off that inevitability for a while longer. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Good Faeries, Bad Faeries: 2 Books in 1by Brian Froud, Terri WindlingISBN 0684847817 (0-684-84781-7)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Good Wivesby Louisa May Alcott, Jessie Willcox SmithISBN 0681103507 (0-681-10350-7)
Hardcover, Longmeadow Pr
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Green Eggs and Hamby Dr. SeussISBN 0679891293 (0-679-89129-3)
Hardcover, Random House Children's Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Green Eggs and Ham'Book summary:Young fans of the unflappable Sam-I-am will be pleased as punch to discover the plethora of flaps to lift in this 10-page board book version of the Dr. Seuss classic. Sam-I-am does his very best to convince a more finicky Seuss character to try this rather unusual delicacy.
Would you? Could you? In a car?
To which the exasperated doubter replies:
Eat them! Eat them! Here they are.
You may like them. You will see.
You may like them in a tree!
I would not,
On every page readers will find sturdy, easy-to-lift flaps behind which reside the familiar characters and lines of the unique 1960 classic--except for the last page. Here, blank spaces lurk behind the flaps, just waiting to be filled in with peel-off pictures from the accompanying sheet of silly stickers. (Ages 3 to 7) --Emilie Coulter [via]
could not, in a tree.
Not in a car!
You let me be.
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Grover, Grover, Come on Over!by Katharine Ross, Children's Television Workshop, Tom CookeISBN 0679911170 (0-679-91117-0)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumbby Al Perkins, Eric GurneyISBN 0679890483 (0-679-89048-3)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb'Book summary:Illus. in full color. A madcap band of dancing, prancing monkeys explain hands, fingers, and thumbs to beginning readers.
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Hansel and GretelISBN 0684160064 (0-684-16006-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Hansel and Gretelby Jacob GrimmISBN 068414400X (0-684-14400-X)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Hour of the Olympicsby Mary Pope Osborne, Sal MurdoccaISBN 0679890629 (0-679-89062-9)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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How to Write a Children's Book and Get It Publishedby Barbara SeulingISBN 0684193434 (0-684-19343-4)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Write a Children's Book and Get It Published'Book summary:An Alternate Selection of the Literary Guild Here is everything the aspiring children's author needs to know about the five essential steps to publication: researching the current marketplace, developing story ideas, strengthening writing skills and improving work habits, submitting proposals and manuscripts to agents and publishers, and becoming part of the writing community. What's more, this revised and expanded edition contains updated reading lists and organizational references, as well as the latest information on word processing and illustrating with computers. There's also a new chapter on writing plays for children, and innovative suggestions for handling difficult contemporary issues such as AIDS. From character sketches to bound books, author/editor Barbara Seuling shows how to get involved and work toward success in today's world of children's literature. [via]
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I'm in Charge of Celebrationsby Byrd Baylor, Peter ParnallISBN 0684185792 (0-684-18579-2)
Hardcover, Atheneum
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I'm in Charge of Celebrations'Book summary:Byrd Baylor's text captures and shares some of the special experiences in the Southwest desert country that have inaugurated her private celebrations: The Time of Falling Stars, in the middle of August, when "every time a streak of light goes shooting through the darkness, I feel my heart shoot out of me"; Rainbow Celebration Day, marking the time she and a jackrabbit stood together watching a triple-rainbow over a canyon; and the real New Year's Day (January first is "just another winter day"), the day spring begins. "I celebrate with horned toads and ravens and lizards and quail...And, Friend, it's not a bad party." [via]
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If You Are a Hunter of Fossilsby Peter Parnall, Byrd BaylorISBN 0684164191 (0-684-16419-1)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Iliad and the Odysseyby HomerISBN 0681452447 (0-681-45244-7)
Hardcover, Longmeadow Pr
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Inventing Wonderland: Victorian Childhood as Seen Through the Lives and Fantasies of Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, J. M. Barrie, Kenneth Grahame, and A. A. Milneby Jackie WullschlagerISBN 0684822865 (0-684-82286-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Jonathan Livingston Seagullby Richard BachISBN 0684846845 (0-684-84684-5)
Hardcover, Scribner
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull'Book summary:"Most gulls don't bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight--how to get from shore to food and back again," writes author Richard Bach in this allegory about a unique bird named Jonathan Livingston Seagull. "For most gulls it is not flying that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight." Flight is indeed the metaphor that makes the story soar. Ultimately this is a fable about the importance of seeking a higher purpose in life, even if your flock, tribe, or neighborhood finds your ambition threatening. (At one point our beloved gull is even banished from his flock.) By not compromising his higher vision, Jonathan gets the ultimate payoff: transcendence. Ultimately, he learns the meaning of love and kindness. The dreamy seagull photographs by Russell Munson provide just the right illustrations--although the overall packaging does seem a bit dated (keep in mind that it was first published in 1970). Nonetheless, this is a spirituality classic, and an especially engaging parable for adolescents. --Gail Hudson [via]
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Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcakeby Barbara Park, Denise BrunkusISBN 0679966943 (0-679-96694-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake'Book summary:Meet the World's Funniest KindergartnerJunie B. Jones!
"I'm the bestest winner in the world!" With over 50 million books in print, Barbara Park's New York Times bestselling chapter book series, Junie B. Jones, is a classroom favorite and has been keeping kids laughingand readingfor over 20 years! In the 5th Junie B. Jones book, it's Carnival Night, and Lucille has already won a box of fluffy cupcakes with sprinkles on them. But when Junie B. wins the Cake Walk, she chooses the bestest cake of allthe one wrapped in sparkly aluminum foil. How was she to know it was a lethal weapon?
USA TODAY:
"Junie B. is the darling of the young-reader set."
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"Park convinces beginning readers that Junie B.and readingare lots of fun."
Kirkus Reviews:
"Junie's swarms of young fans will continue to delight in her unique take on the world&.A hilarious, first-rate read-aloud."
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"Junie B. Jones is a feisty six-year-old with an endearing penchant for honesty." [via]More editions of Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake:
Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crookby Barbara Park, Denise BrunkusISBN 0679883428 (0-679-88342-8)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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The Knight at Dawnby Mary Osborne, Sal MurdoccaISBN 0679924124 (0-679-92412-4)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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The Last of the Mohicansby James Fenimore Cooper, N. C. WyethISBN 0684187116 (0-684-18711-6)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Les Cigares Du Pharaonby HergeISBN 0685234096 (0-685-23409-6)
Hardcover, French & European Pubns
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Letters from a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobsby Mary E. LyonsISBN 0684194465 (0-684-19446-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Life and Adventures of Santa Clausby L. Frank Baum, Mary Cowles ClarkISBN 0682473863 (0-682-47386-3)
Hardcover, Exposition-Phoenix Pr
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Light the Candles! Beat the Drums!by Jane SarnoffISBN 0684164027 (0-684-16402-7)
Hardcover, Smithmark Pub
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Mansions of the Godsby Albert Uderzo, Goscinny, R. & Uderzo, M.ISBN 0686562100 (0-686-56210-0)
Hardcover, French & European Pubns
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Masqueradeby WilliamsISBN 0686761723 (0-686-76172-3)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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Ming Lo Moves the Mountainby Arnold LobelISBN 0688006116 (0-688-00611-6)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Moneyby Joe CribbISBN 0679904387 (0-679-90438-7)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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My Many Colored Daysby Seuss, Steve Johnson, Lou FancherISBN 067989344X (0-679-89344-X)
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Mystery of the Headless Horsemanby Kathryn KennyISBN 0685960404 (0-685-96040-4)
Hardcover, Goldencraft
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Once a Mouseby Marcia BrownISBN 0684126621 (0-684-12662-1)
Hardcover, Atheneum
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One Small Blue Beadby Byrd Baylor, Ronald HimlerISBN 0684193345 (0-684-19334-5)
Hardcover, Atheneum
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Where coals of fire glowed warm and red.
Boy lay curled on a bed of leaves
But he sat up when an old man said: "This thought keeps spinning in my head.
There must be caves just like our own
Somewhere
And other axes made of stone
Somewhere
And other men like me."
Though only Boy shares his dream, the old man leaves the tribe to search for what the world may hold. Boy does the old man's work in his absence and watches hopefully for his return...
For any good thing
Can happen when
The world is full of
Tribes of men
Who know that they have brothers.
First published in 1965 and long out of print, Byrd Baylor's powerful story is newly illustrated with Ronald Himler's vigorous yet tender pictures. [via]
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Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truthby Anne Rockwell, R. Gregory ChristieISBN 0679891862 (0-679-89186-2)
Hardcover, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth'Book summary:Born in 1797, and sold three times by the time she was 13 (and beaten many more times), a tall young slave girl named Isabella grew in her determination to fight the evils of slavery and speak for human rights. At the age of 46, having been a free woman for 17 years, Isabella woke from a dream telling her she must travel the country, conveying to people what it meant to be a slave. On that day, Isabella renamed herself.
"It was as though the life she'd known up till then belonged to someone else. A new one was beginning. The old life had become a tale to tell, a story to bring freedom to others. Her old name belonged to her old life. From that day on, she was never called Isabella again. Her name was Sojourner Truth."
Anne Rockwell's picture-book biography of the legendary and powerful messenger of civil rights rings with authority and dignity, matched by Gregory Christie's full-page impressionistic paintings featuring Truth's symbolically outsized head and hands, and striking perspectives of both slaves and slave owners. Awash with rich color, Christie's images will linger long with readers, as will Rockwell's description of Sojourner Truth singing in the face of enraged, drunken antiabolitionists. The author includes a historical note and a 19th century timeline for further context. Rockwell is the noted author of more than 100 books for children, and Christie was the recipient of the Coretta Scott King Honor for his illustrations in The Palm of My Heart. (Ages 8 to 12) --Emilie Coulter [via]More editions of Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth:
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The Other Way to Listenby Byrd BaylorISBN 068416017X (0-684-16017-X)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Other Way to Listen'Book summary:When you know "the other way to listen," you can hear wildflower seeds burst open, you can hear the rocks murmuring, and the hills singing, and it seems like the most natural thing in the world.
Of course it takes a lot of practice, and you can't be in a hurry...
In fact, most people never hear those things at all, but this book tells you about two people who did -- one who was very good at it and one who took a long time learning.
As in their other books, Byrd Baylor and Peter Parnall bring us close to the essence of the natural world. Thanks to their unique talents, their books are for us the experience about which they write and draw. [via]
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Peach & Blueby Sarah S. Kilborne, Steve Johnson, Lou FancherISBN 0679890955 (0-679-89095-5)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Pirates Past Noonby Mary Osborne, Sal MurdoccaISBN 0679924256 (0-679-92425-6)
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Possum Magicby Mem Fox, Julie VivasISBN 0687317320 (0-687-31732-0)
Hardcover, Abingdon Press
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Ramona Quimbyby Beverly Cleary, Alan TiegreenISBN 0688004776 (0-688-00477-6)
Hardcover, William Morrow & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ramona Quimby'Book summary:From the first day of third grade, when Ramona Quimby meets her eventual nemesis Yard Ape, life moves on at its usual wild pace--usual for the boisterous Ramona, that is. Soon she is accidentally squashing a raw egg into her hair at the school cafeteria, being forced to play Uncle Rat with her annoying young neighbor, and, worst of all, throwing up in her classroom. The responsibilities of an 8-year-old are sometimes daunting, especially in a family that is trying to squeak by while the father goes back to school. But Ramona is full of too much vim and vigor to ever be down for long.
In her second Newbery Honor Book about Ramona (the first was Ramona and Her Father), Beverly Cleary presents another slice of the Quimby family life. Author of more than two dozen children's books, Cleary has a true knack for understanding the tangle of thoughts and emotions in a child's mind and heart. Empathic, witty, and astute, she has earned many other awards, including the Newbery Medal for Dear Mr. Henshaw. Alan Tiegreen's clever line drawings have charmed countless readers of Cleary's books over the years, and his style is now inextricably tied to hers. (Ages 8 to 12) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Ramona Quimby, Age 8by Beverly Cleary, Alan Tiegreen, Tracy DockrayISBN 0688004784 (0-688-00478-4)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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In her second Newbery Honor Book about Ramona (the first was Ramona and Her Father), Beverly Cleary presents another slice of the Quimby family life. Author of more than two dozen children's books, Cleary has a true knack for understanding the tangle of thoughts and emotions in a child's mind and heart. Empathic, witty, and astute, she has earned many other awards, including the Newbery Medal for Dear Mr. Henshaw. Alan Tiegreen's clever line drawings have charmed countless readers of Cleary's books over the years, and his style is now inextricably tied to hers. (Ages 8 to 12) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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The Random House Book of Dance Storiesby Felicity Trotman, Anna LeplarISBN 0679885293 (0-679-88529-3)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Raymond Briggs' the Snowmanby Raymond Briggs, Michelle Knudsen, Maggie DownerISBN 0679894438 (0-679-89443-8)
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Revolutionary War on Wednesdayby Mary Osborne, Sal MurdoccaISBN 0679890688 (0-679-89068-8)
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Robin Hoodby Paul Creswick, N. C. WyethISBN 0684181622 (0-684-18162-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Seuss-Isms: Wise and Witty Prescriptions for Living from the Good Doctorby SeussISBN 0679883568 (0-679-88356-8)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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The Snowman Storybookby Raymond BriggsISBN 0679883436 (0-679-88343-6)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Sort of Foreverby Sally WarnerISBN 0679886486 (0-679-88648-6)
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Soup for Presidentby Robert Newton PeckISBN 0679892591 (0-679-89259-1)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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Stargirlby Jerry SpinelliISBN 0679886370 (0-679-88637-0)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stargirl'Book summary:"She was homeschooling gone amok." "She was an alien." "Her parents were circus acrobats." These are only a few of the theories concocted to explain Stargirl Caraway, a new 10th grader at Arizona's Mica Area High School who wears pioneer dresses and kimonos to school, strums a ukulele in the cafeteria, laughs when there are no jokes, and dances when there is no music. The whole school, not exactly a "hotbed of nonconformity," is stunned by her, including our 16-year-old narrator Leo Borlock: "She was elusive. She was today. She was tomorrow. She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower, the flitting shadow of an elf owl."
In time, incredulity gives way to out-and-out adoration as the student body finds itself helpless to resist Stargirl's wide-eyed charm, pure-spirited friendliness, and penchant for celebrating the achievements of others. In the ultimate high school symbol of acceptance, she is even recruited as a cheerleader. Popularity, of course, is a fragile and fleeting state, and bit by bit, Mica sours on their new idol. Why is Stargirl showing up at the funerals of strangers? Worse, why does she cheer for the opposing basketball teams? The growing hostility comes to a head when she is verbally flogged by resentful students on Leo's televised Hot Seat show in an episode that is too terrible to air. While the playful, chin-held-high Stargirl seems impervious to the shunning that ensues, Leo, who is in the throes of first love (and therefore scornfully deemed "Starboy"), is not made of such strong stuff: "I became angry. I resented having to choose. I refused to choose. I imagined my life without her and without them, and I didn't like it either way."
Jerry Spinelli, author of Newbery Medalist Maniac Magee, Newbery Honor Book Wringer, and many other excellent books for teens, elegantly and accurately captures the collective, not-always-pretty emotions of a high school microcosm in which individuality is pitted against conformity. Spinelli's Stargirl is a supernatural teen character--absolutely egoless, altruistic, in touch with life's primitive rhythms, meditative, untouched by popular culture, and supremely self-confident. It is the sensitive Leo whom readers will relate to as he grapples with who she is, who he is, who they are together as Stargirl and Starboy, and indeed, what it means to be a human being on a planet that is rich with wonders. (Ages 10 to 14) --Karin Snelson [via]
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Stone Soupby Marcia BrownISBN 0684922967 (0-684-92296-7)
Hardcover, Atheneum
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stone Soup'Book summary:Three soldiers came marching down the road towards a French village. The peasants seeing them coming, suddenly became very busy, for soldiers are often hungry. So all the food was hidden under mattresses or in barns. There followed a battle of wits, with the soldiers equal to the occasion. Stone soup? Why, of course, they could make a wonderful soup of stones...but, of course, one must add a carrot or tow...some meat...so it went.
Marcia Brown has made of this old tale a very gay book, a carnival of activity, of dancing and laughter. So much goes on in the pictures that children who have once heard the story will turn to them again and again, retelling the story for themselves.
A French version of the story is available under the title Une Drôle de Soupe. [via]
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Sunset of the Sabertoothby Mary Osborne, Sal MurdoccaISBN 0679963731 (0-679-96373-1)
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The Table Where Rich People Sitby Byrd Baylor, Peter ParnallISBN 0684196530 (0-684-19653-0)
Hardcover, Atheneum
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The Thanksgiving Storyby Alice Dalgliesh, Helen SewellISBN 0684189992 (0-684-18999-2)
Hardcover, Atheneum
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Thomas and Bertieby Wilbert V. Awdry, Robin DaviesISBN 0679886826 (0-679-88682-6)
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Three Tales of My Father's Dragon: My Father's Dragon/Elmer and the Dragon/The Dragons of Bluelandby Ruth Stiles GannettISBN 0679889116 (0-679-88911-6)
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Trainby John CoileyISBN 0679916849 (0-679-91684-9)
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Twister on Tuesdayby Mary Osborne, Sal MurdoccaISBN 0679890696 (0-679-89069-6)
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Uncle Boris in the Yukon and Other Shaggy Dog Storiesby Daniel M. Pinkwater, Jill PinkwaterISBN 0684856328 (0-684-85632-8)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Watership Downby Richard George AdamsISBN 068483605X (0-684-83605-X)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Watership Down'Book summary:Watership Down has been a staple of high-school English classes for years. Despite the fact that it's often a hard sell at first (what teenager wouldn't cringe at the thought of 400-plus pages of talking rabbits?), Richard Adams's bunny-centric epic rarely fails to win the love and respect of anyone who reads it, regardless of age. Like most great novels, Watership Down is a rich story that can be read (and reread) on many different levels. The book is often praised as an allegory, with its analogs between human and rabbit culture (a fact sometimes used to goad skeptical teens, who resent the challenge that they won't "get" it, into reading it), but it's equally praiseworthy as just a corking good adventure.
The story follows a warren of Berkshire rabbits fleeing the destruction of their home by a land developer. As they search for a safe haven, skirting danger at every turn, we become acquainted with the band and its compelling culture and mythos. Adams has crafted a touching, involving world in the dirt and scrub of the English countryside, complete with its own folk history and language (the book comes with a "lapine" glossary, a guide to rabbitese). As much about freedom, ethics, and human nature as it is about a bunch of bunnies looking for a warm hidey-hole and some mates, Watership Down will continue to make the transition from classroom desk to bedside table for many generations to come. --Paul Hughes [via]
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The Way to Start a Dayby Byrd BaylorISBN 0684156512 (0-684-15651-2)
Hardcover, Atheneum
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Way to Start a Day'Book summary:Lots of antique photographs portraying Chinese culture in the Nineteenth Century [via]
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Westward Ho!by Charles Kingsley, N. C. WyethISBN 0684194449 (0-684-19444-9)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Westward Ho!'Book summary:For nearly a century, Scribner has exemplified the very best in publishing by pairing classic texts with the illustrative giants of the time, such as N. C. Wyeth and Maxfield Parrish. With the same commitment to the high standards established by the series' founders, Atheneum Books for Young Readers is expanding the Scribner Illustrated Classics line over the next several years to include such modern-day classics as Jack London's The Call of the Wild and White Fang, J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, and The Stories of O. Henry, to be illustrated by some of the finest artists of our generation, including Wendell Minor, Ed Young, and Trina Schart Hyman. [via]
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Zooby Anthony BrowneISBN 0679939466 (0-679-93946-6)
Hardcover, Knopf
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