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The Adventures of Tintin: The Blue Lotusby HergeISBN 0867199067 (0-86719-906-7)
Hardcover, Last Gasp of San Francisco
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Tintin: The Blue Lotus'Book summary:Picking up where he left off in the Egyptian adventure Cigars of the Pharaoh, Tintin travels to China in The Blue Lotus, a tale which is generally considered Herge's first masterpiece. It's also Tintin's only foray into actual history, specifically the Sino-Japanese conflicts of the early 1930s. The political tensions combined with the chilling threats of drugs give the story an especially high and realistic sense of danger. Herge's interest in China was spurred by a friendship with a young Chinese student named Chang Chong-chen, a relationship that Tintin mirrors with a Chinese boy also named Chang Chong-chen. Herge paints a vivid picture of China and takes the opportunity to denounce ethnic prejudices (though ironically his artistic depiction of the Japanese businessman Mitsuhirato is quite grotesque). Years later, Tintin's relationship with Chang would become the basis of Tintin in Tibet. --David Horiuchi [via]
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The Alchemistby Paulo Coelho, Alan R. ClarkeISBN 0613334582 (0-613-33458-2)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Alchemist'Book summary:Amazon.co.uk Review Like the one-time bestseller Jonathan Livingston Seagull, The Alchemist presents a simple fable, based on simple truths and places it in a highly unique situation. And though we may sense a bestselling formula, it is certainly not a new one: even the ancient tribal storytellers knew that this is the most successful method of entertaining an audience while slipping in a lesson or two. Brazilian storyteller Paulo Coehlo introduces Santiago, an Andalucian shepherd boy who one night dreams of a distant treasure in the Egyptian pyramids. And so he's off: leaving Spain to literally follow his dream. Along the way he meets many spiritual messengers, who come in unassuming forms such as a camel driver and a well-read Englishman. In one of the Englishman's books, Santiago first learns about the alchemists--men who believed that if a metal were heated for many years, it would free itself of all its individual properties, and what was left would be the "Soul of the World." Of course he does eventually meet an alchemist, and the ensuing student-teacher relationship clarifies much of the boy's misguided agenda, while also emboldening him to stay true to his dreams. "My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy confides to the alchemist one night as they look up at a moonless night. "Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself," the alchemist replies. "And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity." [via]
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Aquamarineby Alice HoffmanISBN 0439098645 (0-439-09864-5)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aquamarine'Book summary:This wide-eyed, magical tale by distinguished author Alice Hoffman reflects the pale blue hue of two 12-year-old friends about to be parted at summer's end. Hailey and Claire have lived next door to each other and have been best friends all their lives, but now Claire's family is going to move away to Florida. The two hang out at the neighborhood beach club in the blistering heat, dreading the end of things. The Capri Beach Club, too, is coming to an end--neglected and shabby, due to be bulldozed at the end of the season.
Despite the girls' fear of change, everything shifts with a summer storm. At the beach club the next morning, Hailey and Claire find that the storm has left its mark, filling the cloudy waters of the swimming pool with jellyfish and seaweed. Hailey boldly dives in and discovers that the waves have also brought a delicate blue and white mermaid who is extremely grouchy at her predicament. The girls scheme to return the fish-woman to the sea, but she obstinately refuses to leave the vicinity of Raymond, the handsome boy who runs the gift shop. Alarmed at the mermaid's growing weakness, Hailey and Claire extract her promise to go back to the sea in exchange for one evening with Raymond. They set up a blind date, dress her in a long blue dress to hide her tail, and take her to the rendezvous in a wheelchair. But the next morning the dying mermaid is in love, and the patio is full of partygoers. Can the girls sneak her past all those eyes to save her life? And will she let them? Young teens will be entranced by the strange dreaminess of this poignant little story about love and loss. (Ages 10 to 14) --Patty Campbell [via]
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The Au Pairsby Melissa De LA CruzISBN 0689873190 (0-689-87319-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Merchandise &
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Au Pairs'Book summary:Three girls with three agendas and the ultimate destination: the Hamptons.
Summer in the city? Way overrated. Everybody who's anybody in New York City summers in the Hamptons. Mara, Eliza, and Jacqui all want a piece of the action, all for different reasons.
So the girls answer a classified ad to become au pairs. How bad can it be, watching a couple of kids on the beach all day? They've got the swank address, the sweet ride, and an all-access pass to the hottest social scene on the East Coast. It's shaping up to be the summer of their lives. [via]
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Blueberries for Salby Robert McCloskeyISBN 1591126932 (1-59112-693-2)
Softcover, Live Oak Media
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blueberries for Sal'Book summary:Kuplink, kuplank, kuplunk go the blueberries into the pail of a little girl named Sal who--try as she might--just can't seem to pick as fast as she eats. Robert McCloskey's classic is a magical tale of the irrepressible curiosity--not to mention appetite--of youth. Sal and her mother set off in search of blueberries for the winter at the same time as a mother bear and her cub. A quiet comedy of errors ensues when the young ones wander off and absentmindedly trail the wrong mothers.
Blueberries for Sal--with its gentle animals, funny noises, and youthful spirit of adventure--is perfect for reading aloud. The endearing illustrations, rendered in dark, blueberry-stain blue, will leave you craving a fresh pail of your own. (Picture book) [via]
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Caterpillar Springby Susan Hood, Claudine GevryISBN 079440149X (0-7944-0149-X)
Hardcover, Readers Digest
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Caterpillar Spring'Book summary:Large Size Hardcover with 3-D like add-on to front cover, Coil Spring and Fabric Caterpillar inside, and a huge Butterfly Pop-Up on last page. A Fantastic, High-Quality Book. Written by Susan Hood with Color Illustrations by Claudine Gevry. [via]
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Caterpillar Spring, Butterfly Summerby Susan Hood, Claudine GevryISBN 0794412173 (0-7944-1217-3)
Hardcover, Reader's Digest Association, Incorporated, The
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Come On, Rain!by Karen Hesse, Jon J. MuthISBN 0590331256 (0-590-33125-6)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Come On, Rain!'Book summary:In this quietly affecting story, award-winning author Karen Hesse and artist Jon J. Muth deftly capture the magnificence of a sudden rainstorm on a swelteringly hot day. Much more than a simple tale of weather, Come On, Rain! also portrays the tenderness of mother-daughter relations, the rhythms of urban society, and the power of nature to transform and reinvigorate all forms of life.
The book's collaborators, more like alchemists, work wonders. Muth's sunbaked watercolors perfectly convey the washed-out, drought-stricken world, while Hesse's gripping narrative--a detailed prose poem written in the voice of the watchful, pigtailed Tessie--conveys undaunted hope and anticipation. Like a long-limbed little bird--all twiggy arms and legs--Tessie moves through the neighborhood, observing her Mamma, her friends, the skies, even the streets:
Up and down the block,
As the downpour approaches, Tessie gathers her neighborhood friends for a romp in the raindrops. Their eager anticipation is matched by a rain shower so gigantic, it even makes their mothers run into the street. It's literally the stuff that dreams are made of--my own daughter dreamed of the delicious downpour the night we first read the book. (Click to see a sample spread. Text ©1999 by Karen Hesse. Illustrations ©1999 by Jon J. Muth. Reproduced with permission of Scholastic, Inc.) (Ages 5 and older) --Jean Lenihan [via]
cats pant,
heat wavers off tar patches in the broiling alleyway....I stare out over rooftops,
past chimneys, into the way off distance.
And that's when I see it coming,
clouds rolling in,
gray clouds, bunched and bulging under a purple sky.A creeper of hope circles round my bones.
"Come on, rain!" I whisper.
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Dairy Queenby Catherine Gilbert MurdockISBN 0618683070 (0-618-68307-0)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dairy Queen'Book summary:When you dont talk, theres a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said.[via]
Harsh words indeed, from Brian Nelson of all people. But, D. J. cant help admitting, maybe hes right.
When you dont talk, theres a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said.
Stuff like why her best friend, Amber, isnt so friendly anymore. Or why her little brother, Curtis, never opens his mouth. Why her mom has two jobs and a big secret. Why her college-football-star brothers wont even call home. Why her dad would go ballistic if she tried out for the high school football team herself. And why Brian is so, so out of her league.
When you dont talk, theres a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said.
Welcome to the summer that fifteen-year-old D. J. Schwenk of Red Bend, Wisconsin, learns to talk, and ends up having an awful lot of stuff to say.More editions of Dairy Queen:
Dandelion Wineby Ray BradburyISBN 0553277537 (0-553-27753-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dandelion Wine'Book summary:World-renowned fantasist Ray Bradbury has on several occasions stepped outside the arenas of horror, fantasy, and science fiction. An unabashed romantic, his first novel in 1957 was basically a love letter to his childhood. (For those who want to undertake an even more evocative look at the dark side of youth, five years later the author would write the chilling classic Something Wicked This Way Comes.)
Dandelion Wine takes us into the summer of 1928, and to all the wondrous and magical events in the life of a 12-year-old Midwestern boy named Douglas Spaulding. This tender, openly affectionate story of a young man's voyage of discovery is certainly more mainstream than exotic. No walking dead or spaceships to Mars here. Yet those who wish to experience the unique magic of early Bradbury as a prose stylist should find Dandelion Wine most refreshing. --Stanley Wiater [via]
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- Dandelion Wine: ISBN 0380977265 (0-380-97726-5)
Hardcover, Harpercollins - Dandelion Wine: ISBN 0808520717 (0-8085-2071-7)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - Dandelion Wine: ISBN 0394496051 (0-394-49605-1)
Hardcover, Random House Inc - Dandelion Wine: ISBN 0553119303 (0-553-11930-3)
Hardcover, Ballantine Books - Dandelion Wine: ISBN 0553277537 (0-553-27753-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
- Dandelion Wine: ISBN 0380977265 (0-380-97726-5)
El Alquimistaby Paulo CoelhoISBN 9700508609 (970-05-0860-9)
Softcover, Giron Spanish Books Distributors
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Alquimista'Book summary:La mÁgica historia de Paulo Coelho, que trata sobre Santiago, un niÑo pastor andaluz que viaja en busca de un tesoro material, nos enseÑa la importancia que tiene el saber eschuchar lo que nos dice el corazÓn, a aprender a leer los presagios dispersados por el camino de nuestras vidas y, sobre todo, a seguir nuestros sueÑos.
El Alquimista, ahora por primera vez disponible en EspaÑa en Norte America, ha sido aclamado en EspaÑa y en America Latina como una de las novelas mas importantes de la dÉcada.
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El Alquimista / The Alchemistby Paulo CoelhoISBN 9685957843 (968-5957-84-3)
Softcover, Grijalbo Mondadori
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Alquimista / The Alchemist'Book summary:La mÁgica historia de Paulo Coelho, que trata sobre Santiago, un niÑo pastor andaluz que viaja en busca de un tesoro material, nos enseÑa la importancia que tiene el saber eschuchar lo que nos dice el corazÓn, a aprender a leer los presagios dispersados por el camino de nuestras vidas y, sobre todo, a seguir nuestros sueÑos.
El Alquimista, ahora por primera vez disponible en EspaÑa en Norte America, ha sido aclamado en EspaÑa y en America Latina como una de las novelas mas importantes de la dÉcada.
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Empress of the Worldby Sara RyanISBN 0670896888 (0-670-89688-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Empress of the World'Book summary:Nicola Lancaster is spending the summer at the Siegel Institute Summer Program for Gifted Youth-a hothouse of smart, articulate, intense teenagers, living like college students for eight weeks. Nic's had theater friends and orchestra friends, but never just friend friends. And she's certainly never had a relationship. But on the very first day, she falls in with Katrina the Computer Girl, Isaac the West Coast Nice-Guy-Despite-Himself, Kevin the Inarticulate Composer...and Battle. Battle Hall Davies is a beautiful blonde dancer from North Carolina. She's everything Nic isn't. Soon the two are friends-and then, startlingly, more than friends. What do you do when you think you're attracted to guys, and then you meet a girl who steals your heart? [via]
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Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhoodby Ann BrasharesISBN 0385729367 (0-385-72936-7)
Hardcover, Delacorte Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood'Book summary:Ann Brashares has created a wonderful, heartfelt series for teens (and adults) around a pair of pants. In her breakout bestseller, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Brashares introduced readers to four girls, Lena, Bridget, Carmen, and Tibby, and to the magical pair of jeans that fit them all perfectly, and inspired them to live their young lives to the fullest. Forever in Blue, the fourth and final novel in the series, promises a dazzling finale--one "last glorious summer" for the four girls, and their fans. See a note from author Ann Brashares, below.--Daphne Durham
A Note from Ann Brashares
December 1, 2006
Dear Amazon Reader,
Well, here we are together again. If you are getting ready to read the fourth book, Forever in Blue, that means we've probably spent some time together. I hope you've enjoyed it. I know I have.
We don't know each other and we may never get to meet, but I feel like we are connected nonetheless. We've spent time with four fictional girls together. We've puzzled over their lives and their choices. We've rooted for them and sometimes felt annoyed by them. We've shared some hopes for them, I think, and in the process for ourselves.
So thank you for being part of the sisterhood with me. I have really appreciated your company along the way.
Happy reading,
Ann
Spend Time with the Sisterhood
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Boxed Set
Girls in Pants
The Second Summer of the Sisterhood
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
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Forever Summerby Nigella Lawson, Petrina TinslayISBN 1401300162 (1-4013-0016-2)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books
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Girls In Pants: The Third Summer Of The Sisterhoodby Ann BrasharesISBN 0552552771 (0-552-55277-1)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Girls In Pants: The Third Summer Of The Sisterhood'Book summary:Ages 12 and up. Best buds Tibby, Carmen, Lena and Bridget are back with their magical pair of shared jeans in Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood. Each summer brings new and difficult challenges, as the perennially separated friends discover afresh this last season before college. Tibby struggles with the idea of close friend Brian becoming her boyfriend, and their fragile relationship is soon tested by a tragedy in her immediate family. Carmen doesnt know how to react when she finds out that her middle-aged mom is pregnant, and Bridget is unpleasantly surprised to be reunited with the boy who broke her heart two summers ago. Finally, Lena, still coming to terms with the loss of her first love, tries to convince her strict father that art school is a better career path than Greek restaurant management. But through every crisis, each girl is assured of the love and support of the created sisterhood when she pulls on the denim armor of the cherished, and by now, a bit fragrant ("Rule # 1. You must never wash the Pants.") Traveling Pants.
Full of homey platitudes about life, love and the pursuit of perfect jeans, Girls in Pants occasionally reads like a lengthy Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul entry. But often thats precisely the kind of friendly reassurance female readers are looking for, and fans of the wildly popular series whove journeyed every summer with the "Septembers" will find much to laugh and cry about in this concluding volume. --Jennifer Hubert [via]
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- Girls In Pants: The Third Summer Of The Sisterhood: ISBN 0553375938 (0-553-37593-8)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books - Girls In Pants: The Third Summer Of The Sisterhood: ISBN 0553495046 (0-553-49504-6)
Softcover, Dell Pub Co - Girls In Pants: The Third Summer Of The Sisterhood: ISBN 0385729359 (0-385-72935-9)
Hardcover, Delacorte Pr - Girls In Pants: The Third Summer Of The Sisterhood: ISBN 0385909195 (0-385-90919-5)
Hardcover, Delacorte Pr - Girls In Pants: The Third Summer Of The Sisterhood: ISBN 0552552771 (0-552-55277-1)
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- Girls In Pants: The Third Summer Of The Sisterhood: ISBN 0553375938 (0-553-37593-8)
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Gone-Away Lake: Library Editionby Elizabeth Enright, Joe Krush, Beth KrushISBN 0152022724 (0-15-202272-4)
Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gone-Away Lake: Library Edition'Book summary:Summer has a magic all its own in Elizabeth Enright's beloved stories about two children and their discovery of a ghostly lakeside resort. These two modern classics are once again available in Odyssey/Harcourt Young Classic editions, but now with handsome new cover art by Mary GrandPré to complement Beth and Joe Krush's original interior illustrations.[via]More editions of Gone-Away Lake: Library Edition:
Gone-Away Lake: Library Editionby Beth Krush, Elizabeth EnrightISBN 0152316493 (0-15-231649-3)
Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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Hattie and the Wild Waves: A Story from Brooklynby Barbara CooneyISBN 0670830569 (0-670-83056-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Henry and Mudge in the Green Timeby Cynthia Rylant, Sucie StevensonISBN 0689810016 (0-689-81001-6)
Softcover, Aladdin Paperbacks
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry and Mudge in the Green Time'Book summary:Henry and his 180-pound dog Mudge are best friends forever. And in this third book of their adventures, they share summertime fun! [via]
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- Henry and Mudge in the Green Time: ISBN 068971582X (0-689-71582-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Merchandise & - Henry and Mudge in the Green Time: ISBN 0689810008 (0-689-81000-8)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing - Henry and Mudge in the Green Time: ISBN 0689810016 (0-689-81001-6)
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- Henry and Mudge in the Green Time: ISBN 068971582X (0-689-71582-X)
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In the Company of Angelsby Nicole KelbyISBN 0786885831 (0-7868-8583-1)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In the Company of Angels'Book summary:A compelling novel of dark miracles and angelic visitation, set in a Nazi-occupied Belgian town that is scented by chocolate and haunted by war.
It is World War II, a small village in France near the border of Belgium. Marie Claire is a young French Jew, cared for by her grandmother, who cultivates flowers. A shattering of glass, and Marie Claires village is in rubble. Her grandmother is dead, everyone is dead. She flees to the root cellar of her grandmothers house and waits . . .
She is saved by two Belgian nuns who take Marie Claire away to their convent in Tournai, Belgium, where they have been hiding Jews for transport to Switzerland. It is then that the miracles begin. Is Marie Claire causing them? The answer to that question remains mysterious until the last pages of this entirely original debut. In a town scented with chocolate, haunted by memories of the past and the desperation of the present, the miraculous is sometimes hard to recognize. A suspenseful novel of enormous power and sensitivity, In the Company of Angels introduces a distinctly imaginative new voice in fiction. [via]
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It Could Still Be a Leafby Allan FowlerISBN 051646017X (0-516-46017-X)
Softcover, Scholastic Library Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'It Could Still Be a Leaf'Book summary:Discusses different kinds of leaves, the forms and colors they may have, and their function. [via]
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Jamberryby Bruce DegenISBN 0694006513 (0-694-00651-3)
Hardcover, Harperfestival
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jamberry'Book summary:Hat and boot in hand, a boy and a bear set off on a delicious and raucous romp through Berryland. They frolic in strawberry fields forever, rumble and ramble in blackberry brambles, and topple their canoeberry with blueberries. Silly rhymes and a musical beat practically beg to be read aloud, preferably accompanied by dancing. New readers will giggle as they follow the fruit-frenzied pals on their berry adventures. Jamberry builds quickly in intensity and complexity, starting with "One berry, Two berry, Pick me a blueberry," and working up to "Raspberry, Jazzberry, Razzmatazzberry, Berryband, Merryband, Jamming in Berryland." Children will love discovering the subtle touches in Bruce Degen's illustrations: a frog climbing out of a hat, crackers and butter instead of lily pads, and a sign by the raspberry skating rink imploring skaters not to pick the jelly rolls planted nearby. Every character seems giddy with well-fed joy in this veritable jamboree of flavorful fun. Jamberry is a book best enjoyed on a gloomy day with a dollop of vanilla ice cream. (Baby to Preschool) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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The Mailbox Superbook, Kindergarten: Your Complete Resource for an Entire Year of Kindergarten Successby Ada H. Goren, Kimberli CarrierISBN 1562341960 (1-56234-196-0)
Softcover, Education Center
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mailbox Superbook, Kindergarten: Your Complete Resource for an Entire Year of Kindergarten Success'Book summary:SUPERBOOK GR K [via]
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Moosekitos: A Moose Family Reunionby Margie Palatini, Henry ColeISBN 0786819553 (0-7868-1955-3)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books for Children
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moosekitos: A Moose Family Reunion'Book summary:Moose misses his family-his aunties from Moosissippi, his cousins from Moosachusetts-the whole clan. But when everyone arrives at Moose Lodge, things don't go quite as Moose had planned. Alone with his sports equipment and long lists of coordinated activities, Moose despairs of ever being able to bring his family together. Just when he thinks it can't get any worse a swarm of moosekitos starts biting! Is it the end of a perfectly perfect vacation-or the beginning of a very moosey kind of togetherness? Margie Palatini has collaborated with Henry Cole on two other books featuring Moose and his family, Moosetache and Mooseltoe. Her other titles include Mary Had a Little Ham, Broom Mates, and The Web Files. Margie Palatini lives with her husband and son in New Jersey. Henry Cole has illustrated many picture books for children, including The Wright Brothers; Muldoon; and Warthogs Paint: A Messy Color Book, all by Pamela Duncan Edwards. He also illustrated Julie Andrews Edwards's Little Bo: The Story of Bonnie Boadicea and Little Bo in France. He lives in Washington, D.C. [via]
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My Almost Epic Summerby Adele GriffinISBN 0399237844 (0-399-23784-4)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Nature and Science of Summerby Kim Taylor, Jane BurtonISBN 0836821890 (0-8368-2189-0)
Hardcover, Gareth Stevens Pub
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The Night Before Summer Vacationby Natasha Wing, Julie DurrellISBN 044842830X (0-448-42830-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Night Before Summer Vacation'Book summary:A little girl and her family are getting ready to go on vacation . . . or at least they are trying to. In the effort to pack everything that will be needed, there's bound to be something overlooked, and what that is provides a funny ending to this meter-perfect "twist" on Clement Moore's classic.[via]More editions of The Night Before Summer Vacation:
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The Penderwicks: Library Editionby Jeanne BirdsallISBN 0440420474 (0-440-42047-4)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Penderwicks: Library Edition'Book summary:This summer the Penderwick sisters have a wonderful surprise: a holiday on the grounds of a beautiful estate called Arundel. Soon they are busy discovering the summertime magic of Arundels sprawling gardens, treasure-filled attic, tame rabbits, and the cook who makes the best gingerbread in Massachusetts. But the best discovery of all is Jeffrey Tifton, son of Arundels owner, who quickly proves to be the perfect companion for their adventures.
The icy-hearted Mrs. Tifton is not as pleased with the Penderwicks as Jeffrey is, though, and warns the new friends to stay out of trouble. Which, of course, they willwont they? One things for sure: it will be a summer the Penderwicks will never forget.
Deliciously nostalgic and quaintly witty, this is a story as breezy and carefree as a summer day. [via]More editions of The Penderwicks: Library Edition:
- The Penderwicks: Library Edition: ISBN 0375831436 (0-375-83143-6)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books - The Penderwicks: Library Edition: ISBN 0375931430 (0-375-93143-0)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books - The Penderwicks: Library Edition: ISBN 0440420474 (0-440-42047-4)
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- The Penderwicks: Library Edition: ISBN 0375831436 (0-375-83143-6)
Pig in the Pondby Martin Waddell, Jill BartonISBN 1564026043 (1-56402-604-3)
Softcover, Candlewick Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pig in the Pond'Book summary:Pigs don t swim or so it s said. But on one of the hottest days of the summer the pig on Neligan s farm sits by the pond feeling envious of the ducks and the geese floating in the cool water. Finally when she can endure the heat no longer-splash!--this sweltering pig takes a dive throwing the entire farm into an uproar. It isn t long however before the refreshing idea catches on and the pig finds that she s got company! This spirited tale with its exuberant illustrations is sure to be a hit with all those young and old who ever wanted to take the plunge. [via]
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Prodigal Summerby Barbara KingsolverISBN 0571206484 (0-571-20648-4)
Softcover, Faber & Faber Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Prodigal Summer'Book summary:There is no one in contemporary literature quite like Barbara Kingsolver. Her dialogue sparkles with sassy wit and earthy poetry; her descriptions are rooted in daily life but are also on familiar terms with the eternal. With Prodigal Summer, she returns from the Congo to a "wrinkle on the map that lies between farms and wildness." And there, in an isolated pocket of southern Appalachia, she recounts not one but three intricate stories.
Exuberant, lush, riotous--the summer of the novel is "the season of extravagant procreation" in which bullfrogs carelessly lay their jellied masses of eggs in the grass, "apparently confident that their tadpoles would be able to swim through the lawn like little sperms," and in which a woman may learn to "tell time with her skin." It is also the summer in which a family of coyotes moves into the mountains above Zebulon Valley:
The ghost of a creature long extinct was coming in on silent footprints, returning to the place it had once held in the complex anatomy of this forest like a beating heart returned to its body. This is what she believed she would see, if she watched, at this magical juncture: a restoration.
The "she" is Deanna Wolfe, a wildlife biologist observing the coyotes from her isolated aerie--isolated, that is, until the arrival of a young hunter who makes her even more aware of the truth that humans are only an infinitesimal portion in the ecological balance. This truth forms the axis around which the other two narratives revolve: the story of a city girl, entomologist, and new widow and her efforts to find a place for herself; and the story of Garnett Walker and Nannie Rawley, who seem bent on thrashing out the countless intimate lessons of biology as only an irascible traditional farmer and a devotee of organic agriculture can. As Nannie lectures Garnett, "Everything alive is connected to every other by fine, invisible threads. Things you don't see can help you plenty, and things you try to control will often rear back and bite you, and that's the moral of the story."Structurally, that gossamer web is the story: images, phrases, and events link the narratives, and these echoes are rarely obvious, always serendipitous. Kingsolver is one of those authors for whom the terrifying elegance of nature is both aesthetic wonder and source of a fierce and abiding moral vision. She may have inherited Thoreau's mantle, but she piles up riches of her own making, blending her extravagant narrative gift with benevolent concise humor. She treads the line between the sentimental and the glorious like nobody else in American literature. --Kelly Flynn [via]
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A Ring of Endless Light: The Austin Family Chronicles, Book 4by Madeleine L'EngleISBN 0374362998 (0-374-36299-8)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Ring of Endless Light: The Austin Family Chronicles, Book 4'Book summary:Vicky Austin is filled with strong feelings as she stands near Commander Rodney's grave while her grandfather, who himself is dying of cancer, recites the funeral service. Watching his condition deteriorate as the summer passes on beautiful Seven Bay Island is almost more than Vicky can bear. To complicate things, she finds herself the center of attention for three very different boys: Leo is an old friend wanting comfort and longing for romance; Zachary, whose attempted suicide inadvertently caused the Commander's death, is attractive and sophisticated but desperately troubled; and Adam, her older brother's friend, offers her a wonderful chance to assist in his experiments with dophins but treats her as a young girl just when she's ready to feel most grown-up.
Called upon to be dependable, stable, and wise, Vicky is exhilarated but often overwhemed. Forces of darkness and light, tragedy and joy, hover about her, and at times she doesn't know whcih will prevail. [via]More editions of A Ring of Endless Light: The Austin Family Chronicles, Book 4:
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The Second Summer of the Sisterhoodby Ann BrasharesISBN 0385731051 (0-385-73105-1)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Second Summer of the Sisterhood'Book summary:Teens who loved Ann Brashares's The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2001) will cheer its equally riveting sequel The Second Summer of the Sisterhood. As in the first novel, four teen girls who have known each other since birth (their moms shared a pregnancy aerobics class) further forge their bond of friendship through a pair of thrift-store jeans that magically, impossibly, fits them all perfectly.
Like the summer before, Carmen, Bridget, Tibby, and Lena share their individual adventures with the Pants collective, creating an engaging, kaleidoscopic narrative of four voices. This summer, Tibby attends a film program in Virginia and Bridget (Bee), whose mother has died, impulsively jets off to Alabama to get reacquainted with her estranged grandmother. Lovely Lena tries to protect herself from the heartbreak of loving her long-distance Greek god boyfriend Kostos, and Carmen deals (poorly) with her mother dating again and having the nerve to borrow the Pants!
The Second Summer, while breezy and fun to read, deals seriously with love lost and found, death, and finding the courage to live honestly. The teens' lessons are often painful, but the Sisterhood prevails. Quotations from luminaries such as Charlie Brown ("Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love") to Nelson Mandela ("There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered") open each chapter and cleverly reflect the novel's many moods. (Ages 12 and older) --Karin Snelson [via]
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Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsby Ann BrasharesISBN 0385730586 (0-385-73058-6)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants'Book summary:They were just a soft, ordinary pair of thrift-shop jeans until the four girls took turns trying them on--four girls, that is, who are close friends, about to be parted for the summer, with very different sizes and builds, not to mention backgrounds and personalities. Yet the pants settle on each girl's hips perfectly, making her look sexy and long-legged and feel confident as a teenager can feel. "These are magical Pants!" they realize, and so they make a pact to share them equally, to mail them back and forth over the summer from wherever they are. Beautiful, distant Lena is going to Greece to be with her grandparents; strong, athletic Bridget is off to soccer camp in Baja, California; hot-tempered Carmen plans to have her divorced father all to herself in South Carolina; and Tibby the rebel will be left at home to slave for minimum wage at Wallman's.
Over the summer the Pants come to represent the support of the sisterhood, but they also lead each girl into bruising and ultimately healing confrontations with love and courage, dying and forgiveness. Lena finds her identity in Greece and the courage not to reject love; Bridget gets in over her head with an older camp coach; Carmen finds her father ensconced with a new fiancée and family; and Tibby unwillingly takes on a filmmaking apprentice who is dying of leukemia. Each girl's story is distinct and engrossing, told in a brightly contemporary style. Like the Pants, the reader bounces back and forth among the four unfolding adventures, and the melange is spiced with letters and witty quotes. Ann Brashares has here created four captivating characters and seamlessly interwoven their stories for a young adult novel that is fresh and absorbing. (Ages 12 and older) --Patty Campbell [via]
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Summerby Gerda MullerISBN 0863151949 (0-86315-194-9)
Hardcover, Floris Books
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Summer Storyby Jill BarklemISBN 0689830599 (0-689-83059-9)
Hardcover, Atheneum
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Summerland: Library Editionby Michael ChabonISBN 0786816155 (0-7868-1615-5)
Softcover, Disney Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Summerland: Library Edition'Book summary:In Summerland, his first novel for young readers, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon attempts an American Narnia. Inspired by Lewis and Tolkien, he's created his own magical landscape on which to paint a sweeping fantasy quest, but mixes the same ingredients--folklore and new inventions--in a distinctively American way.
The plot is simple and pure, but takes a long time to tell. The setting is Clam Island, Washington, specifically the area on the western tip of the island known as the Summerlands, which enjoys zero rainfall and yearlong fine weather. Ethan Feld, a self-described really bad ball player, is recruited by a 100-year-old scout called Mr. Chiron "Ringfinger" Brown. Ethan is needed to help the ferishers, essentially fairies, to save their world from eradication. On the great infinite tree of worlds, Summerland is on the boundary between two such worlds, and a particularly destructive fairy called Coyote and his band of warriors are nearby and threatening to destroy everything.
Heroes are desperately needed to counter this threat, and their journey involves a lot of baseball, but also encounters with giants, bat-winged goblins, sea monsters, and assorted cunning magic. The novel features an ensemble cast of equal parts that shine and fade in turn, and yet the undoubtedly fine writing fails to mask the enormity and complexities of the world in which they travel, and the bad guys getting their comeuppance always seems so far away. Readers need to savor every word in Summerland to extract the best flavors from it. (Ages 10 and older.) --John McLay, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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Summery Saturday Morningby Margaret Mahy, Selina YoungISBN 0670879436 (0-670-87943-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Tehanuby Ursula K. Le GuinISBN 0575022744 (0-575-02274-4)
Hardcover, Gollancz
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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell!by Lucille Colandro, Jared D. LeeISBN 0439815363 (0-439-81536-3)
Hardcover, Scholastic,
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This Lullabyby Sarah DessenISBN 0670035300 (0-670-03530-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Tombs of Atuanby Ursula K. Le GuinISBN 0553239031 (0-553-23903-1)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tombs of Atuan'Book summary:Often compared to Tolkien's Middle-earth or Lewis's Narnia, Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea is a stunning fantasy world that grabs quickly at our hearts, pulling us deeply into its imaginary realms. Four books (A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, and Tehanu) tell the whole Earthsea cycle--a tale about a reckless, awkward boy named Sparrowhawk who becomes a wizard's apprentice after the wizard reveals Sparrowhawk's true name. The boy comes to realize that his fate may be far more important than he ever dreamed possible. Le Guin challenges her readers to think about the power of language, how in the act of naming the world around us we actually create that world. Teens, especially, will be inspired by the way Le Guin allows her characters to evolve and grow into their own powers.
In this second book of Le Guin's Earthsea series, readers will meet Tenar, a priestess to the "Nameless Ones" who guard the catacombs of the Tombs of Atuan. Only Tenar knows the passageways of this dark labyrinth, and only she can lead the young wizard Sparrowhawk, who stumbles into its maze, to the greatest treasure of all. Will she? [via]
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The Truth About Foreverby Sarah DessenISBN 0670036390 (0-670-03639-0)
Hardcover, Viking Childrens Books
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Una Mujer Dificil / Storiesby John IrvingISBN 8483100959 (84-8310-095-9)
Softcover, Ediciones Urano
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Weetzie Batby Francesca Lia BlockISBN 0613371712 (0-613-37171-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Weetzie Bat'Book summary:Fifteen years ago Francesca Lia Block made a dazzling entrance into the literary scene with what would become one of the most talked-about books of the decade: Weetzie Bat. This poetic roller coaster swoop has a sleek new design to match its new sister and brother books, Goat Girls and Beautiful Boys. Rediscover the magic of Weetzie Bat, Ms. Blocks sophisticated, slinkster-cool love song to L.A.the book that shattered the standard, captivated readers of all generations, and made Francesca Lia Block one of the most heralded authors of the last decade.
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A Widow for One Year: A Novelby John IrvingISBN 0812968573 (0-8129-6857-3)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Widow for One Year: A Novel'Book summary:John Irving fans will not be startled to find that A Widow for One Year is a sprawling farce-tragedy crawling with characters who are writers. In the opening scene, 4-year-old Ruth Cole walks in on her melancholy mother, Marion, who is in flagrante with 16-year-old Eddie, the driver for drunken Ted (Ruth's dad and Marion's estranged, womanizing husband).
Eddie spends the rest of his life obsessively writing novels like Sixty Times, his roman à clef about his 60 seductions by Marion. Ted is a failed novelist who gets rich and famous writing creepy children's stories based on tales he tells Ruth (such as The Mouse Crawling Between the Walls). Marion abandons Ruth, Ted, and Eddie and becomes a successful pseudonymous novelist. And Ruth becomes the most richly celebrated writer of them all because of her early training by Ted, who not only told her stories, but also helped her craft narratives to explain their home's many photographs of her brothers, who died in a gory car wreck the year before she was born. Grief over the boys is why Ruth's mother does not dare to love her.
Ruth, Irving's first female main character, works brilliantly, first as an imaginative, almost Salingeresque child coming to terms with her bewildering family, then as a grownup striving to understand her mother's motives--or at least to track her down. Ted is a mordantly funny caricature, interestingly sinister and plausibly self-justifying when most inexcusable. Eddie is a lovable schlemiel, yet not too sentimentally drawn. And what set pieces Irving can write! The story of the boys' death is horrific and effective in dramatizing the character of Ted, who narrates it. Ted's attempted murder by a spurned lover is as hilarious as the VW-down-the-marble-stairway scene in A Prayer for Owen Meany (which has been adapted by Disney Studios), though not quite on a par with the celebrated "Pension Grillparzer" episode in The World According to Garp (reissued in a 20th anniversary edition by Modern Library).
Irving has the effrontery to get away with practically any scene that comes into his head--Ruth winds up an eyewitness to a hooker's murder in Amsterdam, a Dutch detective starts tracking her down (just as Ruth is hunting Marion), and the multiple plot strands all converge in a finale that neatly echoes the opening scene. It's all done with the outrageously coincidental yet minutely realistic brio of Charles Dickens, with a sad, self-conscious jokiness like that of Irving's mentor, Kurt Vonnegut. --Tim Appelo [via]
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Wizard of Earthseaby Ursula K. Le GuinISBN 0553262505 (0-553-26250-5)
Softcover, Skylark
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wizard of Earthsea'Book summary:Often compared to Tolkien's Middle-earth or Lewis's Narnia, Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea is a stunning fantasy world that grabs quickly at our hearts, pulling us deeply into its imaginary realms. Four books (A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, and Tehanu) tell the whole Earthsea cycle--a tale about a reckless, awkward boy named Sparrowhawk who becomes a wizard's apprentice after the wizard reveals Sparrowhawk's true name. The boy comes to realize that his fate may be far more important than he ever dreamed possible. Le Guin challenges her readers to think about the power of language, how in the act of naming the world around us we actually create that world. Teens, especially, will be inspired by the way Le Guin allows her characters to evolve and grow into their own powers.
In this first book, A Wizard of Earthsea readers will witness Sparrowhawk's moving rite of passage--when he discovers his true name and becomes a young man. Great challenges await Sparrowhawk, including an almost deadly battle with a sinister creature, a monster that may be his own shadow. [via]
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El Alquimistaby Paulo CoehloISBN 9700513866 (970-05-1386-6)
Softcover, Downtown Book Center Inc
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El Alquimista / The Alchemistby Paulo CoelhoISBN 8408022938 (84-08-02293-8)
Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Alquimista / The Alchemist'Book summary:La mÁgica historia de Paulo Coelho, que trata sobre Santiago, un niÑo pastor andaluz que viaja en busca de un tesoro material, nos enseÑa la importancia que tiene el saber eschuchar lo que nos dice el corazÓn, a aprender a leer los presagios dispersados por el camino de nuestras vidas y, sobre todo, a seguir nuestros sueÑos.
El Alquimista, ahora por primera vez disponible en EspaÑa en Norte America, ha sido aclamado en EspaÑa y en America Latina como una de las novelas mas importantes de la dÉcada.
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Historias De Terramar Iby Ursula K. Le GuinISBN 8445075551 (84-450-7555-1)
Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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El Oceano De Olivia / Olive's Oceanby Kevin Henkes, Lourdes HuanquiISBN 8424116550 (84-241-1655-0)
Softcover, Everest De Ediciones Y distribucion
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El Vino Del Estio/Dandelion Wineby Ray BradburyISBN 8445070576 (84-450-7057-6)
Hardcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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L'effet Pervers: Le Naufrage Des Democratiesby Michel CollinISBN 2910188132 (2-910188-13-2)
Hardcover, Editions A. Carriere
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› Find signed collectible books: 'L'effet Pervers: Le Naufrage Des Democraties'Book summary:253pages. 13,1cm x 20,6cm x 2,1cm. Broché. L'Alchimiste est le récit d'une quête, celle de Santiago, un jeune berger andalou parti à la recherche d'un trésor enfoui au pied des Pyramides. Dans le désert, initié par l'Alchimiste, il apprendra à écouter son coeur, à lire les signes du destin et, par-dessus tout, à aller au bout de son rêve. Destiné à l'enfant que chaque être cache en soi, L'Alchimiste est un merveilleux conte philosophique, que l'on compare souvent au Petit Prince, de Saint-Exupéry, et à Jonathan Livingston le Goéland, de Richard Bach. Le levant s'était mis à souffler. Il amenait les Maures sans doute, mais il apportait aussi l'odeur du désert. Il apportait la sueur et les songes des hommes qui étaient partis en quête de l'Inconnu, en quête d'or, d'aventures, et de pyramides. Alors le jeune berger andalou se prit à envier la liberté du vent et comprit qu'il pourrait, comme lui, traverser les pays et trouver sa Légende personnelle. Destiné à l'enfant que chaque être cache en lui, L'Alchimiste est un merveilleux conte philosophique qui nous guide sur la voie d'un trésor oublié. Et des terres noires andalouses aux mystères de l'Egypte, déchiffrant les augures du ciel, le lecteur trouvera lui aussi le secret de l'Alchimie. [via]
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