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13,500 | 2 | In Parry's debut novel, 11-year-old Brother (his given name is Ignatius: "Guess they ran out of all the good saints by the time they got to me") helps manage his family's Oregon ranch. With his father in Iraq, his four older brothers at school or in the military, and his mother painting abroad, caring for family's livestock falls to Brother, his grandparents and some hired help. Though he is eager to prove to his siblings, grandparents and most importantly, his father, that he can handle it, Brother nonetheless struggles with the rigors of the job, his father's and brothers' absence and the stress of war ("I could never do it.... I could never take those salutes and the 'yes, sirs' and then take moms and dads into danger"). Slowly, Brother fills the shoes of his elders and realizes his own calling when he is literally tested by fire. Brother's spiritual growth and gentle but strong nature, in tandem with details of ranch life and the backdrop of war, add up to a powerful, unique coming-of-age story. Ages 8-12. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, December 1, 2008:This first novel is an unassuming, transcendent joy.Starred Review, Horn Book Magazine, May/June 2009:"Brother's honest voice conveys an emotional terrain as thoughtfully developed as Parry's evocation of the Western landscape."Isnt it wonderful that there are books like thisabout good people, about striving, and about doing the right thing!Patricia Reilly Giff, two-time recipient of the Newbery HonorA true evocation of modern ranch life, a life rooted in community and love, a life seldom written about with such grace and authenticity.Molly Gloss, finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction; Title: Heart of a Shepherd | [
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13,501 | 18 | Perfect for read-alouds, the book gives just enough information to tell a good tale, while providing inspiration for the curious to seek out more material about this fascinating woman.School Library Journal, StarredChristensen crafts an intriguing introduction to a larger-than-life figure in this attractive picture book biography.Publishers WeeklyBonnie Christensen has illustrated Pompeii: Lost and Found by Mary Pope Osborne and wrote illustrated Woody Guthrie, which was a Boston GlobeHorn Book Honor Book. She teaches art at St. Michaels College in Vermont.; Title: The Daring Nellie Bly: America's Star Reporter | [
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13,502 | 2 | JANE YOLEN has written more than 170 books, including Owl Moon, winner of the year Caldecott Medal, and the How Do Dinosaurs . . . ? series. ; Title: Hush, Little Horsie | [
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13,503 | 2 | Rich Wallace is the acclaimed author of many books for young readers, including Wrestling Sturbridge, an ALA-YALSA Best of the Best Book for Young Adults; Shots on Goal, a Booklist Top 10 Sports Book for Youth; Perpetual Check; and the Winning Season series. He coached soccer for several years, beginning when his older son joined a team in kindergarten.Rich Wallace lives in New Hampshire with his wife, author Sandra Neil Wallace. You can visit him on the Web at www.richwallacebooks.com.From the Hardcover edition.Stuck in Concrete     Ben ran toward the soccer ball, eager to stop the rush of the Panthers. His team held a narrow 2-1 lead with just a few minutes remaining.   "Go, Bobcats!" yelled Ben's teammate Erin, who was on the sideline. "Get that ball."   A Panther player reached the ball first, and he sprinted down the field. The kid was taller than Ben and very thin. Ben moved into his path, ready to knock the ball free.   From the corner of his eye, Ben could see players from both teams rushing toward the goal area. It was a blur of blue shirts on the Bobcats and green ones on the Panthers.   The Panther ran along the sideline, skillfully controlling the ball. But Ben stayed with him, not allowing him to angle across toward the goal.   The player stopped suddenly, stepping on the ball and pulling it back toward him. Ben stumbled as he tried to pivot, and the Panther sent a crisp pass to a teammate.   Ben's teammate Mark cut off that player's path, and another Bobcat ran over to help out. They had him trapped!   He has to pass, Ben thought. Get ready to spring!   The player Ben had been covering looped behind his teammate and yelled for the ball. The pass bounced wildly toward him, but he fielded it cleanly and came face to face with Ben.   Ben stood squarely this time, keeping himself between the ball and the goal. He won't get around me, Ben thought.   The Panther dribbled the ball straight toward Ben, then dodged to his left. Ben sprang in that direction, but suddenly the Panther was past him, taking the ball the other way. In two quick steps, he was in front of the goal, and he fired it hard into the net.   The game was tied.   Ben couldn't believe it. He'd been faked out, and it had cost the Bobcats a goal.   "Let's move!" shouted Mark. "There's still time."   But time was running out quickly. The Bobcats moved up the field, but the Panthers were playing tight defense.   Mark passed to Ben, and Ben put his head down and charged. A trio of players in green shirts blocked his path, so Ben turned and passed the ball to Jordan.   But no one got off another shot. The referee blew his whistle and the game ended.   Ben hung his head as he walked off the field. Erin patted his shoulder. "Hey, a tie isn't so bad," she said. "It's better than a loss."   "Not much," Ben said. Especially since it had been his fault. He was sure he'd had that player stopped, but he'd been left flat-footed as the tying goal was scored.   "That kid made you look like you were stuck in concrete," said Mark.   Ben winced. Last week, he would have been ready to fight Mark over a remark like that. They'd been enemies for the first few games before starting to play like teammates. Was Mark starting all over again with the nonsense?   Ben glared at Mark.   "It's okay," Mark said with a slight smile. "He did it to me, too."   Ben shook his head and kicked at the turf. The Bobcats' coach had taught them all about shooting and passing, but a fake like that one seemed very advanced for a league mostly full of beginners. The kids in this program were nine and ten years old.   "How did he learn a move like that?" Ben asked.   "Who knows?" Mark said. "Where's a ball?"   Ben stepped to the bench and rolled a ball out from under it with his foot. He swept it over to Mark.   "It was like this," Mark said. He stepped toward the ball and moved it with his right foot, kicking it over to the left. Then he stopped and kicked it quickly to the right. He stumbled as he kicked it again, but the ball moved in the opposite direction.   "Pretty good," Ben said. "It was something like that."   "We need to practice until we can make that move on the run," Mark said.   "Yeah, and we need to learn how to defend against it, too," Ben said. "We both got burned today. It cost us a win."  From the Hardcover edition.; Title: Kickers #2: Fake Out | [
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13,504 | 2 | Starred Review, Booklist, August 1, 2009:"LeFleur proves she is an author to watch in this debut novel."From the Hardcover edition.SUZANNE LAFLEUR received her MFA in writing for children from the New School. This is her first novel.; Title: Love, Aubrey | [
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13,505 | 10 | Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, April 11, 2011:"The Penderwick sisters' third adventure brings them back in full entertaining force...From start to finish, this is a summer holiday to savor."Starred review, Booklist, May 15, 2011:"Drawing readers right into the family, [Birdsall] enlivens the everyday matters and endows her characters with so much individuality its as though shes erased the word generic from the dictionary."From the Hardcover edition.JEANNE BIRDSALL lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, with her husband. Their house is old and comfortable, full of unruly animals, and surrounded by gardens. The Penderwicks at Point Mouette is her third novel.From the Hardcover edition.; Title: The Penderwicks at Point Mouette | [
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13,506 | 22 | Established in July 2013 in a merger between Penguin and Random House, Penguin Random House, with nearly 250 independent imprints and brands on five continents, more than 15,000 new titles published each year, and close to 800 million print, audio, and eBooks sold annually, is the worlds leading trade book publisher. Like its predecessor companies, Penguin Random House is committed to publishing adult and childrens fiction and nonfiction print editions and is a pioneer in digital publishing. Its publishing lists include more than 60 Nobel Prize laureates and hundreds of the worlds most widely read authors.; Title: Riddle Me This! (DC Super Friends) (Pictureback(R)) | [
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13,507 | 0 | RON ROY has been writing books for children since 1974. He is the author of dozens of books, including the popular A to Z Mysteries, Calendar Mysteries, and Capital Mysteries. When not working on a new book, Ron likes to teach tricks to his dog Pal, play poker with friends, travel, and read thrilling mystery books. STEPHEN GILPIN is the award-winning illustrator of dozens of childrens books, including the popular and very funny Pirate Mom. He brings his fresh, kid-friendly style to all the covers of the A to Z Mysteries series.; Title: White House White-Out (A to Z Mysteries Super Edition, No. 3) | [
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13,508 | 0 | In the early 1940s, a loving father crafted a small blue wooden engine for his son, Christopher. The stories that this father, Reverend W. Awdry, made up to accompany this wonderful toy were first published in 1945. He continued to create new adventures and characters until 1972, when he retired from writing. Reverend Awdry died in 1997 at the age of 85.Richard Courtney is a published illustrator known for his colorful work in the children’s book series Thomas & Friends.; Title: Thomas and Friends: The Close Shave (Thomas & Friends) (Step into Reading) | [
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13,509 | 2 | Gr 4-7This second book in the trilogy continues 11-year-old Ivy's quest to fulfill her role as the prophesied Noble Child destined to cure her country's rightful king from a strange illness. In The Hollow Bettle (Knopf, 2009), Ivy defeated the evil monarch who usurped control of Caux from good King Verdigris and had a penchant for poisoning the unhappy population. Those with money hired food tasters trained by the secretive Tasters Guild to keep from becoming a victim. Ivy and her friend Rowan, an inept Guild-trained taster, were forced to run away after he failed to detect poison in his employer's food. Now they must save King Verdigris. Many of Verjouce's henchmen pursue them but Ivy's most persistent enemy is Sorrel Flux, her former taster, who keeps trying to kill her. When Ivy's exposed to a deadly weed that can transport its victims to a dark realm, she's not sure she can defeat it. This inventive story is full of strange and mysterious characters with peculiar names and viscerally descriptive locations. Kids are sure to love it.Sharon Rawlins, New Jersey State Library, Trenton Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.Poison Ivy and her friends search for a magical doorway on their quest to save the king from his illness and deliver the people of Caux from the clutches of the malevolent guild of food testers. Can Ivy find the king before the guild finds her? In this second book in the Poisons of Caux series, Appelbaum continues to thrill, with vivid descriptions and inspired plot twists. Here is an imaginary place replete with tasty villains and true-hearted heroines, a worthy next step from Kate DiCamillos Tale of Despereaux (2003) or Brian Jacques Redwall series. Grades 4-7. --Cindy Welch; Title: The Poisons of Caux: The Tasters Guild (Book II) | [
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13,510 | 2 | Winner of the Newbery Medal A Junior Library Guild Selection An ALA-ALSC Notable Childrens Book An ALA-YALSA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults A best book of the year: Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, Booklist, Indies Choice Named to Multiple State Award ListsFive starred reviews"[W]hen all the sidewalk characters from Miranda's Manhattan world converge amid mind-blowing revelations and cunning details, teen readers will circle back to the beginning and say,'Wow ... cool.'" Kirkus Reviews, Starred review"[T]he mental gymnastics required of readers are invigorating; and the characters, children, and adults are honest bits of humanity no matter in what place or time their souls rest." Booklist, Starred review"Closing revelations are startling and satisfying but quietly made, their reverberations giving plenty of impetus for the reader to go back to the beginning and catch what was missed." The Horn Book Magazine, Starred review"This unusual, thought-provoking mystery will appeal to several types of readers." School Library Journal, Starred review"It's easy to imagine readers studying Miranda's story as many times as she's read L'Engle's, and spending hours pondering the provocative questions it raises." Publishers Weekly, Starred review[T]he believable characters and unexpected ending invite readers to ponder the extraordinary that underlies the ordinary in this fictional world and in their own. The Washington Post"Absorbing." People"Readers ... are likely to find themselves chewing over the details of this superb and intricate tale long afterward." The Wall Street JournalIncandescent. The Washington Post"Smart and mesmerizing." The New York TimesRebecca Stead is the Newbery Award Winning author of When You Reach Me, Goodbye Stranger,First Light, and Liar & Spy. She lives in New York City with her husband and two children.; Title: When You Reach Me (Yearling Newbery) | [
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13,511 | 3 | JENNIFER LARUE HUGET is the author of Thanks A LOT, Emily Post!, which received a starred review in Booklist, and How to Clean Your Room in 10 Easy Steps. She is a columnist for the Washington Post.LEUYEN PHAM is the illustrator of Lenore Look's acclaimed Alvin Ho series; Kelly Dipucchio's Grace for President, a New York Times bestselling book; and Julianne Moore's Freckleface Strawberry series. She is the author and illustrator of Big Sister, Little Sister.; Title: The Best Birthday Party Ever | [
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13,512 | 0 | David Harrison has written over 70 books for children and adults, including the Steping into Reading titles Wake Up, Sun!, Johnny Appleseed: My Story, and Miss Grubb, Super Sub. He lives in Springfield, Missouri.John Kanzler has been illustrating childrens books for over 15 years. He and his wife, Diane, a childrens book designer, live on a farm with several sheep, llama, and cats. He lives in Greenfield, Massachusetts.; Title: Paul Bunyan: My Story (Step into Reading) | [
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13,513 | 0 | THEODOR SEUSS GEISELaka Dr. Seussis one of the most beloved childrens book authors of all time. From The Cat in the Hat to Oh, the Places Youll Go!, his iconic characters, stories, and art style have been a lasting influence on generations of children and adults. The books he wrote and illustrated under the name Dr. Seuss (and others that he wrote but did not illustrate, including some under the pseudonyms Theo. LeSieg and Rosetta Stone) have been translated into thirty languages. Hundreds of millions of copies have found their way into homes and hearts around the world. Dr. Seusss long list of awards includes Caldecott Honors for McElligots Pool, If I Ran the Zoo, and Bartholomew and the Oobleck, the Pulitzer Prize, and eight honorary doctorates. Works based on his original stories have won three Oscars, three Emmys, three Grammys, and a Peabody.From the Hardcover edition.; Title: Dr. Seuss's Horton Collection Boxed set (Horton Hears a Who and Horton Hatches the Egg) | [
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13,514 | 2 | Rich Wallace is the acclaimed author of many books for young readers, including Sports Camp; Perpetual Check; Wrestling Sturbridge, an ALA-YALSA Best of the Best Book for Young Adults; Shots on Goal, a Booklist Top 10 Youth Sports Book; and the Winning Season series. He coached soccer for several years, beginning when his older son joined a team in kindergarten.Rich Wallace lives in New Hampshire with his wife, author Sandra Neil Wallace. You can visit him on the Web at www.richwallacebooks.com.From the Hardcover edition.Ben stared at his quiz paper, trying to remember the capital of Pennsylvania. He knew that it wasn't Pittsburgh. Was it Scranton?He glanced across the aisle at his best friend Erin's paper, but she hadn't reached that question yet. So he tried to see all the way across the next aisle to Loop's."Ben!" his teacher said sharply. "Keep your eyes on your own paper."Ben looked down. He didn't want to cheat. He just wondered if anyone else was struggling the way he was.The last state on the list was New York. He wrote Albany in the space. He was sure he had eight of the ten capitals right, but he'd left Maine blank. Was it Portland? Or was that the capital of Oregon? He just couldn't concentrate this morning.At recess, Ben kept to himself instead of joining his usual game of four square. He hadn't had enough sleep last night. His parents had been arguing about something until nearly midnight.Mom and Dad had been very quiet at breakfast this morning. Ben could tell that something was wrong.So he took a seat on a swing and slowly moved back and forth, staring into space and thinking. Usually he'd be running and jumping and burning off energy with the other fourth graders. But right now, he had no energy at all.A red ball was rolling quickly past. Ben stopped the swing and put his foot on it. When he looked up, Loop was running toward him.Ben picked up the ball and tossed it to Loop, who grabbed it with one hand and bounced it. "What are you doing over here?" Loop asked.Ben shrugged. "Just thinking."Loop took a step closer and leaned toward Ben. "Eyes on your own paper!" he said, imitating the teacher.Ben frowned. "Very funny." He and Loop were friends but rivals. They competed hard against each other in sports and games."I thought you were the perfect student," Loop said. "What did you do, forget to study?""I studied. I was distracted this morning.""Still thinking about that beating we gave your team a few weeks ago?" Loop said with a laugh."Maybe I'm thinking about the beating you'll be getting if you don't shut up." Ben made a fist and held it up.Loop raised both hands as if to surrender, but he had a big grin. "Look how scared I am," he said. "I'm shaking.""Get lost," Ben said. He pumped his legs hard to get the swing moving again.Loop went back to the four-square game. Ben kept swinging. The October sun was warm on his bare arms.It was true that Loop's team had shut out Ben's team in a Kickers League soccer game. Ben was still sore about it, but that wasn't the trouble today. Besides, Ben's team had won its most recent game and was in the chase for a spot in the play-offs. It looked as if the Bobcats would get in if they won two of their last three games."Ben!"Ben looked up. Loop was waving him over to the four-square game. "We need you," he called.Ben could see his classmate Nigel sitting on the ground with his head back, pressing on his nose. There was blood seeping through his fingers."What happened?" Ben asked as he walked over."Nigel took a whack in the nose," Loop said. "We need another player."A teacher came over and helped Nigel to his feet, then led him toward the school. There were drops of blood on the front of Nigel's shirt."Did he get hit with the ball?" Ben asked.Loop shook his head. "The ball was on the line and he and Mark both dived for it."Ben looked at Mark. Mark frowned and rubbed the top of his head."Okay, so what square am I in?" Ben asked."First, of course," Loop said.Ben didn't feel like playing, but they needed at least four for a game, so he stepped in. Then he noticed Erin walking over, so now there would be five players.When Ben looked back, the ball was already coming toward him. He lunged for it, but it bounced in his square and went out-of-bounds."I wasn't ready for that," Ben said."Too bad," Loop said. "You were at the square.""I was here for about half a second!""Doesn't matter. If you're at the square, you're ready."Ben stood still with his mouth hanging open. Then he gave Loop a hard look and stepped to the side of the court. Erin replaced Ben in the first square.That was no fun, Ben thought, folding his arms. I might as well go back to the swings.But with only five players, he'd be back in the game as soon as this round ended. First chance he had, he'd get back at Loop.Mark muffed an easy shot and stepped off the court with a sheepish smile. Erin moved up one square and Ben came back in.The ball moved quickly around the court. Ben knocked it into Erin's square, then returned a volley from Jordan. He was biding his time, waiting for the perfect chance to smack that ball hard into Loop's square.Here it came. Jordan hit the ball softly and it bounced straight up in front of Ben. Ben whipped the side of his hand into the middle of the ball, chopping it on a line drive at Loop. The ball dipped and just barely caught the inside of the square, then bounced across the playground."You're out!" Ben said.Loop was jogging after the ball, but he turned his head and said, "No way.""Yes way.""No slams allowed," Loop said. "You know the rules.""That wasn't a slam," Ben said. "A slam has to bounce higher than your shoulder.""It did.""No, it didn't!" Ben took several quick steps to come face to face with Loop. "You're out," he said."You're out.""Quit being a baby," Ben said, giving Loop a shove.Loop shoved back harder.Ben was in no mood for talking. He took a swing at Loop, hitting him in the shoulder. Loop swung back but Ben ducked.Head down, Ben wrapped his arms around Loop and tackled him to the pavement. Immediately they were circled by dozens of kids, all yelling at once.Loop rolled on top of Ben, but Ben dug in with his heels and flipped Loop off of him. Two teachers pushed through the crowd. Mr. Kane grabbed Ben by the shoulders and pulled him away, yelling, "Stop it this instant!"Ben shook free and glared at Loop. Loop glared back."That was a clean shot," Ben said."What was? The slam or the punch?"Mr. Kane stepped between them. "Enough!" he said. "Both of you start marching. Right to Mrs. Nolan's office. Now!"The principal's office. Ben shut his eyes and scowled. Then he looked down and saw that his pants were ripped below the right knee. His arm was scraped from the pavement.Loop was scratched up, too.Mr. Kane followed them to the office. Ben and Loop sat across from each other in folding chairs. They had to wait a long time.Whenever Ben looked up, Loop was staring at him. Loop mouthed the word "jerk" several times and rubbed a fist into his palm when the secretary wasn't looking. Ben wasn't scared, but he was still angry.When they finally got into the principal's office, she said, "It seems that there's been a lot of tension over four square lately." She looked directly at Ben. "A lot of it has involved you."Ben nodded."Why is that?" she asked.Ben jutted his thumb at Loop. "He said I slammed the ball when I didn't.""That's not what I care about," Mrs. Nolan said. "I've had several reports of arguments, and now this fight. I don't expect that from nine-year-olds. A game isn't worth that kind of distress."Ben looked at the floor and chewed on his lip. Mrs. Nolan told them they'd be staying in for recess for the rest of the week, and there'd be no four square for either of them for another week after that."Now both of you go wash up and get back to class," she said. "Can I trust you to get along?""Yes, ma'am," Loop said."Yes," said Ben.Loop walked ahead of Ben along the hallway. He stepped into the bathroom and let the door swing back at Ben. Ben caught it with his scraped-up arm and winced.There were four sinks. Ben stood at the one farthest from Loop and pushed the soap dispenser, then carefully lathered his arm. He looked into the mirror to see what Loop was up to, but Loop was looking down at the sink.Loop finished washing and shook his hands rapidly. Then he cleared his throat and pulled some paper towels out of the dispenser. As he dried his hands, he leaned toward the mirror to inspect a tiny cut below his eye. "Maybe that wasn't quite a slam," he said.Ben patted his own scrape with a paper towel. "Yeah, well, maybe I should have been ready for that first serve.""Then again," Loop said, "it probably was a slam. Otherwise I would have returned it." He turned to Ben and grinned. Then he threw the wad of wet paper towels at him.Ben caught the wad and threw it back. It thumped against a metal trash can and fell to the floor."Now that was a slam," Loop said.Ben laughed. "What are we supposed to do all week with no recess? I'll go nuts just sitting in the classroom.""Me too," Loop said. "Three days of that." He shook his head. "That's what I call distress."From the Hardcover edition.; Title: Kickers #3: Benched | [
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13,515 | 0 | Michael Ferrari has worked as an English teacher, vacuum cleaner salesman, freight dockworker, lipstick machine operator, air-to-air cameraman, network T.V. censor, and feature film editor. He got the idea for Born to Fly at a World War II airshow when he overheard a boy tell his little sister as she climbed inside a P-40 cockpit that girls can never be fighter pilots. It broke her heart. He wrote the story for her, and his daughters.CHAPTER1Just 'cause I was a girl in 1941, don't think I was some sissy. Shoot, I saw stuff that would've made that bully Farley Peck pee right through his pants. Likesummer, the year before. That's when me and my best friend Wendy saw the Genny, the giant man-eating sea serpent that lived in Geneseo Bay. Except Wendy didn't get a good look like I did. To tell you the truth, I don't think she really saw anything, she just said she did to back me up. That's what friends do. But then Wendy's dad got a job building roads, or houses, or something with the Work Projects Administration, and they moved to Wisconsin. It didn't really matter, because no one believed me anyway. Iwas always seeing stuff that no one else did. Mom thought I probably just needed glasses, but my dad said it was because I had "imagination." Once, when I was two, they found me way up on the roof of our barn. Dad said I must have flown up there. That's how I got my name."What do you think, Bird?""This is the best birthday present ever, Dad."We were flying above the clouds in Mr. Watson's yellow Piper. I guided the small propeller plane so that it moved through the air just like an eagle. Seeing mein my World War One pilot's skullcap and goggles and my Huck Finn dungarees, you would've never guessed that someone with a neat name like Bird McGill was actually just an eleven-year-old girl. But I was. I worked the controls carefully, scanning the skiesfor bogies at twelve o'clock."She's no Warhawk, but she sure beats that puddle jumper we had last year," Dad told me.My dad was a mechanic, the best one around. He could fix just about anything, but his favorite things were airplanes. He had rebuilt Mr. Watson's airplane carburetor last month."Mr. Watson says we can take her up anytime," Dad said.This wasn't the first time I'd been up in a plane. Dad had taken me up plenty of times. My big sister Margaret was afraid to go and my little brother Alvin was still too young. Mom flew with us sometimes, but she didn't like it like I did. Plus, when Mom wasn't around and it was just the two of us, Dad would let me take the controls. I knew just about all there was to know about flying. You have to watch your airspeed and your altimeter (that's what tells you how high you are). You've got to know how to ride your rudder, adjust your trim and throttle, and know just how much flaps to use when taking off and landing. My favorite airplane was the P-40 Warhawk.It was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen. Someday, I was gonna fly one.See, every airplane needs wings and a tail. The wings need flaps, and the tail needs a rudder. And it's a good idea to have wheels, if you ever hope to land and take off again. But you can hardly call it an airplane if it doesn't look like it was born to fly. An airplane can only fly as good as it looks. My dad said it's like falling in love. If one look at the plane doesn't make you want to shoot up into the clouds, the plane'shardly worth talking about.Down below us was Geneseo, the town where we lived. It's in the state of Rhode Island. Funny thing is, Rhode Island isn't an island at all. An island has water on all sides, like Hawaii or Treasure Island. But we only had wateron one side. We lived near the ocean, but thanks to the bay, which hooked around like a big arm, we could swim and fish and the water never got too rough, like it did farther out in the Atlantic Ocean.My dad's name was Peter. That was what Mom called himwhen she was scared or mad, or didn't want him to let me do something that she thought was too dangerous or un_lady_like (like flying an airplane). My dad was handsome, with strong arms and a big, easy smile. I liked the way he looked at me when I was flying. Like he was proud.When you're flying and you look down, everything looks different. All the stuff you thought was so big, or scary, is just small. Underneath us, Geneseo was laid out like a map, with Main Street dividing the town in half. On the north side were the bay, the airfield, our house, and the Widow Gorman's farm. On the other side were nine or ten clusters of houses in little rows. Main Street was crooked, and from up here it looked like a lazy snake. It was lined with two wavy rows of maple trees planted by Ruth Geneseo more than two hundred years ago to welcome her husband home from the Indian Wars. The story goes, Ruth couldn't see too well, so the trees weren't exactly in a straight line. But her husband, Wilford, thought they were themost beautiful things he'd ever seen. He built a hotel at the end of the road so that everyone would get to walk right between the two rows of trees whenever they came to town. To my left I saw the white roof of the courthouse, then a dull red box that musthave been the school, and finally the pointy spire of the church. Below my right wing I could even see two men fishing from a rowboat in the bay, far below.; Title: Born to Fly | [
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13,516 | 0 | When KIRBY LARSON was researching Hattie Big Sky, she came across a 1920s photo of a Montana farm girl in overalls standing next to an exquisite Japanese doll. Kirby wondered what was the story behind their meeting? She did some research to satisfy her curiosity, but it would be several years before she could turn her full attention to the Friendship Dolls' story. Now here it is for readers everywhere.From the Hardcover edition.Early Autumn, 1927 Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan Master Doll-Maker Tatsuhiko The old doll-maker Tatsuhiko poured boiling water into the teapot with trembling hands and inhaled deeply. It was the last of his tea. He portioned out his breakfast rice and took a seat on a tatami mat. One of the blessings of growing old was that it did not take much to make his stomach content. And this morning his heart was so full that food seemed trivial. Tatsuhiko studied the doll he had completed the night before, smoothing an almost invisible tangle in her black hair. Miss Kanagawa. She would be the last doll he would ever make. Could ever make. His hands shook so these days, and his eyes were full of clouds. It was difficult to think his doll-making days were ended, but, like bitter tea, this fact was best swallowed down quickly. Though he wasn't like Kurita--a man whose endless boasts clanged like the chappa cymbal--he was proud of his efforts. His wife would be, too, were she still living. Miss Kanagawa was a doll like none other. The size of a five-year-old girl, she was even more exquisite than the doll he'd made for the infant Empress. Two hands like graceful lilies rested at her sides. Her eyes, so clear and proud, gazed into his own. Her delicate cherry lips parted slightly, as if she were on the verge of speaking to him. He was almost disappointed not to hear her speak, but he knew she'd been created for the children in the Land of the Stars, and not for him. He had dressed her in their daughter's best kimono, in its rich print of blue chrysanthemums against orange silk. This was the very one his wife had stitched for the child's fifth birthday. Her last birthday. Tatsuhiko's heart had shriveled like a dried plum the day the sickness took their sweet daughter away. "You look lovely, little sister." The old doll-maker dabbed at his eyes. The steamy tea must be making them water. "I know you will serve your new role well, and will carry the message of friendship honorably. But my wish is that you will find a doll's true purpose: to be awakened by the heart of a child." He fussed with the obi until it was tied just so and then gently wrapped the doll in a blanket. Yoshitoku Doll Company was a mile across town, but the walk there was too short, even for his old legs. Too soon, Tatsuhiko was unwrapping Miss Kanagawa from the blanket, handing her over to the owner of the company. "Safe travels, little sister," he said, patting her long black hair. His troublesome eyes began to water again. "Will you not enjoy some tea before you go?" The doll company owner was concerned for this frail man whose head bobbed like a koi at feeding time. But Tatsuhiko declined. "My wife waits for me," he said. And without another glance at his creation, his masterpiece, he turned and shuffled away. Arrival in America DOLLS TO BEAR GOOD-WILL Japanese Children Are Sending Them to Show Friendship for Us TOKIO, Nov. 5, 1927 (AP) -- Fifty-eight Japanese dolls, messengers of friendship from the children of Japan to the children of the United States, received their formal farewell yesterday from 1,500 Japanese schoolgirls in a ceremony preceding the sailing of the dolls for San Francisco aboard the steamship Tenyo Maru, which will leave Japan on Thursday. The children read addresses expressing hopes that the doll gifts to the American schoolchildren, presented in appreciation for more than 10,000 dolls, which American children gave for the doll festival of Japanese girls, will carry the assurances of Japanese friendship for the United States. The Japanese and American anthems were sung at the ceremony and Ambassador MacVeigh and Viscount Shibusawa made speeches.  MISS KANAGAWA This leg of our journey, from Washington, D.C., to New York City, we are riding as befits our rank--finally!--sitting in seats, rather than closed up in our trunks, in the luggage compartment, hidden away from the exciting sights and sounds of this country called America. Elder Sister, Miss Japan, is on my right, unusually quiet. It has been some time since she has offered advice about proper behavior for a Doll Ambassador. Not that I need her lectures, but others of our fifty-six sisters certainly do. Miss Tokushima, for example. Weeping and wailing as we departed Japan. Shameful. It is no small sacrifice that I will not see my homeland again. But I will shed no tears, choosing instead to live up to the honorable task bestowed upon me: strengthening the bonds of friendship between two proud countries. Such a mission requires true samurai spirit. Sadly, some of my sisters are lacking in such spirit. I will let you judge my fitness by stating certain facts. When the Tenyo Maru sailed out of Tokyo, I was the first of my doll sisters to turn a brave face west, to accept my new life. I rode courageously through the city on the back of a motorcycle when we arrived in San Francisco. And I'm sure you can guess which of us greeted the American president's wife, yesterday in Washington, D.C., with dry palms and calm confidence. Make no mistake! This job has not been all peach blossoms and tea cakes. I've endured my share of dolts who point and stare and think me from China. And, though offended to the core, I was outwardly serene when that one young girl asked if I could say "Mama" or wet. Perish the thought! None have heard me grumble--not once!--about all those grimy hands patting my kimono, that parting gift from Master Doll-Maker Tatsuhiko. He said he hoped that I would find my true purpose. Poor man--his longing to be with his daughter and wife had made a tangle of his thoughts. I know what my true purpose is. It is to be an ambassador beyond compare. And this kimono--lovelier than those of any of my sisters--is a fitting gown for one such as I. Yes, Master Tatsuhiko would be proud of me. Through a multitude of indignities, I have worn a steadfast smile, holding my lily hands out to all in goodwill. Miss Japan's thoughts stir. It is when we have had our hearts awakened by a child that we can truly call ourselves ambassadors of friendship.  From the Hardcover edition.; Title: The Friendship Doll | [
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13,517 | 14 | In the early 1940s, a loving father crafted a small blue wooden engine for his son, Christopher. The stories that this father, Reverend W. Awdry, made up to accompany this wonderful toy were first published in 1945. He continued to create new adventures and characters until 1972, when he retired from writing. Reverend Awdry died in 1997 at the age of 85.Richard Courtneyis a published illustrator known for his colorful work in the childrens book seriesThomas & Friends.; Title: Halloween in Anopha (Thomas & Friends) | [
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13,518 | 6 | In 1942, the launch ofLittle Golden Booksrevolutionized childrens book publishing by making high-quality picture books available at affordable prices. More than 60 years later, many of the original Golden Book titles are still wildly popular, with The Poky Little Puppy topping the list of ten bestselling childrens books of all time.Golden Books backlist is teeming with classics such as Dorothy Kunhardts Pat the Bunny, and features the stories and artwork of childrens book legends Mary Blair, Margaret Wise Brown, Richard Scarry, Eloise Wilkins, Garth Williams, and many more.Today, the Golden Books imprint includes an array of storybooks, novelty books, and coloring and activity books featuring all of the most popular licenses, including Disney, Nickelodeon, Barbie, Thomas & Friends, The Cat in the Hat, Sesame Street, Marvel Super Heroes, and DC Super Friends. Golden Bookscontinues to reissue the best of its backlist in a variety of formats, including ebooks and apps, as well as bringing out brand-new books in these evolving new formats.; Title: Fabulous Fashion (Barbie) | [
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13,519 | 2 | VOYAAppelbaum's third novel continues to captivate the imagination. As in Philip Pullman's The Amber Spyglass, the main character must save the world while confronting the threats posed by her father.... Caux is a well-designed fantasy world with enough appeal to satisfy younger readers, who will wish for a fourth book.Chronogram The closing volume of the trilogy is catnip for fantasy fans young and old. Intrepid Ivy Manx steps up to the destiny plate to trump villains animal (ink monkeys!), vegetable (scourge bracken!) and human (her father!) Appelbaum's fluent prose shimmers with magical threads, like the tapestry into which one of her characters disappears.SUSANNAH APPELBAUM comes from a family of doctors and philosophers, which instilled in her both an early fascination and a great deal of caution with bottles marked "poison." The idea for the Poisons of Caux trilogy was born when she lived in an old woodcutter's cottage in French apple country as a child: "Out of the door were ancient forests, wild boars, and new and inviting foods to taste."Susannah worked in magazine publishing for many years and now lives with her family in the Hudson Valley, New York, and in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, where her garden prefers to grow weeds. To learn more about the author, please visit www.susannahappelbaum.com.; Title: The Poisons of Caux: The Shepherd of Weeds (Book III) | [
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13,520 | 15 | Jan Bozarth was raised in an international family in Texas in the sixties, the daughter of a Cuban mother and a Welsh father. She danced in a ballet company at eleven, started a dream journal at thirteen, joined a surf club at sixteen, studied flower essences at eighteen, and went on to study music, art, and poetry in college. As a girl, she dreamed of a life that would weave these different interests together. Her dream came true when she grew up and had a big family and a music and writing career. Jan is now a grandmother and writes stories and songs for young people. She often works with her own grown-up children, who are musicians and artists in Austin, Texas. (Sometimes Jan is even the fairy godmother who encourages them to believe in their dreams!) Jan credits her own mother, Dora, with handing down her wisdom: Dream big and never give up.; Title: The Fairy Godmother Academy #3: Zally's Book | [
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13,521 | 2 | Starred Review. Kindergarten-Grade 3 A poor boy named Jack who helps a princess is a familiar trope in folklore. In this original tale, Jack accidentally receives an invitation to the princess's birthday party. He resourcefully gathers ingredients and bakes a wonderful cake. On his way to the castle, the cake is slowly demolished by crows, a troll, a spooky forest, a dancing bear, and even a palace guard, until the only present Jack has to offer the princess is the story of the cake's demise. Of course, this gift pleases her much more than the boring rubies and tiaras brought by richer guests, and she declares that her new friend will have the honor of cutting the royal cake. This entertaining adventure is packed with action. Karas's scratchy gouache and pencil cartoon illustrations are as detail-rich as the text itself. From the sly bear to the bored princess, the expressions are priceless. The endpapers provide context not included in the text: a party invitation blowing from the messenger's bag and under Jack's door at the beginning, and Jack regaling a fascinated princess with more tales at the end. A solid choice for most collections, and a good storytime choice, despite the smallish illustrations. Heidi Estrin, Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel, Boca Raton, FL Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.*Starred Review* Fleming and Karas, whose previous collaborations include Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! (2002), offer an original fairy tale that has the makings of a story-hour classic. Jack is thrilled when he receives an invitation to the princess birthday party, but hes too poor to buy a present. Determined to make something instead, Jack trades his ax and quilt for flour and sugar, scrounges up more ingredients, and assembles a beautiful cake, topped with the reddest, juiciest strawberry in the land. Calamity strikes en route to the castle, though, and after run-ins with four-and-twenty blackbirds, a troll, a dark forest, and a dancing bear, Jack arrives at the party with only the magnificent strawberry, which a guard confiscates: the princess is allergic. After anxiously watching the bored birthday girl receive her presents (Another tiara? How dull.), Jack confesses that he has only an account of his day to offer. Luckily, the princess is delighted: A story! And an adventure story at that! What a fine gift! Fleming writes with rhythmic repetition and delicious word choices that lend themselves perfectly to dramatic narration, while Karas gouache-and-pencil art expertly amplifies each scenes action and mood, and creates endearing characters in Jack and his new royal friend. Like Simms Tabacks Caldecott Medal winner Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (1999), this standout picture book emphasizes resourcefulness and the power and pleasure of a well-told tale. Preschool-Grade 2. --Gillian Engberg; Title: Clever Jack Takes the Cake | [
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13,522 | 2 | Winter, whose You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?! (2009) was graced by some of the years most dazzling artwork, returns with another uniquely illustrated picture book. He takes the story from a 1987 incident in which a Long Island town decided to send more than 3,000 tons of trash down to North Carolina. In Winters fictionalized account, Capm Duffy of the tugboat Break of Dawn is saddled with hauling the garbage down south but gets turned away from port after port, all the way down to Belize. While Winters folksy, storytellers voice captures the scruffy spirit of the adventure with plenty of humor, the artwork by Red Nose Studio steals this show. Photographs of polymer-clay models and found materials (including, you guessed it, piles of trash) have the same uncanny-but-fun allure of Claymation videos, and if its not exactly endearing, thats finea book about a stinky pile of garbage has no business being prettied up. Just in case the moral isnt clear, a buoy helpfully spells it out, Dont make so much garbage!!! Grades 1-3. --Ian ChipmanStarred Review, School Library Journal, January 2010: "This title should be a part of every elementary school ecology unit."Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, January 11, 2010: "Funky in every sense of the word."Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, January 15, 2010: "A stinky story never seemed so sweet ... [a] fantastic combination of text and image."Starred Review, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, April 2010: "[P]acked with visual delights."Review, The New York Times Book Review, November 7, 2010: "[A] glorious visual treat."Review, The Washington Post, March 21, 2010: "Cautionary? Yes. Hilarious? You betcha!"Review, Los Angeles Times, March 25, 2010: "Here comes the Garbage Barge! tells the story in wonderfully colorful language and inventive claymation-style illustrations."Review, Chicago Sun-Times, April 18, 2010: "As compelling as the story is, so are the unusual illustrations."; Title: Here Comes the Garbage Barge! | [
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13,523 | 14 | Mary Man-Kong is also the author of The Spooky Smells of Halloween and other delightful childrens books. She lives in New York, New York.Chi Chung is an experienced childrens book illustrator. Her vibrant, joyful paintings have brought delight to children everywhere.; Title: Lucky New Year! with Flaps, Pop-Ups, and More! | [] | Train |
13,524 | 2 | THEODOR SEUSS GEISELaka Dr. Seussis one of the most beloved childrens book authors of all time. From The Cat in the Hat to Oh, the Places Youll Go!, his iconic characters, stories, and art style have been a lasting influence on generations of children and adults. The books he wrote and illustrated under the name Dr. Seuss (and others that he wrote but did not illustrate, including some under the pseudonyms Theo. LeSieg and Rosetta Stone) have been translated into thirty languages. Hundreds of millions of copies have found their way into homes and hearts around the world. Dr. Seusss long list of awards includes Caldecott Honors for McElligots Pool, If I Ran the Zoo, and Bartholomew and the Oobleck, the Pulitzer Prize, and eight honorary doctorates. Works based on his original stories have won three Oscars, three Emmys, three Grammys, and a Peabody.From the Hardcover edition.; Title: Dr Seuss's Oh, the Places You'll Go Pop-Up! | [
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13,525 | 1 | Salina Yoon was born in Busan, South Korea, a small country village, and did not speak a word of English when she moved to the United States at age four. She began her publishing career as an intern at Intervisual Books and started illustrating full-time in 2001. Since then, she has written and/or illustrated more than 60 children s books. She lives in San Marcos, California, with her husband and two young sons.; Title: Find My Feet! | [
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13,526 | 2 | "Totally tweet-rific. . . .Esbaums tweet tale will have listeners in stitches (especially the wormy bits), and Santats Photoshopped cartoon illustrations of bulky Tom and the goggle-eyed tweets are as expressive as they are goofy." Kirkus ReviewsJILL ESBAUM is the award-winning author of several books for young readers, including Stanza, To the Big Top, Estelle Takes a Bath, and Ste-e-e-e-eamboat A-Comin'!. She lives on a farm near Dixon, Iowa, with her husband and family. She loves visiting schools, as well as teaching adults how to write for children in numerous classes and workshops.DAN SANTAT is the illustrator of The Secret Life of Walter Kitty by Barbara Jean Hicks, Always Lots of Heinies at the Zoo by Ayun Halliday, Chicken Dance by Tammi Sauer, the Otto Undercover books by Rhea Perlman, and Oh No (Or How My Science Project Destroyed the World) by Mac Burnett. He is also the creator of Disney's animated hit The Replacements, and lives in Southern California with his wife, two kids, a rabbit, a bird, and one cat.; Title: Tom's Tweet | [
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13,527 | 11 | Grade 4–8—This is the story not only of a remarkable terrier but also of the natural African landscape and the people who wish to educate others about the value of animals. Bulu, "wild dog" in the local Nyanja language, was at first unresponsive and unlike the other puppies in his litter. Steve and Anna Tolan were warned about having a pet in the wilds of Africa but they saw something different in him. He soon became a part of the family and helped as the Tolans set up a wildlife education center in Zambia. Bulu acted as a foster parent to orphaned animals and survived against great odds. With vivid descriptions of the land and encounters with wild animals, this book will appeal to dog lovers as well as to readers who like adventure. Easy to read, with short chapters and black-and-white photographs throughout, this true story will hold the interest of even the most reluctant readers.—Denise Moore, O'Gorman Junior High School, Sioux Falls, SD (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.In the Nyanja language, bulu means wild dog, and thats what Steve and Anna Tolan named the beloved little Jack Russell mix they adopted. Disregarding warnings about the dangers of raising a dog in the bush, the Tolans moved from England to rural Zambia to fulfill their lifelong dream of setting up an animal rescue and conservation center. What they never imagined were the incredible bonds Bulu would create, and the roller-coaster adventure of his life in the wild. He nursed and protected other animals in their care and had amazing radar to sense when dangerous predators were close. On various occasions his wanderlust led him directly into confrontations with attacking lions and a spitting cobra, in which he barely escaped with his life. Bulus energy, high spirits, and loyalty to his masters make the book read like a praise song to dogs. Houstons account is an animal-lovers delight, complete with the action-adventure of surviving the bush, fighting poachers, and spreading a message of conservation. Grades 5-8. --Anne O'Malley; Title: Bulu: African Wonder Dog | [
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13,528 | 16 | This animal alphabet book looks promising, starting with its bright red corrugated cover that evokes an old-fashioned sketchbook. The portraits of zoo favorites, set against single color backdrops, are both winsome and graphically bold, bringing to mind rubber bathtub toys. But pictures with this much pop beg for a text with equally memorable verse, and Doodler-actually Todd Harris Goldman (Boys Are Stupid, Throw Rocks at Them!)-does not provide it. The verses rhyme, technically, but the word choices are weak and the rhythms uneven. His lines on the vulture, for example, are clunky: "With a bald, wrinkled head,/ It's called a bird of prey./ I just don't understand why/ The vulture doesn't wear a wig or toupee." The text repeatedly falls far short of the book's eye-catching design. Ages 2-5. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.PreSchool-Grade 1This playful alphabet offering combines bold artwork with rhyming, conversational text to muse about a variety of zoo residents. The cover, with its corrugated texture and an illustration of a giraffe equaled in height by a stack of turtles, invites readers to peer inside. Large graphic-style cartoon images of the animals, presented against solid-colored backdrops, fill the pages. Though the (sometimes awkward) verses offer a smattering of facts about each critter, they lean more toward the whimsical and occasionally encourage readers to think beyond the pictures. For example, a unicorn is included, but the author admits that it "wasn't really at the zoo./i'm just seeing if you're paying attention,/so i played a trick on you!" He also ponders why a vulture, with its "bald, wrinkled head," doesn't "wear a wig" and comments seriously about fox fur coats. The entry for "X" cleverly skirts the issue: "i couldn't find an animal for x,/so instead i grabbed a quick snack" (a plate of cookies that is immediately consumed by the next animal, a yak). An additional purchase.Mary Elam, Learning Media Services Plano ISD, TX Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.; Title: The Zoo I Drew | [
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13,529 | 2 | On the farm where everyone is mean to her, Veronica wastes away until each animals timid gesture of friendship puts her back on her feet. Grand in meaning and illustration.The New York Times Book ReviewRoger Duvoisin wrote and illustrated 40 books, including those featuring the silly goose Petunia. He also illustrated the Happy Lion books, written by his wife, Louise Fatio, received the Caldecott Medal for his illustrations in White Snow, Bright Snow, and a Caldecott Honor for Hide and Seek Fog, both written by Alvin Tresselt. He died in 1980.; Title: Veronica on Petunia's Farm | [
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13,530 | 0 | Patricia Hermes is the author of more than 40 novels for children and young adults, and two nonfiction books for adults. She is a lifelong lover of horses and enjoys taking riding lessons. Although she has never owned her own horse, many horses have owned her heart. She lives in Fairfield, Connecticut.Ruth Sanderson has illustrated books for children of all ages, including Summer Pony and Winter Pony. She lives with her family in Ware, Massachusetts, and her favorite hobby is horseback riding.; Title: Horse Diaries #3: Koda | [
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13,531 | 3 | David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim are a husband-and-wife team living in Los Angeles with their daughter, Mina. They met in art school in New York, where they began creating and designing art and toys together. Their relationship continued to grow, and the Uglydolls were born in 2001, quickly becoming a worldwide success with fans of all ages. David, Sun-Min, and the Uglydolls family (24 characters and still growing) have won the Toy of the Year Award and have been featured on CNN, MSNBC, and the Today show and in The New York Times, InStyle, and Time magazine.; Title: ABC U Later (Uglydolls) | [
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13,532 | 13 | Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, November 10, 2008:Witty as the writing may be, the illustrations are irresistible. Like the best fashion, the lines and colors feel effortlessly right.Chesley McLaren is the author-illustrator of Zat Cat! A Haute Couture Tail, and is the illustrator of Meg Cabots Princess Lessons and Shana Coreys You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer. She lives in New York City.Pamela Jaber lives in New York City. This is her first childrens book.; Title: When Royals Wore Ruffles: A Funny and Fashionable Alphabet! | [
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13,533 | 2 | The instant New York Times bestseller from the author of the Newbery Medal winner When You Reach Me: a story about spies, games, and friendship.The first day Georges (the S is silent) moves into a new Brooklyn apartment, he sees a sign taped to a door in the basement: SPY CLUB MEETINGTODAY! Thats how he meets his twelve-year-old neighbor Safer. He and Georges quickly become alliesand fellow spies. Their assignment? Tracking the mysterious Mr. X, who lives in the apartment upstairs. But as Safers requests become more and more demanding, Georges starts to wonder: how far is too far to go for your only friend? Will touch the hearts of kids and adults alike. NPRWinner of the Guardian Prize for Childrens FictionNamed a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and more!REBECCA STEAD is the author of When You Reach Me, which was a New York Times bestseller and winner of the Newbery Medal and the Boston GlobeHorn Book Award for Fiction, and Liar & Spy, which was also a New York Times bestseller, won the Guardian Prize for Childrens Fiction, and was on multiple state master lists and best of the year lists. Her most recent book, Goodbye Stranger, was a Boston GlobeHorn Book Honor Book for Fiction and a New York Times bestseller. She is also the author of First Light, which was nominated for many state awards. She lives in New York City with her family. Visit her online at rebeccasteadbooks.com.; Title: Liar & Spy | [
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13,534 | 0 | Book DescriptionJack Prelutskys exploration of outer space is not for the faint of heart. No friendly little E.T.type aliens await your arrival. There are many imaginative ways to perish in these darkly comedic cautionary verses about unexplored worlds so far beyond our solar system. The final poem is an environmental tour de force that packs a wallop. Here are poems the older reader will find great fun to memorize and rattle off to anyone who will listen! And there is a special bonus: anagrams for the kid who loves word puzzles.Perhaps one has a thousand arms And malice in its heart. Perhaps its dire intention Is to rip our limbs apart. Perhaps one plans to turn us Into mounds of cookie dough. We dont know whats in outer space, We simply do not know.--Jack PrelutskyThe nation's first children's poet laureate fills a galaxy with weird, scary planets: his 19 poems describe places and creatures you wouldn't want to visit. On planet Lonithor, for example, demon birds... eviscerate their prey./ And when they've disemboweled you,/ They'll pick apart your face; on Ogdofod the monopods will snare you in their nets,/ Then process you and package you/ To feed their hungry pets. Pickering's (Skelly the Skeleton Girl) amusing illustrations suggest images for a Tim Burton movie. A tourist on Drifig Prime resembles a frozen Corpse Bride and someone who stumbles on Planet Grob looks a lot like Edward Scissorhands. Less broad in its appeal than most of Prelutsky's previous titles, this over-the-top intergalactic odyssey will mostly please kids capable of relishing horror and its send-ups (You laugh till you wish / You'd expire of laughter, / And in that same second, / you mercifully do). For added fun, about half of the planet names are anagrams; a key is listed at the end. Ages 8up. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.; Title: The Swamps of Sleethe: Poems From Beyond the Solar System | [
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13,535 | 2 | In the second title in the Fairy Godmother Academy series, the narrative viewpoint switches to Kerka, the sidekick in Birdies Book (2009), who is now on a quest to her sister Bibas voice, as well as her own destiny. Ever since their mother died, Biba has not talked, and as Kerka, 13, trains to become a fairy godmother, she reenters the dreamland of Aventurine and embarks on a perilous journey in which she confronts her own shortcomings. The blend of magical detail with family drama will hold fantasy fans, even those new to the series. Grades 3-5. --Hazel RochmanJan Bozarth was raised in an international family in Texas in the sixties, the daughter of a Cuban mother and a Welsh father. She danced in a ballet company at eleven, started a dream journal at thirteen, joined a surf club at sixteen, studied flower essences at eighteen, and went on to study music, art, and poetry in college. As a girl, she dreamed of a life that would weave these different interests together. Her dream came true when she grew up and had a big family and a music and writing career. Jan is now a grandmother and writes stories and songs for young people. She often works with her own grown-up children, who are musicians and artists in Austin, Texas. (Sometimes Jan is even the fairy godmother who encourages them to believe in their dreams!) Jan credits her own mother, Dora, with handing down her wisdom: Dream big and never give up.; Title: The Fairy Godmother Academy #2: Kerka's Book | [
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13,536 | 0 | This countdown book begins with a cheery band of 10 masked and costumed children leaving an apartment building to begin their night of fun. As they board a bus to go to a party and trick-or-treat from house to house, their number slowly diminishes as each successive child is frightened off by costumed vampires, mummies, a frog, a bat, and other spooky creatures. The last brave child returns to her apartment, climbs happily into bed, and then there were none. The book ends with a yummy array of different types of candy that kids will enjoy counting. Schulmans rhythmic text will be enjoyed as a read-aloud as well as by beginning readers. Davicks vibrant graphic art is chockablock with shapes and angles that keep the mood light and the creatures and costumed monsters more fun than frightening. A not-too-scary treat for the youngest Halloween fans.School Library JournalVibrant depictions of clever costumes will set readers to dreaming of their own Halloween escapades.Kirkus ReviewsJanet Schulman has worked in childrens publishing for more than forty years. Her favorite Halloween candy is Good & Plenty. She lives in New York, New York.Linda Davick loves to draw and eat candy at the same time. She lives in San Francisco, California.; Title: 10 Trick-or-Treaters | [
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13,537 | 13 | A former editor for Random House and Golden Books, Lori Haskins Houran has written several books in the Step into Reading series. She lives in New York, New York with her two sons.Joe Mathieu is the illustrator of Too Many Dogs, as well as Big Mikes Police Car, Dogs Dont Wear Sneakers, Oh, the Pets You Can Get!, and many Sesame Street titles. He lives in Brooklyn, Connecticut.; Title: Too Many Cats (Step into Reading) | [
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13,538 | 2 | Julia Alvarez is the author of several novels for young readers including How Ta Lola Came to Visit Stay, Finding Miracles, and Before We Were Free, winner of the ALAs Pura Belpr Award. Her books for adults include How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, In the Time of the Butterflies, and Once Upon a Quinceaera. She is a writer-in-residence at Middlebury College in Vermont.; Title: Devolver al Remitente (Return to Sender Spanish Edition) | [
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13,539 | 15 | In 1942, the launch ofLittle Golden Booksrevolutionized childrens book publishing by making high-quality picture books available at affordable prices. More than 60 years later, many of the original Golden Book titles are still wildly popular, with The Poky Little Puppy topping the list of ten bestselling childrens books of all time.Golden Books backlist is teeming with classics such as Dorothy Kunhardts Pat the Bunny, and features the stories and artwork of childrens book legends Mary Blair, Margaret Wise Brown, Richard Scarry, Eloise Wilkins, Garth Williams, and many more.Today, the Golden Books imprint includes an array of storybooks, novelty books, and coloring and activity books featuring all of the most popular licenses, including Disney, Nickelodeon, Barbie, Thomas & Friends, The Cat in the Hat, Sesame Street, Marvel Super Heroes, and DC Super Friends. Golden Bookscontinues to reissue the best of its backlist in a variety of formats, including ebooks and apps, as well as bringing out brand-new books in these evolving new formats.; Title: SNOW PRINCESS SPELL, | [
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13,540 | 16 | Its a fiesta, piggy style, when Penelope invites six of her porcine pals to a slumber party. Through bouncy rhymes, the alliterative text announces the friends arrival: Were pigs in pajamas, to Pennys we go / in prints, plaids, and pinstripes, / a sleepywear show! In typical slumber party fashion, the pals pig out on pizza and pies (remembering to wipe their snouts, of course), pound a piata, pin tails on a pony, and make a pyramid before pooping out for the night. A pet parrots intermittent squawks add even more alliterative phrases. Cheery acrylic paintings, enhanced with photo collage and packed with items that begin with the letter P, allow young children to identify pennies, pinecones, pancakes, puzzles, and more. Astute readers will especially enjoy such background details as a Piggly Wiggly grocery bag and a picture-book version of The Princess and the Pea. Children and adults alike can test their observation skills against the concluding list of objects. Peppy and playful. Preschool-Kindergarten. --Angela LeeperMAGGIE SMITH's acclaimed books include One Naked Baby; Dear Daisy, Get Well Soon; Desser the Best Ever Cat; and Christmas with the Mousekins.; Title: Pigs in Pajamas | [
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13,541 | 2 | BARBARA PARK is best known as the author of the wildly popular New York Times bestselling Junie B. Jones series, which has kept kids (and their grown-ups) laughingand readingfor over two decades. Beloved by millions, the Junie B. Jones books have been translated into multiple languages and are a time-honored staple in elementary school classrooms around the world. Barbara once said, Ive never been sure whether Junie B.s fans love her in spite of her imperfectionsor because of them. But either way, shes gone out into the world and made more friends than I ever dreamed possible.Barbara Park is also the author of award-winning middle grade novels and bestselling picture books, including Skinnybones, Mick Harte Was Here, and Ma! Theres Nothing to Do Here!Barbara Park was born in New Jersey in 1947 and spent most of her adult life in Arizona, where she and her husband, Richard, raised two sons. Barbara died in 2013, but her legacy lives on in the laughter her books give to readers all over the world.Denise Brunkus's entertaining illustrations have appeared in over 50 books, including each Junie B. title. She lives in Massachussetts with her husband and daughter.; Title: Junie B. Double Edition: Junie B., First Grader (at last!) and Junie B., First Grader Toothless Wonder (Junie B. Jones) (A Stepping Stone Book(TM)) | [
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13,542 | 2 | Geof Smith is a children’s book author and editor. He doesn’t currently have a pet, but hopes to one day solve crimes with a super-intelligent chimpanzee. He has worked on A New Hope (Star Wars) and Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Star Wars Little Golden Book, among others. Caleb Meurer is an artist and illustrator living in Los Angeles. He is best known for his work as a storyboard artist for the SpongeBob SquarePants movies and television series. He is the illustrator for the Golden Books Star Wars series, including A New Hope and The Force Awakens. His other works include Don’t Rock the Boat, Don’t Pencil Me In, and Pest of the West.   ; Title: Mr. FancyPants! (SpongeBob SquarePants) (Little Golden Book) | [
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13,543 | 0 | MARY POPE OSBORNE is the author of the New York Times number one bestselling Magic Tree House series. She and her husband, writer Will Osborne (author of Magic Tree House: The Musical), live in northwestern Connecticut with their three dogs. Ms. Osborne is also the coauthor of the companion Magic Tree House Fact Trackers series with Will, and with her sister, Natalie Pope Boyce. SAL MURDOCCA has illustrated more than 200 children's trade and text books. He is also a librettist for children's opera, a video artist, an avid runner, hiker, and bicyclist, and a teacher of children's illustration at the Parsons School of Design. Sal lives and works in New York with his wife, Nancy.; Title: Magic Tree House Boxed Set, Books 13-16: Vacation Under the Volcano, Day of the Dragon King, Viking Ships at Sunrise, and Hour of the Olympics | [
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13,544 | 2 | Review, The New York Times Book Review, June 5, 2011: Blackalls softly colored illustrations manage to make even stretched-out rats look adorable.Starred review, Booklist, May 15, 2011:"Stevens spot-on story about every mothers nightmare, the group grocery-store shop, is matched by Blackalls delicious art...This is a book thats clever in every sense of the word: skillful, original, and witty."Starred review, School Library Journal, July 1, 2011:"Dont miss this hilarious shopping trip."APRIL STEVENS is the author of Waking Up Wendell, which received two starred reviews and was a 2008 Bank Street Best Book of the Year. Kirkus Reviews called it "as absolutely charming as a sunny morning can be." She also wrote an adult novel, Angel, Angel.SOPHIE BLACKALL received the Caldecott Medal forFinding Winnieby Lindsay Mattick. She is the illustrator ofA Fine Dessertby Emily Jenkins, aNew York TimesBest Illustrated Book; The Mighty Lalouche by Matthew Olshan, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year; andRuby's Wishby Shirin Yim Bridges, an Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award winner. She has also illustrated the Mr. and Mrs. Bunny series by Polly Horvath and the bestselling Ivy and Bean series by Annie Barrows.A native of Australia, she lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her at SophieBlackall.com; Title: Edwin Speaks Up | [
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13,545 | 2 | "Situational comedy, appealing spot art, and a personable protagonist will give this series broad appeal"- Booklist"Take one appealing family, add a fashion-crazy grandmother, mix with one abandoned alligator, and you have the first in a promising new series for middle-grade readers."-The Horn Book Magazine"An excellent family or classroom readaloud, and kids (and adults) who join the Carter team will eagerly await their next adventure."-The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"Grand Rapids resident Sue Stauffacher knows her audience. She gets that young readers love animals, adventure and lots of action. She gets that parents and teachers are looking for stories that broaden childrens understanding of family and the world. All those things come together on Stauffachers new Animal Rescue Team series."-The Grand Rapids PressSue Stauffacher lives with her husband and sons in a 150+-year-old farmhouse in the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Over the years, possums, bats, raccoons, mice, squirrels, crows, ducks, woodchucks, chipmunks, voles, skunks, bunnies, and a whole bunch of other critters have lived on the property. Though Sue is not a rehabilitator herself, she is passionate about helping kids know what to do when the wild meets the child.A longtime advocate for literacy, Sue speaks around the country, connecting kids with books to help grow lifelong readers. She is a former book reviewer, and her novels for young readers include Harry Sue, Donutheart, and Donuthead. To learn more about Sue and her books, visit her on the Web at www.suestauffacher.com.From the Hardcover edition.; Title: Gator on the Loose! (Animal Rescue Team) | [
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13,546 | 2 | Kim Wilkins is a leading fantasy author in Australia. Her first novel, The Infernal, won both the horror and fantasy categories of the Aurealis Awards in 1997. She lives in Brisbane, Australia.D. M. Cornish is a talented Australian author-illustrator who stormed the American market with the first book in his acclaimed fantasy series, Monster Blood Tattoo, which received starred reviews in School Library Journal and Booklist. He lives in Adelaide, Australia.; Title: The Sunken Kingdom #4: The Star Queen | [
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13,547 | 2 | Jean Slaughter Doty wrote over a dozen novels about horses and ponies. Her stories have been treasured by generations of riders.Ruth Sanderson has illustrated books for children of all ages. She lives with her family in Ware, Massachusetts, and her favorite hobby is horseback riding.; Title: Winter Pony (A Stepping Stone Book(TM)) | [
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13,548 | 0 | Theodor Seuss Geiselaka Dr. Seussis one of the most beloved childrens book authors of all time. FromThe Cat in the HattoOh, the Places Youll Go!,his iconic characters, stories, and art style have been a lasting influence on generations of children and adults. The books he wrote and illustrated under the name Dr. Seuss (and others that he wrote but did not illustrate, including some under the pseudonyms Theo. LeSieg and Rosetta Stone) have been translated into 30 languages. Hundreds of millions of copies have found their way into homes and hearts around the world. Dr. Seusss long list of awards includes Caldecott Honors forMcElligots Pool, If I Ran the Zoo,andBartholomew and the Oobleck;the Pulitzer Prize; and eight honorary doctorates. Works based on his original stories have won three Oscars, three Emmys, three Grammys, and a Peabody.; Title: What Was I Scared Of? 10th Anniversary Edition: A Glow-in-the Dark Encounter (Classic Seuss) | [
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13,549 | 2 | Grade 36An adventurous young milkmaid named Lucy decides to climb the Scratchy Mountains to learn more about her mother, who vanished many years before. At the top of a mountain she discovers a town dominated by unnecessary rules, where the weather runs on schedule, and the townspeople live in alphabetical order. Lucy's friend Wynston, who is the prince of their small town, and who is supposed to be looking for a suitable princess to marry, follows her up the mountain and helps her rescue her pet prairie dog. As they work together, their spirited friendship blossoms. Ultimately, they discover that it's okay to bend rules if not break them. This fairy tale, set in a time "before television and interstate highways" in the land of Bewilderness, has appealing characters who grow and develop; clear, accessible language; lively dialogue; and a light humorous tone. While the pacing is a little slow and the central message somewhat heavy-handed, children may enjoy the whimsical setting and the sweet friendship that blossoms between the protagonists.Mari Pongkhamsing, St. Perpetua School, Lafayette, CA Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Combining elements of a fairy tale and a folksy yarn, this story follows the parallel journeys of two young friends. Lucy, the loveliest little milkmaid in the village of Thistle, or anywhere else in the Bewilderness, misses her daily jaunt with Wynston, the crown prince whose father now insists that he attend to matters of state, specifically princess-finding. After Lucy takes off alone for the Scratchy Mountains, Wynston defies his father and follows her. This chapter book offers likable characters within a simply written, well-paced story. Magical elements, such as the river that flows up one side of the mountain and down the other, seem not just imaginative but also believable in the context of this childlike adventure story. With its spacious page design and the promise of illustrations (not seen, though the jacket art is charming), the book will appeal to many children in the middle grades as well as younger children reading at this level. Grades 3-5. --Carolyn Phelan; Title: Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains | [
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13,550 | 6 | In 1942, the launch ofLittle Golden Booksrevolutionized childrens book publishing by making high-quality picture books available at affordable prices. More than 60 years later, many of the original Golden Book titles are still wildly popular, with The Poky Little Puppy topping the list of ten bestselling childrens books of all time.Golden Books backlist is teeming with classics such as Dorothy Kunhardts Pat the Bunny, and features the stories and artwork of childrens book legends Mary Blair, Margaret Wise Brown, Richard Scarry, Eloise Wilkins, Garth Williams, and many more.Today, the Golden Books imprint includes an array of storybooks, novelty books, and coloring and activity books featuring all of the most popular licenses, including Disney, Nickelodeon, Barbie, Thomas & Friends, The Cat in the Hat, Sesame Street, Marvel Super Heroes, and DC Super Friends. Golden Bookscontinues to reissue the best of its backlist in a variety of formats, including ebooks and apps, as well as bringing out brand-new books in these evolving new formats.; Title: DANGER FROM THE DEEP | [
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13,551 | 0 | RON ROY has been writing books for children since 1974. He is the author of dozens of books, including the popular A to Z Mysteries, Capital Mysteries, and Calendar Mysteries. When not working on a new book in his Connecticut home, Ron likes to teach tricks to his dog Pal, play poker with friends, travel, and read thrilling mystery books. Visit him online at RonRoy.com.TIMOTHY BUSH is a writer-illustrator with many childrens projects to his credit. He lives in New York City, New York.; Title: Capital Mysteries #9: A Thief at the National Zoo | [
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13,552 | 15 | CORINNE MALVERN (1906-1956) was born in Newark, New Jersey. It wasn't long before she and her sister Gladys became well-known child actors. Later Corinne Malvern went on to study with Theodore Lukits at the Art Students League in New York City, and worked as an art editor of the Ladies' Home Journal. A prolific illustrator of Golden Books, Malvern is best known for Doctor Dan the Bandage Man and Nurse Nancy, as well as Frosty the Snowman and The Night Before Christmas, which are among the most memorable and beloved Golden Books.KATHRYN and BYRON JACKSON wrote hundreds of stories for Golden Books, including The Saggy Baggy Elephant, one of the most beloved Little Golden Books of all.; Title: A Day at the Seashore (Little Golden Book) | [
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13,553 | 13 | Grade 2–4—When a girl's grandmother comes to visit, she is filled with questions about the child's teachers, friends, and school. Instead of simply answering, the girl decides to show her grandmother what she likes about the important people in her life. She gathers up piles of objects and then sorts through them to find representative objects and collages them into portraits. The girl's friend Jack, who is geographically inclined and "sharp as a pencil," ends up having globes for eyes, magnifying glasses for glasses, a microscope nose, and a pencil mouth. Her art teacher has an artist's palette for a face, wears mysterious dark glasses, sports a colorful Mohawk, and wields a paintbrush. The layout encourages a guessing game of sorts as the audience will wonder how and where each object will be incorporated in the portrait. This book is ideal for projects involving descriptive language. Readers can create their own portraits of friends and teachers using various objects and this book as a guide. Use it with Piven's What Presidents Are Made of (2004), What Athletes Are Made of (2006, both S & S), and My Dog Is as Smelly as Dirty Socks (Randon, 2007) for classroom or crafting activities.—Stacy Dillon, LREI, New York City (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.This engaging book is similar to Pivens My Dog Is as Smelly as Dirty Socks and Other Funny Family Portraits (2007). Vibrant portraits in words and realia-collage illustrations, purportedly created by the child narrator in anticipation of her grandmothers inevitable questions about school, will delight readers. One double-page spread gives each new characters traits, expressed in several verbal metaphors (e.g., as jumpy as a million rubber bands) and in photos of objects (such as 8 colored rubber bands). On the next spread, a painting incorporating those objects forms an eye-catching, idiosyncratic portrait. Grades K-3. --Carolyn Phelan; Title: My Best Friend Is As Sharp As a Pencil: And Other Funny Classroom Portraits | [
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13,554 | 16 | JANE WERNER WATSON(19152004) was the original editor of Little Golden Books, and the author of numerous Golden Books herself, many of which were illustrated by the great children's illustrators of the mid-twentieth century. Some of her bestselling titles includeThe Fuzzy Duckling(illustrated by Martin and Alice Provensen),Animal Friends(illustrated by Garth Williams), andMy Little Golden Book About God, The Christmas Story, and Wonders of Nature(all illustrated by Eloise Wilkin).ELOISE WILKIN (19041987) illustrated dozens of classic Golden Books in her long career, including The Christmas Story, Wonders of Nature, Baby Listens, and We Help Mommy. Famous for her beautifully detailed paintings of the natural world and of cherubic children, she helped make Golden Books an icon. Her Golden Books Prayers for ChildrenandMy Little Golden Book About God have never been out of print.; Title: Wonders of Nature (Little Golden Book) | [
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13,555 | 15 | JAN GERARDI has illustrated many books for children. Teenie Greenies are the first books she has both written and illustrated. She lives in New Jersey.; Title: The Little Composter (Teenie Greenies) | [
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13,556 | 11 | Richard Scarry is one of the world's best-loved children's authors EVER! Generations of children all over the world have grown up spending hours poring over his books filled with all the colorful details of their daily lives. No other illustrator has shown such a lively interest in the words and concepts of early childhood. For himself, whenever he was asked how old he was, Scarry would always put up one hand and laugh, saying, "five!" Born in 1919, Richard Scarry was raised and educated in Boston, Massachusetts. After five years of drawing maps and designing graphics for the US Army, he moved to New York to pursue a career in commercial art. But after showing his portfolio to one of the original editors at Golden Books, he found the perfect home for his children's books. The assignments first given to Scarry tended to be Little Golden Books that featured popular characters of the day, such as Winky Dink, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and Smokey the Bear. Eventually Scarry created many original characters, such as Lowly Worm and Huckle Cat. But first came Nicholas, a young rabbit clad in red overalls, for the now-iconic board bookI Am a Bunny. After Scarry married children's textbook writer Patricia Murphy, she wrote many stories for him as Patsy Scarry, including the bestselling Little Golden BooksGood Night, Little BearandThe Bunny Book. In his extraordinary career, Richard Scarry illustrated more than 150 books, many of which have never been out of print. His books have sold over 100 million copies around the world and are currently published in more than 20 languages. Richard Scarry Jr., also an illustrator, carries on his father's work today under the name of Huck Scarry. Richard Scarry passed away at his home in Gstaad, Switzerland, in 1994. He was posthumously awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Illustrators in 2012.; Title: Richard Scarry's Biggest, Busiest Storybook Ever (Picture Book) | [
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13,557 | 0 | Alison Hart has been horse crazy ever since she can remember. A teacher and author, she has written over 20 books for children, most of them about horses. Her novel Shadow Horse was nominated for an Edgar Award. Today, Alison still rides becauseyou guessed itshes still horse crazy! She lives in Mt. Sidney, Virginia.Ruth Sanderson has illustrated books for children of all ages, including Summer Pony and Winter Pony. She lives with her family in Ware, Massachusetts, and her favorite hobby is horseback riding.Vermont, Early Spring 1850I was born in a rocky paddock on a cloudy night. Light snow fell from the sky, covering my brown fur with white. My mothers tongue washed over me and warmed my skin. Soon she nudged me, urging me to stand.Rise, she told me. Danger can hide in the dark woods.I scrambled to my feet. My long legs were sturdy, my body stout. I nursed, and my mothers milk gave me strength. I hopped in the snow, trying out my legs. Mother smiled proudly as I trotted and leaped. Soon I grew weary. Mother led me into the shed, and sinking onto a soft pile of hay, I slept.Morning came, and the rising sun broke through the clouds. As soon as it was light, my mother began to teach me.There is so much to learn, she told me. I followed her around the paddock. She touched her nose to all the new things: fence, tree, water trough, hay, mud.Mud I learned quickly. As the snow melted, my tiny hooves sank into the sloppy brown mess. I was scrambling onto a dry stump when a fluttering sound startled me.A bright blue creature landed on the fence. I tensed. Is this danger? I asked my mother.Her muzzle twitched in laughter. No, my son. That is a blue jay. They are pesky and steal my corn, but they are not danger.Jumping off the stump, I whinnied to the blue jay. It flew into the trees.Blue jays have wings, my mother explained. They are free to fly to wherever they want.I peered between the fence rails. I wanted to race after the blue jay to the place called wherever they want. The blue jay had disappeared, but outside the paddock were many more new things to explore!I touched my nose to the railing, but the fence circled my mother and me, penning us in. I checked my back. Did I have wings? All I saw was brown hair.If only I had wings, I thought. I could fly free, too.Suddenly a shriek filled the air. I fled behind my mother. I flicked my fuzzy ears.Danger? Turning, I peeked from beneath her thick black tail.A creature leaped over the top railing, landing with a splash in the mud. It was as colorful and noisy as the blue jay, only bigger!Wings spread wide, it hurtled toward me. Terrified, I turned to run, but my long legs tangled. I fell in a heap. Mud splattered my white star. The giant blue jay plopped on the ground next to me. Its wings wrapped tightly around my neck, and I was trapped!Mother, I neighed. Danger!But my mothers eyes were twinkling.Papa! Bell had her foal! the blue jay cried out.I see, Miss Katie, an even taller blue jay answered. But, daughter, your joy is scaring him. Let him go so we can see how fine he is.The wings released me. I scrambled to my hooves and rushed to the far side of the paddock. My mother hurried after me and blew into my nostrils.Do not be afraid. Those are humans. The large one is Papa. The small one is Katie. They feed and care for us. In return, we work for them.Work. I did not know that word yet. My mother pushed me forward. My legs splayed, refusing to move. The human called Papa set a wooden bucket in the paddock.Come, Bell, he called. My mother trotted over. Dipping her head, she ate hungrily.You have given us a fine fellow, Bell, Papa said, patting her neck.Wide-eyed and trembling, I stared at the human called Katie. She stood in the middle of the paddock, her eyes as curious as mine.Then she held out one wing. This time she walked quietly to me. Her wings were soft when they stole around my neck. Then her cheek pressed against mine, and my trembling stopped.He has a white star, just like Bell, Katie said. And look, two white legs.Hes a fine-looking Morgan horse. Strong like his dam. Handsome like his sire, Papa said. Soon hell be able to pull the plow and the carriage.Papa, may I name him? Katie asked. He nodded. I name him Bells Star.Thats a grand name for such a small foal, Papa said.One day he will be grand, I know, Katie said, scratching my fuzzy mane. Hell lead the St. Albans parade like Mr. Joness Morgan horse.Lets hope he grows up to be as grand a worker as Bell, Papa said. Our farm needs a Morgan that can pull a plow, not lead a parade.I nuzzled Katies arm. I didnt know grand or parade, but I wanted to show her I no longer thought she was danger.Oh, Papa, Katie sighed, her breath tickling my whiskers. I love him already.Well give Bell a day of rest, Papa said. Then its back to work tomorrow.Work. There was that word again. That morning, with Katies arms around my neck, I thought nothing more of it.But soon I would know what it meant.; Title: Horse Diaries #2: Bell's Star | [
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13,558 | 8 | In 1942, the launch ofLittle Golden Booksrevolutionized childrens book publishing by making high-quality picture books available at affordable prices. More than 60 years later, many of the original Golden Book titles are still wildly popular, with The Poky Little Puppy topping the list of ten bestselling childrens books of all time.Golden Books backlist is teeming with classics such as Dorothy Kunhardts Pat the Bunny, and features the stories and artwork of childrens book legends Mary Blair, Margaret Wise Brown, Richard Scarry, Eloise Wilkins, Garth Williams, and many more.Today, the Golden Books imprint includes an array of storybooks, novelty books, and coloring and activity books featuring all of the most popular licenses, including Disney, Nickelodeon, Barbie, Thomas & Friends, The Cat in the Hat, Sesame Street, Marvel Super Heroes, and DC Super Friends. Golden Bookscontinues to reissue the best of its backlist in a variety of formats, including ebooks and apps, as well as bringing out brand-new books in these evolving new formats.; Title: Barbie and the Three Musketeers (Barbie) (Little Golden Book) | [
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13,559 | 16 | Margaret Wise Brown, beloved author of Goodnight Moon, wrote countless children’s books inspired by her belief that very young children could be fascinated by the simple pleasures of the world around them. She created some of the most enduring and beloved children’s books of all time.Caldecott medalists Alice and Martin Provensen have illustrated more than 50 fabulous books for children.; Title: The Color Kittens (Little Golden Treasures) | [
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13,560 | 2 | Sandra Boynton is the beloved author and illustrator of over 40 books, with over 20 million of them in print. Since 1975, her incomparable greeting cards have sold well over 200 million copies. She has a Grammy nomination, has written and produced three gold records, and her books for children and for adults have won numerous awards. She is the recipient of the 2008 Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Cartoonists Societys highest honor. She lives and works and goofs off in the foothills of the Berkshires with her husband, whitewater racer/expeditionist Jamie McEwan, and their four perfect children.; Title: Night-Night, Little Pookie | [
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13,561 | 2 | "The story has interesting undercurrents.Burningham is saying something very serious about schools and education."--Kirkus Reviews (pointer)From the Trade Paperback edition.; Title: John Patrick Norman McHennessy: The Boy Who Was Always Late | [
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13,562 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 2—Based on the idiosyncratic Uglydoll collectibles the author and illustrator created, this is the story of a greedy, cookie-obsessed little blue monster. When Babo purchases an oversize cookie from the new Giant Cookie Bakery in Uglytown, he refuses to share it with his friends. He imagines all of the things he will do with it—go to school, read bedtime stories, trick-or-treat, see a movie, run races, and play video games. But when Uglydog tries to take a bite out of the cookie, Babo loosens his grip and his treasure tumbles down Uglytown Peak, rolls into Uglyview Park, and crashes into the Ugly Memorial. Looking at the hundreds of broken pieces, Babo realizes that the best thing to do now is share it with his friends. "And he was happier sharing his cookie than he ever would have been eating it alone." While the simple, didactic story line isn't particularly original or inspiring, fans of the dolls, as well as those who appreciate wacky, offbeat characters, will enjoy seeing how these bizarre little creatures play out on the pages.—Rachel Kamin, North Suburban Synagogue Beth El, Highland Park, IL ENDDAVID HORVATH and SUN-MIN KIM are a husband-and-wife team living in Los Angeles with their daughter, Mina. They met in art school in New York, where they began creating and designing art and toys together. Their relationship continued to grow, and the Uglydolls were born in 2001, quickly becoming a worldwide success with fans of all ages. David, Sun-Min, and the Uglydolls family (24 characters and still growing) have won the Toy of the Year Award and have been featured on CNN, MSNBC, and the Today show and in TheNew York Times, InStyle, and Time magazine.; Title: Babo's Cookie Problem (Uglydolls) | [
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13,563 | 2 | MAVIS JUKES is the award-winning author of several books for children and teenagers, including the picture books No One is Going to Nashville, Blackberries in the Dark, I'll See You in My Dreams, You're A Bear, and Like Jake and Me, which earned a Newbery Honor Award. Other titles include several nonfiction books in a series for adolescents, including Be Healthy! It's A Girl Thing: Food, Fitness and Feeling Great, cowritten by Lilian Cheung, DSc. Mavis taught school for several years, then became a lawyer before writing her first book for children. She recently returned to the classroom full-time, currently teaching computer class to 900 enthusiastic students in three different public schools a week. It is from this job that she has drawn inspiration for the ideas and antics featured in The New Kid.Mavis lives with her husband, the artist Robert Hudson, in Sonoma County, California. They share their small ranch with four cats, a dog, numerous hawks, owls, raccoons, opossoms, skunks, and other mysterious critters whose eyes twinkle in the dark. Mavis and Bob are the parents of four children, all artists.; Title: The New Kid | [
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13,564 | 2 | Praise for the Sammy Keyes series:Van Draanen offers such an explosive combination of high-stakes sleuthing, hilarity, and breathlessly paced action that its impossible to turn the pages fast enough. Kirkus ReviewsTheres no stopping Sammy.Publishers WeeklyAn intelligent, gutsy, flawed, and utterly likable heroine.Booklist"Move over, Nancy Drewa new sleuth is on the scene.Girls Life"Think a combination of Carl HiaasensFlushand Janet Evanovichs Stephanie Plum books and youll be right on target. School Library JournalA high-quality, high-amp mystery series. The Horn BookThis funny, clever series is NOT for kids only. I challenge the most seasoned mystery reader to guess who done it. Cozies, Capers, and CrimesSammy Keyes comes armed with attitude. Orlando SentinelSammy doesnt find mysteries to solvethey find her. Arizona RepublicHumor, romance and adventure; this story is an absolute blast.Chicago TribuneIf you havent met Sammy Keyes yet, now is the time. Childrens LiteratureWENDELIN VAN DRAANEN was a classroom teacher for many years before becoming a full-time writer. The books in the Sammy Keyes mystery series have been embraced by critics and readers alike, withSammy Keyes and the Hotel Thiefreceiving the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best childrens mystery. Wendelin is also the author of many award-winning novels, includingFlipped,The Running Dream,Runaway, Confessions of a Serial Kisser,Swear to Howdy,The Secret Life of Lincoln Jones, and Wild Bird.You can find her online at WendelinVanDraanen.com and @WendelinVanD, and you can follow Sammy Keyes on Facebook.; Title: Sammy Keyes and the Wedding Crasher | [
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13,565 | 0 | P. D. Eastmanwas an author-illustrator who created many childrens books, includingAre You My Mother?,Go, Dog. Go!, andThe Best Nest. Trained at the National Academy of Design, he enlisted in the army in 1943 and was assigned to the Signal Corps Film Unitwhich was headed by Theodor Geisel, who would eventually become known to the world as Dr. Seuss. After Geisel later approached him to write for his newBeginner Bookseries at Random House, Eastman published his first book,Sam and the Firefly. Since then, Random House has sold more than 30 million books by P. D. Eastman, and he has become one of the most beloved childrens book authors in the world.; Title: The Big Blue Book of Beginner Books (Beginner Books(R)) | [
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13,566 | 7 | Grade 46When Princess Eleanor spots a unicorn in the woods near Swinley Castle, she decides he must come with her to Buckingham Palace, not realizing that once the creature leaves both he and the forest will sicken and eventually die. Joyce, the plucky young fairy who observes the unicorn's capture, is sent by her village elders to bring him back. Having never left home before, she has no idea how she is going to manage the task set before her, but she soon encounters castle fairies who give her a map to London, and her quest begins. Meanwhile, Eleanor's sly governess hatches a wicked plot to deceive Eleanor and sell the creature. Unlike most humans, Eleanor can see the fairies that live all around them, and when Joyce arrives at the palace, the two team up to foil the villain. The novel's exposition is somewhat hackneyed and therefore slow going. The characters are stereotypical and never well developed. However, once the fairies and humans are working together, the writing includes humor and cleverness that make the story much more entertaining. Readers who like the triumvirate of fairies, princesses, and unicorns will pick this book up because of the cover. They won't find anything terribly original inside, but they'll enjoy it nonetheless.Cheri Dobbs, Detroit Country Day Middle School, Beverly Hills, MI Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.This modern-day fantasy introduces two girls whose lives intersect when they both become devoted to the same unicorn. Joyce is a diminutive fairy whose home, Swinley Forest, can thrive only as long as theseldom-seen unicorn lives there. Princess Eleanor, the only daughter of the English king and queen, finds the beautiful beast during a Royal hunt and, encouraged by her wicked governess, takes him home to the castle. The third-person narrative shifts between Princess Eleanor and Joyce, whose brave quest for the unicorn becomes the most satisfying part of the book. Though the characters are rather flat and plot developments are often predictable, not every reader is looking for nuance or surprise. The storys essential charm will not be lost on those drawn to the book by its pastel-pink cover, which features a girl with wavy blond hair and a unicorn with a wavy blond mane and tail. For larger collections. Grades 3-6. --Carolyn Phelan; Title: The Princess and the Unicorn | [
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13,567 | 2 | GARY PAULSEN is the distinguished author of many critically acclaimed books for young people. His most recent books are Lawn Boy Returns, Woods Runner, Notes from the Dog, Mudshark, Lawn Boy, Molly McGinty Has a Really Good Day, The Time Hackers, and The Amazing Life of Birds (The Twenty Day Puberty Journal of Duane Homer Leech).Sometimes having company is not all it's cracked up to be. I was sitting on the front steps of my house with Matthew and Dylan. Matthew was listening to his ear buds, eyes closed, half-humming, half-singing the good parts of the song like he always does, and Dylan was asleep on the ground, snoring and twitching. Matthew's into his music and Dylan's a dog so I didn't pay much attention to either of them. I was trying to read. Matthew's the only true friend I've got. He's not my best friend. That's Carl, because we've always got a lot of the same classes and spend the most time together in school. Matthew's not even my oldest friend. That's Jamie, because I've known her since we went to nursery school together. He's definitely not my most fun friend--that would have to be Christopher, who goes to a school for the gifted and always has some crazy story to tell about the supersmart people he knows. Matthew lives right across the street and is always over at my house. That summer, he was actually living with us, because his parents were in the middle of a divorce. Their house was for sale and they'd each recently moved into nearby apartments. But Matthew had said he wasn't going to learn how to do the shared custody thing on his summer vacation. Then he'd said he'd just stay with us until everything got settled. I was impressed that Matthew called the shots that way, but not surprised that his folks and my dad agreed; Matthew has a way of always making sense so people go along with him. But that's not what makes him my true friend. It's because he's the only person I know who doesn't make me feel like he's drifted off in his head when I'm talking. Anyone who listens to everything you have to say, even the bad stuff and the boring things that don't interest them, is a true friend. Matthew's always been the only person who's easy for me to talk to. He's a lot like Dylan when you think about it. Matthew and I aren't anything alike. I know, for instance, that it's got to be easier to be Matthew than it is to be me. There's something so . . . easy about the way he does everything. He gets better grades than me, even though he hardly ever studies. He's on about a million teams at school, and whatever he does in football, baseball, basketball, tennis or track, he looks confident in a way that I never do. He has friends in every group at school: the brainy people, who, even in middle school, are starting to worry about the "com app" (that's the universal college application form, but I only know that because I Googled the word after I heard them talking about it so much); the jocks, who carpool to their orthopedic doctor appointments together and brag about torn cartilage and bad sprains; the theater and band and orchestra members, who call themselves the arty geeks and then laugh, like it's some big joke on everyone else; and, of course, the losers. Like me. Matthew would never call me a loser, not to my face and not behind my back, either, but we both know that I don't fit in and that I'm just biding my time in middle school, waiting for high school and then college, after which I hope I can get a job where I'll be able to work by myself. It's not that I don't like people, but they make me uncomfortable. I feel like an alien dropped onto a strange planet and that I always have to be on the lookout for clues and cues on how to act and what to say. It's exhausting to always feel like you don't belong anywhere and then worry that you're going to say the wrong thing all the time. Real people seem so . . . mysterious and, I don't know, high-maintenance to me. People in books, though, I like them just fine. I read a lot, partly because when I was little and my dad couldn't afford sitters, he'd drag me to the library for his study groups. He was in night school and he's been there ever since. He'd sit me at a table near him and his classmates and give me a pile of books, a bag of pretzels and some juice boxes. "I wish I had a dollar for every hour I've spent in the library," he always says. I have to agree--we'd probably never have to worry about money again. So now I don't feel normal unless I've got a book in my hands, and I feel the most normal when I'm lost in a story and can ignore the complicated situations around me that never seem to work out as neatly as they do in books. So, on that day, Matthew and Dylan and I were sitting in front of my house. It was a week after school let out for the summer. A completely bald woman drove up, parked in front of the house next door and jumped out of her car. I knew she'd moved in a couple of weeks ago to house-sit for our neighbors, professors on sabbatical. I'd seen her a few times from my kitchen window, but I hadn't spoken to her. I hadn't noticed she was bald, either, and that kind of detail didn't seem like one I'd miss. She was probably in her early twenties. She was wearing faded jeans that looked way too big for her and purple cowboy boots. She carried a leather backpack and had one of those bumpy fisherman sweaters draped over her shoulders even though it was hot. 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13,568 | 2 | BARBARA PARK (19472013) is beloved by millions as the author of the wildly popular Junie B. Jones series. She is also the author of award-winning middle-grade novels and picture books, includingSkinnybonesandMick Harte Was Here. We are thankful for the laughter shes given us and to millions of children.; Title: Junie B. Jones's Fifth Boxed Set Ever! (Books 17-20) | [
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13,569 | 0 | Charles Ghigna (a.k.a. Father Goose) is the author of more than 30 books of poetry for children and adults. He lives in Homewood, Alabama. Julia Woolf studied graphics and illustration in the United Kingdom. She went on to work in the animation industry in London and Los Angeles. She has illustrated numerous childrens books. She lives in Los Angeles and England.; Title: Snow Wonder (Step into Reading) | [
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13,570 | 0 | An ALA-YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Book A Top Ten Indie Next List Pick An ABA New Voices Selection The Florida Book Award Gold Medal Winner for Young Adult Literature A Latina Magazine Book of the Year A Christian Science Monitor Book of the Year A Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year A CCBC Choices Book A remarkable debut novel. San Francisco Book Review The memorable heroine and supporting cast offer a moving portrait of resilience and reinvention. Publishers Weekly Through Lucias captivating voice, readers travel in time. . . . Gonzalez enters the literary scene with this exceptional historical novel that portrays the beginning of the Cuban exodus. Kirkus Reviews Based on the authors parents story, Gonzalezs first novel captures the heart-wrenching, personal drama of family separation. Booklist Through the eyes of (the) likeable young narrator, readers will understand a compelling part of history. Kudos to Christina Diaz Gonzalez for sharing her familys story, and for telling it so well. The Christian Science Monitor Christina Diaz Gonzalez based this powerful novel on the experiences of her parents, and of the more than 14,000 other unaccompanied minors who came to the United States through Operation Pedro Pan. This mass exodus of children is a little-known and fascinating piece of history, and Gonzalez has created a story that brings that history vibrantly to life.Gonzalez practiced law for several years before returning to her childhood passion for stories and writing. The Red Umbrella is her first novel.Christina Diaz Gonzalez lives in Miami, Florida, with her husband and two sons. You can visit her on the Web at www.christinagonzalez.com.; Title: The Red Umbrella | [
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13,571 | 0 | Dana Meachen Rau is the author of more than fifty books for young readers. She loves corn, especially the kind that pops! She lives in Burlington, Connecticut.Melissa Iwai has illustrated numerous books for children, including Green as a Bean, The Great Stroller Adventure, and B Is for Bulldozer. She lives in Brooklyn.; Title: Corn Aplenty (Step into Reading) | [
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13,572 | 2 | Michael D. Beil is an English teacher in a New York City high school. The Red Blazer Girls: The Vanishing Violin is his second book for Knopf, and he is currently at work on a third Red Glazer Girls mystery.From the Hardcover edition.In which the true nature of detective work is revealed to be full of cobwebs, beady-eyed critters, and something sticky Like a plaid-skirted Jedi Knight, I wave my trusty lightsaber--okay, really it's just a flashlight--back and forth in front of my face, carving a swath through a tangle of spiderwebs. Convinced that my eight-legged enemies have been cleared from my immediate path, I aim the beam at the jumbled piles of broken desks and God only knows what else lurking in the far corners of the school basement. "There's definitely something dead down here," I announce. "It's not the dead things I'm worried about," Leigh Ann says. "There might be rats." Rebecca laughs deviously. "Might be? Um, Leigh Ann, this is New York. Just keep your feet moving and they won't bother you." In spite of Rebecca's sensible advice, Leigh Ann freezes. "Are you serious?" "Rebecca. Sophie. Stop scaring her. There are no rats, and nothing is dead," Margaret says. I shine my light at a shelf just above my head and detect two beady eyes sizing me up. He's so close I can see his whiskers moving. "Nah. There wouldn't be rats down here. This is our neat-and-tidy school, after all." I brush aside a few more spiderwebs and charge ahead. Margaret pats me on the shoulder. She has spotted my furry friend, too. "All right, let's concentrate. We have a job to do." Ah yes, the job. After our triumphant recovery of the Ring of Rocamadour, we became minor celebrities at St. Veronica's School. Malcolm Chance, the ex-husband of our first client, and someone all my instincts were absolutely, 100 percent wrong about, told the neighborhood newspaper, the East Sider, all about us. They sent a reporter to the school for an interview, and we ended up splashed across the front page, with a picture and this story: "Red Blazer Girls" Solve Local Mystery It seems that Sherlock Holmes, Nero Wolfe, and Hercule Poirot have some competition right here on the Upper East Side. Four St. Veronica's School students solved a 20-year-old mystery when they discovered one of the famed Rings of Rocamadour in its hiding place beneath the floor of St. Veronica's Church on Lexington Avenue. The students--Rebecca Chen, Margaret Wrobel,and Sophie St. Pierre, all of Manhattan, and Leigh Ann Jaimes of Queens--followed clues, cracked a devilishly clever mathematical code, and outwitted a pair of fiends who appear to have taken lessons from Boris and Natasha of Bullwinkle fame. The ring, hidden by the late, noted archaeologist Everett Harriman as part of a birthday puzzle for his daughter, dates back to the first century and is alleged to have certain mystical powers--including the power to make dreams come true--according to the girls, who refer to themselves as the Red Blazer Girls in honor of their St. Veronica's School uniforms. "These girls have done the city, and the whole world, a huge service," says Malcolm Chance, professor of archaeology at Columbia University, and the son-in-law of Everett Harriman. "The ring is priceless--and it almost certainly would have been lost forever without their intelligence and persistence." Professor Chance reports that the ring has been donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and reunited with the other of the pair, believed to be wedding rings given to a young couple in France by St. Veronica herself. According to Catholic tradition, St. Veronica was the woman who wiped the face of Jesus as he carried the cross to the site of his crucifixion. "It was an awesome experience," Miss St. Pierre says. "We were happy to help out Ms. Harriman and her family, and then finding the ring, holding it in our hands--it's like we're part of its amazing history now. Which is pretty cool." The drama began in September, when Ms. Elizabeth Harriman, Everett's daughter, found a letter he had written the day before his death, nearly 20 years ago. The letter contained the first of many clues, and after a chance meeting between Harriman and the girls, the hunt for the ring was on. What does the future hold for these crime-fighting tweens? Miss Wrobel, acknowledged by the other girls as the "true brains" of the outfit, reports that for now she is concentrating on school and the violin. Her eyes light up, however, when Miss St. Pierre suggests that there are always new mysteries to be solved. So, Upper East Side miscreants and ne'er-do-wells, take heed, the Red Blazer Girls are in your neighborhood, and on the case. So we are famous. Sort of. The day after the article appeared, Margaret showed up at school with a box of business cards personalized for each of us. And just like that, we were in business. Two days ago, Sister Bernadette, the principal at St. Veronica's, dragged Margaret and me into her office, a place that was becoming all too familiar to us. "Miss Wrobel and Miss St. Pierre. Sit." You have to love Sister Bernadette's just-the-facts-ma'am style. "Hey, you rearranged the furniture," I said. "This is much better--and now you can see out the window." "Humph." I guess she didn't want to talk about it. She continued: "Let me preface my remarks by saying that I have not forgotten about the week's detention you owe me. Just because you and your friends have become the darlings of the local media does not mean that all your past offenses have been pardoned. Quite the contrary. As I learn more and more about this recent adventure of yours, I am more and more convinced that I was far too easy on you. Sneaking into the church at all hours, digging up the altar's floor. Good Lo--er, my goodness." "But, Sister--" Margaret started. Sister Bernadette held up her hand. "Stop. I'm not going to add to your punishment. I want to do business with your, er, agency." She held up one of Margaret's cards. Margaret and I looked at one another, eyebrows at attention. "I have a little case for you, if you're interested. Of course, there will be no fee, but if you do this for me, I will remove your names from next week's detention list." "That seems totally fair," I blurted out. "Sophie, wait. We haven't heard what's involved yet," replied my more pragmatic friend. "Indeed. I like you, Miss Wrobel," said Sister Bernadette, resting her chin on her interlocked fingers, but without even a hint of a smile. "I'm starting to understand how you managed to do whatever it was you did over there in the church. This situation is nothing like that. It's a matter of a few . . . unexplained events. I merely want you to seek--no, I demand--an explanation." "Ooohh. What kind of unexplained events?" I asked, sliding forward on my chair. My brain ran riot: sinister spies, ghastly ghosts, evil extraterrestrials. "Calm down, Agent St. Pierre. These are the kind of events that can be explained--they simply have not been. Put simply, someone has been cleaning and straightening up around the school--after hours. Things that the janitor is not responsible for. Take the refrigerator in the teachers' lounge. Please understand that this is not just a refrigerator, but more a biology experiment gone horribly wrong. In my twenty years here at St. Veronica's, no one has ever cleaned it voluntarily, and if a teacher did, he or she would rightfully expect a medal, and perhaps a hazmat suit. And every night, someone is loading paper into every single tray of every copy machine, getting it ready for the next day. They're stacking the reams of paper neatly in the supply closet, instead of merely leaving them scattered around the room, as is the usual practice. The other day, Sister Eugenia jammed the machine in the faculty room so badly that we had to call a repairman, but when he showed up the next morning, somehow it had been fixed. Last night was my turn. As Miss St. Pierre so astutely pointed out, all the furniture in my office was rearranged. Nothing missing, not a paper on my desk is out of place. And do you know what I find the most vexing? This arrangement is much better. Now,I do believe in miracles, but I also believe that the good Lord has more important things on his mind than cleaning nasty refrigerators and redecorating offices. I want an explanation, and you girls are going to find it for me. You may snoop around to your hearts' content. So, do we have a deal?" Margaret stood up and shook hands with Sister Bernadette. "You came to the right place, Sister." "Satisfaction guaranteed," I added. "I'll be counting on that, Miss St. Pierre." Gulp. Which explains, more or less, why we are spending a Friday afternoon in the subterranean rat kingdom that is St. Veronica's basement. Murder and intrigue. Espionage. Missing persons. Heck, even a lost dog. But tracking down some misguided do-gooder who is sneaking into the school at night to clean and straighten? Oy.From the Hardcover edition.; Title: The Red Blazer Girls: The Vanishing Violin | [
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13,573 | 2 | Thosewho dont know an RBI from an ERA should look elsewhere, but for readers who eat and sleep sports, Scalettas debut is a gift from the baseball gods.It centers on 12-year-oldRoy McGuire, whose dreams of being a major leaguer are literally dampened by the fact that it has been raining in his hometownfor 22 years. The rain began during a contest with neighboring Sinister Bend, and it ends right after Roy returns from baseball camp to find a new foster brother, Sturgis, living at his house. Their relationship is rocky, but no one can deny Sturgis throwing power, and soon both boys are ramping up for an epic rematch between the two towns. Various asides and in-jokesmake clear that Scaletta is steeped not only in baseball lore but in such movie classics as The Natural and Field of Dreams, and that sort of larger-than-life magic realism lends his story the aura of a proper tall tale. Sports nuts, including reluctant readers, will sense they are in good hands with this one. Grades 4-8. --Daniel KrausKurtis Scaletta was born in Louisiana and grew up in New Mexico, North Dakota, England, Liberia, Brazil, and a few other places. He now lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with his wife and several cats. Find out more about Kurtis on the Web at www.kurtisscaletta.com; Title: Mudville | [
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13,574 | 1 | Elizabeth Alexander is a designer for a large childrens book publisher. This is her second novelty book, following the successful Little Pumpkins Big Surprise. She lives in New York City.Joung Un Kim has illustrated many childrens books in her eye-catching cut-paper style.; Title: The Grasshopper Hopped! | [
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13,575 | 0 | MARY POPE OSBORNE is the author of the New York Times number one bestselling Magic Tree House series. She and her husband, writer Will Osborne (author of Magic Tree House: The Musical), live in northwestern Connecticut with their three dogs. Ms. Osborne is also the coauthor of the companion Magic Tree House Fact Trackers series with Will, and with her sister, Natalie Pope Boyce. SAL MURDOCCA has illustrated more than 200 children's trade and text books. He is also a librettist for children's opera, a video artist, an avid runner, hiker, and bicyclist, and a teacher of children's illustration at the Parsons School of Design. Sal lives and works in New York with his wife, Nancy.; Title: Magic Tree House Boxed Set, Books 1-28 | [
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13,576 | 5 | When she is not writing, Kate Klimo is a childrens book publisher. She lives in upstate New York with her husband, Harry, three horses, and one grandcat.From the Hardcover edition.Chapter One An Ill Wind Dear Mom and Dad, It is still raining. The local weather guy says it's a record. Not as bad as India that time the Jeep floated away, but pretty bad. Our dog, Emmy, got tired of being cooped up in the garage. She got out and ran down the driveway into the street. Aunt Maggie went nuts! She made these poor guys come in the rain and put in an invisible fence. It's this underground wire that is supposed to keep the dog in the yard. One step over it and whammo, she really gets zapped. (Don't tell Aunt Maggie,but Emmy runs right over it anyway!) Ten-year-old Jesse reread his e-mail. He hadn't included the information that the dog had turned back into a dragon for an instant the first time she was zapped, and that Mrs. Nosy-Britches, who lived across the street, was standing at her mailbox at the exact moment the zap happened. "It's the oddest thing," Mrs. Nosy-Britches kept saying to anyone who would listen, "but I could swear I saw this very large lizard in the driveway across the street. If I didn't know better, I'd swear it was some sort of a dragon." Jesse finished and sent the e-mail. He listened to the rain rattling on the roof and watched the slide show on the screen saver. The pictures were of him and his parents in some of the places where they had traveled and lived. Looking at it made him happy, if a little homesick for his parents and even the places: India, Africa, Costa Rica. . . . When he had first come to America to stay with his cousin Daisy, who was also ten, he had been so homesick that he had worn two wristwatches, one showing the time in the U.S. and the other the time in Africa, where his parents were. These days he wore just the one watch showing American time, but when there wasn't quite enough to keep him busy, like now, he missed his parents. Jesse was just shutting down the computer when he heard Daisy scream out his name. He leaped up, tore downstairs, slid down the hall in his socks, and collided with the kitchen table. "What?" he said, panting. "What is it, Daze?" Daisy was standing on a footstool gazing out the window over the sink. Her long white-blond hair was tucked behind her ears, which were pointy like an elf's and bright pink with excitement. "Jess, look!" she said, tapping the windowpane. Jesse looked, but the panes were fogging up from Daisy's breath. "What are we looking at?" he asked. "Don't you see?" Daisy whispered. "There and there?" Jesse boosted himself up onto the edge of the sink, leaned over, and rubbed a clear spot in the bottom pane. He stared hard through the porthole into the side yard. Trunks and leaves and branches were all churned up into one great green swarming, sopping mess. "Boy, oh, boy," he said, mustering some appreciation for the view. "The wind sure is blowing hard." Daisy tugged impatiently at the hood of his sweatshirt. "The two trees, Jess. See them?" "Which two trees?" he said. She groaned. "Get down and let me look." They switched places. Daisy pointed and said, "They're standing right there, exactly ten feet from the house. I swear, Jess, those trees were not there before." Jesse shivered. "How can you tell?" he asked. "Simple. There isn't either a Douglas fir or a quaking aspen growing in our side yard," Daisy said, getting down from the sink. "Plus they both have a bright strip of cloth or ribbon or something wrapped around their trunks. You can't miss them." Even though he had been living in Daisy's house for nearly six months, Jesse didn't know every tree in the yard. That was Daisy's thing. Her favorite saying was "Not knowing the names of the flowers and the trees is like not knowing the names of your own sisters and brothers."; Title: The Dragon in the Driveway (Dragon Keepers, Book 2) | [
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13,577 | 2 | Laura Resau lived in the Mixtec region of Oaxaca, Mexico, for two years as an English teacher and anthropologist. She now lives with her husband, her dog, and her son, Bran, in Colorado, where she teaches cultural anthropology and English as a Second Language. She is also the author of What the Moon Saw and Red Glass.From the Hardcover edition.1 There is a forest behind my trailer, through the weeds and under the gate and across the trickly, oily ditch. It is a forest of very, very old car parts, heaps of rusted metal, spotted orangey brown, with rainbow layers of fading paint, and leaves and vines poking and twisting through the holes. Birds and snakes and bugs sometimes peek out from the pipes and hubcaps. My neighborhood is called Forest View Mobile Home Park. I think this must be the forest they're talking about.On the day Papa was deported, that's where I went.The police had pulled him over a week earlier, and while he was in jail, Mama was on her cell phone all the time.Deportado, deportado, deportado, she said, in a hushed, dangerous voice.Deportado, she said to my aunts Rosa and Virginia and Mara.Deportado, she said over the phone to Uncle Luciano in Mexico.Deportado meant Papa would be sent back to Mexico, and it would be very, very hard for him to come back.The day before he was deported, I saw Papa at the jail. He stared at me through the scratchy plastic divider. The phone shook in his hand. He said, "Goodbye, Zitlally." Then he whispered, "Ni-mitz nequi." I love you.He looked strange in the blue jumpsuit, and even stranger because he was crying, right there in front of the other prisoners and their families and the guards. But my tears stayed hidden under a stone inside a cave inside me. I worried that Papa thought I wasn't sad because my face was dry when I said goodbye.The next day, alone in the car part forest, I felt tears pushing out like a geyser.My name is Zitlally. Estrella. Star. That's what it means in Nahuatl. Nahuatl is what Papa speaks to me in secret, even though I don't understand. It is a soft language full of shhhhs and perfect for whispering at night. I used to think it was the language of the stars, what they whispered to each other. This year during the Mexico unit in school, I found out it was the language of the Aztecs. The Aztecs are supposed to be all dead. Maybe they're the ones whispering. I didn't tell anyone that their words aren't dead. I know because Papa speaks them. Because he named me one. Because I hear the stars whispering. Shhhh.The day after Papa was deportado, Mama was on the phone saying deportado, deportado and crying and Reina was watching a murder movie on TV and Dalia was hanging out with her friends at the edge of the park that no kids are allowed to go to because of the broken glass and needles. Usually Mama would frown and Papa would say that Dalia couldn't hang out with them and that Reina couldn't watch murder movies, but now that Mama was always on the phone, saying deportado, deportado, she didn't notice much.I brought my math worksheets outside and sat on the ripped Astroturf porch, leaning against the tin side of our trailer. I shivered and wished I'd brought a sweater. It was a little cold because it was April.Fractions. Four-fifths. The fraction of my family here. Papa used to look over my shoulder as I did math homework and help me. He didn't do problems the way Mr. Martin did on the board. He had his own system. He was a framer and always had to cut wood perfectly, down to the exact one-eighth of an inch, and not waste any wood. He was a master of fractions.Something crashed, something glass. It came from next door. Then came a waterfall of bashing and breaking and yelling. It was that girl, Crystal's, mom and her mom's boyfriend.I never talked to Crystal at school.My best friend, Morgan, said that Crystal shopped at garage sales.My second-best friend, Emma, said she had poor dental hygiene and chronic halitosis.And my third-best friend, Olivia, said she used to pee in her pants in first grade.Since they were my best friends forever, I knew where my loyalty was. When Crystal tried to talk to me at the bus stop, I just shrugged and smiled with no teeth and looked away.In the two years we'd been friends, Emma and Morgan and Olivia were always inviting me to go ice-skating or to the mall or to the movies or something. It was hard work being their friend. It made me feel like a nervous squirrel, always with my eyes big and my ears perked up.I had to watch their clothes to know what to wear. Watch their hair to know how to do mine. Watch how they stood and sat and walked so I could do the same. I had to listen to which words they used so I could use them, too. Listen to how their voices went up at the end of a sentence so I could make mine an echo.There's a reason squirrels do dumb things like run in front of cars. They're all muddled up from so much watching and listening.In the weeks after Papa was deported, sometimes I accidentally wore the same pair of jeans two days in a row. Sometimes I didn't bother brushing my hair in the morning. When Morgan told jokes, sometimes I forgot to laugh. I was usually staring at a thin line of dirt under my fingernail. Or the tiny scar on my knuckle. Or a raggedy cuticle.When Olivia asked me to the indoor pool, and Emma asked me to sleep over, I mumbled excuses. At school, no one wanted me in their reading group anymore. I stared at my hands instead of talking. My words were starting to disappear, the way the last bits of snow were melting into mud.One day, Emma invited me to ride bikes in the park--not our broken-glass park--they never came to my neighborhood--but the nice park by her house."I can't," I said."Why not?"Good question. Why not? And I thought, I just can't. I can't remember the right words to say or the right way to stand. I can't smile or laugh with them. I can't pretend.I had run out of excuses. I said, "Because my dad had to go back to Mexico.""When's he coming back?"I shrugged. They thought he could just get on a plane and come back. They didn't know he would have to cross the desert again. They didn't know that I crossed it with him and Mama and Dalia, before Reina was born. There was a secret part of me that they didn't know about, that I would never tell them.Then one day at lunch, after I didn't laugh at Morgan's joke about the cafeteria lady's gigantic Easter bunny earrings, my friends dumped me."Zitlally turned boring," Olivia said to Emma and Morgan in a loud whisper.Sometimes I used to wonder what would happen if I stopped trying. This was it. I picked up my orange tray and moved to another table, an empty one, and decided to let myself turn more and more boring until I became nothing at all.I found Star in the forest exactly two weeks after Papa was deported. I know because that first night, the moon was disappearing just like I wanted to disappear. But the next night, a sliver appeared, and each night after that, the moon grew and grew until it was full and perfect. And when I saw that moon full and perfect and not missing even the tiniest sliver, I fell asleep hoping that something good might happen.The next day after school, I ran to the forest. Along the trail, little yellow flowers were pushing through. Daffodils. Someone, sometime had planted ruffly, sunshiny daffodils in the car part forest, and this cheered me up a little. I went under the gate and over the ditch and the tears were already coming because they'd been waiting all day, just pushing against their hiding places, and they couldn't wait to come out.And then I spotted him.Gray fur.It was supposed to be white but it was dirty and matted in places with brown stuff so he blended into the car part forest, like a chameleon. He was skinny, too. You could see the outline of his rib bones.Usually, I am not a dog person. I have a scar the size of a blueberry on my thigh and another on my arm from where a dog bit me in Mexico when I was five.But this dog seemed scared of me. Of me. He whimpered and cowered and walked in a circle and curled up far from me, under a rusty rainbow truck hood. There was a chain tight around his neck and it was attached to a hole in the hood and he barely had enough chain to make the circle and lie down.By now my tears had already come and I couldn't go back, so I sat far from him and he watched me and I watched him. I cried and he watched me and after a while my tears stopped and he put his head on his paws. That's when I noticed it. A black patch of fur on the back of his neck.In the shape of a star.From the Hardcover edition.; Title: Star in the Forest | [
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13,578 | 2 | EOIN McNAMEE was born in County Down, Northern Ireland. He is also the author of the Navigator trilogy for children, and he is critically acclaimed as a writer of novels for adults, the best known being Resurrection Man, which was made into a film. He was awarded the Macaulay Fellowship for Irish Literature, and has also written two adult thrillers under the name John Creed.; Title: The Ghost Roads (Ring of Five) | [] | Train |
13,579 | 2 | Kindergarten-Grade 3New Orleans friends Adrienne, Keesha, Michael, and Tommy take turns speaking in spare free verse. Their story begins with: "We're from New Orleans,/a place where hurricanes happen./But that's only the bad side." The happier side is illuminated by their close friends and family. Soon the neighborhood faces Hurricane Katrina, and each family copes with it in different ways. Tommy goes to Houston, Adrienne evacuates to Baton Rouge, Michael stays in his home, and Keesha waits at the Superdome for five days to be rescued. The text is lyrical and realistically portrays a child's point of view, deftly describing in a few words how the children are affected. Michael says: "Tommy's family packed up and left./And Adrienne is leaving too./I give her the picture I drew yesterday./Guess we're not playing together tomorrow." The evocative watercolor-and-ink illustrations in soft pastels and grays limn the devastation but also the good times of the neighborhood to great effect. Perhaps the most striking picture is the spread showing the flooded streets on which the children had played the day before. This is one of the best books for children to come out of the tragedy of Katrina. In a few short verses, it beautifully encapsulates the story of the tragedy in words and pictures that children can understand, without dwelling on the horror, but emphasizing the hope and healing power of friendship and community.Judith Constantinides, formerly at East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library, LA Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Like Jewell Parker Rhodes' Ninth Ward (2010), Watson's debut picture book for older readers tells the story of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath for a young audience. In free verse, four young friends on a New Orleans street speak in alternating voices about the storm. First there is the fun they have together in the neighborhood, then the tension and terror as the hurricane comes nearer and hits the city, and then finally the devastation that follows. Tommy's family leaves town. Adrienne is leaving for Baton Rouge. Keesha waits five days at the Superdome for a bus and then, later, lives in a trailer outside her broken home. From an attic window, Michael and his sister watch their whole block disappear underwater. Both the words and pictures personalize the events. What was it like to be caught in the storm, to return to a neighborhood that you barely recognize, to find your friends again? In vibrant, mixed-media images, award-winning illustrator Strickland extends the drama, feeling, and individual stories. Grades 2-5. --Hazel Rochman; Title: A Place Where Hurricanes Happen | [
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13,580 | 3 | David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim are a husband-and-wife team living in Los Angeles with their daughter, Mina. They met in art school in New York, where they began creating and designing art and toys together. Their relationship continued to grow, and the Uglydolls were born in 2001, quickly becoming a worldwide success with fans of all ages. David, Sun-Min, and the Uglydolls family (24 characters and still growing) have won the Toy of the Year Award and have been featured on CNN, MSNBC, and the Today show and in the New York Times, InStyle, and Time magazine.; Title: 1 2 3 4 U (Uglydolls) | [
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13,581 | 2 | Kirkus Reviews, September 1, 2011:"An absorbing mix of talking birds, ghostly messages, kidnapped children, magic spells & tragic family secrets."School Library Journal. November 1, 2011:ODell weaves a tapestry of hauntingly gorgeous imagery with this atmospheric tale of suspense, magic, and adventure. Readers will be captivated from the first page on.Booklist, October 1, 2011:"ODell has crafted a terrific storywith just the right degree of horror."KATHLEEN O'DELL was named a Publishers Weekly Flying Start Author for her much-praised debut novel, Agnes Parker . . . Girl in Progress. She's also the author of YA novel Bad Tickets on the Knopf list. She lives with her husband and sons in Glendale, California. To learn more about the author and her books, please visit www.kathleenodell.com.; Title: The Aviary | [
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13,582 | 0 | Grade 69Bemis's debut novel presents a unique way of creating fantasy by drawing on the themes and archetypes of Southern folklore and American legend. In place of knights and dragons are hoodoo conjurers, pirate queens, and sirens. Twelve-year-old orphan Ray Cobb has a lodestone his father gave him that is pulling him to the South from rural Maine. He jumps from an orphan train and connects with the Ballyhoo, a train that houses a medicine show with a blind sharpshooter, a snake dancer, a fire-eater, and a sword swallower. Ray learns that his father was (and perhaps still is) Li'l Bill, a Rambler who helped John Henry win the competition with the steam engine. Ramblers, like knights of old, are protectors. Their evil adversary, known as the Gog, is a captain of industrya cold and calculating champion of the machine who desires dominion. The medicine show is hiding the last of the mythical Swamp Sirens from him as he wants her for her ability to lure people so he can feed his evil machine with ruined souls. As the Gog rebuilds an even more monstrous machine than the one John Henry destroyed, a new generation of Rambler heroes, including Ray, takes up the fight of defending the wilderness. While Bemis's setup is fascinating, the novel is as overblown as any tall tale. The convoluted plot is difficult to unravel, and the connection with John Henry and his hammer not clear for the better part of the book.Connie Tyrrell Burns, Mahoney Middle School, South Portland, ME ENDTom Angleberger, author of The Strange Case of Origami Yoda:"A rigorous adventure set in our own countrys folkloric past, when the sons of John Henry and Little Bill fought a desperate, fantastical battle for the soul of America. A series which any self-respecting middle school book nerd would wolf down eagerly."Books Ahoy:"This is one of the best books I ever read! There are many twists and turns throughout the novel that kept me on the edge of my seat. Once I started I couldn't put it down until I was finished."; Title: The Nine Pound Hammer (The Clockwork Dark, Book 1) | [
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13,583 | 0 | In this Holocaust rescue story where the camps remain a distant but scary threat, a young Jewish boy in Copenhagen tells of the Nazi invasion of Denmark, the widespread resistance among ordinary citizens, and how, after three years of occupation, the Danes help many Jews escape the roundups. Ten-year-old David knows that the grown-ups around him have secrets and that his sister is part of the resistance. Then David himself becomes involved; hes drawn into tricking the soldiers and delivering an important message that helps the resistance derail a German supply train. Black-and-white illustrations throughout break up the text of this chapter book, which can serve as an introduction to the grim history. Older children may want to go on to Ellen Levines Darkness over Denmark (2000), as well as accounts about people who did not escape. The afterword focuses on the Danish governments rescue efforts. Grades 3-5. --Hazel Rochman...a fine introduction to the story of the German occupation of Denmark. Highly recommended... --Association of Jewish LibrariesHow does one stand against tyranny? What's the true nature of bravery? Big questions...but Stuchner handles them with grace and honesty. --Quill & Quire; Title: Honey Cake (A Stepping Stone Book(TM)) | [
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13,584 | 2 | From a long line of neatniks pictured in portraits on the endpapers (an ancestor invented the garbage can, Dad vacuums the grass, Mom irons the linguini), wrinkly, rumpled Angelina Neatolini does not fit the mold. Although her parents wont heed her desire for a pet (too messy), one night a hard-of-hearing, wish-granting ladybug mishears the girls pleas and gives her a host of pestsnot pets. A little monster bakes up delicacies, a pink spider weaves lacy curtains, and a dozen doodlebugs cover the walls, all of which, of course, raise the parents ire come early morning. It turns out the delectable snacks are laced with magic that changes the parents minds, and they now love both their dazzling house and their still-not-neat daughter. Primaveras flight of fancy, packed with delicious language, and Docampos imaginatively rendered gouache illustrations, filled with bold colors and movement, will tickle young readers funny bones. Grades K-2. --Patricia AustinELISE PRIMAVERA has been writing and illustrating children's books for more than 25 years. She has received numerous awards for her work, and in 2004 she was asked to illustrate the Christmas Brochure for the White House. Her bestselling book Auntie Claus has sold almost a half a million copies and inspired two sequels. She lives in Red Bank, New Jersey, with her dog, Lulu, for whom she named the main character in her recent book Thumb Love.; Title: The House at the End of Ladybug Lane | [
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13,585 | 13 | "Gephart maps the hormonal, emotionally torturous terrain of pubescent boyhood with realistic dialogue, well-developed secondary characters and age-appropriate humor and insight, placing this title in the same august league as Jordan Sonnenblicks Girls, Drums and Dangerous Pie."--Kirkus, starred.With short chapters and broad humor, this one is for "Wimpy Kid" aficionados."--School Library Journal, starred."A deft balance of clever humor and poignant drama makes for an engaging and thoroughly enjoyable coming-of-age story, one to which many young readers, particularly boys, will find themselves relating . . . excellent cast of supporting characters . . . there are enough laughs, tears and additional contributions from a camera-loving hamster here to make this one appeal toDiary of a Wimpy Kidfans."--The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"Gephart crafts for her likable protagonist an engaging, feel-goodtransition into adolescence thats well stocked with tears and laughter."--Booklist"This funny, tender novel . . . is relatable and compulsively readable."--Publisher's WeeklyFrom the Hardcover edition.Donna Gephart is the author of As if Being 12 3/4 Isnt Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President, Olivia Bean, Trivia Queen, Death by Toilet Paper, and Lily and Dunkin.She lives in Jupiter, Florida, with her family.From the Hardcover edition.; Title: How to Survive Middle School | [
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13,586 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 2A big-brother-to-be muses about his future sibling. He knows that his own looks are a combination of his "dark Daddy chocolate bar and strawberry cream Mama's milk" and wonders how the biracial mix will manifest itself in his new brother or sister. From skin to hair to eyes to lip shape, the boy names the possibilities in a story more poetic than plot-driven. The book ends satisyingly with the birth of a baby sister, whose skin tone looks much like that of her "peanut butter big brother." As is frequently the case in picture books about racial differences, the text relies heavily on food metaphors to create positive associations. Somewhat abstract for the target audience, the story may appeal more to parents than to children. However, it will certainly be appreciated by biracial families, and the loving and anticipatory atmosphere may connect with any expectant family wondering who the new baby will take after.Heidi Estrin, Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel, Boca Raton, FL Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.As a young boy awaits the latest addition to his family, he wonders aloud what the new baby will look like. Coming from a semisweet dark Daddy chocolate bar and strawberry cream mamas milk, will the little onebe more pure coal black or like a mocha cloud? Regardless, the newsibling will enter an adoring world, filled with a sweetness that is described in edible terms, all illustrated in the funky, fun gouache and mixed-media illustrations: a pair of lips are shaped like jelly beans; the sunshine islemon meringue. The text is full of literary wordplay,butthe food conceit creates a one-note show and the constant comparisons may grow tiresome. Still, this is refreshingly nondidactic story about prenatal anticipation in an interracial home, and it will make a good choice for sharing one-on-one or reading aloud to a group, whose members may want to come up with their own food metaphors for their families. P.S. Its a girl!; Title: I'm Your Peanut Butter Big Brother | [
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13,587 | 11 | Sandra Neil Wallace is a former television sportscaster at ESPN and has written for various magazines for both children and adults. Until recently she lived next door to a family-owned and -operated cattle farm in eastern Pennsylvania, which provided the inspiration for her debut novel, Little Joe, as well as much of the technical information in the book. She now lives in Keene, New Hampshire, with her husband and fellow Knopf author, Rich Wallace.From the Hardcover edition.; Title: Little Joe | [
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13,588 | 2 | Starred Review, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, June 2011:"As she did in Jake (BCCB 12/10), Couloumbis demonstrates her skill at writing with quiet understanding and unstudied polish for younger readers. Her ability to walk through complicated emotional dynamics in kid-accessible language...is impressive, making Lexie a perceptive narrator but not requiring her to be implausibly sophisticated."From the Hardcover edition.AUDREY COULOUMBIS's first book for children, Getting Near to Baby, won the Newbery Honor in 2000. Audrey is also the author of several other highly acclaimed books for young readers, including The Misadventures of Maude March (which was named a Book Sense 76 Pick, a New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing Selection, and a National Parenting Publications Gold Award winner), Love Me Tender (a Book Sense Summer 2008 Pick) and Jake (A Parents' Choice Recommended Award Winner and A Bulletin Blue Ribbon Winner). Audrey lives in upstate New York and Florida.; Title: Lexie | [
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13,589 | 0 | PAMELA BROUGHTON is the author of numerous religious stories for Golden Books, including Miracles of Jesus.JERRY SMATHillustrated his first Little Golden Book back in the early 1960s. More recently, he illustrated the Little Golden BooksMiracles of Jesus, Bible Stories of Boys and Girls,andThe Story of Jesus.; Title: Miracles of Jesus (Little Golden Book) | [
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13,591 | 0 | Joan Holub has written and/or illustrated more than 70 books for children, including the popular Ant Hill series. You can visit her Web site at www.joanholub.com. She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.Tim Bowers has illustrated numerous childrens books, including the popular Little Whistle series. Visit his Web site at www.timbowers.com. He lives in Granville, Ohio.; Title: Shampoodle (Step into Reading) | [
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13,592 | 0 | RON ROY has been writing books for children since 1974. He is the author of dozens of books, including the popular A to Z Mysteries, Capital Mysteries, and Calendar Mysteries. When not working on a new book in his Connecticut home, Ron likes to teach tricks to his dog Pal, play poker with friends, travel, and read thrilling mystery books. Visit him online at RonRoy.com.JOHN STEVEN GURNEY has illustrated many books for children, including the entire A to Z Mysteries series and Scholastics popular Bailey School Kids series. He lives in Brattleboro, Vermont.; Title: Calendar Mysteries #2: February Friend | [
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13,593 | 2 | In 1942, the launch of Little Golden Books revolutionized children’s book publishing by making high-quality picture books available at affordable prices. More than 60 years later, many of the original Golden Book titles are still wildly popular, with The Poky Little Puppy topping the list of ten bestselling children’s books of all time. Golden Books’ backlist is teeming with classics such as Dorothy Kunhardt’s Pat the Bunny, and features the stories and artwork of children’s book legends Mary Blair, Margaret Wise Brown, Richard Scarry, Eloise Wilkins, Garth Williams, and many more. Today, the Golden Books imprint includes an array of storybooks, novelty books, and coloring and activity books featuring all of the most popular licenses, including Disney, Nickelodeon, Barbie, Thomas & Friends, The Cat in the Hat, Sesame Street, Marvel Super Heroes, and DC Super Friends. Golden Books continues to reissue the best of its backlist in a variety of formats, including ebooks and apps, as well as bringing out brand-new books in these evolving new formats.; Title: Barbie Over 1000 Stickers | [
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13,594 | 6 | Starred Review. PreSchool-Grade 3The ruggedly handsome action figure introduced in Traction Man Is Here! (Knopf, 2005) has returned, accompanied by his faithful pet, Scrubbing Brush. In high-energy, mixed-media panels and full-bleed spreads, the hero and his sidekick ascend a compost heap and pass through the "ring of Mystic Shrooms," directed by a Yoda-like potato: "Bow low you must." On their return to civilization, Scrubbing Brush is sucked into the muddy quagmire near the backyard pond. While the dynamic duo's owner is resting, his father does what well-meaning parents doreplaces the filthy brush with the shiny new plastic Turbodog. Soon enough boy and man tire of the flashing wannabe pet. Hearing cries from the "Underworld of the [Trash] Bin," Traction Man dons his Astro-Suit and arms himself with a spray bottle of SuperStrong Germo. After a successful mission and a good, long soak, all of the characters share a candlelit campfire, complete with marshmallows, courtesy of Dad. Grey is clearly in tune with the fun to be had with an alter ego and a pile of dirt, a mountain of laundry, and the "Grand Sofa Canyon." Her inventive scenes celebrate the joy in equipping a doll for adventure and re-envisioning the everyday. The perspectives shift in order to give readers a bird's-eye view of the boy and the terrain of his yard or close-ups of the imagined world. Brimming with tongue-in-cheek humor, delicious language, and ideas sure to propel viewers to their toy boxes, Grey proves that one doesn't need batteries to have a rollicking good time.Wendy Lukehart, Washington DC Public Library Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.*Starred Review* In this sequel to Traction Man Is Here (2005), the boy who plays with his action figure Traction Man receives a present: Turbodog, advertised as Traction Mans Faithful New Companion, a battery-run, robotic dog that speaks the same two phrases over and over. Traction Man already has a sidekick, a trusty scrubbing brush that accompanies him on his adventures, even venturing up smelly Mt. Compost Heap and across the swampy marshes in the backyard. When Scrubbing Brush goes missing (the boys father finds the brush extremely unhygienic),Turbodogs deficiencies soon become apparent. Greys colorful, imaginative paintings offer more than a reflection of the text. Beyond the narrative and illustration of Traction Mans adventures, observant children will sense the boys consciousness in guiding his play and, beyond that, his fathers interference at one point and unspoken apology at another. Children can enjoy the book as a good adventure reflecting the way they play, while those who put the visual clues together will also see real-world cause and effect in the boys make-believe alternative world. Parents can infer the relative values of imagination versuscleanliness in their childrens lives. Created with wit and finesse, this picture book is fun for reading aloud and rewarding on many levels. Preschool-Grade 2. --Carolyn Phelan; Title: Traction Man Meets Turbo Dog | [
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13,595 | 2 | "Readers will hope that this, the first Kit Feeny adventure, is the first of many." Kirkus ReviewsMichael Townsends first childrens book was the BCCB Blue Ribbon Winner Billy Tartle in Say Cheese! He lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Visit him on the Web at mikeisgreathelikeschocolatecake.com.; Title: Kit Feeny: On the Move | [
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13,596 | 12 | Kate Klimo grew up in the little town of Sea Cliff, New York, with the Stenson Memorial Library just down the street from her house. She got her first wallet when she was eight, not for money but to hold her library card. She can still remember exactly where on the shelves her favorite books of fantasy sat. In Middletown, New York, where she and her husband, Harry, raised their three sons, the public library is housed in a wonderful old former railway stationand from there, she and her family have taken many memorable trips.From the Hardcover edition.; Title: Dragon Keepers #3: The Dragon in the Library | [
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13,597 | 0 | Mother-daughter team Sally Lucas and Margeaux Lucas previously collaborated on Dancing Dinos in 1998 and Dancing Dinos Go to School in 2006. Margeaux has also illustrated Countdown to Halloween, A Trip to the Spooky Museum, and The Nose Knows. You can visit her on the web at sallylucas.com.; Title: Dancing Dinos at the Beach (Step into Reading) | [
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13,598 | 2 | Starred Review. Kindergarten-Grade 3Doyen's utterly sound and alive story is paired with the perfect illustrator, whose deft touch provides all the eeriness that it begs for. The cautionary tale begins with the "eldermice" telling the youngsters who are gathered to play in the night air that the woods and ponds are filled with creatures dangerous to their kind. With gloriously nonsensical words and phrases (e.g., "scritchscrambles"), the author manages to get the point across that there is much to fear in the night. Jam Boy doesn't listen and instead brags that he is unafraid, and he stays to play alone by the pond. Here the language grows taut with suspense, and Moser's dark backdrop is punctuated with fireflies. "Half-submerged, a slender queen/Esses 'cross the pond unseen,/Sly serpentinebound not to miss." Out of nowhere a snake roils, coils, and lashes. Splash! What has happened to Jam Boy? Children will be sitting on the edge of their seats awaiting some news about their fallen protagonist. Despite the dark feel, there is much to rejoice about in learning of Jam Boy's fate. Ultimately a story of youthful arroganceor as Doyen calls it, "furry overconfidence"versus the elders' wise experience, this wonderful book is a marvelous read-aloud that children will want to hear again and again. It is too good to save for Halloween.Joan Kindig, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, July 15, 2009:"Undeniably arrayed in a gorgeous brocade, woven of fresh, inventive wordplay and masterful illustrations."Starred Review, School Library Journal, August 2009:"This wonderful book is a marvelous read-aloud that children will want to hear again and again." Review, Booklist, July 1, 2009:"This handsome book offers a terrific opportunity for a capable narrator to deliver a captivating read-aloud."Syndicated Review, The New & Observer (Raleigh, NC), August 24, 2009:"'Once Upon a Twice' is one of those amazing books that you and your kids will both love to read aloud for years."Review, Newsday, October 4, 2009:"Excellent for reading aloud, even to the youngest readers, who will just let the poetic words wash over them."Review, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, October 4, 2009:"A treat for the eye and the ear."Review, Chicago Parent, November 2009:"Fun to read aloud."; Title: Once Upon a Twice (Picture Book) | [
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13,599 | 15 | JAN BOZARTH was raised in an international family in Texas in the 1960s, the daughter of a Cuban mother and a Welsh father. She danced in a ballet company at 11, started a dream journal at 13, joined a surf club at 16, studied flower essences at 18, and went on to learn music, art and poetry in college. As a girl she dreamed of a life that would weave these different interests together. Her dream came true when she grew up had a big family and a music and writing career. Now she is a grandmother who writes stories and songs for young people and often works with her own adult children who are musicians and artists in Austin, Texas. Sometimes Jan is the fairy godmother who encourages them to believe in their dreams. Jan credits her own mother, Dora, for handing down her wisdomdream big and never give up.; Title: The Fairy Godmother Academy #4: Lilu's Book | [
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