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19,400 | 2 | Illustrator Dave Aikins grew up in the suburbs of Detroit, immersed in comicbooks, action figures and B-movies. He graduated from the Columbus College of Art & Design in 1995 and worked for a large newspaper and commercial art studio before founding Let's Draw Studio, his freelance illustration studio, in 1998. Hee now lives outside Columbus, OH with his family andcontinues to produce work for clients in the areas ofadvertising, product design and publishing.; Title: Who's My Baby? (Sassy) | [
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19,401 | 12 | Paula Manzanero is a writer andnonfiction editor who lives in an old pencil factory in New Jersey. Her hobbies include making lists and crossing things off lists.; Title: Who Is (Your Name Here)?: The Story of My Life (Who Was?) | [
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19,402 | 0 | Bonnie Bader has written several Penguin Young Readers. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.; Title: Pig-Piggy-Pigs (Penguin Young Readers, Level 2) | [
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19,404 | 18 | Nico Medina is the author of Where Is Mount Everest? and Who Was Julius Caesar? He lives in Brooklyn, New York.Where Is Alcatraz? On a cool and foggy day in San Francisco, California, hundreds of people are waiting to board a large ferryboat. They bought their tickets days, weeks, even months in advance. Young and old have come here from all across the United States. Some have traveled from Japan, Brazil, and India. All these people are at Pier 33 in San Francisco for one reason: to go to prison! But not just any prison. They are here to see Alcatraz, the most famous prison in American history. Today, Alcatraz Islandalso known as The Rockis a national park visited by more than a million people every year. It is reached by boat, one and a half miles across from San Francisco. The violent criminals who once called The Rock homemen like Al Scarface Capone and George Machine Gun Kellyno longer live there. Nowadays the islands residents are mostly nesting seabirds. However, the prison that held criminals for nearly three decades still stands. Years of pounding waves and stiff sea breezes have eroded its walls, causing the buildings to slowly crumble. But the legends of Alcatraztales of evil spirits, dark dungeons, and bold escape attemptslive on to this day. Chapter 1:Island of the Pelicans The first human visitors to Alcatraz Island were probably Native Americans. They may have rowed their canoes there to fish and collect eggs from seabirds nests. But they wouldnt live on the island. They may have used it as a place to banish people. They believed evil spirits haunted the island. Alcatraz Island, in foggy San Francisco Bay, remained hidden from Spanish explorers for more than two centuries. In 1775, a young Spanish naval officer named Juan Manuel de Ayala was the first to spot The Rock, which was covered in pelicans. He named the steep, barren island Isla de los Alcatracesor Island of the Pelicans in Spanish. On June 29, 1776, Spanish colonists founded a mission, or church, on the mainland. They named the mission after Saint Francis of Assisior San Francisco in Spanish. When Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821, San Francisco and the rest of California became part of Mexico. In 1846, the United States and Mexico began a bloody war over land in the West. The United States took over California after the Mexican-American War ended in 1848. That same year, gold was discovered in California! San Francisco was a small town until the Gold Rush. As people moved west in search of gold, the citys population exploded, from a few hundred in 1848 to over thirty thousand just one year later. San Francisco quickly became Americas biggest and most important city on the West Coast. America needed to defend it against its enemies. Alcatraz Island, standing guard over San Francisco in the middle of the bay, was the perfect place for a fortress. Work began on Fort Alcatraz in 1853. One man said the island was nothing but solid rock covered by a tiny bit of soil, with a crust of bird poop on top! The sandstone on Alcatraz could be cut with a hatchet. So stronger building materials had to be shipped in from as far away as New York City and China. A lighthouse opened in 1854. It was the first one on the West Coast of the United States. By December 1859, construction of the citadel, or fortress, was complete. The three-story citadel stood on the islands highest point. The citadels brick walls were more than four feet thick and had many narrow slits from which to fire rifles. Eventually, Fort Alcatraz held more than one hundred cannons, which could shoot four-hundred-pound cannonballs a distance of nearly three miles! Later, when the citadel became housing for officers, these cannonballs were used to decorate the gardens! In 1861, Fort Alcatraz was put on high alert. The states of the American South had split from the Union. They formed a new country called the Confederate States of America. The Civil War had begun. Brigadier General Edwin Sumner, the man in charge of Fort Alcatraz, told his soldiers to fire upon any ship that was flying a Confederate flag. Alcatraz not only defended San Francisco from Confederate attack, it also became a military prison. Soldiers who left their posts or committed crimes were sent to the island to serve their time. The crew of a Confederate ship was also imprisoned at Alcatraz. Life on The Rock was terrible. Prisoners were forced to do hard labor all day. As many as fifteen men lived in just one dark basement cell. To make matters worse, there was no heat. And no toiletsonly buckets! Over the coming years, more cells were built on Alcatrazmostly by the prisoners themselves. By 1904, there was room for more than three hundred prisoners on the island. Most of the prisoners on Alcatraz were serving short sentences. But some were in for more serious crimes, like murder. Conditions at Alcatraz improved for the prisoners. They only stayed in their cells to sleep. During the day, the men had jobs to do. Some built roads or cleaned the prison. Those who could not read or write went to school, while others learned trades, like bookbinding. When they werent working, some prisoners were allowed to walk freely around the island. Some even worked as servants for families of officers living on the islandor even as babysitters! One group was regularly taken to nearby Angel Island, where they kept vegetable gardens. And in the 1920s, some prisoners fought in boxing matches that were held in San Francisco. Local businesses even sold tickets to the events! Security was not tight. This led to a number of men trying to escape Alcatrazby stealing rowboats or by swimming. But swimming in the frigid, choppy waters of the bay ended either in drowning or turning around to be rescued. Around 1909, construction began on an even larger cell house. This giant concrete building would have enough space for six hundred prisoners in individual cells. The cell house would also contain an auditorium, a library, a shower room, a hospital, a kitchen, and a dining room. It was a huge project, and it took the prisoners three years to build! The building still stands today, more than a century later. But soon, the US military decided it was too expensive to keep Alcatraz open. In 1934, The Rock was handed over to the US Department of Justice (DOJ). Violent crime was on the rise in America. The crooks of the day were bold and fearless. They robbed banks at gunpoint. They kidnapped rich men and women for ransom money. Mobsters killed one another in city streets. More people were being sent to prison than ever before. The DOJ had plans for Alcatrazplans that didnt include gardening trips to Angel Island or babysitting gigs. 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19,405 | 0 | Sam Hay grew up in Scotland. A former journalist, she has written several children's books. She lives with her husband, two children and several pets in a small house with a big garden.Chapter One The hotels revolving doors whizzed around three times, then Toby burst into the lobby. AWESOME! he squealed. Your turn! Joe grinned at his little brother. He knew they shouldnt be playing in the revolving doors, but it was hard to resist... It was a sunny Friday afternoon and the Edmunds family had just arrived at the Grand Hotel in Skipton Sands. Dad had gone to get the rest of the bags. Mom and Sarah, Joes big sister, were waiting at the reception desk, and Joe and Toby were supposed to be sitting quietly on the lobby couches. Boys! snapped Mom as the doors spun around again and Joe tumbled out. She gave them that look. The one that meant they were inches away from a mega-blaster scolding! But Toby was already heading back to the doors. Toby! bellowed Mom. Stop that at once! You might get stuck. Your mothers right, said a voice. It belonged to a silver-haired older lady who had appeared from the office behind the reception desk. Accidents do happen! Oh, hello, said Mom. My names Helen Edmunds. Weve got a booking for two nights. The lady glanced down at a big book on the desk. Oh yes, youre here for the wedding. Welcome to the Grand HotelIm Mrs. Stanway, the owner. Please call me Sylvia. Joe looked around the lobby. It was huge, with a high ceiling and wood-paneled walls. There were lots of weird ornaments everywhere, tooa stuffed fox inside a glass case, a giant vase with a blue whale painted on the side. There was even a collection of samurai swords pinned to a wall. Look, Joe! Toby had found a large brass gong. He picked up a wooden stick that hung next to it... GONGGGG! Sarah gave a shriek. Toby! Mom snapped. Put that down! Im so sorry, she added to Mrs. Stanway. Hes a bit overexcited about staying in a hotel. Oh, dont worry, Mrs. Stanway replied. The gong isnt valuable. None of my things are. I just like collecting interesting objects. She smiled at Toby. You should look at the suit of armor on the landing upstairs. My granddaughter says theres a ghost inside. Wow! Toby said breathlessly. Can I see it? Maybe later, Mom called, but Toby was already racing up the stairs, two at a time. Joe was about to follow, when he noticed a small dog sleeping near the bottom of the stairs. It had a long thin body and droopy ears, and it was snoring loudly. Joe! Give me a hand! Dad was struggling through the revolving doors, his arms full of luggage. He shuffled forward, then staggered into the reception area, dropping the bags. The dog looked up and blinked a few times. Joe noticed it had weird eyesbig and staring and green. The dog stood up stiffly, and Joe noticed its short legs. It was a wiener dog! Then suddenly the dog lunged toward Dad... RUFF! RUFF! RUFF! RUFF! RUFF! It was barking at Dad and baring its teeth. Dad ignored the dog and calmly picked up the stuff hed dropped. The dog leaped forward as though it was about to sink its teeth into Dads ankles. Watch out! cried Joe. But Dad didnt even look up. Come on, Joe! he said impatiently. Help me with the bags. But..., Joe began. And then the dog stopped barking and sat down. Its not him. He looked a bit like one of the bad guys for a minute, but hes not! Joe gasped. The dog had spoken. This was no ordinary dogit was an undead pet! That explained why Dad had ignored ithe couldnt see it! Hello, Joe, the dog said, turning to face him. My name is Frankie. Ive been waiting for you. Theres going to be a robbery, and youve got to stop it! Chapter Two Joe felt a tingle of excitement. An undead pet was the last thing hed expected to see! They often showed up when Joe was at home, demanding that he solve their problemsthey were unable to pass over to the afterlife until he helped them. But he hadnt expected to see one at his cousin Megans wedding. Maybe the weekend wasnt going to be quite as dull as hed thought! We need to talk! yelped the dog, who was pacing unsteadily around the lobby. Joe noticed it had stitches around its middle, as though it had been chopped in half and stitched back together. Are you listening? the dog snapped impatiently. Joe nodded, but he couldnt reply in front of his familyundead pets were invisible to them. In fact, they were invisible to everyone apart from Joe. Thanks to the magical Egyptian amulet that his great-uncle Charlie had given him, Joe was the only person who could see the creatures. Were on the second floor, said Mom. Mrs. Stanway says theres a small elevator that we can use to take the luggage up. She handed two bags to Joethe first was his own duffle bag, the other one was pink. Hey! grumbled Joe, forgetting the undead dog for a moment. Why do I have to carry Sarahs bag? Because Im carrying my bridesmaids dress! said Sarah importantly. She pushed past him with a large bag in her arms and followed her parents to the elevator. Joe rolled his eyes. Sarah being a bridesmaid was all hed heard about for weeks! She and their cousin Scarletanother bridesmaidhad been talking on the phone every day about hairstyles and dresses and shoes. Theres no room for you, Joe, Sarah called from the elevator. Take the stairs! The elevator doors closed with a ping, and Joe was left alone with the undead dog. Even Mrs. Stanway had gone back into her office. Youd better tell me whats going on, whispered Joe, sitting down on the bottom step. Who are you? The dog sat up straight with his nose in the air. My full name is Felix von Frankfurter. And I live here! He gave an important sniff. I belong to Sylvia, the lady who owns this hotel. Or at least, I used to... before I died, he added in a smaller voice. How did it happen? Joe mumbled. Your death, I mean. The dog glanced over at the revolving doors. I had a bit of an accident... What? You got stuck in the doors? Frankie nodded. Dachshunds and revolving doors dont really go well together. Joe looked at Frankies long, thin body. He could imagine it would be easy for a dog like that to get a bit tangled up. Sylvia never let me near them, Frankie sniffed. I was far too important to her. She always took me out the back way. But last Monday was different. I had to use the revolving doors. Why? To chase the bad men! Frankie growled. His little beady eyes bulged, and the hairs on his coat prickled up like a hedgehogs. Calm down, said Joe. Just tell me what happened. "I was dozing In the hallway when I spotted Sylvia showing two men around ... ," said Frankie. "She said good-bye to them and went back to her office. But the men didn't leave--they stood whispering. I was suspicious, so I crept closer to listen. I heard them planning to rob the hotel, so I attacked! They ran out through the revolving doors. I tried to follow! My front half made It through... but my back half didnt." Joe grimaced. Frankie stood up and began to pace around again. But why did you bark at my dad? Joe asked. Frankie came to a wobbly stop. Because he looked a bit like one of the robbers. He was wearing the same shorts. Frankie puffed his chest out. Ive been keeping watch in case they come backlike a guard dog! Joe smiled. Werent guard dogs supposed to be big, fierce dogs like Rottweilers and German shepherds? And youve got to help, too! added Frankie. Help keep a lookout, you mean? Frankie nodded. AND stop them from stealing anything! Just then there was a loud ding-dong as a clock chimed in one of the rooms off the hallway. The hairs on Frankies coat stood on end. Time is running out, Joe! Youve got to find out what theyre going to stealand quickly, so we can stand guard tomorrow and stop them! Joe? Dad was coming down the stairs. Who are you talking to? Joe felt his face go red. Youre not still sulking about having to carry Sarahs bag, are you? Joe shook his head. Come upstairs and see your room. Youve got a great view of the beach. Frankie gave a whine. Dont be long, Joe. Im depending on you! ******************* Thats mine and Moms room, said Dad, once they reached the second-floor landing. Sarah and Scarlet are sharing that one, he added, pointing down the corridor. And you and Toby are in here. The room was huge, with two big beds. Toby had already decided which one was his, and was bouncing up and down on it. Its amazing! he said, panting. Weve got our own bathroom! And our own fridge with sodas and chocolate in it! Hey! said Dad. You havent been raiding the minibar, have you? We have to pay for that stuff, Toby. And stop bouncing! Joe kicked off his sneakers and stretched out on his bed. It was bigger than his one at home. And more springy, too! Awesome, Joe said. For a moment, he forgot all about Frankies troubles. Can we go and explore? 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19,407 | 0 | Nancy Krulik has written over one hundred books for children and young adults, including two New York Times bestsellers. Her very first story (in first grade) was about how she wanted to be Mary Poppins because she wanted to dance in the park with Bert and the penguins. Follow Nancy on Twitter at @NancykrulikSebastien Braun studied fine and applied arts at Strasbourg University. He began his career teaching art, but when he moved to London in 2000, he started to illustrate children's books and has been working on picture books ever since.Chapter 1     “GRRRRRRR! GET THIS THING OFF OF ME!”   My eyes fly open. I leap onto my paws.   I was asleep. But that barking woke me right up!   “I said, GET THIS THING OFF OF ME!”   It’s coming from my next-door neighbor, Frankie. He’s a German shepherd. When he barks like that, the whole neighborhood can hear him.   What’s going on?   I walk over to my fence and peer through the holes.   Frankie’s two-leg is trying to take something off his back. It looks like a coat that is tied to a leash.   “Get this harness off of me!” Frankie sounds really mad.   Frankie’s two-leg unstraps the coat-leash thing. She takes it inside.   “That’s better,” Frankie says, shaking his body. Then he spots me peeking through the fence. “What are you staring at, Sparky?”   “Nothing,” I tell him. “I just wanted to say hi.”   “Hi,” Frankie grumbles back. “Did you see that awful thing? There is no way I am ever going for a walk with that harness on again. Ever.”   “What’s wrong with a harness?” I ask him.   “Are you nuts?” Frankie yells at me.   “No, I’m Sparky,” I tell him. “Remember?”   Frankie frowns and grumbles something under his breath.   “I like when Josh and I go for a walk with my leash,” I continue. “That way I know we’ll stay together.”   “Dogs are supposed to run free,” Frankie tells me. “My two-leg is so slow. Sometimes I have to pull her just to get her moving.”   “Sometimes I pull Josh, too,” I admit. “And sometimes he pulls me. But the best time is when we walk side by side.”   “Yeah, well, my two-leg can never keep up with me,” Frankie says. “Now she’s making me wear this ridiculous harness instead of a collar when we walk.”   “Why does she do that?” I ask him.   “Why do two-legs do anything?” Frankie asks me.   I don’t have an answer for that.   “I’m telling you, one day I’m going to break free of that thing,” Frankie says. “Then I’m going to run and run and run. Like a dog is supposed to.”   I do not think dogs are meant to run like that. What if I ran really far away, and Josh couldn’t find me? That would be awful.   But I don’t say that to Frankie. I don’t think he is in the mood to hear me argue with him.   Frankie lies down under the tree in his yard.   Snore. Snore. Snore.   Frankie isn’t talking anymore. He’s asleep.   Now I have no one to talk to.   Josh is not home. He went away in his metal machine with the four round paws.   So I have no one to play with, either.   I have nothing to do. Unless . . . Wait! I know something fun I can do all by myself. I can dig!   I race over to the place where Josh keeps his flowers. Diggety, dig, dig. Dirt flies everywhere. I am digging a really big hole. I am a great digger. Diggety, dig . . .   Hey. What’s that in the middle of my hole?   It’s a bone. My bone. My big, bright, sparkly bone.   “Hello, bone!” I bark.   The bone doesn’t answer. Bones can’t bark.   Sniffety, sniff, sniff. The bone smells so meaty. I just have to take a bite.   CHOMP!   Wiggle, waggle, whew. I feel dizzy—like my insides are spinning all around—but my outsides are standing still. Stars are twinkling in front of my eyes—even though it’s daytime! All around me I smell food—fried chicken, salmon, roast beef. But there isn’t any food in sight.   Kaboom! Kaboom! Kaboom!     Chapter 2     The kabooming stops.   I look around. I see trees.   But none of them are my tree!   I see rocks.   But I don’t see my fence.   Or my house.   I don’t know where I am, but I know where I am not. I’m not home anymore. I’m somewhere I’ve never been before.   How did I get here?   Then I remember the meaty-smelling bone I am holding between my teeth.   That’s right! My bone kaboomed me to this place. It can do that because it is a magic bone! It can kaboom me anywhere!   The first time I took a bite of my magic bone, it took me all the way to London, England. London was fun—and yummy, yum, yum. Two-legs there drop all kinds of food: sausages, cheese, fish and chips. They’re all just waiting for a dog like me to scoop them up!   Another time my bone kaboomed me to Paris, France. I got to dance around in puddles of paint, which was a lot of fun—even if the paint turned my paws purple.   I’ve been to a lot of different places with my magic bone. But the best place my bone takes me is home. Whenever I’m ready to leave a place, I just take a bite and my bone brings me right back to the house I share with Josh.   That is why I have to keep my magic bone safe. I do not want some other dog getting its teeth on it. I will need my bone when I am ready to leave this place.   Drip. Drip. Drip.   Wiggle, waggle, weird. It sounds like it’s raining. But I don’t feel any water on my fur.   I turn and look around.   Wiggle, waggle, weirder. Those rocks behind me are drooling water. Lots and lots of water. There’s a big pool of rock drool underneath them.   Sometimes I drool when I’m hungry.   But I’ve never seen rocks drool before.   I think I’ll bury my magic bone next to this big pile of drooling rocks. That will make it easy to find when I want to go home again.   I look around to make sure no one is watching where I bury my bone. All I see are trees, bushes, flowers, and rocks. There’s no one here but me.   So I start to dig.   Diggety, dig, dig. Dirt flies all around. I am making a big hole.   I drop my bone into the hole and pushity, push, push the dirt back over it. Now no one will be able to find my bone—except me, of course.   “What you got there?”   Uh-oh. There’s someone else here. And that someone else is another dog. I can tell because she’s speaking dog.   But I don’t see the other dog. She must be hiding.   “Um . . . nothing,” I say quickly.   Just then the other dog comes walking out from behind a big bush. She is all wet. There are leaves in her short brown-and-tan fur.   “You were pretty busy burying something,” she says.   Gulp.   “Was it food?” she asks me.   I shake my head. “No. It was . . . nothing.”   “Okay.” She shrugs. “I’m not hungry, anyway. I just caught a giant fish and ate the whole thing.”   Fish. Yummy, yum, yum. I love fish. Now I’m kind of hungry. And thirsty, too. All that digging is a lot of work.   I walk down to the pool of water below the drooling rocks. I start to lap up some water. Slurp, slurp, slurp.   Yum! The water is nice and cool. Which is great, because this place—whatever it’s called—is really, really hot.   “I’ve never seen a dog like you before,” the other dog says.   “I’ve never seen a dog like you before, either,” I tell her.   “You haven’t run into a pack of African wild dogs in the Serengeti before?” she asks, sounding surprised.   The Serengeti. That must be the name of this place.   “What kind of dog are you, anyway?” she asks me.   “I’m a sheepdog puppy,” I tell her. “My name is Sparky.”   “I’m Rehema,” she says. Then she looks around. “Where’s the rest of your pack?”   My pack? I don’t have a pack. It’s just me and Josh.   But I don’t want to tell her about Josh. I don’t want to say that he went away for a little while in his metal machine with the four round paws and left me in our yard.   Because then she might ask me where my yard is. And how I got here.   I do not want to tell her about my magic bone.   “Don’t worry,” she says. “I won’t tell anyone else that you’ve run away from your pack. I’ve run away from my pack, too. I do it all the time. Sometimes a dog’s just got to run free, you know?”   “I guess,” I say.   “I mean, I don’t need some other dog telling me where to hunt. Or when to sleep, or . . .” Rehema keeps talking. I’m having a hard time keeping up with her. She talks really fast.   “If I want to catch my dinner in the morning, then I should be able to catch my dinner in the morning,” Rehema continues. “And if I want to climb to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, then I should be able to—”   “Mount Kili-what?” I interrupt her.   “Mount Kilimanjaro,” Rehema repeats. “It’s a mountain that’s pretty far away from here. It is so tall, you can’t see the top.”   “Why would you want to climb that?” I ask her.   “I don’t know.” Rehema shrugs. “Because it’s there, I guess. No one should tell me what I can or can’t do. Like, right now, I want to swim. So I’m gonna swim.”   The next thing I know, Rehema is in the big pool of water, paddling around.   “Come on in,” she says. “The water is fine.”    I shake my head. I like to put water in my inside. I don’t like to feel it on my outside.   “Rehema! Rehema!” Another dog is calling Rehema’s name.   “Who’s that?” I ask.   Rehema paddles back to the land and walks out of the water. “Shhh . . .” she whispers. “Be quiet. We don’t want him to know we’re here. Believe me.”   She shoots me a look that tells me I better not ask any more questions. So I just stand there. I don’t move. I don’t speak.   “Rehema, let’s go.” The dog barks even louder. “Now!”   Gulp. That dog sounds really angry. And scary. So scary that I forget I’m supposed to be quiet.   “Why are we hiding?” I whisper to Rehema.   “Shhh . . . ,” my new friend warns. “He’ll hear us. African wild dogs have really good hearing.”   That’s no big deal. I have good hearing, too.   But I don’t say that. I’m trying to shhh.   Just then a brown, black, and tan dog peers through the bushes. He is much bigger than Rehema and me, and he does not look happy.    “The pack is back from the hunt, Rehema,” he growls. “So we’ve got food—no thanks to you.”   “I already ate,” Rehema tells him. “I caught a fish.”   “I’m hungry,” I say.   The big dog looks at me. “Who’s this?” he asks Rehema.   “I’m Sparky,” I tell him.   “He’s a stranger,” the big dog says.   “He’s my friend,” Rehema insists.   “He’s not one of our pack,” the big dog tells her.   “He’s a dog,” Rehema says. “And he’s nice.”   “He’s a different kind of dog,” the other dog grumbles.   “We’re all different, Amiri,” Rehema says. “You have brown and black spots. I have brown and tan spots. Sparky’s practically all white. 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19,408 | 2 | Rosemary Wells (rosemarywells.com) is the author of 120 books for children, including more than 40 about the beloved bunnies, Max and Ruby, who star in their own television show on Nick, Jr. She lives in Connecticut.; Title: Fireman Max (Max and Ruby) | [
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19,409 | 13 | Patricia Brennan Demuth is the author of Who Was Bill Gates?, What Was Ellis Island?, and What Was Pearl Harbor?Who Was Charlie Chaplin? In the early 1900s, movie theaters across America rocked with laughter. It was all because of a funny little guy on the big screen. His pants and shoes were too large. His hat and coat were too small. He walked in an oddball way with both feet turned outward. And when his eyes grew big and he twitched his little mustache, the audience couldnt wait to see what trouble he would get into next. The screen character was called the Little Tramp. Charlie Chaplin was the actor behind the mustache. He invented the Little Tramp. Charlie also wrote, starred, and directed his own movies. The Little Tramp was always broke and out of work. But Charlie himself was the highest-paid actor in the worldand the most famous. He managed all that without saying a word on-screen. This was the age of silent films. No sound came from the screen. Inventors hadnt yet found a way to record sound for films. Instead, actors used gestures and facial expressions to act out the story, as in a game of charades. There was none better at this than Charlie Chaplin. Although his reel life was filled with humor, Charlies real life was not. His poor London childhood had been heartbreaking. His father deserted the family. And his mother couldnt care for her children properly because of mental breakdowns. Yet history remembers Charlie with a smile. He was a pioneer in film who tickled Americas funny bone. Chapter 1:Poverty America was where Charlie became famous. But England was his first home. Charles Spencer Chaplin was born in London on April 16, 1889. His half brother, Sydney, was four years older. Its not surprising that Charlie grew up tobe an actor: Both of his parents were entertainers. They performed in English music hallstheaters that staged shows featuring many song and dance acts as well as comedy routines. His father was a successful actor and songwriter. His mother was a singer. Charles Chaplin Sr. was easygoing and charming, but he had a bad drinking problem. No one could rely on him for long. When Charlie was just one, his father packed up his songs and left. Charlies mother, Hannah, did the best she could on her own. She was small and delicate, with hair so long she could sit on it. Though she faced life with spirit, jobscame and went, and money was often tight. Still, the little household was happy for a while. Hannah taught Charlie to dance almost as soon as he could stand. To entertain her sons, Hannah pulled costumes and wigs from her trunk and acted out plays that she knew by heart. One night, Hannahs singing career came to a sudden end. Her voice cracked in the middle of a song. The crowd hissed and booed Hannah off the stage. The frantic manager pushed little Charlie onstage in her place! Charlie was just five, but he had been watching from backstage for years. He knew all the numbers by heart. As the small boy began to sing and dance, the crowd grew silent. Soon they were laughing and cheering. Then they threw pennies onto the stage. Charlie stopped in the middle of the song to scoot around and pick up the money. The crowd laughed even harder. Charlie was a hit. However, Hannahs career was over. She never sang again. That night was my first appearance on the stage, Charlie later wrote, and Mothers last. The family began sinking deeper and deeper into poverty. Hannah earned a little money sewing, but not enough to pay the bills. She tore up her old costumes to make clothes for her sons. Often short of rent money, the Chaplins were forced to move again and again. They started out in a three-room apartment. Then they moved into two rooms. Finally, they crowded into one room behind a smelly pickle factory. In time Hannah was too weak and ill to go on. She led her sons to the workhouse. That was where poor people ended up in London when there was no place else to go. The little family was split apart. Hannah was put in an infirmary, a place for people too sick to earn their keep in the workhouse. Charlie and Sydney were taken to a school for homeless children, called Hanwell. Charlie clung tightly to his older brother, but Sydney had to stay in a ward with older boys. Charlie later said that his childhood ended right then. He was seven. Teachers at Hanwell were strict. They used a cane to punish children. One time Charlie was caned for not telling on some boys who had pulled a prank. His knuckles were rapped because he wrote left-handed. When his head was shaved because of ringworm, Charlie broke down and wept. Daydreaming was Charlies great escape. In his autobiography, Charlie recalled creeping off by myself at the poorhouse and pretending I was a very rich and grand person. More than anything, the little boy wanted to escape poverty. In time, acting would become Charlies ticket out of the slums. And he was soon to get his first job.; Title: Who Was Charlie Chaplin? | [
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19,410 | 0 | Jennifer Dussling is lucky enough to have been surrounded by great children's books her whole life. As a teenager, she started working at a children's-only independent bookstore in Pennsylvania, and after graduating from college, she made her way to New York City, where she took a job as an editorial assistant at a publishing company. Since then, she's written over fifty books for kids, both fiction and nonfiction, licensed and original, including Bugs, Bugs, Bugs; Pink Snow and Other Weird Weather; Giant Squid; Slinky Scaly Snakes;and One Little Flower Girl. Jen lives in Tampa, Florida, and when she's not writing or editing, you can find her in her garden, on a volleyball court, or curled up with a good book.; Title: Giraffes (Penguin Young Readers, Level 3) | [
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19,411 | 2 | Penguin Young Readers unite the best authors, illustrators, and brands from the Penguin Young Readers Group under one umbrella to engage all levels of early readers, from emergent all the way to fluent. With an easy numbered leveling system and the Guided Reading leveling system, these books allow educators, parents, and kids to quickly find the perfect book for any developing reader.; Title: Skylanders Academy (Skylanders Universe) | [
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19,412 | 0 | Gr 46Gertie has suddenly washed up on shore and doesn't know where or who she is. The only reason she knows her name is because it's sewn onto her shirtif it is indeed her shirt. Soon after she meets Kolt, the only other human on the island. Kolt tells Gertie that she is on the island of lost things, and they are both caretakers of those lost things. Kolt begins teaching Gertie the ways of a Keeper when things take a turn for the worst. The enemy of the Keepers shows up and it's up to Gertie to choose which side is the right one. Booy offers a story that explores good, evil, and those gray areas. Readers learn along with Gertie about this new world, which drives the pacing and suspense. VERDICT This appealing and accessible adventure story is a supplemental purchase for larger collections.Rena Gibson, Ralph Ellison Library, Oklahoma City"Wildly clever and entertaining, Gertie Milk is a timeless adventure that readers will never forget."Gregory Funaro,New York Timesbestselling author of Alistair Grims OdditoriumA gorgeous book thats delightfully deep and outrageously good fun. I'm completely smitten with all the characters, especially brave, precocious Gertie! A funny, wise, rollicking adventurejust perfect! Karen Foxlee, author of Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy"Booy offers a story that explores good, evil, and those gray areas. Readers learn along with Gertie about this new world, which drives the pacing and suspense."School Library Journal; Title: Gertie Milk and the Keeper of Lost Things | [
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19,413 | 2 | Gr 13This is the first in a new series of beginner chapter books about the Zander family from Planet Z. They crash-land on Earth and have to pose as humans while repairing their ship, except for commander Zeus, who blends in better as a cat. Meanwhile, Zeke Zander hides his antennae under a hat and starts school; high jinks ensue. This is light and amusing fare, with some mild commentary on the tension between fitting in and being oneself. The short chapters and gentle, humorous adventures will engage early readers and reward their efforts. Most spreads have at least a spot illustration to break up the text. The monochrome line drawings are casual and cartoony, complementing the text. Zeke is brown-skinned, though his racial and ethnic background is not mentioned in the textonly his status as an alien from Planet Z. VERDICT A pleasant addition for collections seeking to expand their easy chapter book sections.Heidi Rabinowitz, Congregation B'nai Israel, Boca Raton, FL"Children will chuckle their way through this easy chapter book and delight in Thomas' humorous, bluetoned illustrations." --Booklist"A good choice for reluctant readers." --Kirkus; Title: Crash! #1 (The Kid from Planet Z) | [
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19,414 | 0 | Patricia Brennan Demuth has written several books for children, including Way Down Deep, Gorillas, Snakes, Johnny Appleseed, Mars, Achoo! All about Colds, and Max, the Bad-Talking Parrot.Jez Tuya is a New Zealand-based freelance illustrator, specializing in character design and children's illustration. While he creates his illustrations digitally they are rich in texture, detail and atmosphere which gives them a hand-rendered quality.; Title: Thomas Edison and His Bright Idea (Penguin Young Readers, Level 3) | [
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19,415 | 1 | Anna Dewdney (www.annadewdney.com) lives in a very old house just past a covered bridge in southern Vermont. She taught at a boys' boarding school for many years before becoming a full-time author and illustrator. She is the mother of two off-in-the-world daughters and three stay-at-home dogs.; Title: Llama Llama Yum Yum Yum! | [
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19,416 | 0 | Dori Hillestad Butler's books have appeared on children's choice award lists in 18 different states. Trading Places with Tank Talbott won the Maryland Children's Choice Award in 2007. And The Buddy Files: Case of the Lost Boy won the 2011 Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery. Dori has also been a ghostwriter for the Sweet Valley Twins, Unicorn Club, and Boxcar Children series, and a children's book reviewer for several publications. She's published numerous short stories, plays, and educational materials, and has served as the Iowa Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators' Regional Advisor. She grew up in southern Minnesota and now lives in Seattle with her husband, son, dog, and cat. She visits schools and leads writing workshops all over the country.CHAPTER ONE Who left the TV on in here again? Mr. Kendall grumbled as he wandered into the living room. He picked up the remote and turned off the TV. Hey! Little John cried as he hovered above the couch. We were watching that! He cant hear you, Kaz reminded his brother. Oh yeah, Little John said. Kaz and Little John were ghosts. They used to live in an old abandoned schoolhouse with the rest of their ghost family. But when the schoolhouse was torn down, the family got separated. Now Kaz and Little John lived in the library with their solid friend Claire and her family. Claire could see ghosts when they werent glowing, and she could hear ghosts when they werent wailing. Her dad, Mr. Kendall, could not. Little John swam over. His whole body glowed. We... were... watching... that, he wailed loudly in Mr. Kendalls face. Claires dad jumped. He could see and hear Little John now. Sorry, he said, backing away. I... uh... forgot we were sharing our home with a bunch of ghosts. Not... a... bunch... of... ghosts, Little John wailed. Just... three. Beckett was the third ghost. He wasnt related to Kaz and Little John, but hed been at the library way longer than they had. Beckett preferred books to TV, so he was probably downstairs reading. Claires dad turned the TV back on and started to leave. You... can... watch... TV... with... us... if... you... want, Kaz wailed. He had only learned to wail a couple of weeks ago. He still couldnt glow. Oh, I dont think so, Claires dad said. He couldnt see Kaz, so he talked to the air a few feet to the right of Kaz. Awww... come... on!... Stay... and... watch... with... us, Little John wailed. Its... a... good... show. No. No, thank you, Claires dad said as he checked his watch. Claire will be home soon. She may even be home now. Maybe shell watch TV with you. He hurried away. Little Johns glow went out. Why doesnt Claires dad like us? he asked Kaz. I dont think he dislikes us, Kaz replied. He doesnt like to be around us, Little John said. He always leaves whenever he knows were in the room. Kaz had noticed that, too. I think he feels weird around us. Why? Little John asked. Because were ghosts. And hes a solid, Kaz said. So? Little John shrugged. So, we can see him, but he cant see us. That must feel weird. Remember, he didnt even know ghosts existed until Claire and her mom and her grandma told him about us, Kaz said. When Claires mom and Grandma Karen were Claires age, they could see and hear ghosts, toojust like Claire. But they couldnt do it anymore. Claire and her mom and Grandma Karen had told Claires dad about their unusual abilities a couple of weeks ago. It was hard for him to understand. Is he scared of us? Little John asked. Claire walked into the room. Is who scared of you? she asked, her green detective bag swinging back and forth at her side. Claire! Youre home. Kaz swam over to greet her. Yup, Claire said. She turned to Little John. Is who scared of you? she asked again. Your dad, Little John said. He always leaves when he knows were around. I dont think he likes us. He likes you. He... just isnt used to ghosts, Claire said. But dont worry, hell get used to you... eventually. In the meantime, guess what, Kaz. Weve got a new case! We do? Kaz said. Tell me! He and Claire had formed a detective agency a few months ago. They called themselves C & K Ghost Detectives because they solved ghostly mysteries. So far, none of those cases had involved any real ghosts. There was always another explanation for whatever was going on. But Kaz kept hoping one of these cases would lead to the rest of his missing family. Well, Claire began, there are these girls at my schoolMargaret, Kenya, and Olivia. Theyre fourth-graders, too. They have a club that meets in a tree house in the woods behind their houses, but they think the tree house is haunted. Why do they think that? Kaz asked. Because some strange things have been happening, Claire said. Yesterday, the door slammed shut all by itself. And they heard a ghostly voice warning them to Go awaaaaay! Claire tried to make her voice sound like a ghostly wail, but Kaz and Little John didnt think she sounded much like a ghost. Then last night, Claire went on, right before Margaret went to bed, she looked out her bedroom window and she saw a ghost moving around inside the tree house. She said it was sort of bluish Like it was glowing? Little John asked. If it was a ghost, it would have to be glowing for Margaret to see it, Kaz pointed out. Not if shes like Claire and can see ghosts, Little John said. I dont think she can, Claire said. I told the girls I had to go home and get the rest of my ghost-hunting equipment, but then I would come back and check out the tree house. Do you want to come with me? Sure, Kaz said. Me too! Me too! Little John cried. Claire pulled her water bottle out of her bag, and the ghosts shrank down... down... down... and swam inside. Mom? Dad? Grandma? Claire called as she looped the strap of the water bottle over her shoulder and headed for the stairs. 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19,417 | 0 | Sam Hay grew up in Scotland. A former journalist, she has written several children's books. She lives with her husband, two children and several pets in a small house with a big garden.Chapter One Here they come! called Joe. Toby, his little brother, gave a squeal of delight as a streak of brown-and-white fur shot out of a bendy green tube, closely followed by two more. Go, guinea pigs! shouted Erin, a curly-haired girl the same age as Joe. She was sitting at the other end of the hall waving a bunch of parsley, while three guinea pigs raced through the obstacle course toward her, squeaking as they went. It was Sunday afternoon, the start of winter break, and Joe and Toby and their parents were visiting the Crawfords. While the grown-ups chatted in the living room, the children were playing with the familys three guinea pigsLightning, Flash, and Bolt. The obstacle course theyd built ran down the length of the Crawfords hallway. Oops! George, Erins little brother, giggled as the guinea pigs decided not to jump over the small fence the kids had made and went around the side instead. Theyre heading for the seesaw! shrieked Toby. Come on! called Erin, waving the parsley up and down. Come and get the goodies! Flashthe biggest guinea pigsniffed the air and let out a squeak, then shot through the cardboard archway and over the finish line, closely followed by Bolt and Lightning. Why does Flash always win? groaned George. Because hes awesome! Erin gently scooped up Flash and rewarded him with a sprig of parsley. Thats why I chose him. Lightning and Bolt are cool, too, said George, giving the other two their share of the parsley. Joe crouched down next to Erin and stroked Flashs small brown-and-white head. When did you get them? About four months ago. Theyre still pretty young... And very excitable! added Erins mom, who had appeared in the hall carrying a tray of empty mugs. All that squeaking! Squeak! Squeak! mimicked George in a funny guinea-pig voice. Toby laughed and joined in. Squeak! Squeak! Squeak! The guinea pigs stopped chewing their parsley and looked at the boys as though they were upset. I wish I had a guinea pig. Toby sighed. Theyre so cool. Want to hold Flash? Erin nodded to the spot next to her. Sit there and Ill put him on your lap. Watch outhes a bit of a pooper! Toby and George giggled. Can I hold one, too? Joe asked. George put Bolt on Joes knee. The guinea pig began snuffling around the boys pockets looking for treats. Joe stroked his head and the guinea pig gave a small squeak. He likes you, said Erin. But just then Bolt wriggled off Joes lap and scuttled back to Lightning. Theyre best friends, George explained. They like to stick together. What about Flash? asked Joe. The biggest guinea pig was still sitting happily on Tobys knee. Hes a bit braver, said Erin. The other two follow him around. Its a bit like me and George. She giggled. Im Flash, and George is Bolt! Joe, Tobyfive minutes! Mom called from the living room. Toby groaned. I dont want to go home! Quick, Erin said. Lets do the course again! She picked up Flash and Lightning, while George took Bolt. They carried them back to the beginning of the obstacle course. As soon as Erin let Flash go, he took off through the first tunnel, squeaking excitedly. Hey! said Erin, as Lightning wriggled in her arms. She put him down, and he chased after Flash. Bolt caught up, following the others. George and Toby began squeaking again, copying the guinea pigs. Weve got two new pets! said Mrs. Crawford as the grown-ups appeared in the hall. Joes dad grinned. Should I put them in the hutch for you? Toby and George made silly guinea-pig faces and squeaked even louder. Come on, boys! Time to go, said Mom, holding out Tobys fleece. Tobys face fell. But I want to stay. You can come back another time, said Mrs. Crawford. What about Tuesday? Its Georges birthday, and hes having a monster party. Hed love if Joe and Toby could come. Yes, please! said Toby excitedly. Cool! George added. Joe was less excited. The idea of a five-year-olds birthday party wasnt so appealing to him. Well... , he began. Mrs. Crawford smiled. Maybe youve already got plans, Joe. But it would be nice if Toby could come. Are you sure you dont mind? Mom asked Mrs. Crawford. Of course not! Weve already got a houseful of kids cominganother one wont matter. Awesome! said Toby and George. And they started squeaking again. ************ Five more minutes, Joe, and then knock it off! called Dad, poking his head through the living-room door. It was a few hours later, and Joe was playing a racing video game. Did you hear me? Joes dad asked. Joe made a face. Yeah, all right, Dad. Just one more lap, he thought as he steered his car through the flags. Squeak! Squeak! Squeak! Get lost, Toby! Joe grumbled, not bothering to turn around. 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19,418 | 15 | Kate Waters is an experienced nonfiction editor and the author of Samuel Eaton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy and Sarah Morton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl, among other titles. She lives in South Huntington, New York.; Title: Curious About Fossils (Smithsonian) | [
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19,422 | 0 | Jonathan Fenske (www.jonathanfenske.com) is the author of Love Is in the Air. He loves to run trails and climb mountains. He is a father, husband, artist, and writer.; Title: Guppy Up! (Penguin Young Readers, Level 1) | [
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19,424 | 13 | Jim Gigliotti is a freelance writer based in Southern California. A former editor at the National Football League, he has written more than 50 books for all ages. His writing credits include biographies for young readers on Olympian Jesse Owens and baseball star Roberto Clemente.Who Was Chuck Jones? Chuck Jones was eight years old and living in Ocean Park, California, when a stray cat named Johnson walked up the sand to his back doorstep one summer day in 1921. Chuck had never seen the skinny, short-haired cat before. He called him Johnson, because that was the name written on a small, wooden tag around the cats neck. Chuck liked Johnson, and Johnson liked Chuck. So Johnson decidedas anyone with a cat knows, it was Johnsons ideato stay with the Jones family for a little while. Chuck laughed when Johnson would bat a grapefruit into a corner of the house, trapping it so he could bite into it and get at the juicy inside. And he laughed when Johnson would jump into the ocean and climb onto the shoulders of an unsuspecting swimmer. And when Johnson, covered in bits of tar and seagull feathers, surprised a group of sunbathers on the beach one day. By watching Johnson, Chuck realized that animals have their own personalities, just like humans do. And he realized that it was the unexpected things in life that made people laugh. When Chuck grew up to direct cartoons, he often used animals to tell his stories. And not just any animals, but some of the most famous cartoon animals ever created: Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, Pep Le Pew, Michigan J. Frog, and many more. His characters starred in short cartoons and feature-length cartoons, television shows and movies. What made Chucks cartoon characters so memorable was that each had its own special personality, just like Johnson. And each behaved in surprising ways, just like Johnson. A rabbit sang opera. A skunk fell in love with a cat, a frog broke into a song-and-dance routineand a coyote tried all sorts of crazy ways to catch a roadrunner in the desert. And they all made people laugh. Many of Chucks creations have entertained children and adults for more than fifty years! Chapter 1:Growing Up in California When Chuck Jones was a youngster, he loved stories. Chuck grew up before most people had radios and before television existed. But he enjoyed reading interesting books. He delighted in hearing the fantastic tales his relatives told. And he liked watching people act out funny performances onstage and in the movies. Chuck was born Charles Martin Jones in Spokane, Washington, on September 21, 1912. His fathers name also was Charles. His mothers name was Mabel. His oldest sister, Margaret, was born in 1908. Another sister, Dorothy, was born in 1910. Chucks father worked at many different jobs. When he first met Mabel in 1906, he worked for a railroad company. That company sent him to Panama for a while to help work on the Panama Canal. Margaret and Dorothy were born in Panama, but the family moved back to the United Statesto Spokane, Washingtonshortly before Chuck was born. The family moved to southern California in 1913, when Chuck was about six months old. Chucks younger brother, Richard, was born two years later. Chucks father wanted to open and run his own business. He had many different ideas about how to get started. Unfortunately, none of his businesses were very successful. He tried buying and selling land, growing flowers, even selling avocados, but nothing seemed to work out quite right. Every time Chucks father started a new business, he ordered nice pencils and good paper on which he printed the name of his company. And every time the new company failed, he had stacks of paper and boxes of pencils left over. Since they all had the company name on them, they were no longer of any use to Mr. Jones. He always gave the paper and the pencils to his children. Chuck and his siblings usually had the best paper and the most pencils of any kids in their neighborhood. And they put it all to good use! Chuck drew at least twenty pictures every day for as long as he could remember. He was getting good at it, too. Chucks talent began to show at a very early age, his brother later said. Mabel encouraged her children to draw. She would never criticize their drawings, but she never praised them unless she really meant it, either. Instead, she just let them have fun with their artwork. It was a happy experience to draw for the joy of drawing, Chuck said. The Jones family moved several times throughout southern California. They lived in and around the Hollywood area and sometimes out by the beach. Wherever the family moved, Chucks father made sure that they rented a house that came with furniture and books already in place. And not just any books, Chuck said, but good books. To Chucks father, that meant books by famous authors such a Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, and O. Henry. Mr. Jones thought that reading was very important. In fact, conversation was not permitted at breakfastonly reading was allowed. If one of the Jones children forgot to bring a book to the table, he or she could read the cereal box! So Chuck learned to read by the time he was three years old. As he grew, he went through all the good books in all their different houses, and the not-so-good ones, too. When Chuck wasnt reading, he listened to his uncle Lynn tell stories. Uncle Lynn told some pretty crazy tales. Sometimes they were just silly, like one about a zebra whose stripes had slipped off his back. At other times, the stories helped the kids feel better. When Teddy, the Jones family dog, died, Uncle Lynn said that the dog had called him to say he was okay. Uncle Lynn wasnt entirely sure where Teddy was calling from, but he thought it might have been from Dog Heaven. On some weekends, Chuck and Richard would visit Uncle Kent, who sold cars in downtown Los Angeles. Uncle Kent always gave the boys money to see a live vaudeville show. Vaudeville had many different performers onstage, one after another. The first might be an acrobat, and the next a singer. Chuck liked the comedians best. He always enjoyed their funny skits and jokes. Chuck learned a lot about comedy from watching the vaudeville acts. And he learned from watching silent movies, too. When Chuck was about six years old, his family moved to a house on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. The house was only a couple of blocks away from where movie star Charlie Chaplin built his own studio in 1918. Chuck sometimes sat outside and saw famous stars such as Chaplin or Mary Pickford or Lloyd Hamiltonthe greatest stars of the silent moviesgoing to or from work. This was almost a decade before talking picturesmovies with soundwere invented. Chuck went to the movies and saw how funny Chaplin was. 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19,425 | 17 | Dina Anastasio is the author of Pirates, Apollo 13, Flipper Junior Novelizations, A Question of Time, and many other books. What Is the Super Bowl?   Some people call it winter’s Fourth of July. Others say it’s America’s biggest party. It happens every year, on a Sunday in January or February. It’s that Sunday. Super Bowl Sunday.   The Super Bowl is the National Football League’s championship game. It’s the game fans have been thinking about all season.   The Super Bowl is the game. It pits the champion of the National Football Conference against the champion of the American Football Conference. No game has more TV viewers. No sports ticket costs more. No other halftime show is louder, brighter, wilder. The winning team takes home a sterling silver trophy. Every winning player receives a gold ring with diamonds. Every team wants to be there. Every fan wants their team to play there.   Super Bowl Sunday finally arrives. Excited fans gather at parties. Bowls of chips and pretzels clutter coffee tables. Millions of people turn on their TVs. Pizzas arrive. Friends and neighbors bring dips and nachos and sandwiches. Restaurants and bars fill up with happy fans.   The luckiest fans head to the stadium where the Super Bowl is being played. There isn’t an empty seat anywhere.   The two teams line up across the field from each other. Someone sings “The Star-Spangled Banner.” A coin is tossed. One team will kick off and one will receive.   It’s time for the kickoff. Eleven players on each team take their positions. Fans in the stadium cheer.   It’s starting! fans at home say.   Here we go! fans in restaurants shout.   The kicker kicks the ball. Another Super Bowl begins.; Title: What Is the Super Bowl? (What Was?) | [
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19,426 | 0 | James Buckley has written more than 100 books for children, including Home Address: ISS, The International Space Station, for the Penguin Young Readers Smithsonian line. He lives in Santa Barbara, California.; Title: The Moon (Smithsonian) | [
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19,427 | 15 | Eric Carle is the acclaimed and beloved creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. His best-known work,The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has eaten its way into the hearts of literally millions of children all over the world and has been translated into more than 50 languages and sold over 33 million copies. Since the Caterpillar was published in 1969, Eric Carle has illustrated more than seventy books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote, and more than 110 million copies of his books have sold around the world. Eric Carle recently won the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for Lifetime achievement in children's literature, and his books, as well as the new Eric Cale Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts, continue to keep him at top momentum. Eric Carle has two grown-up children, a son and a daughter. With his wife, Barbara, he divides his time between the Florida Keys and the hills of North Carolina. Visit him at www.eric-carle.com.; Title: Eric Carle's How Things Grow | [
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19,428 | 2 | Dinah Brown is the author of several books for young readers.Who Is Malala Yousafzai? When Malala Yousafzai (mah-LAH-lah yoo-sahf-ZIGH) was a little girl in Mingora, Pakistan, she decided to be a doctor when she grew up. She knew she would have to go to school for many years and study very hard. But Malala didnt mind at all. She loved everything about school. She loved reading. She loved history and geography and science. She loved studying religion. She enjoyed writing and reading stories aloud to her classmates. When her teacher talked about something new, she couldnt wait to learn more. Tests were difficult, but they were fun, too, especially when she had studied hard and knew the answers. Then, when Malala was ten years old, her life changed. War came to Mingora, the city where she lived. A group of violent fighters called the Taliban had taken over her beloved Swat Valley. They were saying that girls would soon be stopped from going to school. Not boys. Just girls. The Taliban started destroying girls schools. The Pakistan Army arrived to stop them. Mingora became a war zone. It was very dangerous. People were afraid to go out. Malala wondered how she could ever become a doctor if she wasnt allowed to learn. She wished there was something she could do to help keep her school open. Many were closed, and few students dared to go to the ones that were open. But Malala went to school every day. Malala spoke out. She told local newspapers that she was afraid the Taliban would close her school. She talked about how frightening her life had become. She said that more than anything, she wanted to go to school. Malala was becoming famous. People were talking about her. Some Taliban fighters learned her name and decided to take revenge. On October 9, 2012, two of them stopped her school bus. One walked around to the back and looked inside. Then he shot Malala. Malala Yousafzai was lucky to survive. She was f lown to a hospital where she recovered. Did she stop speaking out? No. When she was better, she went on working for the right of all children to be educated. But she never stopped learning and studying and going to school. On July 12, 2013, she addressed hundreds of young people at the United Nations Youth Assembly in New York City. So here I stand, one girl among many, she said. I speaknot for myself, but for all girls and boys. I raise up my voicenot so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard. Malala Yousafzai wanted one thingan education. She spoke up, and people listened. Things began to change, little by little, until the whole world was listening.; Title: Who Is Malala Yousafzai? (Who Was?) | [
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19,429 | 2 | Eric Carle is the acclaimed and beloved creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. He has written and illustrated more than seventy books and recently won the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for Lifetime achievement in childrens literature. His books, as well as the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts, continue to keep him at top momentum. Eric Carle divides his time between the Florida Keys and the hills of North Carolina. Visit him at www.eric-carle.com.; Title: Love from The Very Hungry Caterpillar (The World of Eric Carle) | [
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19,430 | 2 | D.J. Steinberg is a Senior Vice President for Nickelodeon Animation Studio. He lives in Los Angeles, California.; Title: First Grade, Here I Come! | [
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19,431 | 13 | Jim Gigliotti is a freelance writer based in Southern California. A former editor at the National Football League, he has written more than 50 books for all ages. His writing credits include biographies for young readers on Olympian Jesse Owens and baseball star Roberto Clemente.Who Is Stevie Wonder? Steveland Judkins walked into the Motown Record Corporation in Detroit, Michigan, one day in the fall of 1961. He was there to audition for the studio bosses. Every day, other musicians came to Motown for the same reason. They all hoped to become stars. Stevie, as he was called, was just like themexcept that he was only eleven years old, and he was blind. Stevie started off by playing the piano. Then he banged on the drums for a while. He was wearing dark sunglasses indoors, but plenty of young musicians thought wearing shades like that looked cool. And Stevie found his way around the instruments with no problem. Not everyone in the room realized Stevie was blind. At first, Berry Gordy, who was the man in charge of Motown, didnt think Stevie was such a big deal. Gordy already had enough people who could play the piano and the drums. But after playing the drums, Stevie sang for a bit. Then he played the harmonica. Gordy was impressed that not only could Stevie do so many things well, but he did them with a wide smile on his face. Stevie clearly was enjoying himself, and everyone watching him was having a good time, too. Gordy decided then and there that he was going to sign Stevie to a recording contract. That was more than fifty years ago. Today, Stevie is known around the world by his stage name, Stevie Wonder. He is a groundbreaking musician who has entertained millions of fans, performed in front of world leaders, and worked hard for social change. He has earned the highest honors awarded to composers, singers, musicians, and citizens of the United States. And he has done it all with the same positive attitude and wide smile on his face that he had in the Motown studio that day in 1961. Chapter 1:Difficult Beginnings Music had always been a big part of Stevie Wonders life. He was still a baby when he began pounding on bongo drums in his crib. When he was a little boy, he grabbed whatever spoons he could find in the kitchen and played on the pots and pans. When he was about five years old, a barber on his street gave him a harmonica, and Stevie learned to play it. Stevie never had any formal lessons, but he always seemed to know how to make music with any instrument that was available. Stevie was born as Steveland Hardaway Judkins on May 13, 1950, in Saginaw, Michigan. His mothers name was Lula Hardaway, and his fathers name was Calvin Judkins. Stevie had two older brothers, Milton and Calvin Jr. Two more brothers, Larry and Timmy, and a sister, Renee, were born in later years. Stevie was born about six weeks earlier than expected. He probably was not blind when he was born. But when babies are born too early, they usually remain in the hospital until they are strong enough to go home. The hospital puts them in an incubator, which is supposed to keep conditions just right for them to be healthy. Stevie was in an incubator for more than a month. He seemed healthy in every way, except that doctors noticed his eyes didnt seem to respond to movement or light. They had not developed properly. Naturally, Lula was upset at the news. She begged the doctors to do something to restore Stevies sight, but there was nothing they could do. He was permanently blind. Stevie couldnt see, but his hearing was incredible. When he was growing up, his siblings would drop a coin on a table. What is it, Stevie? they would ask. A dime, Stevie would reply, correctly. They would drop another coin. How about that one? they would ask. A quarter, Stevie would say. Right again. Stevies hearing was so good that he could identify the coin simply by the sound it made. Stevie was so tuned in to sounds that naturally he was drawn to music. It started with the bongo drums in his crib. Stevies father gave those to him. Calvin Sr. had been a pretty good musician himself, and he taught Stevie songs and encouraged his sons love for music. However, Calvin didnt have a regular job. He would sometimes leave the family for long periods of time. No one knew where he was or what he was doing. When Calvin was around, he wasnt very nice to Stevies mother. Lula thought that maybe in a bigger city Calvin could find a job and things would be better. So, when Stevie was four years old, the family moved about one hundred miles away to Detroit, on the eastern edge of Michigan. Calvin joined Lula and the kids in Detroit, but he didnt change there. He still didnt work at a regular job, and he still went away sometimes. Lula found a good job, though. Every morning, she would get up before the sun rose to work at a fish market. It was hard work, but she had a plan. At the time, the family lived in an apartment that wasnt in a nice part of town. Lula wanted a better life for her kids. So she saved a little bit out of each paycheck and stuffed it under a mattress to hide it from Calvin. When she had enough money, she made the first payment on a house in a good neighborhood. She moved there with her children, leaving Calvin behind.; Title: Who Is Stevie Wonder? (Who Was?) | [
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19,432 | 2 | Gr 13Jada Jones is a fourth grader who loves rocks. In this installment, Jada's best friend and fellow rock lover has moved, and Jada is struggling with making new friends. Her hopes are brightened considerably when her teacher informs the class that they will be working on a science project about rocks and minerals. At first, things do not go well because Jada is working with two girls who are best friends. Simone is afraid that Jada will steal her BFF. Eventually, the girls work out their differences, become friends, and present a project of "awesome" rock stars. Though the plot is familiar, it is one that early elementary students will relate to and enjoy. The main characters are what set this title apart in the chapter book field: they are all girls of color who love science. Readers who love "Ivy and Bean" or "Katie Woo" will want to meet Jada Jones. VERDICT With a nice balance of friendship, drama, and the much-needed representation of girls of color who revel in scientific pursuits, this is a strong purchase for most collections.Peggy Henderson Murphy, Wyandot Elementary School, Dublin, OH"Fast-paced, with supersimple vocabulary and a smattering of earth science to spark interest in young rock collectors everywhere." Kirkus"Readers who love "Ivy and Bean" or "Katie Woo" will want to meet Jada Jones." School Library Journal; Title: Rock Star #1 (Jada Jones) | [
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19,433 | 0 | Sue Fliess ("fleece") is the author of eighteen children's books (published or forthcoming) including Tons of Trucks, Shoes for Me! and Robots, Robots Everywhere! Her picture books have received honors from the Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators, have been used as curriculum tools in schools, in museum educational programs, and have even been translated into French. Sue lives with her family and a Lab named Charlie in Northern Virginia. Visit her web site at www.suefliess.com.; Title: Goblin Hood | [
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19,435 | 2 | Jonathan London is the award-winning author of the Froggy picture books.Frank Remkiewicz is the illustrator of several children’s books, including the Froggy picture books.; Title: Froggy Is the Best | [
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19,436 | 11 | Katie Ellison is a writer and editor who also teaches creative writing workshops.Who Was Bob Marley? When he was twelve years old, Bob Marley and his mother, Cedella, boarded the bungo- bungo. That was what people in the Jamaican countryside called the public buses. Bob and Cedella were riding from their small, friendly village, called Nine Mile, to Kingston, Jamaicas capital city. Watching their neighbors wave good-bye, Cedella wasnt as sad as Bob. He was probably thinking about what they were leaving behind: soccer games in the grassy hills and the music his neighbors played on their porches at night. But Cedella was sure she could find a better life for herself and her son in Kingston. So in 1957, Bob and Cedella rolled down Jamaicas dirt roads in the bungo-bungo to their new home. They moved to a Kingston neighborhood called Trench Town. When they arrived, Bob was nervous about what he saw. Trench Town was a part of the city with run-down buildings and streets crowded with people who were very poor. Many called it a slum. There was no indoor plumbing, so the people of Trench Town had to collect water from pumps in public spaces, called yards. Public yards were like dusty parks set in the middle of big concrete apartment buildings that had been built by the government. Trench Town could be a dangerous place. People sometimes stole from one another and fought in the street. Bob kept to himself and observed his new neighborhood, trying hard to feel at home there. Bob noticed that the public yards were where neighbors gathered to talk or play cards and soccer. Some kids played music there. Sometimes it could seem almost like Nine Mile! When Bob played his guitar in the yard by his house, other kids noticed how talented he was. They even asked to play with him. Singing and playing with his new neighbors in the public yard, Bob celebrated the good things in life, like having a full meal and a close friend. It seemed the struggles of the poorest people in Kingston made them appreciate the joy that music brought to their lives more than anyone Bob had ever met. Thats when Bob knew he always wanted to make musicthe kind that brought people together to share simple, everyday joys. And Bob went on to do just that. His music continues to inspire and uplift people everywhere.; Title: Who Was Bob Marley? | [
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19,437 | 6 | Julia Donaldson is the U.K. Children's Laureate. She and Axel Scheffler are the award-winning, bestselling team who created The Gruffalo, which was made into an Oscar-nominated short film.; Title: Room on the Broom Big Activity Book | [
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19,438 | 15 | Gina Shaw is a writer and editor who also teaches childrens book writing at Hofstra University. She is the author of the Smithsonian/Penguin Young ReadersWelcome, Bao Bao and The Buzz on Insects. She lives in East Meadow, New York.; Title: Curious About Snow (Smithsonian) | [
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19,439 | 1 | Sue Fliess ("fleece") is the author of eighteen children's books (published or forthcoming) including Tons of Trucks, Shoes for Me!, and Robots, Robots Everywhere! Her background is in copywriting, PR, and marketing, and her articles have appeared in O the Oprah magazine, Huffington Post, Writer's Digest, Education.com, Travelmuse.com, and more. Fliess has also written for The Walt Disney Company. Her picture books have received honors from the Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators, have been used as curriculum tools in schools, in museum educational programs, and have even been translated into French. Sue lives with her family and a Lab named Charlie in Northern Virginia. Visit her web site at www.suefliess.com.; Title: The Bug Book | [
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19,440 | 17 | Heather Alexander has written numerous books for children, including the nonfiction A Child's Introduction to Art and A Child's Introduction to Greek Mythology, and the fiction series The Amazing Stardust Friends. She is a former children's book editor and lives in New Jersey.Who Is Hillary Clinton? When Hillary Rodham was thirteen years old, she wanted to become an astronaut. It was 1961. In one of his speeches, President John F. Kennedy promised that American astronauts would land on the moon by the end of the 1960s. Hillary dreamed of flying into outer space. The idea was exciting and challenging, and that made Hillary want to do it even more. Hillary was not afraid of doing things few people had tried. So she wrote a letter to NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). NASA is in charge of the United States space program. She asked what she needed to do to become an astronaut. Several weeks later, a letter came. It read: Were not interested in women astronauts. How could this be? Hillary was as smart, if not smarter, than any boy at school. She played softball with the boys. Why did being a girl matter? It was the first time I had hit an obstacle I couldnt overcome with hard work and determination, and I was outraged, said Hillary. But when Hillary was growing up in the 1950s and 1960s, women faced many obstacles. They didnt have nearly the number of career choices that women do today. Back then, if a woman worked outside the home, she was usually a secretary, nurse, or teacher. Back then, women couldnt even buy a house or open a bank account in their own name. Society treated women as weaker and less intelligent than men. Hillary promised that she would never let being a girl stop her from anything. In April of 2015, she announced that she would run for president in 2016. It was the second time she decided to try to become the leader of the United States. And she was determined to win. Although she never became an astronaut, she has never stopped reaching for the stars. Chapter 1:Standing Up for Herself Hillary Diane Rodham was born on October 26, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois. Her dad, Hugh, owned a small business that made curtains. Her mother, Dorothy, stayed at home, taking care of Hillary and her two younger brothers, Hugh Jr. and Tony. Dorothy Rodham was a strong, loving woman, but she felt there had been many limits on what she could do with her life. She wanted more for her daughter. When Hillary was three years old, her family moved to a brick house with a big backyard in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge. There were forty-seven kids in her neighborhood! Front doors were left open, and kids ran in and out of everyones houses. People often called Hillary a tomboy. She loved playing softball and basketball, going swimming, and ice-skating on a nearby pond with her friends. One day the kids on the block wouldnt let her play with them. Hillary ran home in tears. But her mother wouldnt let her in. You have to stand up for yourself, her mother told her. She sent Hillary back outside. Hillary was scared. But she did stand up for herselfand it worked! After that, she was included in every game. Hillarys father pushed her to do her best. Can you do better than that? hed say. Hillary didnt mind. Unlike other fathers of girls, he never treated Hillary differently from her brothers. He taught her to throw a football, switch-hit in baseball, and take an interest in world events. The Rodhams dinner conversations often turned to politics. I learned that a person was not necessarily bad just because you did not agree with him, and that if you believed in something, you had better be prepared to defend it, Hillary once wrote. When Hillary was nine years old, some kids at school started staying she was stuck up. But that wasnt true. Hillary had a secret. She often couldnt see if somebody was talking to her because she had bad eyesight and didnt like wearing her glasses. But she needed her glasses, especially since Hillary loved to read. Every week she walked to the library with her mother. Her mother thought education was very important, especially for girls. Hillary also loved being a Girl Scout, because she liked helping people. Near Hillarys home, there were big farms. Migrant workers from Mexico came to pick the crops. Migrant workers move from state to state when different crops are ready to harvest. They work long hours for little money. Hillary wanted to help them. She babysat for their children. But she wanted to do more. So she and friends held a carnival to raise money for the migrant workers. This was the beginning of Hillarys life as an activistsomeone who sees a problem and works to solve it.; Title: Who Is Hillary Clinton? (Who Was?) | [
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19,441 | 1 | Grosset & Dunlap creates high-quality books for young readers of any level. Focused on books for ages 012, Grosset offers a wide range of original fiction series, nonfiction titles, leveled readers, and licensed tie-ins to captivate every reader.; Title: Octonauts to Your Stations (Sticker Stories) | [
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19,442 | 2 | Mike Winchell is the creator & editor of BEEN THERE, DONE THAT (Grosset & Dunlap), a thematic anthology series with a kid-friendly Common Core tie in, in which a who's who of award-winning and bestselling MG/YA authors share a nonfiction narrative, and then write a related short story in order to show the "from-life-to-page" process of taking real-life experiences and transforming them into works of fiction.Mike is also the author of the forthcoming middle grade narrative nonfiction GILDED AGE series (Christy Ottaviano/Macmillan), beginning with SPARKS: THE GILDED AGE BATTLE TO RUN THE WORLD (2017), to be followed by THE ROUGH RODE: THE GILDED AGE RISE OF THE ROUGH RIDERS (2018).A veteran English teacher and a secondary education curriculum specialist, Mike lives in upstate New York with his wife and two children.Eglantine Ceulemans was born in the flemish Belgium and lived there for 10 years. She then moved to France, where she currently resides in Lyon. In 2007, she joined the Emile Cohl School of Art there, transforming her passion for illustration into a vocation. She loves combining humor and sensitivity in a way that touches both children and their parentsin her illustrations. Eglantine has been published in France and abroad forbothfiction and illustrated books.; Title: Been There, Done That: School Dazed | [
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19,443 | 21 | DAVID A. KELLY is a former Little League right fielder. These days, he can often be found watching his sons play baseball at local ball fields or enjoying a game at a Major League park. Visit David online at www.ballparkmysteries.com.; Title: Ballpark Mysteries Collection: Books 1-5: #1 The Fenway Foul-up; #2 The Pinstripe Ghost; #3 The L.A. Dodger; #4 The Astro Outlaw; #5 The All-Star Joker | [
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19,444 | 2 | Karen Cushman was born in Chicago and grew up there and in Southern California. Before she started writing full-time, she was assistant director and adjunct professor in the Museum Studies department at John F. Kennedy University in San Francisco. She now lives on Vashon Island in Washington State with her husband. Ms. Cushmans seven previous novels have helped historical fiction take a prominent place in childrens literature. The first, Catherine, Called Birdy, received a Newbery Honor. The second, The Midwifes Apprentice, was awarded the Newbery Medal.; Title: Will Sparrow's Road | [
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19,445 | 2 | RON ROY is the author of the popular A to Z Mysteries series, the Capital Mysteries series, and the Calendar Mysteries series. Look for more stories in the A to Z Mysteries series on audio from Listening Library.; Title: A to Z Mysteries: Books O-R: The Orange Outlaw; The Panda Puzzle; The Quicksand Question; The Runaway Racehorse | [
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19,446 | 2 | Natasha Wing (www.natashawing.com) lives in Fort Collins, Colorado. Her first book with Grosset, The Night Before Easter, was published in 1999, and since then she has created a best-selling series.Amy Wummer lives in Reading, Pennsylvania. She is the illustrator of many books for children, including recent Horrible Harry books, in addition to several from the Night Before series.; Title: The Night Before Class Picture Day | [
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19,447 | 2 | RON ROY is the author of the popular A to Z Mysteries series, the Capital Mysteries series, and the Calendar Mysteries series. Look for more stories in the A to Z Mysteries series on audio from Listening Library.; Title: A to Z Mysteries: Books K-N: The Kidnapped King; The Lucky Lottery; The Missing Mummy; The Ninth Nugget | [
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19,448 | 10 | "In the end, Nate proves he deserves his title of greatness, and youngsters get another first-rate mystery to solve along with him."PRAISE FOR NATE THE GREAT: "Another satisfying entry in a consistently entertaining series."Marjorie Weinman Sharmat has written more than 130 books for children and young adults, as well as movie and TV novelizations. Her books have been translated into nineteen languages. Look for more in the Nate the Great series on audio from Listening Library.; Title: Nate the Great Collected Stories: Volume 4: Owl Express; Tardy Tortoise; King of Sweden; San Francisco Detective; Pillowcase ; Musical Note; Big ... Me; Goes Down in the Dumps; Stalks Stupidweed | [
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19,449 | 7 | Lois Lowry is known for her versatility and invention as a writer. She has received countless honors, among them the Newbery Medal for two of her novels, Number the Stars and The Giver, the first novel in the Giver Quartet. Ms. Lowry now divides her time between Cambridge and an 1840s farmhouse in Maine.; Title: Son | [
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19,450 | 10 | RON ROY is the author of the popular A to Z Mysteries series, the Capital Mysteries series, and the Calendar Mysteries series. Look for more stories in the A to Z Mysteries series on audio from Listening Library.; Title: A to Z Mysteries: Books H-J: The Haunted Hotel; The Invisible Island; The Jaguar's Jewel | [
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19,451 | 2 | Gr 37Flora starts off her 10th summer by promising her mother that she'll spend more time reading real books, and less time poring over the pages of her favorite superhero comics. But neither she nor her mother could have predicted that her summer would be one long superhero adventure, starring none other than Flora and her new pet squirrel, Ulysses. Ulysses gains super-squirrel strength after being sucked into a vacuum cleaner, and he changes the Buckman family's lives, renewing a sense of hope and optimism in Flora. Fans of the title's print version (Candlewick, 2013) will likely be disappointed by its audio adaptation. The novel features a number of fun cartoons, and does not translate well without the accompanying artwork, which plays a significant role in telling the story. While reader Tara Sands makes a valid attempt to differentiate male and female characters, she does not quite pull it off. The men in the novel come off sounding hokey and exaggerated. While DiCamillo's work shines on paper, the excessive use of dialogue tags, and absence of corresponding artwork, make this novel a poor choice as a read aloud.Jennifer Furuyama, Pendleton Public Library, ORKate DiCamillo is the author of many beloved books for young readers, including The Tale of Despereaux, which received a Newbery Medal; Because of Winn-Dixie, which received a Newbery Honor; The Tiger Rising, a National Book Award Finalist; The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, winner of a Boston GlobeHorn Book Award; The Magicians Elephant; and the bestselling Mercy Watson series. Kate DiCamillo lives in Minneapolis.; Title: Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures | [
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19,452 | 0 | Mary Pope Osborne is the author of the popular Magic Tree House series. She works with her husband Will and her sister Natalie on the nonfiction companion series, Magic Tree House Research Guides. Many of her books have been named to best-books lists.; Title: Magic Tree House Collection: Books 49-52: Stallion by Starlight; Hurry Up, Houdini!; High Time for Heroes; Soccer on Sunday (Magic Tree House (R)) | [
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19,453 | 7 | Michael Teitelbaum has always had an interest in the paranormal, despite a rather normal childhood growing up in Brooklyn, New York. These days, Michael and his wife, Sheleigah, split their time between New York City and their (as yet unhaunted) 170-year-old farmhouse in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York.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: Mutant Origin: Leonardo/Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) | [
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19,454 | 2 | 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: LORAX DELUXE DOODLE | [
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19,455 | 0 | K-Gr 2Squirrels racing on skis invade a quiet snow-laden town, causing havoc among the townsfolk. Each tiny creature, wearing colorful earmuffs and matching knee pads, schusses down the nearby mountain slope and through the city center, jumping off rooftops, rushing down neighborhood streets, rampaging through the cemetery, and even catapulting off a steeple. Finally, the mayor calls the local pest-control guy to get rid of the wild rodents. Stanley recommends his vacuum device until Sally Sue Breeze, the reporter who could not have been shorter, steps up to say that there's got to be a more humane solution. She discovers a rabbit squatting in the Old Acme Popsicle Stick Factory, illegally selling popsicle sticks and toothpicks to the squirrels in exchange for acorns. Then Sally Sue comes up with a plan to get the squirrels to leave. Formatted in the classic easy-reader style, the text consists of four-line stanzas, and the colorful cartoons are expressive and animated. A perfect read for young humor lovers; think the Oncelers (from The Sneeches) meet Marvin K. Mooney (both Random).Janet Weber, Tigard Public Library, OR(c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.J. HAMILTON RAY is a children's television writer and producer. He's won two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing for Children, and among the many programs he has written for and produced is the hit PBS Kids television show Between the Lions. He has also produced animated videos of picture books, among them many by Dr. Seuss and P. D. Eastman. He and his wife—the novelist C. A. Belmond—divide their time between the woods of Redding, CT. (where the squirrel-watching is great), and France. Squirrels on Skis is his first book.; Title: Squirrels on Skis (Beginner Books(R)) | [
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19,456 | 3 | SARAH ALBEE, a children's book writer with a unique comic sensibility, is the author of scores of children's books, including Little Golden Books, hardcover original storybooks, licensed titles, and novelty books. A one-time Sesame Street staffer, she has several dozen Sesame Street titles to her credit.MAGGIE SWANSON has illustrated countless Sesame Street titles over 40-plus years.; Title: My Name Is Elmo (Sesame Street) (Little Golden Book) | [
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19,457 | 0 | K-Gr 4Rose focuses on the actions of wetlands animals as they react to the approach, arrival, and departure of a hurricane. Her poetic text avoids the temptation to follow the familiar "Over in the Meadow" formula by varying rhythmic patterns to mirror the storm's energy. As the faint morning breeze intensifies in the bayou, pelicans and spoonbills search for food. A mother alligator returns to her den to keep her babies safe. Under darkening skies and churning seas, fish and turtles seek shelter while the hurricane twists and roars. Staccato pulses of verse mark its destruction before it fades, and the animals emerge to an altered landscape. Dunlavey's mixed-media illustrations reflect this trajectory, growing darker as the storm intensifies. Double-page spreads of bayou landscapes will capture and hold listeners' attention, especially close-ups such as the toothy mama gator carrying her babies in her jaws. Author's notes offer more information about featured animals from the Mississippi River Delta plus background on threats to Louisiana wetlands. Suggested websites offer additional educator resources, and some include student activities as well. VERDICT Even collections far from the Gulf Coast will benefit from adding this effective portrayal of how weather affects the natural landscape and the animals that live there.Kathy Piehl, Minnesota State University Library, MankatoCaroline Starr Rose was named a Publishers Weekly Flying Start Author for her debut novel, May B., which was an ALA-ALSC Notable Childrens Book and received two starred reviews. She spent her childhood in the deserts of Saudi Arabia and New Mexico, camping by the Red Sea in one and eating red chile in the other. She has taught social studies and English, and worked to instill in her students a passion for books, an enthusiasm for experimenting with words, and a curiosity about the past. She lives in New Mexico. Visit her at carolinestarrrose.com. Rob Dunlavey is the illustrator of The Dandelions Tale by Kevin Sheehan, which was called luminous and radiant in a starred review by Kirkus Reviews, and Counting Crows by Kathi Appelt. His work has been featured in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, and BusinessWeek, among many other publications. Rob has made murals for childrens museums in Miami, Florida, and Bridgehampton, New York, and in the East Hampton Public Library on Long Island. He lives in suburban Boston with his wife, two daughters, two insane cats, and a tropical fish named Bruce. Learn more at robd.com.; Title: Over in the Wetlands: A Hurricane-on-the-Bayou Story | [
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19,458 | 13 | Booklist starred review, July 1, 2014A delightful story that must be viewed and read several times to capture all of its wonderful details, humor, and charm.KEVIN HAWKES is the author and illustrator of The Wicked Big Toddlah and The Wicked Big Toddlah Goes to New York, and is the illustrator of many well-loved books for young readers including Library Lion, My Little Sister Ate One Hare and My Little Sister Hugged an Ape; And to Think that We Thought that We'd Never Be Friends; The Road to Oz; and Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly.HANNAH HARRISON has been an artist since she could hold a crayon. She has won many awards for her painting and was named the best new miniature artist in America by the Cider Painters of America.; Title: Remy and Lulu | [
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19,459 | 2 | Although CECILIA GALANTE secretly wishes she could fly, she keeps her feet firmly on the ground in Kingston, Pennslyvania, where she lives with her husband and three children. Cecilia is the author of five other novels for young adults and middle school kids, including The Patron Saint of Butterflies, which was a Book Sense Pick, the Northeast Indie Booksellers YA Book of the Year, and a Recommended Read on Oprah's website.KRISTI VALIANT is the illustrator ofPretty Minnie in Paris,Pretty Minnie in Hollywood, theLittle Wingschapter book series, andPenguin Cha-Cha, which she wrote and illustrated. She graduated magna cum laude from Columbus College of Art & Design. Kristi lives (and dances!) in Indiana with her husband and daughters. Visit Kristi onlineKristiValiant.com.; Title: Little Wings #5: Willa Bean to the Rescue! (A Stepping Stone Book(TM)) | [
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19,460 | 2 | Naomi Kleinberg is a children’s book editor and the author of many children’s books. She lives in New York City in an apartment so filled with books that there’s barely enough room for her family. By odd coincidence, her favorite foods—apples, avocados, and arugula—all begin with the letter A.Tom Brannon is a popular illustrator who has worked on many different book series, including Sesame Street, Muppet Babies, and Playhouse Disney.; Title: Elmo's Christmas Snowman (Sesame Street) | [
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19,461 | 2 | DIANE MULDROW, editorial director at Golden Books, is the New York Times bestselling author of the Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book series. Her picture book We Planted a Tree, illustrated by Bob Staake, was a 2010 Chicago Public Library Best of the Best selection and a Bank Street Best Childrens Book of the Year. She edited Golden Legacy: How Golden Books Won Childrens Hearts, Changed Publishing Forever, and Became an American Icon Along the Way, by Leonard Marcus. Visit Diane at dianemuldrow.com.DAVID WALKER's cuddly animals are featured in the popular Little Golden Books How Do Penguins Play? and How Do Giraffes Take Naps? ; Title: How Do Lions Say I Love You? (Little Golden Book) | [
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19,462 | 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: Turtle Power! (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) | [
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19,463 | 1 | Tish Rabe is a bestselling author of more than 160 books for childrenincluding 18 books in the Cat in the Hats Learning Library series. She is dedicated to early-childhood literacy and sits on the advisory board of Reach Out and Read Connecticut. Tish is a proud mom, stepmom, and grandma. She divides her time between New York City and Connecticut. Visit her on the web at tishrabe.com.Christopher Moroney has illustrated many Sesame Street books, including the popular Sesame Beginnings series.; Title: King Cecil the Sea Horse (Dr. Seuss/Cat in the Hat) (Little Golden Book) | [
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19,464 | 2 | Gr 14This picture book biography of Louis Braille (180959) strikes a perfect balance between the seriousness of Braille's life and the exuberance he projected out into the world. The text highlights Braille's determination to pursue an education. Readers will learn how he attended the Royal School in Paris and was frustrated by the lack of books for the blind, an obstacle that set him off on a long quest to invent an accessible reading system. Braille ultimately found success by simplifying a military coding technique that had earlier been introduced but was far too complex. The focus on Braille as one of the world's great inventors is apt, and by taking a close look at his childhood, his family, and his experiences as a young person, Bryant makes Braille's story even more powerful. She writes from his perspective, which brings a level of intimacy sure to resonate with readers. Kulikov's mixed-media artwork mirrors and magnifies the text, keeping the spotlight solidly on young Braille and his world as he moves through it. VERDICT An engaging and moving account of an inventor, a solid addition for elementary collections.Jody Kopple, Shady Hill School, Cambridge, MA"An inspiring look at a child inventor whose drive and intelligence changed to worldfor the blind and sighted alike." Kirkus Reviews"Although many Braille biographies stress his disability, Bryants title subtly emphasizes his creativity and celebrates him as an inventor, making this an excellent addition for STEM collections. Illustrations in Kulikovs signature style, light-hearted with a touch of tartness, deftly toggle between sun-washed scenes in which the world views Louis and blackened scenes in which Louis recreates the world he sees in his mind."The Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books, starred review "Bryants sensitive first-person narration draws readers intimately close to Brailles experiences, and an authors note and q&a add further depth to a stirring portrait of innovation and determination." Publishers Weekly, starred review "The focus on Braille as one of the worlds great inventors is apt, and by taking a close look at his childhood, his family, and his experiences as a young person, Bryant makes Brailles story even more powerful."School Library Journal,starred review"Bryants portrayal captures Louiss intelligence, determination, and tenacious desire for access to the written word. As Bryant states, The name Braille deserves to be on everyones listof great inventors, and this book ably demonstrates why."--The Horn Book Magazine"Readers will be floored by the sheer tenacity of Louis Braille." -- Shelf Awareness; Title: Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille | [
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19,465 | 0 | CAROLE GERBER is the author of numerous picture books. Previously, she worked as a high-school and middle-school English teacher.ISIDRE MONES is a Spanish artist best known for his comic-book work. He also illustrated Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 3: Planet of the Pies by Judy Barrett, as well as several of Cynthia Rylants Henry and Mudge stories.; Title: Stingrays! Underwater Fliers (Step into Reading) | [
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19,466 | 15 | Gr 2-6-What could have been another inane slapstick-ridden set of animal adventures is saved in a big way by unusual characters and a wonderfully dry, deadpan sense of humor. Ace and Bub live on a forested island in a large body of water in an undetermined location. Various threats seem to constantly destroy the tranquillity of their preferred way of life, and the brothers are called upon to keep the peace using their wits, moxie, and more than a little bit of good luck. In book three, a boatload of moles with a population-control problem on their own island is trying to steal dirt from Beaver Island using a gargantuan vacuum cleaner. In book four, an enterprising fish attempts to clear one of the islands of its residents by pitting birds and bunnies against one another. As each group tries to drive the other away, Walter Mackerel the Fourth makes plans to open a resort for Squirrels. Each time, the brothers manage to restore order, but one always gets the impression that they'd much rather be taking it easy. This adds immeasurably to the charm of the series, fit to join the ranks of other popular kids' comics series like Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm's "Babymouse" (Random) and Michael Townsend's "Kit Feeny" (Knopf). Simple cartoon artwork keeps the focus on the action, using black, grays, and one additional color (different for each volume).-J. M. Poole, Webster Public Library, NY(c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.MAXWELL EATON III grew up in Vermont, where he spent his childhood climbing trees, damming streams, and spying on unsuspecting cows. He now creates children's books in Tucson, Arizona, where the trees can't be climbed, and the streams run dry, but the cows are still relatively unsuspecting. He is the author and illustrator of The Adventures of Max and Pinky series, Two Dumb Ducks, and the Flying Beaver Brothers series.; Title: The Flying Beaver Brothers: Birds vs. Bunnies | [
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19,467 | 2 | Ron Roy is the author of the popular A to Z Mysteries series, the Capital Mysteries series, and the Calendar Mysteries series.Look for more stories in the A to Z Mysteries series on audio from Listening Library.; Title: A to Z Mysteries: Books W-Z: The White Wolf; The X'ed-Out X-Ray; The Yellow Yacht; The Zombie Zone (Audiobook) | [
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19,468 | 0 | PreS-Gr 1It's an exciting day for counting in the hen house. Gwen the hen insists it's bad luck to count your eggs before they hatch, so rooster Red doesn't count but waits faithfully by her side. When the first chick arrives, the proud papa visits the local Worm World for a welcome-snack, only to find more hatchlings when he returns. The rooster continues to go to the market until a total of ten worms fill his brown shopping bag and Pinky Pig receives one coin per worm. Young readers will find multiple opportunities to count here: Gwen counts her new chicks, Pinky counts the worms, and Red counts the coins-not just singly, but adding 1+2+3+4 as each group of eggs hatch. Bright yellow chicks and their equally colorful parents appear in simple, uncluttered painted images. This early reader offers clear visual clues for interpretation of text, a large font, and plenty of opportunity to sum up the story in more than one way. A recommended purchase for any library with a collection for emerging readers.Mary Elam, Learning Media Services, Plano ISD, TXMARILYN SADLER is a children's book author, television producer, and screenwriter. Among the dozens of books she has written are the bestselling Random House Beginner Books It's Not East Being a Bunny, Honey Bunny Funnybunny, and Money, Money Honey Bunny! Ms. Sadler's work has received many honors, including an IRA Classroom Choice Award and a Parents' Choice Award.MICHAEL FLEMING has been drawing fantastic scenes on various surfaces since the age of three. His colorful work blends a love of nature with a dash of the mischievous. He has worked with Lucasfilm, Google, American Greetings, and many more. He lives on the mysterious island of Alameda with his wife, two cats, and two dogs.; Title: Ten Eggs in a Nest (Bright & Early Books(R)) | [
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19,469 | 0 | 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.Mike Jackson is a childrens book illustrator. He graduated from the legendary ArtCenter School of Design in Pasadena, California, and has been making art for more than 25 years. He has illustrated several books, including The Best Doghouse Ever! (Bubble Guppies), Lend a Helping Paw (PAW Patrol), and A Fairytale Adventure.; Title: The Best Doghouse Ever! (Bubble Guppies) (Step into Reading) | [
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19,470 | 15 | PreS-Four diverse children joyfully celebrate the messy nature of outdoor play through the seasons. The same refrain frames each season, "We're bringing the outside in, oh,/Bringing the outside in…" and the little ones are shown delighting in the best that each season offers for outdoor play. On the page turn, they repeat that they're bringing the outside in, but then they have to clean up. For summer, the children enjoy the beach, then return indoors, "shaking it off, washing it up, drying it out again" as they hang suits, wash off sand, and pick up toys. After experiencing each of the four seasons, they chant, "We're keeping the outside in, oh,/Keeping the outside in…" and spend time looking at photographs and treasuring the memories of good fun. VERDICT A sweet addition to large collections.-Anna Haase Krueger, Ramsey County Library, MN(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.“A sweet book for any place with small children in it.” —Kirkus Reviews starred review; Title: Bringing the Outside In | [
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19,471 | 2 | PreS-K-Every evening Lena counts her sheep to help her fall asleep, but tonight they are afraid of the "round monster" in the window. Lena tries to explain that it's just the Moon, but those silly creatures won't listen, so she convinces them to dress up in disguises to scare it away. When a bit of cloud covers it, the sheep finally line up so she can count them properly. This simple story lulls readers gently toward slumber with a clever heroine and a simple premise. The beautiful gouache and watercolor illustrations are classic Lobel, from the detailed design of Lena's flowered footboard to the clever layout, which maintains separate illustration spaces on the right- and left-hand sides until the final spread-a satisfying, expansive picture of Lena's sheep flying overhead as she drifts off to sleep.-Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Carroll County Public Library, MD(c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.The full moon shines brightly through Lenas bedroom window as she calls the sheep that help her fall asleep. Afraid of the round monster of a moon, they mill about until Lena sends them to her closet, where they disguise themselves in her clothes. When the moon goes behind a cloud, she informs the sheep that they have frightened the monster away. In the end, they leap through the air in a line above Lenas head as she counts herself to sleep. Theres something beguilingly childlike about this simple story, in which the girl takes charge, reassuring her silly sheep that the moon wont eat them, and when that doesnt work, managing their fears in a playful way. The gouache-and-watercolor illustrations create cozy, yet lively scenes that are full of color, pattern, and movement. A quiet, imaginative tale that is just right for reading aloud at bedtime. Preschool-Kindergarten. --Carolyn Phelan; Title: Lena's Sleep Sheep (Going-To-Bed Books) | [
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19,472 | 2 | K-Gr 2-Ben doesn't like to play dolls with his sister. His favorite toy is a robot, so Alice requests a Roboy 2000 for her birthday, figuring that if she has a robot too, her brother will play with her. Ben is astounded. A robot like that should be his! Just before her birthday party, he is told to place the box with the Roboy 2000 on the present table, but instead he unwraps it and takes the toy out. The radio-controlled robot zips around the room and crashes into the wall. Ben panics and hides the broken gift in a chest before the guests arrive. After all items are opened, Dad notices that the family's present is missing, and Mom asks Ben to get it. The guilty boy reluctantly reveals the smashed toy. He feels bad about ruining his sister's birthday, so he presents his own robot to her. Alice is pleased and asks if he'll now play with her, and Ben promises that he will. The title ends with all the partygoers having fun. Illustrations, which vary in size from vignettes to full spread, are done using graphite, gouache, and colored pencils. The party is shown in all its appropriate messiness. This is a book with a moral that readers can't miss.-Ieva Bates, Ann Arbor District Library, MI(c) Copyright 2013. Library Journal. LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.MADELINE VALENTINE grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and now lives in Queens with her husband. She graduated from Pratt Institute and is the illustrator of Albertine's Got Talent! by Shena Power and Ava and the Real Lucille by Cari Best. This is her first project as both author and illustrator.; Title: The Bad Birthday Idea | [
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19,473 | 2 | Katharine Ross has worked in children's publishing for many years. She has written scores of children's books under a variety of noms de plume. As Kate Klimo, she is the author of the bestsellingThe Dragon in the Sock Drawer, the first book in the Dragon Keepers series.Tom Cooke was a principal artist for Sesame Street childrens books. A stroke in 1994, which only allowed him the use of his right hand, didnt stop his illustration, and in the course of his career he illustrated well over 100 books. He died in 2014.; Title: Elmo and Grover, Come on Over! (Sesame Street) (Step into Reading) | [
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19,474 | 2 | age seventeen, turns down an appointment to serve England's King, James I, at court in order to follow her beloved Anthony Foxcroft across the sea to the newly founded colony of Jamestown. But their ship, loaded with much-needed supplies, founders in a hurricane, wrecking Serena and Anthony in Bermuda. By the time they make their way to Jamestown, the colony is in ruins, the people half-starved. Now Serena must go to the Indian princess Pocahontas to plead for the life of the colony -- and of the man she loves!; Title: Serpent Never Sleeps | [
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19,477 | 2 | Working as a fashion artist, she started writing stories about witches for the youngest of her five children. The first of these,The Wednesday Witch,was a big hit, and her new career was born. Ruth Chew went on to write 29 tales of magic and fantasy that have enchanted generations of readers.RUTH CHEW was born in Minneapolis and studied at the Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington, D.C.; Title: The Trouble with Magic | [
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19,480 | 2 | MADELINE VALENTINE grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and now lives in Queens, NY with her husband. She graduated from Pratt Institute and is the illustrator of Albertine's Got Talent! by Shena Power and Ava and the Real Lucille by Cari Best. She is also the author/illustrator of The Bad Birthday Idea, with Knopf.; Title: George in the Dark | [
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19,481 | 2 | In Reids debut childrens book, as a mother elephant and her calf stroll through the grasslands, Little Gray imagines the two of them switching places. If I grew up and you were my calf.... Id spend every day with you, he says. I would be your calf and stay right by your side, his mother responds. Bryants dewy, pastel palette fills the landscape as the elephants saunter along, acting out each of the scenarios that the calf entertains. I could show you how to make mud, said Little Gray. I know youd be a good teacher, Mama said. An abundantly sweet depiction of a childs gentle nudging for assurance. Ages 25. Authors agent: Jill Corcoran, Jill Corcoran Literary Agency. (Apr.)PreS-KAs a baby elephant spends a day with her mother, she considers "what if" she were big and her mother were small. Little Gray determines that she would do everything that her mother is doing with her, like strolling through fields of grass, eating sweet leaves off of a high tree, swimming, and sleeping cuddled up together. Most of all, Little Gray promises that she would keep her mother safe, just as she feels on this perfect day. The story reads like a combination of Robert Munsch's Love You Forever (Firefly, 1995) and Barbara M. Joosse's Mama, Do You Love Me? (Chronicle, 1998), in which the child pretends and the parent patiently plays along. Soft, watercolor illustrations highlight the expressive faces of the two animals and enhance the theme of unconditional love between parent and child.Jennifer Miskec, Longwood University, Farmville, VA; Title: Mama's Day with Little Gray | [
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19,485 | 2 | Christy Webster edits and writes books for kids as part of her job in the editorial department of a major New York children's book publisher. She is a big fan of popular culture and has a great eye for quirky illustration styles. Among her titles are A is for Awful: A Grumpy Cat ABC Book, Big Fish, Little Fish, and I Can Bea Ballerina. She lives in Queens, New York.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: Scooter Trouble (Pocoyo) (Step into Reading) | [
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19,487 | 0 | SUE FLIESS is a master at writing engaging stories for the preschool set. She wrote the Little Golden Book Robots, Robots Everywhere!NIKKI DYSON is an illustrator whose clients include American Greetings, Hallmark, and Usborne Publishing.; Title: How to Be a Pirate (Little Golden Book) | [
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19,488 | 15 | 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.Aristides Ruiz is the illustrator of all the Cat in the Hat's Learning Library books.; Title: OUT OF THIS WORLD! ( | [
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19,489 | 0 | 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.Lorraine OConnell has illustrated the Team Umizoomi childrens books Dog Days and Super Soap.; Title: Dog Days (Team Umizoomi) (Step into Reading) | [
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19,490 | 4 | In the early 1940s, a loving father crafted a small blue wooden engine for his son, Christopher. The stories that this father, THE 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 age 85.; Title: Thomas & Friends "King of the Railway" (Little Golden Book) | [
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19,491 | 2 | RUTH CHEW was born in Minneapolis and studied at the Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington, D.C. Working as a fashion artist, she started writing stories about witches for the youngest of her five children. The first of these, The Wednesday Witch, was a big hit, and her new career was born. Ruth Chew went on to write 29 tales of magic and fantasy that have enchanted generations of readers.; Title: A Matter-of-Fact Magic Book: No Such Thing as a Witch | [
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19,492 | 14 | 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: SpongeBob's Easter Parade (SpongeBob SquarePants) (Pictureback(R)) | [
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19,493 | 0 | MARTHA BRENNER has written numerous books for children and young adults. She loves wearing hats but does not keep notes hidden inside.FRANK MURPHY has taught a wide variety grades at the elementary and middle school level. A popular speaker, Murphy is the author of many fun historical fiction books for young readers.DONALD COOK is the illustrator of many children's books including the popular The Bravest Dog Ever the True Story of Balto. He lives in upstate New York.RICHARD WALZ is the illustrator of many humorous historical Step into Readings. He lives in Northhampton, MA.; Title: George, Thomas, and Abe!: The Step into Reading Presidents Story Collection | [
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19,494 | 0 | TISH RABE his the author of over 160 books for childrenincluding 17 books in the Cat in the Hat's Learning Library seriesamong them There's No Place Like Space!; If I Ran the Rainforest; and Oh, the Things You Can Do That Are Good For You! To learn more about her, visit tishrabe.com.Among the many books illustrated by ARISTIDES RUIZ are all the Cat in the Hat Learning Library Books. To learn more about him and his work, visit www.aristidesruiz.com.JOE MATHIEU has illustrated countless children's books. Find out more about him at www.joemathieu.com.; Title: High? Low? Where Did It Go?: All About Animal Camouflage (Cat in the Hat's Learning Library) | [
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19,496 | 2 | RUTH CHEW was born in Minneapolis and studied at the Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington, D.C. Working as a fashion artist, she started writing stories about witches for the youngest of her five children. The first of these, The Wednesday Witch, was a big hit, and her new career was born. Ruth Chew went on to write twenty-nine tales of magic and fantasy that have enchanted generations of readers. You can learn more about the author at ruthchew.com.; Title: A Matter-of-Fact Magic Book: Secondhand Magic | [
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19,499 | 14 | Tish Rabe is a bestselling author of more than 160 books for childrenincluding 18 books in the Cat in the Hats Learning Library series. She is dedicated to early-childhood literacy and sits on the advisory board of Reach Out and Read Connecticut. Tish is a proud mom, stepmom, and grandma. She divides her time between New York City and Connecticut. Visit her on the web at tishrabe.com.Joe Mathieuhas illustrated countless books for children, including Big Franks Fire Truck, Sesame Street titles, books in the Cat in the Hats Learning Library series, and many more.; Title: The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas! (Dr. Seuss/Cat in the Hat) (Big Golden Book) | [
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