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36,200 | 0 | Grade 4 Up-- Similar in format to Daniel's A Child's Treasury of Poems (1986) and A Child's Christmas Treasury (1988, both Dial), this volume features classic poems about the sea and paintings and engravings by Edwardian and Victorian artists. The 75 selections include some written specifically for children by Lewis Ca... | [
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36,201 | 15 | Facing pages of each spread contain views of nature that, at first glance, appear to be identical. Closer examination reveals that in fact a number of subtle changes--12 in each pairing--have occurred from one illustration to the other. A wax plant flowers, a python wraps around its prey, a chameleon changes color--all... | [
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36,202 | 7 | Wyllie and Lee will enthrall even the most jaded reader with this macabre marriage of art and story. Headless Hector, the Gray Lady and the Silver Skeleton haunt Ravenswick Castle four hundred years ago and do their job so enthusiastically that before long no one will set foot inside: When the roof fell in, we had to a... | [
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36,203 | 18 | Kindergarten-Grade 3?Van Leeuwen bases her story on real people and events and imagines how a young boy would think and react under the circumstances. She offers his first-person account of the harrowing journey he and his family endure on the Mayflower. They are among those who are looking to find a place where, as th... | [
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36,204 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 2-- An unusual and charming set of books. In each, the protagonist is having a terrible day. First Tomato is about Claire, whose shoes fill up with snow on the way to school; in The Island Light , Felix throws up in art class; and Robert, in The Moss Pillow , visits some awful relatives who serve cold l... | [
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36,205 | 16 | Aimed at the very young, This jaunty and ingenious paper-over-board counting book introduces "one yellow lion," "two white swans," "three gray squirrels" and so on, until readers finally meet "ten pink worms." The first two words appear on the left side of each spread; on the right is the numeral, a portion of which un... | [
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36,206 | 0 | In this most recent book illustrated by landscape painter Locker, Frank has selected verses about nature by such notables as Langston Hughes, William Wordsworth and Edna St. Vincent Millay, and labeled each one with a month of the year. Locker has rendered lush scenes loosely illustrating each poem's setting. Although ... | [
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36,207 | 11 | Although Kwanzaa commemorates an ancient African harvest ritual, it is a relatively new holiday in North America. Seven Candles for Kwanzaa comfortably explains the origins, language, and daily themes of this warm and festive seven-day holiday. Author Andrea Davis Pinkney's tone is that of a friendly, well-informed tea... | [
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36,208 | 5 | Russia is the origin of yet another traditional folktale illustrated by Spirin, though this one does not achieve the charm of The White Cat , reviewed above. Its protagonist, lazy young Ivan, is portrayed in the choppy text as a rather uneven and awkward combination of fool and hero. Ivan finds a fish that grants his w... | [
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36,209 | 5 | Waldherr, illustrator of Amy Ehrlich's Rapunzel and Robert San Souci's The Firebird , here transplants a Greek myth to a dreamy, Botticelli-like setting. Evoking a time "when gods and goddesses still lived among humans," her romantic prose describes Persephone's abduction by Pluto, "lord of the underworld," and the her... | [
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36,210 | 5 | This new rendition of the Grimm classic comes up short when compared to Paul Zelinsky's Caldecott Honor version. The retelling, in an odd mix of formal and familiar tones, downplays the story's essential magic, mystery and suspense. Spirin's ( Once There Was a Tree ; The Fool and the Fish ) artistic interpretation is n... | [
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36,211 | 5 | A Japanese legend celebrating the importance of art and spirit receives worthy treatment in this stunning volume. Too frail to work the family farm, young Kenji is sent to a monastery to train as an acolyte, but he can't resist his passion for painting. Expelled, he must find his own way in a forbidding world where, on... | [
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36,212 | 0 | Pretitle illustrations imply that this cumulative safari is imaginary, suggested by a gift of toy animals the narrator receives. The journey--begun when, ``On the first day of Christmas my father showed to me: A green truck for our safari''- -is both companionable and exuberant. ``Three wildebeests,/Two leopard cubs...... | [
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36,213 | 14 | Maxi, the ebullient canine star of The Adventures of Taxi Dog and Maxi, the Hero, bounds through this holiday title with characteristic cheer. He and his kind master Jim rescue a litter of abandoned kittens and, in the ultimate spirit of Christmas, give a lift to the jolly fat man himself when Santa's sleigh breaks dow... | [
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36,214 | 20 | Laden with information, this picture book introduces a fascinating, little-known population of black Jews who live in the mountains of Ethiopia. Schur (The Circlemaker; Hannah Szenes) takes readers through the various rituals performed by each segment of the community to prepare for the Sabbath. In meticulous detail, s... | [
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36,215 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 1Two sisters visit their aunt and uncle's farm. Once there they find barns, haylofts, bird nests, roses, wholesome foods, and peaceful reading spots. At day's end, the girls realize that they miss their parents, but their sisterly love carries them through the night so that they can enjoy their time awa... | [
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36,216 | 5 | Long before Gutenberg and since his time, storytellers have enjoyed the privilege of adapting, retelling tales rooted in widely different cultures. Perrault's "Cinderella," for example, was an established heroine in folklore around the world, centuries before the French writer wrote about the abused maiden. Ehrlich's r... | [
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36,217 | 2 | Kindergarten-Grade 3-Hickcox chronicles the life of a woman by offering glimpses of her as a child, young wife, mother, and grandmother. As a great-grandmother, she marvels that "...inside I am still exactly me." Through the years, she tells her husband and offspring that some day the numerous pockets on a raggedy apro... | [
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36,218 | 5 | Grade 4-8-This is the fourth volume of retellings of African-American folktales that were first collected by Joel Chandler Harris in the late 19th-century Reconstruction South. As before, Lesteruses Uncle Remus as narrator and, as before, he is a forceful, witty, and cunning storyteller rather than the subservient char... | [
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36,219 | 2 | Perhaps influenced by her work on Lassie Come-Home (1995), the dextrous Wells digs deep here, producing a soulful and stirring tale. On his rooftop in Brooklyn, Julietta's grandfather tells her a compelling story of being drafted?at age nine?along with his carrier pigeons (doves) into the Italian army during World War ... | [
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36,220 | 11 | In this disjointed picture book, two young narrators describe their activities on New Orleans' "day of street parties," a time when "Mardi Gras Indians" don "feathers, beads, and gemstones" to dance through the neighborhoods. The children also observe two festive parades called Zulu and Rex, which represent other segme... | [
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36,221 | 5 | Little Inchkin, the hero of this well-known Japanese tale, is no bigger than a pea pod, but he has large dreams nonetheless. Taking a sword made from a needle and millet straw, and clad in "armor of beetles' wings," young Inchkin sets off to make his fortune. After bravely protecting Prince Sanjo's daughter from two fi... | [
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36,222 | 5 | This gorgeous book may not lead to a movie deal for its author, but might well bring a great wallpaper deal for its illustrator. Clementson's vibrantly hued, densely patterned cut-paper compositions have soared in wit and personableness since his last collaboration with Rosen, How Animals Got Their Colors. Happily, thi... | [
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36,223 | 18 | Grade 2-5?A lyrical account of 15-year-old Kate Shelley's feat of averting a major train disaster during a tremendous storm on the night of July 6, 1881. Based on scholarly research, as well as on Kate and her younger sister's own commentary, the story helps readers to feel the tension building to a crescendo, mirrorin... | [
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36,224 | 11 | In their trenchant sequel to the acclaimed Day of Delight, Schur and Pinkney recount the perilous journey of 12-year-old Menelik and his family as they brave overwhelming odds to make their way from Ethiopia to Israel. As Ethiopian Jews, or Beta Israel, they have faced religious persecution since the Marxist military g... | [
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36,225 | 1 | PreS-Gr 4-Set in early-18th-century France, this adaptation of Charles Perrault's classic tale is filled with lushly delineated period details, moments of tingling excitement, and playful humor. The protagonist, a handsome silver-tabby British shorthair, boasts elegant black-velvet stripes and intelligent green eyes. B... | [
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36,226 | 1 | As any parent knows, pleas to kids for clean rooms often generate creative excuses. Here, a youngster begs off tidying up his room because "all the animals are sleeping"-he'll wait until they awaken. However, a wayward fly sails through the window and inadvertently sets in motion a chain of events that would impress ev... | [
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36,227 | 0 | An adventurous girl celebrates the transition from winter to spring: "God gave me eyes / To see the woods and all who live within it." Chickadees and cardinals, deer, rabbits and a snowy owl are all part of the winter landscape. A flock of geese flies over a frozen salt marsh while the girl pauses to listen. With the p... | [
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36,228 | 2 | In this tender yet unromanticized sequel to The Patchwork Quilt, young Tanya accompanies her grandmother to Virginia in preparation for a grand family reunion. But while Grandma fondly remembers growing up on the Virginia farm and is thrilled to be "home," Tanya is disappointed to see a dusty old road and a farmhouse t... | [
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36,229 | 1 | PreSchool-Grade 2?At a special ceremony that takes place one year after their birth, animals choose names for themselves. The only stipulation is that all of the creatures must agree that the name is "fair and honest." Number Four, a small gray housecat, seems destined to be called "Smallest of All"?until, a week befor... | [
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36,230 | 11 | This adaptation of a popular Native American story pits Animals against Birds in a contest to settle an all-too-human question: Who's better? Here, it's the teeth versus the wings in stickball, a lacrosse-style game in which the players hold a stick in each hand. When the contestants take their sides, the anomalous Bat... | [
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36,231 | 1 | A rottweiler and a green-eyed cat are the stars as well as the narrators of this second work from Hall and Moser ( The Farm Summer 1942 ). Hall's evenhanded and whimsical poem/play analyzes the nature of each species: "DOG: I am the dog. / I like bones. / I like to bury bones. / As for eating, I can take it or leave it... | [
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36,232 | 2 | A highly accessible title on a troublesome topic, this picture book by a husband-and-wife team could be of inestimable value to children struggling with alcoholism in their families. Featuring a cast of bears, the artwork allows children a safe distance while the text delivers the lowdown ("There are 28 million alcohol... | [
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36,233 | 0 | A spirit of freedom pervades the pages of this picture book, accompanied by the sound of thundering hooves and the feel of the heat and dust of the plains. Based on an incident in the life of Texas cowboy Bob Lemmons, the tale centers on his success in corralling a herd of wild mustangs with only the aid of his horse. ... | [
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36,234 | 2 | Peck transforms the old Russian folktale about a turnip into a rustic Texas yarn about a carrot that grows enormous enough to meet the needs of an entire family. When tall Papa Joe decides to plant a carrot seed so "come summer, when it's grown, [he can] drink a tall glass of carrot juice," he discovers that his family... | [
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36,235 | 5 | Kindergarten-Grade 3?A retelling of the Grimms' tale of a talking fish and of good fortune gone awry. This version is set in Norway, and all the characters, except the fish, are cats. Ragnar, a humble but content fisherman, hooks a fish with "scales like sapphires, eyes green as emeralds, and ruby red lips." In exchang... | [
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36,236 | 1 | Grade 1-4. Ogburn's poetry potpourri displays a metric diversity as varied as the nocturnal reptilian species it features. The 16 selections describe the anthropomorphized and rhythmic creatures and are matched in their festive musical mood by O'Brien's gala watercolors. The Komodo dragons each sport a pastel obi to go... | [
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36,237 | 0 | Grade 3 Up. Nineteen poems celebrating cowboy (and cowgirl) life ride across the pages of this handsome volume. From coyotes to bear encounters, roping cattle and riding horses, to haying and the smell of rain, this is cowpoke poetry in all its glory. The down-home verses are richly vernacular and, through thoughtful p... | [
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36,238 | 0 | Grade 4-6-- Psalms has long been a cherished part of the Judeo-Christian tradition. Images and phrases from the book permeate our deepest culture. Sadly, this treasure is known to fewer and fewer children. From its wealth, Eisler has selected the psalms he judges to ``share the same strong sound.'' (The subjective and ... | [
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36,239 | 16 | Move over, Pat the Bunny! Patting the ducklings is only one of the highlights of Matthew Van Fleet's engaging, interactive fold-out book for very young children. Every page contains an animal surprise, from the fuzzy yellow ducklings to bumpy brown frogs, fuzzy gray koalas, and more. Children will enjoy touching the di... | [
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36,240 | 11 | Grade 2-6Dawes begins this book with an introduction that is well worth reading in its entirety. One day, he explains, Feelings handed him a folder filled with faces of young people he had sketched over the course of his career, while living in several different parts of the world. Dawes states that what he saw was "th... | [] | Test |
36,241 | 11 | Saygee's great-grandfather, almost 100 years old, is "like a living book," made up of so many stories. During his life great changes have come to his people, the Kiowas, and much time has passed since he earned his warrior name, Doesn't Fall Off His Horse. He tells Saygee how he won that name in his youth, unfolding th... | [
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36,242 | 0 | Grade 2-5. With riddles such as "What did the mummy say when he got angry with the skeleton? 'I have a bone to pick with you,'" this lively collection of puns and jokes is likely to be frightfully popular both as a read aloud and read alone and is more accessible for less advanced readers than Dave Ross's Mummy Madness... | [
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36,243 | 1 | PreSchool-Grade 2-- Another reassuring story about these delightful siblings. The strength comes from the relationship between the text and the delightful pencil-and-watercolor illustrations. Amanda doesn't want her costume, jack-o-lantern, or trick-or-treating to be scary. By compromise (and accident), she and Oliver ... | [
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36,244 | 5 | Kindergarten-Grade 4. This collection of 29 short stories, folktales, and poems dealing with faeries and other little folk spans many different cultures and periods of time. Selections from Shakespeare and Tennyson, Hans Christian Andersen, and e. e. cummings as well as Mayan, African, and Native American folklore are ... | [
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36,245 | 7 | Grade 5-8-Something about Wilder Creek Bridge troubles Lewis Barnavelt, and he enlists the help of his friend Rose Rita Pottinger in his quest to find the source of this menacing feeling. Lewis's guardian, Uncle Jonathan (a sorcerer), and their neighbor Mrs. Zimmermann ("an honest-to-goodness witch") also know that the... | [
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36,246 | 0 | Caldecott Medalist McCully (Mirette on the High Wire) spins an engrossing, fact-based tale with feminism and fair labor practices at its heart. Ten-year-old Rebecca supplements her family's meager income by toiling as a "bobbin girl" in 1830s New England. She is one of the thousands of girls and women who endure 131/2-... | [
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36,247 | 2 | Taulbert's (Eight Habits of the Heart; When We Were Colored) first picture book is an expertly told story warm with nostalgia for the tightly knit black communities of the South in the '50s. Sent down the road to buy a pound of Miz Callie's "special butter"?a vital ingredient for his great-grandmother's candied sweet p... | [
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36,248 | 2 | Featuring the wryly understated texts and drolly detailed ink-and-watercolor art of the Max and Ruby titles, these paper-over-board books introduce the late-blooming Edward the Unready. In each misadventure, the expressive-eyed bear faces a new, decidedly uncomfortable situation. At a swimming party, the lifeguard call... | [
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36,249 | 0 | While his parents are involved with "the war effort," nine-year-old Peter spends the summer of 1942 at his grandparents' farm in New Hampshire, where he rakes hay, tends chickens and feeds sugar lumps to a horse named Lady Ghost. Although both text and illustrations brim with specific period details--Peter hears Gabrie... | [
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36,250 | 0 | Drawing on written accounts and interviews with former players in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, Rappaport (paired with Lewis for The New King) and Callan (a playwright) whisk readers back in time to the 1946 championship game between the Rockford Peaches and the Racine Belles. Judiciously using e... | [
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36,251 | 16 | A companion to the popular One Yellow Lion and Fuzzy Yellow Ducklings, Matthew Van Fleet's Spotted Yellow Frogs is an engaging fold-out book for babies and preschoolers. Each spread introduces a new pattern, 3-D shape, and color. For example, one set of pages has the words "Striped Orange" on the left, and on the right... | [
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36,252 | 0 | Grade 2-5?This beautifully illustrated picture-book length abridgment of Henry Van Dyke's story, originally published in 1895, makes a fine addition to Christmas collections. Artaban, the fourth wise man, arranges to meet his three scholarly friends, all of whom plan to follow the bright star in the sky that their stud... | [
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36,253 | 1 | Kindergarten-Grade 3. When Kate's towering evergreen is chosen for the New York City Christmas season, she is heartbroken not at the loss of the tree, but of Redbird, a cardinal who lives at the top. Her mother cannot dissuade her and even a trip to the city doesn't help. It is only her tears and prayers on Christmas E... | [
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36,254 | 2 | Drawing on her memories of growing up in Guatemala as the daughter of Chinese immigrants, debut author/artist Carling sunnily evokes a companionable mingling of cultures. Her parents, whose Chinese names mean Lady Who Lives in the Moon and Fragrant Pond, are do?a Graciela and don Rodolfo to the customers who frequent t... | [
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36,255 | 11 | In this adaptation of Ripken's autobiography, The Only Way I Know (1997), Ripken recounts events from his childhood, his years in the minors, and his career as a major league shortstop and third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles. Throughout, he comes across as a decent human being who appreciates the advantages he's ha... | [
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36,256 | 13 | Text: Spanish Original Language: EnglishMary Hoffman has written more than 70 books for children, and her powers of observation bring vitality and humour to all her stories and retellings.Her previous titles for Dorling Kindersley include Henry's Baby and A First Bible Story Book. Her best-known picture books are Amazi... | [
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36,257 | 0 | Harrell tells the story of her great-greatgrandfather, who set out ahead of the other Choctaw to pave the way for their settlement in the new "Indian Territory." "Ten summers" old, Minko and the other Choctaw are evicted from their homelands in Mississippi, and forced to walk hundreds of miles to a newly established In... | [
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36,258 | 13 | Grade 2-5-Anyone looking for an unusual way to introduce Native American cultures and stories might try this collection. The scripts are based on tales from the Abenaki, Ojibway, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Snohomish, Tlingit, and Zuni and are accompanied by brief introductions to each tribe and its culture. Many Native words ... | [
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36,259 | 0 | PreSchool-Grade 2. Happenstance alters the course of history in this circular tale and it is the mouse on the title page that precipitates the events. "Dog sleeps. Mouse creeps." In response, a cat in pursuit of the mouse startles a horse, who upends a churn, which awakens the ducks, etc. Nearby, reluctant armies prepa... | [
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36,260 | 14 | Grade 1-3?This simple tale begins in Lapland when a lonely wood-carver spies a "brilliant star shining in the eastern sky." As the star moves, the man follows it on his reindeer with a sack of his carvings in tow to exchange for food. At last, he makes his way to Bethlehem and meets a newborn baby in a manger. In one m... | [
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36,261 | 1 | Day (the Carl books) and Edens (the Santa Cows stories) team up for this quirky, not altogether successful tale about a bullterrier puppy. Darby chews and destroys so many things in the Bell family's home that he is banished to a fenced-in doghouse. But when heavy rains precipitate an embankment collapse and the Bells'... | [
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36,262 | 2 | Grade 5-8-The characters originally created by John Bellairs once again come to life through Strickland's words. Johnny Dixon, Fergie, Professor Childermass, and Brewster must save Johnny's father's life. Their adventure takes them from Massachusetts, to the Florida Keys, to the Colorado Rockies, and into the spirit wo... | [
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36,263 | 0 | Grade 5-9-Written in the first-person voice of an African-American girl, these 28 poems celebrate family, culture, writing, and the spirit of a creative, introspective child. They should be read in the order in which they are arranged to appreciate the power and overall loose plot. "Part I: Genius" introduces readers t... | [
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36,264 | 6 | Her previous titles for Dorling Kindersley include Henry's Baby and A First Bible Story Book. Her best-known picture books are Amazing Grace, Three Wise Women, and An Angel Just Like Me. Mary lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and they have three daughters. The girls were brought up on myths and legends, of which Ma... | [
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36,265 | 2 | "Once upon a time there was a father who had 10 children." It seems simple enough as a picture-book premise, in "an old woman who lived in a shoe" sort of way. "Every morning he woke up very early and cooked 10 breakfasts. He helped his 10 children put on 10 little pairs of underpants, 10 little T-shirts, 10 little pai... | [
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36,266 | 2 | Gleeful as ever in her cataloguing of gas-passing, nose-picking and other improprieties, Cole (The Bad Good Manners Book) introduces an almost incorrigible child. Lucretzia Crum, whose flyaway red hair sticks out in messy spikes, "was an uncivilized little monster!" In a montage of obnoxiousness, rendered in gestural g... | [
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36,267 | 11 | Pinkney (The Ugly Duckling) sets this retelling of Andersen's classic tale in Morocco instead of the original China, inspiring a score of lush illustrations and a fresh, piquant narrative. The tale of a king who learns humility from a kitchen girl and a "little, plain, simple" bird unfolds with familiar grace. Pinkney ... | [
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36,268 | 13 | In this wordless book, a drawing of a magpie comes to life. The artist (only the hands, a child's, are visible) and magpie both sketch using colored pencils, and the artist is as bent upon keeping the magpie as the bird is upon getting away. After being lured into a purple cage by some red cherries, the magpie escapes ... | [
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36,269 | 1 | Welsh legend has it that as a boy, 12th-century Prince Llywelyn was blessed with a faithful dog named Gelert, and this strange and sentimental retelling marks novelist Cullen's (Stink Bomb; The Backyard Ghost) picture book debut. Llywelyn and his canine companion are inseparable until he marries a cold princess and beg... | [
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36,270 | 2 | This volume is not so much about Aunt Claire or her hair as it is about the telling details that set each of young Annie's family members apart. Annie longs to know about her ancestors: "I want to reach into the past and bring them closer to me." With the help of her great-aunt, she does just that, sorting through phot... | [
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36,271 | 1 | PreSchool-Grade 3-A delightful tale about self-expression and how individuals can contribute to their family's well-being in different but equally important ways. Moses, a young mouse, fails miserably at collecting the tangible things that are necessary for winter survival. He much prefers twirling and skittering like ... | [
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36,272 | 0 | Hazen (The Knight Who Was Afraid of the Dark) humanizes a pivotal moment in Irish history in this picture-book look at Ireland's potato famine (1845-1850). Although her grandparents and other relatives provide good care for Katie, she longs for her mother, who has died, and her father, who has migrated to America, wher... | [
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36,273 | 1 | Wormell's (An Alphabet of Animals) familiar chunky lino block prints grace this diverting tale of a quartet of animals in search of home sweet home. Blue Rabbit emerges from his cave one day, decides he doesn't really like it ("too large and the forest was too dark") and sets out to seek more congenial quarters. Along ... | [
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36,274 | 0 | Winter's (My Name Is Georgia) cheerful, acrylic pictures have a folk-art quality well suited to this familiar, cumulative tale, which she supplements with several original verses (an early one places Jack's house on top of a hill and a final verse informs that "he lives there still"). She handily targets her audience b... | [
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36,275 | 11 | Born in 1939, Julius Lester spent his youth in the Midwest and the South and received a B.A. in English from Fisk University in 1960.Since 1968 he has published 25 books of fiction, nonfiction, children's books, and poetry. Among the awards these books have received are the Newbery Honor Medal, American Library Associa... | [
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36,276 | 2 | Kindergarten-Grade 2-Little Cliff loves to look at maps and hear about places far away from his small, rural Mississippi town. His imagination is especially captured by his teacher's description of the Arctic. He begs his great-grandfather to take him there so that he can see the snow houses, the children riding on sle... | [
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36,277 | 0 | Grade 2-4-The encroaching effects of the Revolutionary War are being felt more and more by the Perley family of Fairfield, CT, in the spring of 1777. Hannah, nearly nine, is worried that her beloved brother will defy their father and run away to war and is also struggling to master the tasks (knitting, spinning, and em... | [
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36,278 | 11 | Though he may have the appearance of a tall tale hero, Arnold's (Heart of a Tiger) protagonist is inspired by a real 61-year-old Australian farmer who won a 542-mile race in 1983. Joshua Summerhayes, an eccentric sheep farmer from Blue Gum Creek, and his sidekick, Yellow Dog, enter the 12th annual Koala-K Race from Mel... | [
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36,279 | 0 | Art inventively imitates art in this engaging volume. Newcomer Hartfield's fictional tale draws upon the work of collage artist Bearden who, as a child, moved from his native North Carolina to Harlem. Lagarrigue's (My Man Blue) softly focused acrylic paintings introduce collage elements as they effectively evoke the st... | [
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36,280 | 2 | Kindergarten-Grade 3-A simple story told with the authenticity of oft-told family history is set in flat, Midwestern farm country (ostensibly Kansas) in an indeterminate time that appears to be the 1920s. Velma Jean is the boldest of all her brothers and sisters, unafraid of breaking colts, of meeting strangers, even o... | [
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36,281 | 7 | Kindergarten-Grade 3—Lester's originality shines brightly in this whimsical tale of a curious boy who senses ghosts outside his bedroom window and decides to pursue them. This story includes delectable imagery as seen in the opening pages: "…Sister Moon unfolded her arms to let her light pour down over the... | [
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36,282 | 11 | While the cat's away, the kittens get mighty hungry, in this sweet, wordless picture book. Here McCully treats her subjects in realistic portraits, unlike her previous freely rendered Picnic and other wordless books about the anthropomorphized mouse family. A busy day on the farm begins when a mother cat jogs out of th... | [
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36,283 | 7 | Gr 5-8-This sequel to The House with a Clock in Its Walls (Puffin, 1993) is a thematically rich story pitting good against evil, black magic against white, and life against death. Lewis Barnavelt and his Uncle Jonathan once again encounter danger in the form of an evil wizard. While vacationing near Lake Superior, Lewi... | [
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36,284 | 13 | PreSMama and Papa put their baby down for a nap, but the youngster feels like dancing. Each time the adults set out to do a chore, Baby escapes the crib and boogie-woogies, cha-chas, or shooby-doobies with a different stuffed-animal companion. Soft pastel illustrations portray a cozy farmhouse and sturdy flaps on every... | [
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36,285 | 1 | There's a bit of barnyard bedlam in this silly tale of role reversal. Tabitha ("Tabby, as she liked to be called"), clad in overalls and a pink striped shirt, has a pet horse named Brian who is so smart that she teaches him her favorite thing how to add, using his hooves. Following that lead, Brian teaches his "talente... | [
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36,286 | 2 | Good night, little lambs. Go to sleep, a mother says to the 10 children sleeping over at her house. That endearment prompts one child to dream about a wild and wooly slumber party of sheep. McGinty's (the Dogs Helping People series) rhyming verse and Sweet's (Bouncing Time) vibrant watercolors describe a madcap countdo... | [
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36,287 | 2 | PreSchool-K-Through rhyming text, Beaumont conveys the joys of friendship between two girls while celebrating their similarities and differences. The words bounce along in language appropriate for children who are making their first friends: "I am me/and you are you./I like red/and you like blue." Many of the verses en... | [
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36,288 | 7 | Gr. 5-8. Strickland continues John Bellairs' Lewis Barnavelt series with this tenth suspenseful offering. While camping with his Boy Scout troop, 13-year-old Lewis discovers a strange silver whistle at the site of an ancient grave. The whistle summons a lamia--a ghostly female vampire with the body of a huge snake. Bef... | [
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36,289 | 0 | PreSchool-Grade 2-Holding their noses, several farm animals search the barn for the source of an offending odor. When Dog finds a piglet in a back stall, the friends try to freshen it up. Despite their best efforts-covering the porker with hay, giving it a puddle bath, sticking flowers in its ears, and rubbing it with ... | [
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36,290 | 0 | Grade 4-6-Patrick, 8, and Roy, 13, live with their mother while their father is away, looking for work. It's 1929, and the boys are acutely aware of and frightened by the unemployed, broken, and sad "bums" who inhabit a vacant lot; but their deepest fear is that their father has joined the ranks of these desperate men.... | [
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36,291 | 13 | After a visit to the Metropolitan Museum and the National Gallery, this series' third book finds a girl, her grandparents and a green balloon in Boston, You Can't Take a Balloon into the Museum of Fine Arts by Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman, illus. by Robin Preiss Glasser. Like its predecessors, the wordless adventure feat... | [
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36,292 | 15 | PreS-K-Dramatic art created with paper sculpture and a brief text describe the habits and behaviors that animals and humans share. The repeating refrain of "just like you and me" may be redundant, but the font is playfully enhanced and printed. "-cranes love to dance. Just like you and me" is accompanied by one spread ... | [
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36,293 | 1 | The froggy fly chaser introduced in Green Wilma (1993) takes an unexpected ride when she and her buzzing prey are snatched up in error by a pair of similarly pop-eyed alien parents. After a wild interstellar flight,the spacecraft returns to earth, where the relieved purple aliens are reunited with their stranded offspr... | [
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36,294 | 20 | HIn this illuminating picture-book reference, Mayer shines the spotlight on the 12 specially chosen associates of Jesus, using the same warm storytelling voice and elegant design that distinguished her Young Jesus of Nazareth and Young Mary of Nazareth. Drawing on the Gospels as well as apocrypha and legend, Mayer serv... | [
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36,295 | 2 | While waiting for a "stranger," a girl snuggles with her great-great-aunt, looking at a photo of a small child "touched so often with hope, the edges curl." This intriguing beginning launches a touching story-within-a-story. Auntie Maita describes her loneliness as the only child of a Maine lighthouse keeper. One morni... | [
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36,296 | 2 | Kindergarten-Grade 3Sidney, a pig who has a way with words, composes a birthday poem for his friend: "Happy birthday Gabie,/I've known you since you were a baby." Chagrined when he realizes that nothing rhymes with his own name except "kidney," he asks to be called "Joe." His friends prefer "Sidney," but comply. The po... | [
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36,297 | 2 | Wendy Anderson Halperin lives in Interlochen, Michigan.; Title: Thank You, World | [
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36,298 | 2 | Fuzzy yellow ducklings! Bumpy brown toads! Scratchy blue sharks! Babies and toddlers love feeling the textures and shapes and learning about colors and animals in Matthew Van Fleet's popular board book, Fuzzy Yellow Ducklings. And now, fans of this fuzzy fold-out book can cuddle their very own yellow duckling with this... | [
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36,299 | 2 | PreSAMax is back, or at least retooled for the 21st century. Max's Ride and Max's Toys first appeared in 1979, while Max's Bath and Max's Bedtime both have a 1985 copyright. The texts for the most part read the same. The typeface has been changed from sans serif to serif. In Max's Ride, the concept words are now design... | [
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