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Amazon Best Books of the Month, November 2009 Tales of the Wild West don't get any better than the life and times of Bass Reeves, the first African-American deputy U.S. marshal and the most successful in American history. Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and illustrator R. Gregory Christie--both Coretta Scott King Award honorees...
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Kindergarten-Grade 3Clearly written text and bright-hued watercolor collage illustrations introduce the life cycle of that zip-a-dipping aerialist, the dragonfly, from newly laid eggs, through months of aquatic life as a nymph, to the final metamorphosis into a glitter-winged creature. Aspects of each stage of life are...
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Twisted Journeys(tm) In this Graphic Universe(tm) series, YOU choose what happens next in these full-color, action-packed graphic novels. Throughout the story, the reader selects from several options that determine where the plot will go. Every book has dozens of combinations to explore. Which twists and turns will YOU...
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In the first book of the Math Is Categorical(R) series, readers will become familiar with the concept of addition and its key terms. The author and illustrator of the best-selling Words Are CATegorical(R) series use their trademark sense of humor to add up the fun!"This book makes learning addition fun." -- Oneota Read...
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Gr 57A graphic novel retelling of the entire scope of the Arthurian story, this volume features quick-paced action and stunning illustrations to capture even the most reluctant reader. For today's visually oriented youth, this approach draws them to a superhero from another age."Along with 'celebrity' heroes like Hercu...
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A former elementary school teacher, Jennifer Boothroyd has written many nonfiction books for children.; Title: What Is a Gas? (First Step Nonfiction)
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Twisted Journeys(tm) In this Graphic Universe(tm) series, YOU choose what happens next in these full-color, action-packed graphic novels. Throughout the story, the reader selects from several options that determine where the plot will go. Every book has dozens of combinations to explore. Which twists and turns will YOU...
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Laurie Friedman is the author of the popular Mallory series, The Mostly Miserable Life of April Sinclair series, and many award-winning picture books. She lives in Florida.; Title: In Business with Mallory
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"This excellent text goes a long way toward establishing the importance of synonyms." -- School Library JournalBrian P. Cleary is the author of the Words Are CATegorical(R), Math Is CATegorical(R), Food Is CATegorical(TM), and Animal Groups Are CATegorical(TM) series, as well as several picture books. He lives ...
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"Colorful and fast moving, with bright illustrations and comic-book action pages." -- Booklist"Witt's pencil and ink drawings are vividly colored, creating a bright, rich desert-scape and reinforcing the emotionally taut lives of the characters." -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's BooksGraphic Myths and Legen...
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Grade 13A mother rabbit gives each of her five sons a daily chore. Readers will understand when George decides to swim, watch TV, and build a fort instead. They may even relate to the bunny when his mother refuses his allowance and assigns him a new job-babysitting. When he is invited to the movies, George promises his...
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Vicki Cobb is a well-known author of more than eighty-five highly entertaining nonfiction books for children. Cobb's lighthearted approach to hands-on science has become her trademark for getting kids involved in experiences that create real learning. Cobb also writes a weekly column, Show-Biz Science, for EducationalW...
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Expanding upon material in The Tiniest Giants: Discovering Dinosaur Eggs (1999), this more up-to-date title is geared for slightly older readers. It begins with the authors' serendipitous discovery of a major dinosaur nesting ground in Argentina's Patagonian desert. The eggs, buried in mud, meant that we had stumbled a...
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"Fast and simple . . . all action, right to the end." -- Library Media Connection"Full-color, realistic illustrations, dramatic points of view and stylish layouts make these old stories visually fresh and accessible to modern audiences." -- BayViewsGraphic Myths and LegendsThe Graphic Myths and Legends series brings to...
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PreSchool-Grade 1Seven-year-old Tom Foley receives a lot of great gifts for his birthday. They all crash or whirr or beep, except for onea tennis racket. It doesn't DO anything. Tom's father convinces him to try the game, though the boy has never heard of tennis and doesn't know of anyone who plays. Eye-catching, digit...
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"Dealing with changes and the resulting emotions is the theme of the book and one with which its targeted readers can identify." -- Library Media Connection"Fans of sensitive, high-strung Mallory will relish this humorous glimpse into her innermost thoughts." -- The Horn Book Guide"Friedman finds a ...
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Starred Review. Grade 69Walker takes readers on an archaeological investigation of human and material remains from 17th- and 18th-century Jamestown and colonial Maryland, while addressing relevant topics in forensic anthropology, history, and archaeology. The excavations encompass burial sites of colonists from various...
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A former elementary school teacher, Jennifer Boothroyd has written many nonfiction books for children.; Title: What Is a Solid? (First Step Nonfiction)
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Each tale is paired with an illustration style that nicely reflects the culture. -- The Horn Book GuideWang Ping was born in Shanghai, China. A renowned author and editor, she holds a Ph.D. from New York University. She teaches English at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota.Tang Ge is a talented illustrator and a...
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Grade 46"Why can't everyone just accept everyone else?" Alice Bunt asks her father when she discovers that popularity and individuality do not always go hand-in-hand. The 11-year-old has just moved to the Boston suburbs from the city and is looking forward to making friends with kids who share her interests. She soon f...
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Graphic Myths and LegendsThe Graphic Myths and Legends series brings to life some of the most enduring tales from a variety of cultures. Action-packed and richly illustrated, the age-old stories will engage readers in new ways."My name is Jason... ...and I am supposed to be the ruler of Iolcus"When Jason was a child, h...
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Kindergarten-Grade 2Eggs that do not come in stock sizes suited to specially designed cartons at the supermarket (no matter what the kids think) can be fascinating in their infinite variety. For each different kind of ova, Posada presents a clue-filled verse, a teasing fragment of a watercolor collage, and the universa...
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Vicki Cobb is a well-known author of more than eighty-five highly entertaining nonfiction books for children. Cobb's lighthearted approach to hands-on science has become her trademark for getting kids involved in experiences that create real learning. Cobb also writes a weekly column, Show-Biz Science, for EducationalW...
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Jeff Savage has written dozens of books for young readers. He lives in California and frequently visits schools around the country to talk to kids about his work.; Title: Steve Nash (Amazing Athletes)
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Jacqueline Jules is an award-winning author and poet. Her many children's books include The Hardest Word (National Jewish Book Award finalist), Happy Hanukkah Lights, and Picnic at Camp Shalom. She lives in northern Virginia.; Title: The Princess and the Ziz (Kar-ben Favorites)
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Vaunda Micheaux Nelson is the author of The Book Itch, as well as three Coretta Scott King Award-winning books: No Crystal Stair, Bad News for Outlaws, and Almost to Freedom. She is a youth services librarian in New Mexico.; Title: Juneteenth (On My Own Holidays)
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AKorean variation ofthe Cinderella story, Pigling follows the life of Pear Blossom, a devoted daughter who enjoys her parents attention. After her mother dies, her widowed father remarries a cunning woman who, alongwith her daughter, moves into their home and makes life miserable for the girl. When Pear Blossom crouche...
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Grade 69Ransom recounts Walker's childhood spent helping her widowed mother, who had been a slave, make a living as a laundress while attending Richmond, VA's segregated public schools. As a teen, she stood up for equal treatment for her classmates and as a young woman she became a leader of the Independent Order of St...
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Grade 1–2—This muddled rhyming tale aims to help children understand the concept of skip-counting. Miss Emma and Cowboy Kirby each have a herd of cows that fences can't keep apart. In an effort to split the herds and keep them on their respective sides, Cowboy Kirby, using skip-counting (1-3-5; 2-4-6), assi...
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Becky is a school librarian by day and writer by night (well, actually very early mornings). Her natural habitat is the temperate forests of northwestern Wisconsin, where she shares her den with a husband, two animal-loving sons, and two big black dogs. She is the co-author of all twelve books in the Follow That Food C...
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Sylvia A. Rouss is an award-winning author and early childhood educator, and the creator of the popular Sammy Spider series, celebrating its 25th anniversary with over half a million Sammy Spider books sold. She lives in California.; Title: Sammy Spider's First Shavuot
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Kindergarten-Grade 3—Through poetic language and sweeping illustrations, this picture book tells the story of the biblical patriarch and matriarch Abraham and Sarah from Sarah's point of view. From her early support of her husband's revolutionary monotheism and throughout their many journeys together, Sarah is po...
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Sandra Markle is the author of numerous critically acclaimed science books for children. A nationally known science teacher, Ms. Markle also authored the award-winning Animal Predator and Animal Scavenger series for Lerner Publications. She lives in New Zealand with her husband.; Title: Locusts: Insects on the Move (In...
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Brian P. Cleary is the author of the Words Are CATegorical(R), Math Is CATegorical(R), Food Is CATegorical(TM), and Animal Groups Are CATegorical(TM) series, as well as several picture books. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.; Title: How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear?: What Are Homonyms and Homophones? (Words are Categorical)
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Stephen Krensky did not have the kind of childhood anyone would choose to write books about. It was happy and uneventful, with only the occasional bump in the night to keep him on his toes. He started writing at Hamilton College in upstate New York where he graduated in 1975. His first book, A Big Day for Scepters, was...
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*Starred Review* In her authors note, Capaldi calls the story of Carlos Montezuma, a testament to the character, heart, and human spirit. And so it is. As a child in 1866, Carlos (then called Wassaja), a Yavapai Indian living in the Arizona territory, was kidnapped by an enemy tribe. Luckily he was purchased by Italian...
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Grade 1-3In this wonderfully different Hanukkah book, an Israeli family harvests olives to be processed into the oil. The daughter provides a simple narrative, which is clearly written and accompanied by full-color photographs depicting each step in the process from gathering and sorting the olives to pressing them and...
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Laurie Friedman is the author of the popular Mallory series, The Mostly Miserable Life of April Sinclair series, and many award-winning picture books. She lives in Florida.; Title: Campfire Mallory
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Grade 36A brief introductory chapter defines mnemonics, illustrates a few of the techniques with widely known examples, and encourages readers to begin developing their own. With no further jargon, the remaining chapters apply these strategies to random scientific facts in the areas of "Earth and Space Science," "Physi...
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Cleary and cartoonist Gable offera secondromp with adverbs for children who need more examples beyond those given in the teams Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: A Book about Adverbs (2005) as well as for those who simplyenjoy the merry madness that marks the Words Are CATegorical series. Comical line drawings zapped with co...
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"Reluctant readers have much to appreciate in the dynamic and colorful format of these comic books." --VOYAGraphic Myths and LegendsThe Graphic Myths and Legends series brings to life some of the most enduring tales from a variety of cultures. Action-packed and richly illustrated, the age-old stories will engage reader...
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It is truly an insects world. Veteran science writer Markles enthusiasm for her subject energizes this title about praying mantises that moves from a general summary of insect characteristics to the specifics of mantis anatomy, characteristics, and life cycle. Young readers will be drawn in by the animated tone (The pr...
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"The latest Math Is CATegorical title presents fractions as a way to express parts of an entity (pizza) or a group (jugglers). The rhyming lines of text bounce along in a genial way, introducing a lesson using flat boxes of pizza that can be sliced into two, four, six, or eight pieces to represent fractional values and...
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Kindergarten-Grade 3The biblical story of the Exodus tells how God, through Moses, prevailed upon the hard-hearted Pharaoh to release the Israelites from slavery by sending 10 terrible plagues to Egypt. This slim picture book retells the story in rhyme. Bright cartoonlike illustrations bring an over-the-top humor that ...
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This is Chico Bon Bon.These are his tools.And this is the organ-grinderwho has no ideawhat Chico can do with them!Do you?Chris Monroe's illustrations for Totally Uncool were praised by Publishers Weekly as "[walking] an assured line between the childlike and the sophisticated."; Title: Monkey With a Tool Belt
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Fans of Clearys Words Are CATegorical series can enjoy another round of antonyms in this amusing look at opposites, a companion book to Stop and Go, Yes and No: What Is an Antonym? (2006). Wild colors and zany, attired animal characters ramp up the humor and the fun in this useful introduction to antonyms. The rhyming,...
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Marie P. Croall lives in Cary, North Carolina. She has written for Marvel, DC Comics, Moonstone Books, Devils Due, and Harris Comics, and has completed a self-published graphic novel and a short film. Marie has spent much of her life reading fables and legends, and enjoys discovering new things about different cultures...
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PreSchool-Grade 2In this story told in rhyme, Percy Isaac Gifford, clad in his P.I.G. sweater, presents readers with a workshop on how to get the most out of Thanksgiving, complete with 10 simple rules. ("Rule 1: Smile and say pumpkin pie.") He offers advice on everything from getting through preparations and greetings...
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Dan Jolley has written for major comic book publishers such as Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse. His credits include Star Wars Tales for Dark Horse Comics and JLA: The Liberty Files. He is also the author of Odysseus: Escaping Poseidon's Curse, Vampire Hunt, and, with illustrator Matt Wendt, Escape from Pyramid X, The Time T...
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Grade 1–3—An amiable family of giraffes takes a train trip from Period Plaza Station to Punctuation Station. Along the way, they learn the grammatical rules governing the proper use of the period, comma, apostrophe, question mark, hyphen, exclamation point, and quotation marks. Each punctuation mark is disp...
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Kristin Sterling is a former elementary-school teacher. She lives in Lino Lakes, Minnesota, with her husband and two cats.; Title: Living in Urban Communities (First Step Nonfiction) (First Step Nonfiction: Communities)
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Paul D. Storrie was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and despite time spent in Grand Rapids, Chicago, and Los Angeles, has returned to Metro-Detroit time and again. He attended Grand Valley State University and received a B.A. in English Language and Literature, knowing that he wanted to tell stories for a living....
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Rarely are books about money humorous, but the Math Is CATegorical series is renowned for its method: pairing peppy rhyming verse with silly cartoon illustrations of cats introducing a variety of elementary mathematical concepts. The book starts with a very basic explanation of the purpose of money, incorporating into ...
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"Memorization does not come easy for some, especially in the area of geography. Places can easily become a jumble of names without the ability to connect them. Cleary uses mnemonic devices, using techniques such as music, acrostics, grouping, and imagery. The book is divided into two sections, locally and globally. In ...
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Jeff Limke was raised in North Dakota. His Graphic Myths and Legends work includes King Arthur: Excalibur Unsheathed, Isis & Osiris: To the Ends of the Earth, Thor & Loki: In the Land of Giants, Jason: Quest for the Golden Fleece, Theseus: Battling the Minotaur, and Arthur & Lancelot: The Fight for Camelot....
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PreSThis entry in the "It's Time" series of Jewish holiday photo-essays is a charmer. Adorable preschoolers, including children of Asian and African descent, take a pretend trip to Israel to celebrate Israeli Independence Day, a common practice in Jewish schools across North America. From the imaginary plane ride on a ...
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Born in the United States, Tami Lehman-Wilzig now lives in Israel. She has a Bachelors Degree in English Literature and an M.A. in Communications from Boston University. She is one of Israel's leading English language copywriters. Her children's books include Tasty Bible Stories, Keeping the Promise, Passover Around th...
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All of the vowels are missing at the begining of this story about Pam Smith and Sam Vowel (introduced as Pm and Sm), who marry on the first page. Soon, Pm and Sm start a family, and each kid, named after a vowel, adds a letter to the familys language (and to the storys text). First the twins, Alan and Ellen, bring an A...
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While each of the first three titles in Clearys Adventures in Memory series focuses on a subject area (geography, science, social studies), the fourth bolsters a skill needed in every area of the curriculum: spelling. A brief introduction explains the use of mnemonics, gives examples, and offers tips on how students ca...
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Grade 3–6—Nine stories, based on interviews with the grateful survivors, describe how brave animals rescued people in catastrophic circumstances. Each edgy retelling reveals details that only the participants could know, including sounds, smells, sights, and the knowledge that at any moment they could die, ...
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Jeff Limke was born and raised in the wilds of North Dakota. He has spent many a year teaching stories and writing. Jeff now teaches less and tries to write more, which sometimes happens.; Title: Theseus: Battling the Minotaur [a Greek Myth] (Graphic Myths and Legends)
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Kristin Sterling is an elementary teacher who loves to write books for children. She has written several nonfiction books for Lerner Publishing Group, including books in the What's the Weather Like? and Colors Everywhere series. Kristin lives in Lino Lakes, Minnesota, with her sweet husband and two mischievous cats.; T...
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Kindergarten-Grade 3—In the days before witches rode brooms, they snuck up on people on foot during Halloween to scare them. Druscilla, the oldest of all the witches, had knees that cracked and popped so loudly that she couldn't surprise anyone. Not one to be left behind, she looked for other means of frightening...
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Evonne Tsang is a native New Yorker who earned a BA in English with a minor in Creative Writing from New York University.; Title: #12 Kung Fu Masters (Journeys) (Twisted Journeys)
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Jacqueline Jules is an award-winning author and poet. Her many children's books include The Hardest Word (National Jewish Book Award finalist), Happy Hanukkah Lights, and Picnic at Camp Shalom. She lives in northern Virginia.; Title: Goodnight Sh'ma (Very First Board Books)
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"Children ages 1-4 can learn about the holiday of Purim in this adorable and sturdy board book. 'When It's Purim' is filled with entertaining and bright illustrations. Kids will love flipping the pages as they watch cute forest animals make hamantaschen for all their friends and family." -- The Jewish JournalEdie Stolt...
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PreSchool-Grade 2An Israeli girl goes on a Sukkot "treasure hunt" with her parents to find the four items (date palm, willow, myrtle, and etrog fruit) used to celebrate the harvest holiday. They find the first three plants during a hike in the hills, and the last is offered by a friend who has an etrog tree in his cour...
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Step right up to the Laugh Stand and pick out the laugh of your choice. Humor is on sale and Brian P. Cleary is delivering!Perhaps you're in the market for a Tom Swiftie--something along the lines of "'These are my underpants,' Tom said briefly." Not for you? Then how about a daffy definition--"Benign: What you are aft...
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"From Sydney, Australia, to Samarkand, Uzbekistan, to Turin, Italy, Hanukkah Around the World is chock full of fantastic stories, recipes, and interesting facts about the diverse Chanukah traditions of Jewish communities all over the world. A few introductory pages about the holiday and its history and celebration help...
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Katherine Janus Kahn has been illustrating children's books for over 25 years, including the Sammy Spider series and the Ziz books. Her vivid illustrations, in a watercolor and cut-out technique, have been compared to the work of Eric Carle.; Title: Sammy Spider's First Day of School (Sammy Spider's First Books)
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"...the storybook form makes the language arts lesson enjoyable." -- The Horn Book Guide"Effectively presents examples of antonyms and creates an engaging learning experience." -- Oneota Reading Review"The bouncy lettering style enhances the whimsical rhymes and makes for yet another strong addition...
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Kristi Lew is the author of more than 20 science books for children and teachers. She writes, lives, and researches gross facts in St. Petersburg, Florida.; Title: Clot & Scab: Gross Stuff About Your Scrapes, Bumps, and Bruises (Gross Body Science)
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Kristi Lew is the author of more than 20 science books for children and teachers. She writes, lives, and researches gross facts in St. Petersburg, Florida.; Title: Itch & Ooze: Gross Stuff on Your Skin (Gross Body Science)
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Grade 14Not much has been written about the biblical figure believed to be the first to step into the Sea of Reeds during the Israelite's exodus from Egypt. However, Cohen has successfully fictionalized the scant biblical account and embellished the midrash to create a child-friendly picture book about overcoming fear,...
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With dynamic oil paintings of people in the city streets, Bootman sets the Pied Piper story not in Hamelin but in Harlem in the 1940s. Here, the stranger who casts a spell with his music plays a steel pan drum, the national instrument of Trinidad, with such a beautiful, sweet melody that people dance with joy, and the ...
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Theres no shortage of picture books about pioneering baseball players, but this one takes a different tack than most. A father brings his son to the opening-day game at Ebbets Field in 1947, where a notable rookie is making his debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers. The father scored the tickets because a coworker, like a lot...
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Aside from the books Dan Jolley has done for Lerner, he has also published a series of original YA novels called Alex Unlimited, as well as teen and junior novelizations for the movies Iron Man and Transformers 2. Dan has published hundreds of comic books from Marvel, DC, and most of the other major publishers in the c...
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PreSchool-Grade 2—A playful expansion of "Hickory, Dickory Dock," this picture book centers around the concept of a cat chasing a mouse through the hours of a day. "Hickory dickory doo, the grandfather clock struck TWO./It woke the cat, who sprang from his mat,/hungry for mouse-tail stew," and the race is on. Som...
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Alaya Johnson graduated from Columbia University in 2004 with a BA in East Asian Languages and Cultures. She has published The Goblin King, for younger readers, and is working on a fantasy trilogy for older teens called The Spirit Binders. The first book, Racing the Dark, was published in 2007 and the second, The Burni...
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Celebrating her tenth birthday with the most super sleepover ever, Mallory gets caught between a friends over-the-top ideas and her parents expectation that shell act responsibly. From the arrival of unexpected guests to the splat of water balloons in the living room, things get out of hand, but Mallory manages to mop ...
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Kindergarten-Grade 3Chico Bon Bon, the fix-it expert who debuted in Monkey with a Tool Belt (Carolrhoda, 2008), is trying to locate the cause of a loud and strange noise in his tree house. After much head-scratching and searching, the resourceful monkey finally identifies the sourceit's Clark, an elephant who has becom...
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Grade 3-6. Text and photographs combine to explain the tradition of basket weaving as carried on among the Native American tribes of California. Readers follow Carly Tex, an 11-year-old Western Mono, to school, to lessons in traditional basket weaving, and to many stops along the way. Carly and her relatives are shown ...
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"Created with the approval of the estate of Antoine de Saint-Exupry but based more on the animated series than on the original novel, this reimagining of The Little Prince will please fans who are looking for more stories of the prince, the fox, and the snake. After arriving on the Planet of Winds, the Little Prince an...
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Jan Goldin Fabiyi is a preschool teacher in Baltimore, Maryland, where she lives with her husband and two daughters. This is her first book.Sue Rama is an artist, writer and illustrator who lives in Conencticut. She likes to paint, write, teach and take walks by the river. She has illustrated many children's books incl...
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Grade 24While on a field trip to Washington, DC, Mallory and her fourth-grade classmates are required to keep a journal. Mallory records a "list of interesting things" that she has seen, but also explains what is happening, or not happening, with her best friend. Mary Ann is supposed to be her partner, but they aren't ...
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Grade 1–3—Once again Wheeler and Gott have teamed up for an action-packed sports extravaganza. The Grazers, in gold, take on the blue-uniformed Biters in a rough-and-tumble soccer match. Cheered on by their enthusiastic and colorful fans, the vegetarian and meat-eating dino players pass, steal, and trap the...
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"The author looks to a Sephardic legend for this well-written story about a Spanish converso (secret Jew) who cleverly enables his secret community of Jews to hear the sound of the shofar at Rosh Hashanah. Set in Barcelona, during the Spanish Inquisition, Ms. Greene creates a story that makes it possible for us to feel...
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"[Mallory's] voice, which is sometimes humorous and sometimes full of self-pity, sounds authentic, and readers are sure to appreciate the happy ending." -- School Library JournalIt's summertime and the Wish Pond Road gang is getting ready to go to Camp Blue Lake. Mallory's not so sure she wants to go. What if she gets ...
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This heavily illustrated title, aimed at early-elementary students, introduces the Hoover Dam and the engineering feats it represents. Combining just one or two large-print sentences on each page, the spreads discuss in the simplest terms what the dam does (it holds back the mighty Colorado River) and its importance to...
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Grade 5-8-Two well-written series entries. John Glenn chronicles the former astronaut's life from his boyhood in Ohio through his military service, his career with NASA, and tenure in the Senate. George Lucas (which carries the disclaimer "unauthorized biography" on the verso of the title page) also discusses its subje...
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What can I say? This book is definitely gross - in a good way that is. From ear wax to boogers, to fake snot recipes - your elementary and middle grade students/kids will love it!Enjoy!ChrisChristopher (C.S.) Larsen was born February 2nd, 1966 (yes, Groundhog's Day), in Plymouth, Minnesota. His family eventually moved ...
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Lee Sullivan Hill has written over twenty books for children.; Title: Motorcycles (Pull Ahead Books)
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Gr 5-8-In Down in the Dumps, Lou is depressed because the boy of her dreams has moved away. To make matters worse, her mother, an aspiring author, has a serious love interest that makes her even more scatterbrained than usual. Lou feels quite left out as she heads off to the first day of school, only to discover that s...
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Jill Braithwaite has written many nonfiction books for children. She lives in Minneapolis.; Title: Police Cars (Pull Ahead Books)
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Shawn Costello is a published illustrator of children's books. Published credits of Shawn Costello include Private Joel and the Sewell Mountain Seder (Passover), A Bus of Our Own.; Title: Private Joel and the Sewell Mountain Seder
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"Through the eyes of an orange and white cat, readers are introduced to the harrowing event known as Kristallnacht. Benno spends his days observing the friendly, predictable rituals in his neighborhood: girls walking together to school, shopkeepers selling their wares, a Jewish family eating Sabbath dinner, a Christian...
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This beginner's chapter book is based on actual events and will certainly intrigue young readers.Reviewer: Denise DaleyFelicia Marshall is the illustrator of a number of books for children, including Sylvia & Miz Lula Maye, Down Home at Miss Dessa's, and Keepers. She teaches art in Houston, Texas, where she lives w...
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"This series has single-handedly uplifted the credibility of science books, and convinced any of us who still needed convincing, that kids can handle weightier subjects with ease, if they are presented professionally. Even a book on beetless, done this well, circulates."; Title: Silkworms (Lerner Natural Science Books)...
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Gr 4-6--This photo essay by an Assiniboine radio personality is a wonderful companion to George Ancona's Powwow (Harcourt, 1993). Like that title, Drumbeat takes readers on a visit to a powwow but, like Sandra King's Shannon (Lerner, 1993), does so from an insider's perspective. Braine packs a lot of information into t...
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There are a number of books about the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, but very few are set in Israel. This story is based on the trip of the first train from Jerusalem to Jaffa in 1897, shortening the time between the coast and the city from three days to three hours. Cohen turns this journey into a fanciful account of...
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