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500 | 11 | A pair of titles join Gail Carson Levine's Princess Tales series, illus. by Mark Elliott: The Fairy's Return, a spoof on "The Golden Goose"; and For Biddle's Sake, based on a little-known German tale, "Puddocky," about a girl who must put her own magic to work in order to fight off her guardian fairy's penchant for tur... | [
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501 | 2 | K Grade 3A young boy's obsession with collecting leaves the rest of his town without books, as Alfred Zector creates his own lonely, book-filled prison. After spending years and years reading everything he owns, he realizes that something is missing in his life and he begins giving his treasures away. The story ends wi... | [
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502 | 2 | Dave Ross is the author and illustrator of over thirty books for children, including the bestselling A Book of Hugs and A Book of Friends. His favorite kiss from A Book of Kisses is a Good Morning kiss. He has spent many years working with children and currently runs two community organizations for children. He lives w... | [
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503 | 2 | Donald Zinkoff is one of the greatest kids you could ever hope to meet. He laughs easily, he likes people, he loves school, he tries to rescue lost girls in blizzards, he talks to old ladies. The only problem is, he's a loser. Until fourth grade, Zinkoff's uncontrollable giggling in class, sloppy handwriting, horrible ... | [
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504 | 13 | Kindergarten-Grade 2-First published in 1983, this book has new illustrations but retains the message of the original-that sometimes one's first inspiration is the best. Asked to submit a painting for an art show, Sara experiences "artist's block" and becomes overwhelmed by vast possibilities and the eager advice of he... | [
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505 | 1 | Jean Craighead George wrote over one hundred books for children and young adults. Her novel Julie of the Wolves won the Newbery Medal in 1973, and she received a 1960 Newbery Honor for My Side of the Mountain. She continued to write acclaimed picture books that celebrate the natural world. Her other books with Wendell ... | [
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506 | 1 | PreSchool-Grade 2-The youngster's amazing purple crayon draws him into yet another adventure in this book based on the HBO animated series of Harold's adventures (with no mention of Crockett Johnson's name in it). When the child can't sleep, he decides to read his favorite book in bed. Wondering what it would be like t... | [
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507 | 0 | A new version of the classic tale. (Rocky Mountain News)Wholesome, timely story. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)A simple, old-fashioned look at family togetherness during the holiday. (School Library Journal)Perfect illustrations. (Newtons Book News)Bernardins energetic paintings convey the warmth and love of a shared h... | [
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508 | 2 | "The pacing of the book is fast and smooth. Lily is a likable teen" (School Library Journal)"Funny, fast-moving." (ALA Booklist)"A delightful heroine." (Kirkus Reviews); Title: Lily B. on the Brink of Cool (Lily B. Series) | [
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509 | 19 | Grade 5 UpEmeril's many fans will eat this up. The introduction emphasizes the fun and learning involved in cooking together as a family. The use of fresh ingredients is definitely a plus, but many of the recipes are quite complicated, making this a good book for children and adults to use together. Front matter (the f... | [
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510 | 11 | Grade 1-4Three witches had already eaten a boy and girl's mother and father, so their grandmother took them to live with her far off in the woods. Grandmother goes for food and the witches come. Those witches! Their teeth were far longer than their lips! They send the children to fetch water in a sieve; the children en... | [
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511 | 11 | PreS-Gr. 3. Zora Neale Hurston was a pioneer collector of folklore in the rural South in the 1930s, but her retellings, written in heavy dialect, aren't accessible to children. Using simplicity, humor, wit, and a colloquial style true to the spirit of the originals, Thomas has adapted some of Hurston's rich pourquoi ta... | [
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512 | 1 | E.B. White's enduring classic celebrates in style with the release of the Charlotte's Web 5oth Anniversary Retrospective Edition. The handsome volume sports a clothbound cover framing original jacket art; inside, Rosemary Wells adds country color to Garth Williams's original b&w illustrations. An afterword by Peter... | [
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513 | 12 | Kindergarten-Grade 2Although this book can be used with children learning to count and subtract, it falls short in many other ways. The gouache illustrations are bland and the text is dry, labored, and boring. The difference alluded to in the subtitle refers to the questions that readers are asked to figure out. For ex... | [
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514 | 12 | Grade 1-5 - Each of the 12 sections in this beautiful, useful, and unique almanac begins with a large monthly calendar. This spread has a colored block for each day and delineates historical events and birth and death dates of famous people. Information about the name of the month, and the flower, birthstone, and zodia... | [
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515 | 1 | Jean Craighead George wrote over one hundred books for children and young adults. Her novel Julie of the Wolves won the Newbery Medal in 1973, and she received a 1960 Newbery Honor for My Side of the Mountain. She continued to write acclaimed picture books that celebrate the natural world. Her other books with Wendell ... | [
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516 | 2 | Grade 1-3 - The message, that "no brain is the best,/ Each brain finds its own special way," is a worthy one, but the didactic text doesn't work and the plot strains belief. A little girl, out for a walk in the rain, meets a brain named Fred who is looking for his head, and asks him to make her smart. He tells her that... | [
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517 | 15 | "Lobel covers the days of the week, the months of the year and a nautical count from one to 10 in this eclectic quirky triptych of a picture book, and segues seamlessly from one theme to the next," wrote PW. Ages 4-up. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.Each page is an elegantly simple, expertly crafted comp... | [
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518 | 2 | Grade 2-4Free-verse poems tell the story of a group of children who find each other during one otherwise lonely summer. Seven-year-old Drummer is anticipating a Bummer Summer: Summer's a bummer,/nobody to chase,/nobody to catch the ball/I throw./Hurry up, September!/Get here, fall!/so I can be with/all my friends again... | [
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519 | 2 | PreS-In sweet rhyming couplets, a young boy imagines what it would be like if he and his mother pretended to be monkeys. Though the two romp through a beguiling jungle setting, eat lots of bananas, and have long tails, monkey life differs little from the familiar routine of a human child. This imaginary day includes na... | [
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520 | 2 | A clothesline stretches throughout these pages as progressively stranger objects are hung out to dry. "A rollicking rhyme will have three year olds guffawing, with equally hilarious illustrations," noted PW. Ages 3-up. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.Each Monday at dawn, Mrs. Nelly McNosh brings out a ... | [
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521 | 3 | Grade 4-8 Beneath a simple, seductive Tyvek cover resembling manila and plain brown paper, snippets of Snicket's life appear in 13 chapters of notes, letters, newspaper clippings, songs, photos, telegrams, screenplay excerpts, steamship tickets, and meeting minutes. Daniel Handler prefaces the material. It is not state... | [
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522 | 1 | Sue Stainton is an art director and lives with her husband and three boys in southwest England. She is the author of many books for children, including I Love Dogs!; the bestselling Santas Snow Cat, The Lighthouse Cat, and The Chocolate Cat, all illustrated by Anne Mortimer; and Christmas Magic, illustrated by Eva Melh... | [
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523 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 3-A narrator introduces readers to two mice: "Inside my house there is a mouse,/Outside my house there is a mouse." The inside mouse sleeps in an old-fashioned clock, while the outside mouse snuggles in a tree stump. Line by line, with side-by-side, full-page illustrations, the story unfolds, tracing ea... | [
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524 | 2 | Charming. (Kirkus Reviews)Impressive Expressive Clever. (Publisher's Weekly (starred review))This book has it all. (ALA Booklist (starred review))Charming, rhythmical and humorous. (BookPage.com)One day, Mr. Keene called all the students and teachers together and said, "This is a fine, fine school! From now on, let's h... | [
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525 | 3 | Matt Groening, the creator and executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning series The Simpsons, as well as creator of the cartoon strip "Life in Hell" and the animated FOX television series Futurama, is the man responsible for bringing animation back to primetime and creating an immortal nuclear family. In addition, G... | [
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526 | 0 | A vividly imagined recreation of an asteroid impact and its immediate and subsequent effects on the dinosaurs. Sure to find its audience. (Kirkus Reviews)Readers will savor the tale. (The Horn Book)With its impressive, fairly naturalistic illustrations, [this book] answers the question of how the dinosaurs became extin... | [
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527 | 2 | Children will empathize with Betsys longing for a friend, and enjoy this glimpse of pioneer life. (School Library Journal)A good choice for beginning readers who need a little challenge. (ALA Booklist)Nancy Smiler Levinson has written many popular books for young readers, including Magellan and the First Voyange Around... | [
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528 | 0 | Laurence Yep is the acclaimed author of more than sixty books for young people and a winner of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award. His illustrious list of novels includes the Newbery Honor Books Dragonwings and Dragon's Gate; The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, a Texas Bluebonnet Award nominee; a... | [
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529 | 11 | Starred Review. Grade 1-5A fellow courts a girl, and they agree to marry. Sadly, she and her family are such fools that the young man takes off: you are the three biggest fools that I ever laid eyes on. I'm going traveling for a year, and if I find three fools as big as you, I'll come back and we'll get married. Does h... | [
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530 | 13 | This husband-and-wife team's (Shadow) second collaboration spotlights a girl who lives for ballet. Lily pirouettes and plis her way through her waking hours and dances in her dreams as well a lighthearted sequence shows her jet-ing out of a circus tent, followed by a similarly lightfooted elephant, lion and fox. After ... | [
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531 | 0 | Grade 3 UpMyers joins the growing list of writers and illustrators who are mining the southern folklore collected by Hurston in the 1930s. His jocular introduction avers that, Way, way back in the day,/Back when George Washington's hair on the one-dollar bill hadn't yet turned white./Back when computers ran on steam po... | [
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532 | 2 | "The expressively posed poultry add life and humor to this engaging episode." -- Kirkus ReviewsDenys Cazet is the author and illustrator of more than 25 picture books for children, including Never Spit On Your Shoes, winner of the California Young Readers Medal.The books about Minnie and Moo are his first for beginning... | [
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533 | 2 | Grade 5-8 - In this sequel to The Tiger's Apprentice, Tom and his friends flee to the underwater Dragon Kingdom. There they hope to be safe from Vatten and his followers who seek to steal the egg of the phoenix from Mr. Hu, its appointed guardian and Tom's teacher. Because of Mr. Hu's failing health, Tom continues his ... | [
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534 | 14 | Hilary Knight, son of artist-writers Clayton Knight and Katherine Sturges, was born in Hempstead, Long Island and grew up in the town of Roslyn. When he was six the family moved to Manhattan where he has lived ever since. In the past twenty years he has maintained an apartment in the center of New York City which doubl... | [
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535 | 2 | Laura Hunt was an editor with Simon & Schuster/Little Simon. This is her first book for young people.; Title: Stuart Little 2: The New Adventures of Stuart Little | [
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536 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 2 - This 30th-anniversary edition of Greenfield's beloved title features fresh, full-color watercolor-and-ink paintings. Gilchrist's update, a lively contrast to the duotone (pink and black) scenes created by Moneta Barnett in 1975, is sure to attract a new generation of readers. The warm palette depict... | [
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537 | 2 | Diane deGroat is the illustrator of more than 120 children's books and the author-illustrator of bestselling books about Gilbert, including Ants in Your Pants, Worms in Your Plants! (Gilbert Goes Green); April Fool! Watch Out at School!; Mother, You're the Best! (But Sister, You're a Pest!); Last One in Is a Rotten Egg... | [
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538 | 15 | Grade 1-3-An intriguing tale of survival that is based on a true story. While making their way down Idaho's Salmon River, Axel, Uncle Paul, and Aunt Charlotte suddenly find themselves surrounded by raging forest fires. Heat lightning ignites dry pine needles and with the wind changing direction, "-the many fires hurric... | [
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539 | 13 | PreS UpThe lyrics for "Silent Night," "O Come, All Ye Faithful," "O Holy Night," "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," and "Joy to the World" are accompanied by richly colored paintings depicting a dark-skinned holy family and a multiethnic cast of shepherds, angels, and Wise Men. Deep purples and blues, highlighted by gold ... | [
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540 | 2 | Los animales tienen mam? Por supuesto que s! Los animales tienen mam, como t y como yo, igual!Conoce al beb canguro que viaja dentro de una bolsa en la barriga de su mam. Mira cmo el polluelo del cisne navega en el lomo de su mam. Dentro de este divertido y colorido libro vers a muchos bebs con sus mams. Todos ellos ti... | [
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541 | 2 | Carter has an energetic line; her watercolor and gouache figures fairly dance off the page. (Kirkus Reviews (for MY HIPPIE GRANDMOTHER))Wacky, off-kilter illustrations serve this humorous tale well. (School Library Journal (for SLITHERY JAKE))Sam is tired of waiting to be Hamster Helper. So when his class takes a trip ... | [
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542 | 1 | Owen adores Easter. Life doesn't get much better than a basket full of jelly beans ("My favorite"), gumdrops ("My favorite"), buttercream eggs ("My favorite"), and a chocolate bunny ("My favorite"). Unless... there's also a little yellow marshmallow chick the same color as our hero's fuzzy blanket. Decked out in his pu... | [
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543 | 0 | Sequel to Little House in the Big Woods, and true story of the author's own childhood, and of the days when her father, feeling that civilization was coming too fast to the Big Woods, uprooted his little family and took them, via covered wagon, to Kansas. Good Americana - and a first rate tale. Personally, I liked it c... | [
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544 | 18 | The story of the Harlem Hellfighters is not simply one of victory in a war. It is the story of men who acted as men, and who gave a good account of themselves when so many people thought, even hoped, that they would fail.What defines a true hero?The "Harlem Hellfighters," the African American soldiers of the 369th Infa... | [
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545 | 0 | Grade 36After scrimping and saving for two years, the Ingalls family finally saves enough money to send their eldest child to Iowa College for the Blind. Sixteen-year-old Mary misses her family, but she begins to learn new skills, including Braille and piano. More importantly, she learns to deal openly with her disabil... | [
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546 | 18 | Gr. 1-3. Causes celebres are as commonplace among First Ladies as red suits and pearls, but few are as accessible to children as the wildflower-planting campaigns of Lady Bird Johnson. Appelt traces Johnson's botanical passions to her rural, East Texas childhood, finding parallels between the solace her subject drew fr... | [
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547 | 2 | Laurence Yep is the acclaimed author of more than sixty books for young people and a winner of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award. His illustrious list of novels includes the Newbery Honor Books Dragonwings and Dragon's Gate; The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, a Texas Bluebonnet Award nominee; a... | [
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548 | 7 | Cynthia DeFelice is the highly acclaimed author of eight novels for young readers, including The Ghost of Fossil Glen, which received a starred review in SLJ and a boxed review in Booklist, and The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker, which was named an ALA Notable Book and a SLJ Best Book of the Year.; Title: Ghost and M... | [
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549 | 1 | Hiawyn Oram has been writing childrens books for more than 20 years, with more than 60 books published to date, including picture books, poetry, plays, young fiction, story collections, and the book and lyrics for two musicals. Her childrens television work includes scripts, conception, and development of several serie... | [
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550 | 1 | PreSchool-Grade 1In a newly illustrated version of a tale originally published in 1963 (HarperCollins; o.p.), two mice offer their own version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas," giving one another 2 silver (straight) pins, 3 thistle dusters, and finally 12 bees a-buzzing. The illustrations, in Knight's usual goofy and ... | [
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551 | 0 | "I hear a ringing in my ears." "A ringing? Maybe you should answer the doorbell." The inimitable housekeeper helps out at the doctor's office and stirs up trouble in Calling Doctor Amelia Bedelia by Herman Parish, illus. by Lynn Sweat, the fourth title penned by Peggy Parish's nephew. Ages 5-up.Copyright 2002 Cahners B... | [
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552 | 0 | Laura Ingalls Wilder (18671957) was born in a log cabin in the Wisconsin woods. With her family, she pioneered throughout Americas heartland during the 1870s and 1880s, finally settling in Dakota Territory. She married Almanzo Wilder in 1885; their only daughter, Rose, was born the following year. The Wilders moved to ... | [
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553 | 2 | Part of a secret network of ancient Chinese deities headquartered in his uncle's antique store, Tom gears up for a decisive showdown against evil while raising the precious baby phoenix that imprinted upon him at the end of book two. As Yep crowds ever larger hordes of characters and creatures into the conflict, even s... | [
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554 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 2Beetle McGrady yearns for adventure. She wants to explore the world like Laura Ingalls Wilder, Marco Polo, and Amelia Earhart. She gets her chance during Fun with Food Week in science class. On Monday, while creating a food chart with the rest of Table Six, Beetle decides to start her own food group an... | [
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555 | 2 | PreSchool-K-This simple, repetitive meditation on motherhood will engage small children's minds and stimulate their curiosity. It starts out by answering the title question in the affirmative, and then goes on to ask whether a lion, a giraffe, and other animals also have mothers. It concludes by saying that all of thes... | [
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556 | 2 | Good fun for the Santa set. (ALA Booklist)Cartoon illustrations, dialogue bubbles, frenetic activity, and childlike concepts result in amusing and assured storytelling. (School Library Journal)Laura Rader has illustrated many popular books for children, including A Book of Hugs, A Book of Friends, and A Book of Kisses,... | [
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557 | 1 | In a starred review, PW said, "Marcellino takes on the task of recasting Bannerman's 1899 Little Black Sambo and obtains winning results. He sets his version in India and his stylish and comparatively spare interpretation captures the childlike whimsy and charm of this long-lived tale." Ages 3-up. (June) Copyright 2002... | [
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558 | 11 | Cooper's (Ballpark; Dance!) deliciously diverting book tackles a subject of intrinsic appeal to kids. The author gives the scoop on ice-cream making and anticipates all of their questions, answering them with, well, good humor and with many specifics that may surprise even the most ardent aficionados. Those who scream ... | [
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559 | 14 | Mary Engelbreit grew up studying the illustrations in the vintage storybooks of her mother's childhood, and she developed a unique style that harkens back to those simpler times. When Mary began her career, her greeting cards were an instant success, and now her distinctive images have made her a celebrity to millions ... | [
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560 | 11 | Grade 2-4-In 13 double-page chapters, 16 people are brought to light. One incident from each person's life is re-created, giving a quick, snapshot-style view of the individual's contribution to the world. Arranged in chronological order, the profiles begin with Tisquantum, known also as Squanto, and close with Sherman ... | [
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561 | 0 | Beverly Jenkins is an African-American historical romance writer. She lives in southeastern Michigan with her husband and their two children. Born in Detroit, she graduated from Cass Technical High School and attended Michigan State University, where she majored in journalism and English Literature.Ms. Jenkins has writ... | [
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562 | 14 | Lucy Maude Montgomery (1874-1942) was born on Prince Edward Island, Canada, the setting for Anne of Green Gables. She left to attend college, but returned to Prince Edward Island to teach. In 1911, she married the Reverend Ewan MacDonald. Anne of Green Gables, the first in a series of "Anne" books by Montgomery, was pu... | [
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563 | 2 | The creative team behind Today I Feel Silly amiably addresses the challenges of being a five-year-oldespecially the pesky problem of learning self-control. In the story's wry opening, the narrator observes, "It's hard to be five. I'm little no more. Good old days are gone. 'Bye one, two, three, four." Among the trials ... | [
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564 | 0 | Well-loved books and stories come together in a batch of fall compendiums. The HarperCollins Treasury of Picture Book Classics: A Child's First Collection offers 12 enduring tales (their covers make a stamp-sized border on the cover) in one handsomely designed keepsake edition that preserves the feel of the original vo... | [
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565 | 13 | Kindergarten-Grade 2Ann Estelle is hoping for the part of the Queen in the class play. After all, "She already had a long red velvet robe and a glittery golden crown, just in case something like this ever came up." Instead, her teacher makes her the stage manager because she is so "clever and responsible." Ann Estelle ... | [
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566 | 0 | Cynthia Rylant's gift for conveying the enchantment and beauty to be found in everyday life is seen in such award-winning books as Missing May, winner of the Newbery Medal; A Fine White Dust, a Newbery Honor Book; and The Relatives Came and When I Was Young in the Mountains, both Caldecott Honor Books.Books she's writt... | [
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567 | 0 | Mary Engelbreit grew up studying the illustrations in the vintage storybooks of her mothers own childhood, and she developed a unique style that harkens back to those simpler times. She has authored and illustrated several New York Times bestselling titles, including The Night Before Christmas, Mary Engelbreits Mother ... | [
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569 | 7 | Gr. 7-10. The Fire-us trilogy gets off to a dynamic start in this first entry set in 2007, five years after a catastrophic virus has apparently killed all the adults and nearly everyone else. Seven children seem to be the only survivors. They live as a family in a run-down house in a small Florida town; none of them re... | [
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570 | 2 | Francine Prose is the author of the New York Times bestseller Reading Like a Writer, as well as fourteen books of fiction, including A Changed Man, winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and Blue Angel, a finalist for the National Book Award. A distinguished critic and essayist, she has taught literature and writin... | [
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571 | 2 | PreSchool-KAnn Estelle wants a hat full of ribbons and flowers that would make her the Queen of Easter at the neighborhood parade. Instead, her mother buys her a plain straw hat. Disappointed, the child leaves it outside on the porch. Days later, when her family discovers a robins nest inside it, Ann Estelle seizes the... | [
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574 | 16 | Mary Engelbreit grew up studying the illustrations in the vintage storybooks of her mother's own childhood, and she developed a unique style that harkens back to those simpler times. She chose to illustrate Clement C. Moore's The Night Before Christmas as her first book for children. It quickly hit the New York Times b... | [
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576 | 7 | Grade 7 Up-In book three of the trilogy, Angerman, Mommy, Teacher, and the other members of the makeshift family have found their way to The Woods, a retirement community filled with elderly women who somehow managed to survive the virus that killed most of the adults in the world. However, the youngsters' troubles and... | [
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577 | 0 | PreSchool-Grade 1A popular artist has illustrated 100 nursery rhymes in her distinctive style, reminiscent of the work of Kate Greenaway and Tasha Tudor. Historian and critic Leonard S. Marcus provides an introduction about the staying power of Mother Goose rhymes, and Engelbreits afterword discusses her illustration p... | [
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578 | 2 | PreSchool-During the seven days before Christmas, Ann Estelle engages in fun activities like baking cookies and going ice-skating. Most importantly, she continues to add items to the wish list that she has been keeping since last year. On Christmas day, she finally realizes that it's the fun she has had with family and... | [
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579 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 2This title celebrates all that is a little bit spooky on this fun holiday. Ann Estelle is dressed as a fairy queen and her friend Michael is a pirate. She does not want to admit that she is a little frightened about trick-or-treating even with her dad along. However, she eventually realizes that Michae... | [
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580 | 0 | Noted poet Lee Bennett Hopkins has edited or authored numerous books for children, including the I Can Read Books Hamsters, Shells, and Spelling Bees; A Pet for Me: Poems; and the ALA Notable Children's Book Surprises. The recipient of a Christopher Award and the University of Southern Mississippi's Medallion for "last... | [
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581 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 2After Nora looks out her bedroom window and sees the moon blink out, she and her brother, Jack, decide to go to its rescue. They climb aboard a makeshift rocket and fearlessly blast off into the night sky. When they literally bump into the moon, a metal-and-glass orb that looks a bit like an antique po... | [
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582 | 2 | Mary Engelbreit grew up studying the illustrations in the vintage storybooks of her mothers own childhood, and she developed a unique style that harkens back to those simpler times. She has authored and illustrated several New York Times bestselling titles, including The Night Before Christmas, Mary Engelbreits Mother ... | [
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583 | 1 | PreSchool-KVarious uncles, aunts, cousins, and grandparents come together to prepare for and celebrate the holiday season. The first sentence on each page of the rhyming text begins with "Christmas is coming," welcoming readers into idyllic Victorian scenes of bunnies playing in the snow, making presents, and decoratin... | [
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584 | 0 | Mary Engelbreit grew up studying the illustrations in the vintage storybooks of her mother's own childhood, and she developed a unique style that harkens back to those simpler times. When Mary began her career, her greeting cards were an instant success, and now her distinctive images have made her a celebrity to milli... | [
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585 | 2 | Eve Bunting was born in Ireland and came to California with her husband and three children. She is one of the most acclaimed and versatile children's book authors, with more than two hundred novels and picture books to her credit. Among her honors are many state awards, the Kerlan Award, the Golden Kite Award, the Regi... | [
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586 | 1 | Grade 2-4-Jurassic Shark tells the story of a female Hybodus,a deadly prehistoric predator that lived in the oceans some 180 million years ago. She is described as swimming alone and attacking even larger and more aggressive prey. She is not always successful on her hunt for food and is careful when carrying her young ... | [
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587 | 1 | public domain in law, legal availability for public use, free of charge, of materials, processes, devices, skills, and plans that are not protected by copyright or patent, including those on which copyright or patent has lapsed. source: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright 2001-05 Columbia University Pre... | [
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588 | 0 | Grade 3-6-Koontz offers up a collection of 64 poems about holidays, some well known (Halloween) and others less familiar to American audiences (Sakura Matsuki). He includes significant days (the first day of autumn, Mother's Day, and the shortest day of the year); and birthdays (Martin Luther King, Jr., Abraham Lincoln... | [
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589 | 1 | Dean Morrissey has made up stories to go with his work ever since he first began to paint. Eventually he began writing and illustrating childrens books. The highly successful Ship of Dreams, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book, was published in 1990, followed by The Great Kettles, which won a Gold Medal from the Soc... | [
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590 | 0 | Mary Engelbreit grew up studying the illustrations in the vintage storybooks of her mothers own childhood, and she developed a unique style that harkens back to those simpler times. She has authored and illustrated several New York Times bestselling titles, including The Night Before Christmas, Mary Engelbreits Mother ... | [
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591 | 15 | Robert Kalan has also written the charming children's books Rain and Blue Sea, both illustrated by Donald Crewes. Kalan holds a master's degree in education and has taught reading to both gifted and remedial students from kindergarten through the fourth grade.; Title: Jump, Frog, Jump! Board Book | [
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593 | 2 | In a "tender tone sure to make this a bedtime favorite," according to PW, a rhyming verse describes the myriad ways a green, googly-eyed mother shows her boundless love for her son. Ages 3-8. (Sept.) Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.Laura Leuck is the author of these other books for children: Goodnight, Ba... | [
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594 | 18 | Rhoda Blumberg has written about the opening of Japan (1853-1854) in Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun, a Newbery Honor Book, which also won the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award and the Golden Kite Award. Her acclaimed histories also include The Incredible Journey of Lewis & Clark, The Great American Gold Rush,... | [
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595 | 1 | Charlotte Pomerantz was born in New York City, where she still lives. Among her many popular books for children are Mangaboom, illustrated by Anita Lobel; Here Comes Henny (based on the wordplay of James Joyce), illustrated by Nancy Winslow Parker; Halfway to Your House, illustrated by Gabrielle Vincent; Flap Your Wing... | [
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596 | 7 | Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, published Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in 1865 and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, in 1871. Considered a master of the genre of literary nonsense, he is renowned for his ingenious wordplay and sense ... | [
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597 | 2 | Eileen Spinelli is the author of many picture books and poetry collections, including A Big Boy Now, Hug a Bug, and the bestselling When Mama Comes Home Tonight, among others. When she writes a story, she has an instant audience: her twenty-five grandchildren and husband, Jerry (also a writer). Aside from story making,... | [
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598 | 0 | Gr. 2-6. There always seems to be one more version of the news that there's no joy in Mudville. The 1888 poem is given very modern dress by Neiman, who forsakes his usual gaudy palette for muscular charcoal drawings. There's a profusion of full-page and double-page-spread images of Casey and his fellow players, dramati... | [
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599 | 11 | In this sequel to Little Bo in France (2002), Bo the cat and her master, Billy, who are working as crew aboard an English lords yacht, travel across the Mediterranean to visit Pisa and Rome. Along the way, they are reunited with long-lost feline relatives, take part in a circus act, become embroiled in a Colosseum cat ... | [
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