Rating: (36 reviews)
Author: James Thurber
Publisher: NYR Children’s Collection
Product Description
Once upon a time, in a gloomy castle on a lonely hill, where there were thirteen clocks that wouldn’t go, there lived a cold, aggressive Duke, and his niece, the Princess Saralinda. She was warm in every wind and weather, but he was [...]
Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Princeton Review
Publisher: Princeton Review
Product Description
The Princeton Review realizes that acing the SAT Literature Subject Test is very different from earning straight A’s in school. We don’t try to teach you everything there is to know about literature–only the techniques and information you’ll need to maximize your score. In [...]
Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: National Geographic
Publisher: National Geographic Children’s Books
Product Description
Combines full-color maps and data sets to introduce students to the importance of the connections between geography and other areas of study. The thematic atlas gives students a clear picture of the recent agricultural, industrial, demographic, environmental, economic and political changes [...]
Rating: (32 reviews)
Author: L. J. Smith
Publisher: HarperTeen
Product Description
Elena: the golden girl, the leader, the one who can have any boy she wants.
Stefan: brooding and mysterious, he seems to be the only one who can resist Elena, even as he struggles to protect her from the horrors that haunt [...]
Rating: (13 reviews)
Author: Adrian Dingle, Simon Basher
Publisher: Kingfisher
Product Description
The Periodic Table introduces budding chemists to the world of the elements as it’s never been seen before. Designed to resemble popular networking Web sites, the pages of this book feature “homepages” for each of the chemical elements — complete with witty and [...]
Rating: (9 reviews)
Author: Fiona Watt
Publisher: Usborne Books
Rating: (40 reviews)
Author: Brandon Mull
Publisher: Shadow Mountain
Product Description
In the third volume, the peril escalates as an unexplained darkness infects the creatures of Fablehaven.
Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Eoin Colfer
Publisher: Miramax
Product Description
Ten thousand years ago, humans and fairies fought a great battle for the magical island of Ireland. When it became clear to the fairy families that they could never win, they decided to move their civilization underground and keep themselves hidden from the humans. All [...]
Rating: (90 reviews)
Author: James Patterson
Publisher: Vision
Product Description
There’s one last chance to save the world in the third book in the Maximum Ride series, SAVING THE WORLD AND OTHER EXTREME SPORTS. The time has arrived for Max and her winged “flock” to face their ultimate enemy and discover their original purpose: [...]
Rating: (31 reviews)
Author: Louise Erdrich
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Product Description
Set in North Dakota at a time in this century when Indian tribes were struggling to keep what little remained of their lands, Tracks is a tale of passion and deep unrest. Over the course of ten crucial years, as tribal land and trust [...]
Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: Thomas W. Phelan, Tracy M. Lewis
Publisher: Parentmagic, Inc.
Product Description
By presenting the popular 1-2-3 Magic parenting program from a child’s point of view, this innovative guide provides kids with a thorough understanding of the disciplinary system—from the counting and time-out methods parents will be using to how better behavior [...]
Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: Miriam Cohen
Publisher: Aladdin
Product Description
Library of Congress Children’s Book of the YearWhen Pa was taking Jim to school for the first time, Jim said, “Will I have a friend at school?” “I think you will,” said Pa.But even his father’s gentle reassurance doesn’t make Jim feel any better. The [...]
Rating: (26 reviews)
Author: Patricia Maclachlan
Publisher: Joanna Cotler
Product Description
Within the sanctuary of a loving family, baby Eli is born and, as he grows, “learns to cherish the people and places around him, eventualy passing on what he has discovered to his new baby sister, Sylvie: ‘All the places to love are here [...]
Rating: (47 reviews)
Author: Harry Allard
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Product Description
Where is Miss Nelson, and Who is Miss Viola Swamp. This delightful story answers the questions.
Rating: (13 reviews)
Author: Karen Gedig Burnett
Publisher: GR Publishing
Book Description
Simon is having a bad day; a bad hair day. First his sister gives him a strange hair cut, then his friends tease him. Simon doesn’t know what to do. Lucky for him he runs into Grandma Rose. After listening to his sorrowful [...]
Rating: (28 reviews)
Author: Elizabeth Verdick
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing
Book Description
TEETH ARE NOT FOR BITING Board Book by Elizabeth Verdick, illustrated by Marieka Heinlen. “Crunch crunch crunch. Teeth are strong and sharp. Crunch crunch crunch. Teeth can help you chew. But teeth are not for biting. Ouch! Biting hurts.” Sooner or later, almost [...]
Rating: (34 reviews)
Author: Ellen Stoll Walsh
Publisher: Voyager Books
Product Description
Ellen Stoll Walsh. The humor and beautifully simple design of this educational book will appeal to children who know the joy of splashing about in paint–and to their parents, who will appreciate the lighthearted presentation of a lesson in color. Paperback.
Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Jeff Kurtti
Publisher: Disney Editions
Product Description
Fifty years ago, Walt Disney utterly transformed the concept of outdoor entertainment venues from tawdry carnivals and seedy amusement piers called “amusement parks,” to an entirely new destination that would come into common vernacular as the “theme park.” Although Disneyland was the inspiration of [...]