Tag Archives: Random House Books for Young Readers

The Story of the Nutcracker Ballet (Pictureback(R))

Rating: (4 reviews)
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Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

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Illus. in full color. The magic of the beloved ballet is captured in this affordable edition. Art by a Caldecott Honor Book artist complements a succinct narration that is ideal for young children.  

Magic Tree House #34: Season of the Sandstorms (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))

Rating: (11 reviews)
Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

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Jack and Annie travel back in time to a desert in the Middle East at the behest of Merlin who has given them a rhyme to help on their mission. There they meet a Bedouin tribe and learn about [...]

The Diamond of Darkhold: The Fourth Book of Ember (Books of Ember)

Rating: (12 reviews)
Author: Jeanne Duprau
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

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It’s been several months since Lina and Doon escaped the dying city of Ember and, along with the rest of their people, joined the town of Sparks. Now, struggling through the harsh winter aboveground, they find an unusual book. Torn [...]

The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt (Landmark Books)

Rating: (7 reviews)
Author: Elizabeth Payne
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

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For more than 3,000 years, Egypt was a great civilization that thrived along the banks of the Nile River. But when its cities crumbled to dust, Egypt’s culture and the secrets of its hieroglyphic writings were also lost. The Pharaohs [...]

Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! (Bright & Early Books(R))

Rating: (21 reviews)
Author: Dr. Seuss
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

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Oh, why won’t Marvin K. Mooney just please go now? In this 1972 classic for “beginning beginners,” Dr. Seuss devotes his rhymes to budging the reluctant young Marvin K.: “The time has come. The time is now. Just go. Go. [...]

Magic Tree House #37: Dragon of the Red Dawn (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))

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Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

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Merlin the Magician will not eat or sleep or speak to anyone in Camelot. What can be done? The enchantress Morgan knows who to askfor help: young Jack and Annie of Frog Creek, Pennsylvania! The brother-and-sister team quickly head [...]

Three Tales of My Father’s Dragon

Rating: (47 reviews)
Author: Ruth Stiles Gannett
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

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My Father’s Dragon–a favorite of young readers since the 1940s and a Newbery honor book–captures the nonsensical logic of childhood in an amusingly deadpan fashion. The story begins when Elmer Elevator (the narrator’s father as a boy) runs away with [...]

Richard Scarry’s Bedtime Stories (Pictureback(R))

Rating: (11 reviews)
Author: Richard Scarry
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

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Illus. in full color. Five funny tales featuring Lowly Worm, Huckle Cat, Bananas Gorilla, and the rest of Scarry’s memorable menagerie are collected in a sleepytime anthology.  

The Berenstain Bears and the Truth (First Time Books(R))

Rating: (26 reviews)
Author: Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

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When Brother and Sister Bear accidentally break Mama’s favorite lamp, their little lie grows bigger and bigger, until Papa Bear helps them find the words that set everything right again.  

The New Baby

Rating: (39 reviews)
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Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

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In this well-loved Little Critter picture book, our funny young hero has to get used to a new baby sister. What a problem. The baby doesn’t pay attention when Little Critter reads to her. She cries when he makes [...]

I Like Bugs (Step-Into-Reading, Step 1)

Rating: (11 reviews)
Author: Margaret Wise Brown
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

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Black Bugs. Green Bugs. Fat Bugs. Buggy Bugs., I like Bugs!, , A rhyming ode to insects, penned by none other then Margaret Wise Brown. This poem was originally published in The Friendly Book., [...]

Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (Classic Seuss)

Rating: (18 reviews)
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Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

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Illustrated in full color. Children will be cheered just contemplating the outrageous array of troubles they’re lucky they don’t have.
Format: Hardcover, 47pp. ISBN: 0394827198 Publisher: Random House, Incorporated Pub. Date: October 1973 Recommend Age Range: 4 to 8
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“When I was quite [...]

Magic Tree House Boxed Set, Books 13-16: Vacation Under the Volcano, Day of the Dragon King, Viking Ships at Sunrise, and Hour of the Olympics

Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

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MORGAN, THE MAGICAL librarian of Camelot, sends Jack and Annie to find lost stories in the ancient worlds of Roman Pompeii, imperial China, Dark Age Ireland, and classical Greece. Will the books help them in their darkest hours? This boxed set includes four [...]

Magic Tree House #40: Eve of the Emperor Penguin (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))

Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

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JACK AND ANNIE continue their quest for the secrets of happiness—secrets they need to save Merlin. This time, the Magic Tree House takes them to the one continent they haven’t visited before: Antarctica! What can they hope to learn about happiness in such [...]

Richard Scarry’s Best First Book Ever!

Rating: (19 reviews)
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Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

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Illus. in full color. Favorite Scarry animal characters introduce simple learning concepts and over 700 words.

Sea Monsters: A nonfiction companion to Dark Day in the Deep Sea (Magic Tree House Rsrch Gdes(R))

Author: Mary Pope Osborne, Natalie Pope Boyce
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

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How are an octopus and a squid different? What kinds of creatures live in the deepest abyss of the ocean? What do scientists say some legendary sea monsters really are? Find out the answers to these questions and more in [...]

One Fish, Two Fish, Three, Four, Five Fish (Dr. Seuss Nursery Collection)

Rating: (8 reviews)
Author: Dr. Seuss
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

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One fish, two fish, three, four, five . . . This one has a car to drive!This bouncy counting board book comes with five beads shaped like Seussian fish that toddlers can move across the top of the book as [...]

Inside, Outside, Upside Down (Bright & Early Board Books(TM))

Rating: (18 reviews)
Author: Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

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Brother Bear gets into a box. Papa Bear turns the box upside down, takes it outside, and puts it on a truck. The simple art and rhyming text make this a perfect choice for teaching spatial concepts.  

Farm Animals (A Chunky Book(R))

Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Phoebe Dunn
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

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Photographed in full color. All the friendly animals on the farm–ducks, sheep, horses, and more–are presented and identified by name in lively, color photographs.  

The Butter Battle Book: (New York Times Notable Book of the Year) (Classic Seuss)

Rating: (45 reviews)
Author: Dr. Seuss, Theodor Seuss Geisel
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

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A cautionary Cold War tale (first told by Dr. Seuss back in 1984), The Butter Battle Book still has a lot to teach about intolerance and how tit-for-tat violence can quickly get out of hand. Explaining the very [...]

The King’s Stilts (Classic Seuss)

Rating: (14 reviews)
Author: Dr. Seuss
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

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Illus. in full color. Every afternoon King Birtram raced around the palace on a pair of old red stilts, until they were stolen. An uproarious tale.  

The Berenstain Bears and Too Much TV (First Time Books(R))

Rating: (16 reviews)
Author: Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

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When Mama Bear decides her family spends too much time in front of the TV, she bans it for a week. Then the Bear family finds other ways to have fun and keep busy, so they watch less [...]

The Berenstain Bears Forget Their Manners (First Time Books(R))

Rating: (11 reviews)
Author: Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

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“When Mama Bear’s efforts to improve her family’s manners are unsuccessful, she devises a Politeness Plan–a chart listing a chore as a penalty for each act of rudeness. Basic etiquette is presented in a practical way. Berenstain illustrations [...]