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Little History of the World  •  E. H. Gombrich HISTORY •  2005 •  HARD COVER  • 304 PAGES • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) Gombrich, the late author of the beloved Story of Art, wrote this world history for children in 1936 in Vienna. He began translating it into English shortly before his death in 2001. It's a wise book for kids, which has been brought up to speed with an epilogue covering the 20th century. He manages to relate, in 40 short chapters, the history of our species from the stone age to the atomic bomb. With the original woodcut illutsrations. (REF12, $25.00)
The Story of Ferdinand  •  Munro Leaf  •  Robert Lawson LITERATURE •  1936 •  PAPER  • 72 PAGES • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8) This classic story of a bull who loved to smell flowers (memorably opening with Once upon a Time in Spain) has lost none of its enchantment over the decades. The pen-and-ink drawings evoke with a few lines the pasture where Ferdinand lolled, the frightening men from the Madrid who came to take him away, and the landscapes and scenery of Spain. Originally published in 1936. (SPN212, $7.99)
An Episode of Sparrows  •  Rumer Godden LITERATURE •  2004 •  HARD COVER  • 256 PAGES • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) A wonderful book by a favorite author, An Episode of Sparrows is set amid the privations and hardships of postwar London. When two poor children "steal" a bit of a defunct churchyard to make a garden, the neighbors get involved for good and ill. As with all Miss Godden's books, this is a tender, emotionally true, utterly unsentimental book and portrait of a place and time, suitable for readers from 10 to 15. (GBR688, $18.95)
Mr. Popper's Penguins  •  Florence Atwater  •  Richard Atwater  •  Robert Lawson LITERATURE •  1992 •  PAPER  • 139 PAGES • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) First published in 1938, this book about the ice-obsessed Mr. Popper and his houseful of penguins is still a favorite of both children and adults. Though he always dreamed of exploring the polar regions -- and he keeps in touch with Admiral Drake -- Mr. Popper and his family never expected a package containing a penguin to appear on their doorstep. Soon they have twelve penguins and a performance act. A comic adventure, geared for kids ages 9-12. (ANT134, $6.99)
One Day in the Tropical Rain Forest  •  Jean Craighead George NATURAL HISTORY •  1995 •  PAPER  • 66 PAGES • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8) The Newbery Medal-winning author of "Julie of the Wolves" goes south for this brief and gripping nonfiction portrait of the Amazon. It's a race against time, as Dr. Rivero and his young native guide save the rain forest from a lumber company. In the course of their search for a prize butterfly, they encounter sloths, army ants and birds -- all vividly described. A slim chapter book geared for children about age eight. (FST08, $4.99)
The Egypt Game  •  Zilpha Keatley Snyder LITERATURE •  1996 •  PAPER  • 240 PAGES • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) When two amateur Egyptologists (and reluctant middle-school students) transform an abandoned shed in Southern California into a simulacrum of Ancient Egypt, strange things begin to happen. Zilpha Keatley Snyder's classic novel is an excellent introduction to hieroglyphs, pharaohs, gods and goddesses for readers aged 9 to 12. (EGY91, $6.50)
House of Sixty Fathers  •  Meindert De Jong  •  Maurice Sendak LITERATURE •  1987 •  PAPER  • 189 PAGES • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) This classic children's novel is set in China during the Japanese invasion as a young boy makes a journey to reunite with his family. It's a plucky, humane tale that commemorates a terrible episode in Chinese history. A Newbery Honor Book, illustrated by Maurice Sendak and written for kids ages 9-12. (CHN119, $5.95)
Going Solo  •  Roald Dahl BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1999 •  PAPER  • 224 PAGES • YOUNG ADULTS With its large print and album-like photographs, this autobiography is packaged for ages 12 and up, but both young and old will delight in Dahl's recollections of life as a Royal Air Force pilot in WWII, featuring his adventures in Tanzania (then called Tanganyika). (EAF78, $6.99)
The Three Musketeers  •  Alexandre Dumas LITERATURE •  1998 •  PAPER  • 696 PAGES • YOUNG ADULTS This French standard is rip-roaring fare for young adults, who'll stay up 'til the wee hours to find out what became of D'Artagnan, Aramis, Athos, Porthos and the nefarious Lady DeWinter. What a page-turner! Ages 12 and up. (FRN362, $12.95)
A String in the Harp  •  Nancy Bond LITERATURE •  2006 •  PAPER  • 370 PAGES • YOUNG ADULTS With the aid of a magic harp key, three American teens in Wales are transported to the 6th-century, where they encounter the great Welsh bard Taliesin and become absorbed in the world of Celtic mythology. Readers will be absorbed, too. A Newbery Honor Book first published in 1976. (GBR592, $6.99)
The Land of Green Ginger  •  Noel Langley  •  Edward Ardizzone LITERATURE •  2007 •  PAPER  • 149 PAGES The good folks at Godine have brought back this hilarious Arabian Nights fantasia, originally published in 1936 and reworked several times by Noel Langley (who also adapted the book for a 1958 episode of the Shirley Temple Storybook). One of the screenwriters for The Wizard of Oz, Langley brings wit and a winning way with words to this beloved tale. (ARB99, $10.95)

Homesick, My Own Story  •  Jean Fritz   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  Jean Fritz recounts her childhood in Hankow, China in the 1920s. It's a candid, wonderfully written account of this turbulent time, told from a little girl's perspective. (CHN141, $5.99)
Tisha, The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaska Wilderness  •  Robert Specht   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • YOUNG ADULTS  •  The story of Anne Hobbs, who went to Alaska to teach and became a crusader on behalf of Alaska's native peoples. (ALA133, $7.50)
A Girl Named Disaster  •  Nancy Farmer   • LITERATURE • YOUNG ADULTS  •  An 11-year-old girl embarks on a year-long odyssey from Mozambique to Zimbabwe in gripping this introduction to Southern Africa, the Shona and their ideas about the spirit world for young adults by National Book Award winner and three-time Newbery Honor author. (ZIM09, $6.99)
A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver  •  E.L. Konigsburg   • LITERATURE • YOUNG ADULTS  •  A marvelous young adult novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine, who was queen of France and England successively, traveler to Constantinople, wife of a future saint, mother of Richard the Lionheart and for 15 years a prisoner of the English Crown. (GBR245, $5.99)
Blueberries for Sal  •  Robert McCloskey   • LITERATURE • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)  •  A timeless children's classic of Maine in the summertime, winningly illustrated by the great Robert McCloskey. Sal and her mother go blueberry picking but find they must share their berries with a mother bear and baby bear. (USE211, $7.99)
The Captive  •  Scott O'Dell   • LITERATURE • YOUNG ADULTS  •  A tough young-adult novel about the Spanish enslavement of the Maya, complicated and compelling. As Maya villages throughout Central America submit to Spanish might, a young Jesuit missionary struggles with his own ambition -- and with his growing suspicion that he, too, is a willing oppressor. (MYA27, $17.00)
The Land of the Silver Apples  •  Nancy Farmer   • LITERATURE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  In this sequel to the Sea of Trolls, apprentice bard Jack plunges into a new series of adventures, traveling underground to Elfland and uncovering the truth about his little sister Lucy. Along the way, he encounters a cast of surprising characters, including saxons, northmen, picts, hobgoblins, elves and others from earthly Christian Europe. (GBR729, $18.99)
The Midnight Folk  •  John Masefield   • LITERATURE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • COMING IN SEPTEMBER  •  Originally published in 1927, British Poet Laureate Masefield's engaging tale of pirates and treasure, wicthcraft and adventure., beloved by children and adults, practically demands to be read aloud. (GBR792, $16.95)
Wilderness  •  Roddy Doyle   • LITERATURE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  Mom goes missing in Lapland in this family tale for young adults by the Booker-prize Winning Roddy Doyle. He twines the tales of sullen Irish teenager Gráinne, who's long-missing mother suddenly re-appears in Dublin, with the story of her half-brothers and their mother Sandra on a dog-sledding vacation in Finland. (IRE218, $16.99)
D'Aulaires' Book of Animals  •  Ingri D'Aulaire   • NATURAL HISTORY • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)  •  More than fifty animals from the polar regions to the tropics are beautifully lithographed in full color. (NAT116, $16.95)