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FATHER'S DAY

City of Fortune, How Venice Ruled the Seas

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PROVENCE & THE COTE D'AZUR

A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France

Georgeanne Brennan

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Arctic Dreams

Barry Lopez

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The Log from the Sea of Cortez

John Steinbeck

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D'Aulaires' Book of Animals

D'Aulaires' Book of Animals


by Edgar D'Aulaire | Ingri D'Aulaire

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 30 PAGES
  • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)

The celebrated husband and wife team originally compiled this introduction to nature for their own young son, Ola. More than 50 animals from the polar regions to the tropics are beautifully lithographed in full color in lovely settings. Unfold the book for an eight-foot-long panoply of round-the-world zoological delight. (NAT116, $16.95)

Fairy Tale Feasts, A Literary Cookbook for Young Readers And Eaters

Fairy Tale Feasts, A Literary Cookbook for Young Readers And Eaters


by Jane Yolen | Heidi E.Y. Stemple | Philippe Beha

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 200 PAGES
  • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)

Caldecott-winning author Yolen and daughter Heidi inspire your readers and cooks in this collection of 20 folktales (and recipes!), including Little Red Riding Hood, Stone Soup, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Cinderella. (GEN362, $24.95)

Gods and Heroes

Gods and Heroes


by Matthew Reinhart

  • LITERATURE
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 12 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

This pop-up pantheon presents Zeus's Mount Olympus, Norse god Odin's frozen north, the Jade Emperor and many more of the world's great myths and legends. (GRE406, $29.99)

Heart of a Samurai

Heart of a Samurai


by Margi Preus

  • LITERATURE
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 320 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Based on the true story of 14-year-old Manjiro Nakahama in the 1840s, this rollicking adventure on the high seas for ages 10 and up follows the young boy from his rescue for whalers to his time as the first Japanese person in the U.S. to his return home. (JPN416, $15.95)

Homesick, My Own Story

Homesick, My Own Story


by Jean Fritz

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 163 PAGES
  • 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)

The Island of Horses

The Island of Horses


by Eilis Dillon

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 192 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

When Pat and his friend Danny ignore the advice of their parents and visit the mysterious Island of Horses, their discovery of a beautiful black colt lands them in the middle of a full-blown adventure. Told in he first person, this classic tale evokes the people, traditions and flavor of Connemara and western Ireland. (IRE132, $17.95)

The Land of Green Ginger

The Land of Green Ginger


by Noel Langley | Edward Ardizzone

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 149 PAGES

One of the screen writers for The Wizard of Oz, Langley brings wit and a winning way with words to his beloved Arabian Nights fantasia. (ARB99, $11.95)

The Land of the Silver Apples

The Land of the Silver Apples


by Nancy Farmer

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 496 PAGES
  • 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)

Life Story

Life Story


by Virginia Lee Burton

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2009
  • HARD COVER
  • 80 PAGES
  • FAMILY

Updated with the latest science has to offer, this delightful new edition of cherished children's author/illustrator Burton's classic natural history is an essential addition to any family's bookshelf. (GEN514, $22.00)

A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver

A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver


by E.L. Konigsburg

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES
  • YOUNG ADULTS

A marvelous fictionalized portrait of Eleanor of Aquitaine, 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. For young adults. (GBR245, $5.99)

Winterdance, The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod

Winterdance, The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod


by Gary Paulsen

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A man and his dogs against 1,150 miles of icy wilderness in the dead of winter. Paulsen, a novice, survived the 17-day journey with his sense of humor intact. (ALA58, $15.00)

Pyramid

Pyramid


by David Macaulay

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 1982
  • PAPER
  • 80 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Master draughtsman David MacAulay tackles the building of the pyramids with his incomparable illustrations. Intended for young people, but Egyptologists of all ages will enjoy it. (EGY29, $9.95)

National Geographic Kids Almanac 2011

National Geographic Kids Almanac 2011


by John M., Jr. Fahey

  • REFERENCE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 351 PAGES
  • FAMILY

With more than 500 photos, games, puzzles and chapters on everything from animal classification and conservation to geography and the U.S. government, to ancient mythology and world religions, this almanac does indeed deliver fun facts on "Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Everything." (GEN956, $13.99)

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz


by Robert Sabuda

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • HARD COVER
  • 16 PAGES
  • FAMILY

Celebrate the 75th anniversary of the iconic movie with Sabuda's sparkling 3-D animation (glasses included) of twirling foot-high tornado, glittering Emerald City and other marvels. (USM80, $29.99)

A String in the Harp

A String in the Harp


by 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. (GBR592, $7.99)

The Practical Naturalist

The Practical Naturalist


by Dorling Kindersley

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 245 PAGES

Families will be inspired to explore the outdoors with this informative, illustrated guide to the natural world, chock-full of color illustrations, identification guides and short chapters on everything from insects and forests to conservation and cloud spotting. (NAT228, $19.95)

Blueberries for Sal

Blueberries for Sal


by Robert McCloskey

  • LITERATURE
  • 1948
  • PAPER
  • 69 PAGES
  • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)

A timeless children's classic of Maine in the summer, winningly illustrated by the great Robert McCloskey. Sal and her mother go blueberry picking but find they must share their berries with a mother and baby bear. (USE211, $17.99)

This Is the Way to the Moon


by Miroslav Sasek

  • SCIENCE
  • 2009
  • HARD COVER
  • 62 PAGES
  • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)

First published in 1963, Sasek's classic rockets readers to Cape Canaveral with a nostalgic look at the electronic brains that put astronauts into space and brought them home again. (SCI270, $17.95)

The Treasures of Ancient Egypt

The Treasures of Ancient Egypt


by Jaromir Malek

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 2010
  • BOXED
  • 64 PAGES
  • FAMILY

Ages ten and up will enjoy the hundreds of photographs, early engravings and pull-out facsimiles of important historical documents. Organized chronologically, this illustrated tale of discovery covers the early explorers and travelers, archaeologist and expeditions from the decipherment of the Rosetta Stone by Jean-Francois Champollion in 1822 to the discovery of Tutankhamun and recent excavations in the Western Desert. (EGY375, $39.95)

Wilderness

Wilderness


by Roddy Doyle

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 211 PAGES
  • 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 Grainne, 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)

An Episode of Sparrows

An Episode of Sparrows


by Rumer Godden

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 256 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

When two poor children "steal" a bit of a defunct churchyard to make a garden in postwar London, the neighbors get involved for good and ill. As with all Godden's books, this is a tender, emotionally attuned portrait of a place and time. (GBR688, $18.95)

The Midnight Folk

The Midnight Folk


by John Masefield

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 304 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Originally published in 1927, British Poet Laureate Masefield's engaging tale of pirates and treasure, witchcraft and adventure, beloved by children and adults alike, practically demands to be read aloud. (GBR792, $16.95)

The Egypt Game

The Egypt Game


by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 215 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Strange things happen when two amateur Egyptologists (and reluctant middle-school students) transform an abandoned shed in Southern California into a simulacrum of Ancient Egypt. (EGY91, $6.99)

House of Sixty Fathers

House of Sixty Fathers


by 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. A Newbery Honor Book, illustrated by Maurice Sendak and written for kids ages 9-12. (CHN119, $5.95)

D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths

D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths


by Edgar D'Aulaire | Ingri D'Aulaire

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 160 PAGES
  • FAMILY

The D'Aulaireses vividly recreate the characters and Norse landscapes of Odin the All-father, Thor the Thunder-god, Loki, Bragi and the Valkyries in this beautifully illustrated volume. For the whole family. (SCN35, $24.95)

 

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