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FATHER'S DAY

City of Fortune, How Venice Ruled the Seas

Roger Crowley

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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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OUR FAVORITES

Arctic Dreams

Barry Lopez

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PENGUIN CLASSICS

The Log from the Sea of Cortez

John Steinbeck

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EASTERN EUROPE

For Kids

A Dog Called Grk


by Joshua Doder

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 249 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Tim and grk head to Eastern Europe on the trail of kidnappers in this nail-biting, international adventure for ages 9 to 11. (EUR346, $6.50)

Golem

Golem


by David Wisniewski | Lee Salsberry

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • HARD COVER
  • 32 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

A retelling of a Jewish legend, set in Prague in the 16th century, a dark time for the city's Jewish residents. A rabbi builds a clay giant to protect his people from persecution; the golem, in this version, speaks with a child's simplicity. The remarkable paper-cutout illustrations brilliantly evoke the Prague of old. Ages 7-10. (CZH38, $17.00)

Hungary


by Charlotte Guillain

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 48 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

One in the illustrated and informative Countries Around the World series, geared for ages 8-11. (HGR72, $8.99)

The Trumpeter of Krakow

The Trumpeter of Krakow


by Eric Philbrook Kelly | Janina Domanska

  • LITERATURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

A children's story about a young boy in medieval Krakow. (PLD12, $5.99)

Upon the Head of the Goat, A Childhood in Hungary, 1939-1944

Upon the Head of the Goat, A Childhood in Hungary, 1939-1944


by Aranka Siegal

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES
  • YOUNG ADULTS

This spare memoir of a Jewish girlhood in a German-occupied Hungarian town won its author a Newbery Honor citation. Its serious subject and introspective tone are recommended for sophisticated young adults. (HGR24, $7.99)

 

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