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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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CASTLES & KINGS: LONDON TO PARIS

For Kids

Bard of Avon


by Diane Stanley | Peter Vennema

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 48 PAGES
  • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)

An illustrated account of William Shakespeare's life and 16th century England, written for readers ages 6 and older. (GBR151, $7.99)

Children's Travel Journal

Children's Travel Journal


by Adrienne Hartman | Anne Banks

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 48 PAGES
  • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)

An inspired workbook and travel journal for children, spiral-bound and printed on heavy paper to accommodate lots of glue and watercolor. The book invites young travelers to get busy, alternating lined and unlined pages, with illustrations and suggestions throughout. (GEN118, $19.95)

Mad about Madeline

Mad about Madeline


by Ludwig Bemelmans | Anna Quindlen

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 352 PAGES
  • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)

This omnibus is a treat indeed: all six of Bemelmans's "Madeline" stories, collected in a single volume. (FRN327, $35.00)

Madeline in London

Madeline in London


by Ludwig Bemelmans

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 64 PAGES
  • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)

Miss Clavel, Madeline and her 11 classmates travel to London to cheer up their former neighbor, Pepito. For kids ages 4-8. (GBR152, $7.99)

Adam of the Road

Adam of the Road


by Elizabeth Janet Gray | Robert Lawson

  • LITERATURE
  • 1987
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

A Newberry-winning classic about the adventures of a medieval minstrel's son who loses his way on the highways and byways of 13th-century England. (GBR336, $7.99)

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)

Charlotte in Paris

Charlotte in Paris


by Joan Knight

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 52 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

In this sequel to Charlotte in Giverny (Item FRN813), Charlotte's family moves to Paris, where our heroine becomes friends with Edouard Manet's niece. (FRN814, $16.99)

Crispin, The Cross of Lead

Crispin, The Cross of Lead


by Avi

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 310 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

13-year-old Crispin must flee his manor after a price is put on his head in this suspenseful, Newberry-winning tale set in medieval England. (GBR528, $7.99)

Eyewitness Castle

Eyewitness Castle


by Christopher Gravett

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 72 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Take a look behind the walls of these fascinating fortresses and learn how they were built to house hundreds of people and animals; how a young boy rose from lowly page to noble knight; and what life was like for the castle residents. With a CD of clip art and a poster. (EUR335, $16.99)

King of Shadows

King of Shadows


by Susan Cooper

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 186 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

A novel of time-travel, Shakespeare -- and the plague -- for kids ages 10-12. (GBR161, $5.99)

Marie Antoinette, Princess of Versailles (Austria-Hungary, 1769)

Marie Antoinette, Princess of Versailles (Austria-Hungary, 1769)


by Kathryn Lasky

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • HARD COVER
  • 238 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

The ill-fated future queen of France records life at the Habsburg palace in Austria in this novel-in-diary-format, written by the reliably excellent children's author Kathryn Lasky. For ages 9-12. (FRN342, $10.99)

The Family Under the Bridge

The Family Under the Bridge


by Natalie Savage Carlson | Garth Williams

  • LITERATURE
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 123 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

This Newbery Medal winning book for children ages 9-12 is a charming, wonderfully human story recounting the Parisian adventures of the hobo Armand and the three homeless children who make him shed his grumpy ways. (FRN313, $5.99)

The London Eye Mystery

The London Eye Mystery


by Siobhan Dowd

  • MYSTERY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

In this ALA Notable Book, cousins Ted and Kat follow a trail of clues across the city in a desperate bid to find their cousin Salim, who disappeared after boarding London's celebrated ride, The London Eye, until recently the world's tallest. (GBR855, $7.50)

The Midwife's Apprentice

The Midwife's Apprentice


by Karen Cushman

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 122 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

The 1996 Newbery Medal winner, this novel geared for 8-12 year olds recounts the apprenticeship of a waif named Brat, who learns to be a midwife in 14th-century England. Short, funny and atmospheric. (GBR341, $5.99)

The Ravenmaster's Secret: Escape from the Tower of London

The Ravenmaster's Secret: Escape from the Tower of London


by Elvira Woodruff

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

In 1735, Forrest, who works at the Tower of London with his father, is forced choose between friendship and duty after he gets to know the imprisoned daughter of a Scottish spy. When the young prisoner is scheduled to be executed, Forrest makes the difficult choice to help her escape. (GBR858, $5.99)

The Usborne Official Knight's Handbook

The Usborne Official Knight's Handbook


by Sam Taplin

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 80 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

A humorous but factual account of how to become a knight, including where to shop, what chivalric rules must be followed and battle tactics. For middle readers. (EUR257, $12.99)

The Wind in the Willows


by Kenneth Grahame | Ernest H. Shepard

  • LITERATURE
  • 1983
  • HARD COVER
  • 224 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

A 75th anniversary edition of Grahame's enduring tale of fun, friendship and adventure, starring Rat, Toad, Mole, and Badger. (GBR481, $21.00)

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)

Beware, Princess Elizabeth

Beware, Princess Elizabeth


by Carolyn Meyer

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES
  • YOUNG ADULTS

An acclaimed young-adult novel, one in a series of Young Royals, in which Henry VIII is recently dead and young Elizabeth endures the tumultuous reigns of her brother Edward and sister Mary before ascending the throne herself. (GBR332, $6.99)

Mary, Bloody Mary

Mary, Bloody Mary


by Carolyn Meyer

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES
  • YOUNG ADULTS

This sympathetic portrait brings to life Mary Tudor's childhood and difficult teen years, when her beloved father, Henry VIII, spurns Mary's mother for the bewitching Anne Boleyn -- and Mary goes from riches to rags, becoming the embittered woman who would later be known as Bloody Queen Mary. Ages 11 and up. (GBR333, $6.99)

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

The Invention of Hugo Cabret


by Brian Selznick

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 544 PAGES
  • FAMILY

An intricate mystery told as a graphic novel for middle schoolers, Brain Selznick's captivating tale of an orphan boy on the streets of Paris in the 1930s seems a brilliant choice for Martin Scorsese's first 3-D venture, a family film starring Ben Kingsley and Sacha Baron Cohen. The movie opens November 23. (FRN731, $24.99)

The Red Balloon

The Red Balloon


by Albert LaMorisse

  • LITERATURE
  • 1976
  • PAPER
  • 44 PAGES
  • FAMILY

The boy and the balloon traipse through Paris, until finally the balloon takes flight high, high above the rooftops. This abiding children's classic consists of still images (taken from the "Red Balloon" movie, shot in Paris) and no text. (FRN326, $12.95)

 

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