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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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RIVER CRUISING IN HOLLAND AND BELGIUM

For Kids

Chasing Vermeer


by Blue Balliett

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

Two 11-year-olds from Chicago team up to solve the mystery of the heist of a Vermeer in this novel for ages 8 to 11. (ART66, $7.99)

Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates

Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates


by Mary Mapes Dodge

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

This classic children's novel evocative of daily life in 19th-century Holland. (NTH40, $17.95)

The Wheel on the School


by Meindert DeJong | Maurice Sendak

  • LITERATURE
  • 1972
  • PAPER
  • 298 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

DeJong evokes a loving portrait of Holland in this inspiring novel recommended for children ages 9-12. (NTH27, $6.95)

Anne Frank Remembered

Anne Frank Remembered


by Miep Gies | Allison Leslie Gold

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1988
  • PAPER
  • YOUNG ADULTS

A memoir of Anne, the Frank family and occupied Amsterdam by Miep Gies, who with her husband and colleagues hid and protected the Franks through much of World War II. Ages 12 to adult. (NTH59, $14.00)

Hieronymus Bosch


by Gary Schwartz

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1997
  • HARD COVER
  • 92 PAGES
  • YOUNG ADULTS

Little is known about the perennially intriguing painter Bosch's life, but this young person's biography fills the gaps with some surmises and much information about daily life in 15th-century Holland. Witth 55 illustrations. Ages 11-15. (NTH65, $19.95)

 

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