Europe, A True Book
• Sandra Newman
HISTORY •
2009 •
PAPER
• 48 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
Part of the True Book series, this illustrated, readable volume geared toward middle readers introduces children to the geography and diverse cultures of Europe.
(EUR336, $6.95) |
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Eyewitness Castle
• 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) |
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Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates
• Mary Mapes Dodge
LITERATURE •
2002 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
The beloved 1865 children's book, exhaustive in its detail of daily life in 19th-century Holland. The impoverished Brinker children yearn for a pair of silver skates, but they must make do with skates of wood -- unless Hans can win the annual skating competition. It's a children's classic -- and the source of the famous tale of the boy who plugged a dike with his thumb. Ages 9-12
(NTH40, $17.95) |
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Kid's German Picture Dictionary
• Inc. Berlitz International
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •
2004 •
PAPER
• 128 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
1000 words central to a child's everyday life -- animals, flowers, people, colors, numbers and activities -- teach even the youngest readers German. Each word is illustrated and accompanied by a phonetic transcription and phrase.
(GER128, $12.95) |
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Marie Antoinette, Princess of Versailles (Austria-Hungary, 1769)
• 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. The teenaged Marie is almost of marrying age, and the future is full of possibility. An entry in Scholastic's "Princess Diaries" series, for ages 9 to 12. The book is designed to feel like a real princess's diary, with gold-embossed pages and a sturdy binding.
(FRN342, $10.99) |
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Medieval Life Workbook
• Susan Nicholson
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2008 •
PAPER
• 46 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
This colorful activity book (with stickers!) introduces middle readers to the history, geography and culture of Medieval Europe through fun do-it-yourself activities, quizzes, illustrations and fast facts.
(EUR333, $9.99) |
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The Good Master
• Kate Seredy
LITERATURE •
1986 •
PAPER
• 196 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
Here's a book that will make 9-12 year-olds wish they had lived in Hungary a hundred years ago. First published in the 1930s, "The Good Master" tells of two cousins who ride horses across the Hungarian plains, encountering shepherds and gypsies en route. It's all marvelously evocative of the folk customs and lifestyles of old Hungary. Kate Seredy continued the cousins' story in a sequel, "The Singing Tree" (HGR26).
(HGR25, $5.99) |
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The Singing Tree
• Kate Seredy
LITERATURE •
1990 •
PAPER
• 247 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
The sequel to "The Good Master," in which cousins Jancsi and Kate are now older -- and Hungary (and all of 1914 Europe) are on the brink of war.
(HGR26, $6.99) |
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The Wheel on the School
• Meindert DeJong
• Maurice Sendak
LITERATURE •
1972 •
PAPER
• 298 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
In this Newbery Award-winning book, the six school children of Shora, in the Netherlands, want the storks to come back to their village. DeJong draws a loving portrait of Holland in this inspiring novel, recommended for children ages 9-12.
(NTH27, $6.95) |
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The White Stag
• Kate Seredy
LITERATURE •
1979 •
PAPER
• 96 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
It isn't every children's novel that features Attila the Hun among its cast of characters, but this re-telling of the Hungarian national epic not only casts the long-vilified Attila, it casts him as none other than the father of the Hungarian nation. And so he was. Kate Seredy drew on oral traditions and folklore for this gripping novella about the Huns' and Magyars' fifth-century migration from Asia to Central Europe. It won her a Newbery Medal in 1938. Ages 9 to 12
(HGR27, $4.99) |
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Anne Frank Remembered
• 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. It's an excellent view of the Franks' predicament from outside the annex's walls, and a highly recommended companion volume to the diary. Ages 12 to adult.
(NTH59, $14.00) |
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Hieronymus Bosch
• Gary Schwartz
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
1997 •
HARD COVER
• 92 PAGES
• YOUNG ADULTS
An Abrams "First Impressions" book, this young person's biography of the perennially intriguing painter Bosch includes a full-color gatefold reproduction of his "Garden of Earthly Delights." Little is known about Bosch's life, but the author fills the gaps with some surmises and much information about daily life in 15th-century Holland. Witth 55 illustrations (36 in color). Ages 11-15.
(NTH65, $19.95) |
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The Star of Kazan
• Eva Ibbotson
• Kevin Hawkes
LITERATURE •
2006 •
PAPER
• 404 PAGES
• YOUNG ADULTS
A delightful young adult adventure that twists and turns through fin-de-siecle Vienna. Annika, a foundling taken in by a household of eccentric professors and kind hearted servants, is enchanted by the spectacle of Vienna and the simple pleasures of domestic chores. Her life is turned upside-down when her aristocratic mother unexpectedly reappears in her life and sweeps her off to live in a castle in Germany. Ibbotson, a favorite writer for children, spent her early years in Vienna.
(CEU24, $8.99) |
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Upon the Head of the Goat, A Childhood in Hungary, 1939-1944
• 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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The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm
• Lore Segal
• Maurice Sendak
LITERATURE •
2003 •
HARD COVER
• 368 PAGES
• FAMILY
Sendak (who supplies the perfect black-and-white drawings) and Lore Segal present a marvelous collection of 27 haunting tales in this handsomely produced volume. It's a new edition of a revered classic (hard-bound with dust jacket and built-in bookmark), first published 30 years ago, distinguished by the choice of tales, sharp translation and, of course, Sendak's haunting illustrations.
(GER144, $28.00) |
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