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Bard of Avon
• Diane Stanley
• Peter Vennema
• HISTORY
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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An illustrated account of William Shakespeare's life and 16th century England, written for readers ages 6 and older.
(GBR151, $7.99)
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Madeline in London
• Ludwig Bemelmans
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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Miss Clavel, Madeline and her 11 classmates travel to London to cheer up their former neighbor, Pepito.
(GBR152, $7.99)
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Patrick, Patron Saint of Ireland
• Tomi De Paola
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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Celebrated children's author/illustrator de Paola retells the story of Saint Patrick in this delightful picture book, geared for ages 5 to 8.
(IRE104, $6.95)
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A Wizard Abroad
• Diane Duane
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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One in Duane's popular series of books about the schoolgirl wizard Nita, who in this episode travels to Ireland to aid Irish wizards, fight folkloric demons and drink tea with her auntie.
(IRE113, $6.95)
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Adam of the Road
• Elizabeth Janet Gray
• Robert Lawson
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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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)
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Celtic Wonder-Tales
• Ella Young
• Maud Gonne
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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This collection of 14 classic Celtic fairy tales, retold for 9 to 12 year-olds, features archival illustrations by none other than Maud Gonne, the home-rule activist who was Yeats's sometime muse.
(IRE105, $7.95)
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Elizabeth I, Red Rose of the House of Tudor
• Kathryn Lasky
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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The fictitious Royal Diary of 11-year-old Elizabeth Tudor is full of longing, intrigue and sibling rivalry -- a gripping introduction to the Virgin Queen for middle readers.
(GBR331, $10.95)
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Great Northern?, A Scottish Adventure of Swallows and Amazons
• Arthur Ransome
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A satisfying tale of summertime adventures, seamanship, nature and villainy in Scotland.
(SCT78, $14.95)
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King of Shadows
• Susan Cooper
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A novel of time-travel, Shakespeare -- and the plague -- for kids.
(GBR161, $5.99)
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Knight's Castle
• Edward Eager
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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When a toy soldier comes to life, four young Americans are whisked back in time to Robin Hood's England in this charming and good-humored fantasy.
(GBR340, $6.99)
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Nory Ryan's Song
• Patricia Reilly Giff
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A historical novel, set in western Ireland in 1845 and narrated by 12-year-old Nory Ryan, whose family faces starvation as a consequence of the potato blight.
(IRE106, $6.99)
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The Midwife's Apprentice
• Karen Cushman
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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This Newberry Award-winning tale recounts the apprenticeship of a homless orphan who learns to be a midwife in 14th-century England. Short, funny and atmospheric.
(GBR341, $5.99)
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The Shakespeare Stealer
• Gary Blackwood
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Young orphan Widge is hired to infiltrate the Globe and steal Shakespeare's latest play for another acting troupe. But will the boy betray his new friends or disobey his employer?
(GBR335, $6.99)
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A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver
• E.L. Konigsburg
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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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)
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Beware, Princess Elizabeth
• Carolyn Meyer
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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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)
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Coram Boy
• Jamila Gavin
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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This young adult novel offers a textured, nuanced, evocative story of the upper and lower classes in England in 1741, concentrating her focus on two 13-year-old boys and their intertwined ambitions.
(GBR339, $7.95)
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Mary, Bloody Mary
• Carolyn Meyer
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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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)
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Ring of Bright Water
• Gavin Maxwell
• NATURAL HISTORY
• YOUNG ADULTS
• OUT OF PRINT
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This magical book has been treasured by generations of children and their parents.
(SCT17, $13.00)
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The Queen's Own Fool
• Robert J. Harris
• Jane Yolen
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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This excellent historical novel relates the life of Mary Queen of Scots as witnessed by her jester, a spunky orphan named Nicola.
(SCT55, $7.99)
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Boy, Tales of Childhood
• Roald Dahl
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• FAMILY
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Dahl recalls his youthful misadventures, in boarding school, working as a chocolate tester and summering in Wales. Great family reading.
(GBR183, $6.99)
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Darwin and Evolution for Kids, His Life and Ideas with 21 Activities
• Kristan Lawson
• SCIENCE
• FAMILY
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An interactive, illustrated biography of Darwin for kids 10 and up (and their families). The book, which includes hands-on activities, covers Darwin's career from his youth to his mind-expanding voyage aboard the Beagle to the development of the theory of evolution through natural selection.
(GPS64, $16.95)
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