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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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Berlitz Kids Italian Language Pack
• Berlitz Multimedia
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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This Italian language set, all packed in a red-handled box, includes a 64-page storybook, flashcards, a 200-word picture dictionary, audio CD, parent's guide and certificate. For kids ages 4 to 8.
(ITL270, $26.95)
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Children's Travel Journal
• Adrienne Hartman
• Anne Banks
• GUIDEBOOK
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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An inspired workbook and journal for children traveling abroad, 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)
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Greece! Rome! Monsters!
• John Harris
• Calef Brown
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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A children's primer on Greek and Roman myths as seen through 20 notable monsters. Illustrator Calef Brown provides quirky, colorful illustrations while John Harris describes each monster, from the terrifying to fanciful. With a pronunciation guide and a reading quiz.
(GRE171, $17.95)
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Mad about Madeline
• Ludwig Bemelmans
• Anna Quindlen
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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This omnibus is a treat indeed: all six of Bemelmans's "Madeline" stories, collected in a single volume.
(FRN327, $35.00)
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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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This is London
• Miroslav Sasek
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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Sasek's wonderful portrait of London circa 1958 depicts the tube, Piccadilly Circus and other famed attractions through bright, stylized illustrations. For children ages 4-8.
(GBR529, $17.95)
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This is Paris
• Miroslav Sasek
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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First published in 1958, this is a facsimile edition of Sasek's classic portrait of Paris for children. The Louvre, Eiffel Tower and other attractions are depicted with bright, stylized illustrations. Ages 4-8.
(FRN466, $17.95)
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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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Anni's Diary of France
• Anni Axworthy
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Taking the form of an illustrated diary, this book is a lively record of a family trip to France, featuring food, art and history. Written for young readers ages 8-10.
(FRN46, $6.95)
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Cathedral, The Story of its Construction
• David MacAulay
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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In this illuminating book for young readers, master draughtsman MacAulay presents text and innovative drawings that detail the planning and construction of a 13th-century Gothic cathedral. It's a masterpiece.
(EUR24, $18.00)
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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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Eyewitness: Ancient Rome
• Simon James
• Nick Nichols
• HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A visually rich survey of ancient Rome, this book in the excellent Eyewitness series explores daily life and history in the city and the outlying empire.
(ITL337, $16.99)
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Fodor's Around London with Kids, Great Things to Do Together in the City and Beyond
• Jacqueline Brown
• GUIDEBOOK
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Compact, colorful and featuring 68 attractions for families in and around the city.
(GBR311, $9.95)
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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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Marie Antoinette, Princess of Versailles (Austria-Hungary, 1769)
• Kathryn Lasky
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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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.
(FRN342, $10.99)
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Rome Antics
• David MacAulay
• HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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The incomparable MacAulay depicts Rome, ancient and modern, in this illustrated book told from the point of view of a wayward pigeon. For readers of all ages.
(ITL64, $18.00)
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Rome, In Spectacular Cross-Section
• Andrew Solway
• Stephen Biesty
• HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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One in a series of books featuring the wonderfully detailed drawings by cutaway master Stephen Biesty, this one conveying daily life in ancient Rome. For kids 9-12.
(ITL538, $18.95)
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The Family Under the Bridge
• Natalie Savage Carlson
• Garth Williams
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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This Newbery Medal winning book 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. Ages 9-12.
(FRN313, $5.99)
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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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Vero and Philippe
• Caroline Hatton
• Preston McDaniels
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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An episodic, unassuming book about the exploits of Veronique Vo and her haughty older brother Philippe, Vietnamese-French children who have recently moved from Normandy to Paris.
(FRN323, $14.95)
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You Wouldn't Want to Be a Roman Gladiator!
• John Malam
• David Antram
• HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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One in a clever educational series, this amusingly illustrated book discloses the gory details of life in the Roman arena.
(ITL340, $9.95)
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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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City, A Story of Roman Planning and Construction
• David MacAulay
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• FAMILY
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With innovative charts, drawings, text and a glossary, master draughtsman Macaulay tackles the planning and building of a typical Roman city, circa 25 BC, creating a fascinating portrait of Roman engineering for the whole family.
(ITL507, $10.99)
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The Red Balloon
• Albert LaMorisse
• LITERATURE
• FAMILY
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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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