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LONDON, PARIS & ROME
For Kids
Bard of Avon
• 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, thoughtfully relating the circumstances of the playwright's environment to the content of his plays. Written for readers ages 6 to 9.
(GBR151, $7.99) |
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Children's Travel Journal
• Adrienne Hartman
• Anne Banks
GUIDEBOOK •
2004 •
PAPER
• 48 PAGES
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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 with a pocket on page 45, alternating lined and unlined pages, illustrations and suggestions throughout. Geared toward international travel, sections include packing, food, money, and language.
(GEN118, $19.95) |
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Greece! Rome! Monsters!
• John Harris
• Calef Brown
LITERATURE •
2002 •
HARD COVER
• 48 PAGES
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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. Ages 9-12.
(GRE171, $17.95) |
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Mad about Madeline
• 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. That's 352 pages of Parisian schoolgirls, poor beset Miss Clavell and (could we ever forget him?) Pepito, the Spanish ambassador's irrepressible son. Ludwig Bemelmans wrote the Madeline books with very young readers in mind, yet here we are all full-grown adults -- and we still love Madeline!
(FRN327, $35.00) |
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Madeline in London
• 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, who had to move away from Paris. With the help of an adopted horse, the group embarks on a mad, rhyming tale of adventure through the city's busy streets. Written for kids ages 4-8.
(GBR152, $7.99) |
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This is London
• Miroslav Sasek
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2004 •
HARD COVER
• 64 PAGES
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
A classic portrait of London for children. First published in 1958, this is a facsimile edition of Sasek's charming original. The tube, Piccadilly Circus and other famed attractions are depicted with bright, stylized illustrations. Ages 4-8.
(GBR529, $17.95) |
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This is Paris
• Miroslav Sasek
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2004 •
HARD COVER
• 64 PAGES
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
A classic portrait of Paris for children. First published in 1958, this is a facsimile edition of Sasek's charming original. The Louvre, Eiffel Tower and other famed 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 •
1987 •
PAPER
• 320 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
A marvelous, classic children's book -- winner of a Newbery Medal in its day -- in which a minstrel's son loses his way on the highways and byways of 13th-century England. Jammed (but so subtly!) with period detail, this engrossing novel is an enduring introduction to merrie olde England for readers ages 8 to 12.
(GBR336, $7.99) |
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Cathedral, The Story of its Construction
• David Macaulay
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
1973 •
HARD COVER
• 77 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
In this illuminating book for middle 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 •
1999 •
HARD COVER
• 240 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
• COMING IN
One in the clever "Royal Diaries" series by Scholastic, which pairs young-adult authors with famous princesses. Eleven-year-old Elizabeth Tudor's diary, as written by Kathryn Lasky, is full of longing, intrigue and sibling rivalry -- a gripping introduction to the "Virgin Queen." The book is designed to feel like a real princess's diary, with gold-embossed pages and a sturdy binding.
(GBR331, $10.95) |
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Eyewitness: Ancient Rome
• Simon James
• Nick Nichols
HISTORY •
2008 •
HARD COVER
• 72 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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. It covers the caesars, warfare, politics and myth. Geared for kids ages 9-12.
(ITL337, $16.99) |
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King of Shadows
• Susan Cooper
LITERATURE •
1999 •
PAPER
• 186 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
A young actor joins a troupe to travel to London's Globe theatre and finds himself transported back in time to a production directed by none other than Mr. William Shakespeare. Intended for children ages 10-12.
(GBR161, $5.99) |
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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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Rome Antics
• David Macaulay
HISTORY •
1997 •
HARD COVER
• 80 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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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The Family Under the Bridge
• Natalie Savage Carlson
• Garth Williams
LITERATURE •
1989 •
PAPER
• 123 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
Armand was a hobo back in the days when hoboes threw Christmas parties -- and were Parisian! This charming, wonderfully human story recounts the Parisian adventures of Armand and the three homeless children who made him shed his grumpy ways. It won a Newbery Medal. With illustrations by Garth Williams, of "Little House" book fame. Ages 9-12.
(FRN313, $5.99) |
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The Midwife's Apprentice
• 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) |
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The Shakespeare Stealer
• Gary Blackwood
LITERATURE •
2000 •
PAPER
• 224 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
Featuring an orphan boy, the Bard of Avon and an evil scene-stealer, this gripping novel will transport kids back in time to the Globe theatre and Elizabethan England. Young Widge is hired to infiltrate the Globe and steal "Hamlet" for another acting troupe. Recommended for readers ages 8 to 11.
(GBR335, $6.99) |
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Vero and Philippe
• Caroline Hatton
• Preston McDaniels
LITERATURE •
2001 •
HARD COVER
• 120 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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. The big city is a new and daunting place, but the Vo children are irrepressible, and they soon make all of Paris their playground. This book -- geared for middle readers -- is published by the good people at Cricket Magazine.
(FRN323, $14.95) |
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You Wouldn't Want to Be a Roman Gladiator!
• John Malam
• David Antram
HISTORY •
2001 •
PAPER
• 32 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
One in a clever educational series, this book discloses the gory details of life in the Roman arena. Light-hearted and crammed with facts -- as well as amusing illustrations -- this is a good choice for readers ages 8 to 10.
(ITL340, $9.95) |
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A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver
• E.L. Konigsburg
LITERATURE •
2001 •
PAPER
• 208 PAGES
• YOUNG ADULTS
A marvelous fictionalized portrait of Eleanor of Aquitaine who was 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. E.L. Konigsburg's irreverent, feminist, educational young-adult novel begins on a cloud in heaven, where Eleanor is awaiting the induction into heaven of her husband Henry II of England, who has spent the last 800 years in -- well -- not in heaven, at any rate. The rest of the book is a flashback.
(GBR245, $5.99) |
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Beware, Princess Elizabeth
• Carolyn Meyer
LITERATURE •
2002 •
PAPER
• 224 PAGES
• YOUNG ADULTS
An acclaimed young-adult novel, in which Henry VIII is recently dead and young Elizabeth Tudor must endure the tumultuous reigns of her brother Edward and sister Mary -- before ascending the throne herself, 11 years after her father's death. It's a very human portrait of the future queen, set squarely in Tudor England, from an author who has also written a novel about Mary Tudor (GBR333).
(GBR332, $6.99) |
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Coram Boy
• Jamila Gavin
LITERATURE •
2005 •
PAPER
• 336 PAGES
• YOUNG ADULTS
Jamila Gavin 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. It's a big, ambitious, old-fashioned book about England at the dawn of the industrial age. The word most frequently used to describe this young-adult novel, which won the Whitbread for best children's book of 2001, is "Dickensian" -- in the very best sense.
(GBR339, $7.95) |
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Mary, Bloody Mary
• Carolyn Meyer
LITERATURE •
2001 •
PAPER
• 240 PAGES
• YOUNG ADULTS
An unusually generous portrayal of the young Mary Tudor, nicknamed "Bloody Mary" by her Protestant subjects. Popular young-adult author Meyer richly recreates the Tudor era and its religious conflicts for audiences ages 11 and up.
(GBR333, $6.99) |
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City, A Story of Roman Planning and Construction
• David Macaulay
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
1983 •
PAPER
• 112 PAGES
• FAMILY
Macaulay's incomparable drawings tell the story of Roman architecture and city planning throughout Italy, a portrait of Roman engineering for the whole family. He takes as his example the imaginary city of Verbonia, built in 25 BC.
(ITL507, $10.99) |
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The Red Balloon
• 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. It's captivating visual storytelling, popularized in French-language classes throughout the world. Ah, Paris! Ah, mon ballon rouge!
(FRN326, $12.95) |
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