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Golem  •  David Wisniewski  •  Lee Salsberry   • LITERATURE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  A retelling of a Jewish legend, set in Prague in the 16th century, a dark time for the city's Jewish residents. A rabbi builds a clay giant to protect his people from persecution; the golem, in this version, speaks with a child's simplicity. The remarkable paper-cutout illustrations brilliantly evoke the Prague of old. (CZH38, $17.00)
 
 
The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm  •  Lore Segal  •  Maurice Sendak   • LITERATURE • FAMILY  •  Sendak (who supplies the perfect black-and-white drawings) and Lore Segal present a marvelous collection of 27 haunting tales. (GER144, $28.00)
 
 
Kid's German Picture Dictionary  •  Inc. Berlitz International   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  1000 words central to a child's everyday life teach even the youngest readers German. (GER128, $12.95)
 
 
The Star of Kazan  •  Eva Ibbotson  •  Kevin Hawkes   • LITERATURE • YOUNG ADULTS  •  A delightful young adult adventure that twists and turns through fin-de-siecle Vienna. Annika is a foundling taken in by a household of eccentic professors and kind hearted servants, is enchanted by the spectacle of Vienna and the simple pleasures of domestic chores. Her life is turned upsidedown when her aristocratic mother unexpectedly reappears in her life and sweeps her off to live in a castle in Germany. (CEU24, $7.99)
 
 
The Three Golden Keys  •  Peter Sis   • LITERATURE • FAMILY  •  In this entrancing picture book, Sis meets the Golem and Hanus the Clockmaker and other characters from his childhood in Prague, both imagined and real, (CZH39, $23.00)
 
 
 




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