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Anne Frank Remembered
• Miep Gies
• Allison Leslie Gold
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• YOUNG ADULTS
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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. Ages 12 to adult.
(NTH59, $14.00)
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Asterix in Switzerland
• Rene de Goscinny
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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This entry in the Asterix series of comic books features excellent drawings of the Swiss Alpine landscape.
(SWZ30, $9.95)
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Banner in the Sky
• James Ramsey Ullman
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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A suspenseful tale of a young boy determined to keep his father's mountaineering dream alive.
(SWZ23, $6.99)
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Bloomability
• Sharon Creech
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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A coming-of-age tale set in an international boarding school in Lugano, Switzerland.
(SWZ31, $6.99)
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Count Karlstein
• Philip Pullman
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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An entertaining gothic thriller set in a Swiss village in 1816.
(SWZ21, $5.99)
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Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates
• Mary Mapes Dodge
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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This classic children's novel evocative of daily life in 19th-century Holland.
(NTH40, $5.99)
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Heidi
• Johanna Spyri
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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The classic tale of a little girl who is sent to live with her curmudgeonly grandfather in a remote Alpine village. This handsome hardback edition retains the quaint prose and buoyant disposition of Johanna Spyri's 1880 original.
(SWZ32, $6.99)
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Hieronymus Bosch
• Gary Schwartz
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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Little is known about the perennially intriguing painter Bosch's life, but this young person's biography fills the gaps with some surmises and much information about daily life in 15th-century Holland. Witth 55 illustrations. Ages 11-15.
(NTH65, $19.95)
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Hitler Youth, Growing Up In Hitler's Shadow
• Susan Campbell Bartoletti
• HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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In this eye-opening, award-winning history for middle-schoolers, Bartoletti shows the growth of Nazi power and the Hitler Youth movement through profiles of 12 individuals.
(GER180, $19.95)
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The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm
• Lore Segal
• Maurice Sendak
• LITERATURE
• FAMILY
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Sendak (who supplies the perfect black-and-white drawings) and Lore Segal present a marvelous collection of 27 haunting tales.
(GER144, $28.00)
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Kid's German Picture Dictionary
• Inc. Berlitz International
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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1000 words central to a child's everyday life teach even the youngest readers German.
(GER128, $12.95)
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Melanie Martin Goes Dutch
• Carol Weston
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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This quick read is the "private diary" of a fast-talking American girl as she chronicles her summer vacation in Holland. For the 9-12-year-old set.
(NTH63, $15.95)
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The Star of Kazan
• Eva Ibbotson
• Kevin Hawkes
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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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)
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Switzerland, Enchantment of the World
• Lura Rogers
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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An overview of Switzerland -- history, geography and culture -- for readers 9-12.
(SWZ35, $37.00)
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Vincent Van Gogh, Portrait of an Artist
• Sandra Jordan
• Jan Greenberg
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A compassionate, unsensationalistic biography, well written and geared for kids ages 9-12. With an eight-page insert of color reproductions.
(NTH60, $6.99)
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What Makes a Rembrandt a Rembrandt?
• Richard Muhlberger
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A co-publication of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this volume is an analysis of Rembrandt's technique and era for young readers ages 9-12. It includes color reproductions of 12 paintings.
(NTH57, $16.99)
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What Makes a Van Gogh a Van Gogh?
• Richard Muhlberger
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A co-publication of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this volume is an analysis of Van Gogh's technique and life for young readers ages 9-12. It includes color reproductions of 12 paintings.
(NTH58, $16.99)
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The Wheel on the School
• Meindert DeJong
• Maurice Sendak
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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DeJong evokes a loving portrait of Holland in this inspiring novel recommended for children ages 9-12.
(NTH27, $6.95)
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When the Wall Came Down, The Berlin Wall and the Fall of Communism
• Serge Schmemann
• HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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An eyewitness account of the reunification of Germany and collapse of the Eastern Bloc by the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist. Geared for ages 9-12.
(GER179, $10.95)
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William Tell
• Leonard Everett Fisher
• HISTORY
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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The classic tale as told for children.
(SWZ20, $16.00)
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