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FATHER'S DAY

City of Fortune, How Venice Ruled the Seas

Roger Crowley

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PROVENCE & THE COTE D'AZUR

A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France

Georgeanne Brennan

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OUR FAVORITES

Arctic Dreams

Barry Lopez

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PENGUIN CLASSICS

The Log from the Sea of Cortez

John Steinbeck

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LONDON

For Kids

Bard of Avon


by 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, written for readers ages 6 and older. (GBR151, $7.99)

Madeline in London

Madeline in London


by 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. For kids ages 4-8. (GBR152, $7.99)

Elizabeth I, Red Rose of the House of Tudor

Elizabeth I, Red Rose of the House of Tudor


by Kathryn Lasky

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 240 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
  • OUT OF PRINT

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)

King of Shadows

King of Shadows


by Susan Cooper

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 186 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

A novel of time-travel, Shakespeare -- and the plague -- for kids ages 10-12. (GBR161, $5.99)

Lonely Planet Not for Parents London

Lonely Planet Not for Parents London


by Lonely Planet Publications

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 96 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Jam-packed with photos, fun facts and goofy cartoons, this glossy guide is just the thing for eight-year-old travelers. (GRB20, $14.99)

A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver

A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver


by E.L. Konigsburg

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES
  • YOUNG ADULTS

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)

Beware, Princess Elizabeth

Beware, Princess Elizabeth


by Carolyn Meyer

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES
  • YOUNG ADULTS

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)

Coram Boy


by Jamila Gavin

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES
  • YOUNG ADULTS

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)

Mary, Bloody Mary

Mary, Bloody Mary


by Carolyn Meyer

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES
  • YOUNG ADULTS

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)

Shakespeare's London on Five Groats a Day


by Richard Tames

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 151 PAGES
  • FAMILY

This clever guide explains all the best things to see and do on the cheap in London, were they visiting in the early 1600s. (GBR923, $18.95)

 

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