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Author: Liz Rosenberg  

This beautifully written, spare novel encompasses seventeen-year-old Stephanie's journey from fall to spring, from childhood to womanhood. Her passion for the distant, fascinating …

Hardcover  $8.95  Suggested for ages 16-99
Breakout
Author: Paul Fleischman  

"Los Angeles! City of tanned shoulders! Smog-spewing, pay-per-viewing, sit-com maker for the world!" Del's put it 17 years in L.A., bouncing among foster homes. Smart, sharp-tongu …

Hardcover  $8.95  Suggested for ages 16-99
Celebrate CRICKET: Thirty Years of Stories and Art
Author: Marianne Carus  

Join us as we celebrate CRICKET magazine's 30th anniversary with this delightful anthology of award-winning stories, black-and-white illustrations, full-color reproductions of orig …

Hardcover  $12.95  Suggested for ages 9-14
Do the Hokey Pokey
Author: Alison McDonough  

Fifth-grader Brendan is anxious to win friends at his new school. The only obstacle: his mother. Jean Breen loves to make a spectacle of herself, so Brendan decides to stay as far …

Hardcover  $8.95  Suggested for ages 7-9
Dream-of-Jade
Author: Lloyd Alexander   Illustrated By: D. Brent Burkett

No man was permitted to view the face of the great Kwan-Yu, Celestial Emperor of China. This didn't stop Dream-of-Jade, since she was no ordinary man, but a quite unusual cat. Whe …

Hardcover  $9.95  Suggested for ages 7-9
Favorite Mother Goose Rhymes

Classic rhymes for the littlest listeners. Jack and Jill, Little Miss Muffet, Old King Cole and other favorites, all cutely illustrated, all guaranteed to lead to giggles and deman …

Hardcover  $7.95  Suggested for ages 0-3
Flying Lessons
Author: Kezi Matthews  

In 1937, the summer Amelia Earhart disappears, thirteen-year-old LaMarr's flamboyant mother Charmaine flies off with a stunt pilot friend and doesn't return. Sent to live with an a …

Hardcover  $8.95  Suggested for ages 16-99
Highland Fling
Author: Kathleen Ernst  

Fifteen-year-old Tanya, reeling from her parents divorce, is definitely not ready to embrace her Scottish heritage...

Hardcover  $15.95  Suggested for ages 9-0
I HATE BOOKS!
Author: KATE WALKER   Illustrated By: DAVID COX

Hamish has a secret: He can't read. When his secret comes out, everyone steps in to teach Hamish to read. I Hate Books! is a fast-paced, funny, and touching book that will appeal …

Hardcover  $16.95  Suggested for ages 6-9
John Riley's Daughter
Author: Kezi Matthews  

Clover Martin is gone. Again. But now the residents of Blue Parrot, South Carolina, are turning their suspicions toward Memphis Riley. Could this thirteen-year-old have done someth …

Hardcover  $8.95  Suggested for ages 16-99
Kokopelli & Company in Attack of the Smart Pies
Author: Larry Gonick   Illustrated By: Larry Gonick

Feather, the easily muddled Muse of Plants, is confused when he runs beak-first into young Emma. Emma, you see, is a Human, and NO HUMANS ARE ALLOWED in Kokonino County, home to F …

Hardcover  $8.95  Suggested for ages 9-14
Ladybug, Ladybug and Other Favorite Poems

Lots of charming, silly rhymes for kids, all in one beautiful book with beautiful pictures. Yours kids will demand a reading again and again, until, without trying, you both will h …

Hardcover  $17.95  Suggested for ages 3-6
Mom for Mayor
Author: Nancy Edwards   Illustrated By: Michael Chesworth

With his favorite park threatened by a new development, young Eric decides to get his mother into the upcoming town election. While it's easy to get his mom on the ballot, Eric di …

Hardcover  $15.95  Suggested for ages 6-9
Oink, Oink and Other Animal Sounds
Illustrated By: Jane Conteh-Morgan

This is a fun beginning course in multi-culturalism for the toddler set. The lesson is simple: cats (for example) all over the world make the same sounds, but every language has a …

Hardcover  $7.95  Suggested for ages 0-3
One Pizza, One Penny
Author: K T Hao   Illustrated By: Giuliano Ferri

Ben bear is renowned for his mouth-watering pizzas, and Chris Croc's delectable cakes are said to be the tastiest in the world. The two neighbors are the best of friends. When Peer …

Hardcover  $8.95  Suggested for ages 5-7
Overboard
Author: Elizabeth Fama  

Plunged into the dark waters off Sumatra when a ferry sinks, fourteen-year-old Emily swims through the night, testing her body's limits. For emotional strength, she increasingly lo …

Hardcover  $8.95  Suggested for ages 9-14
Pigs Can Fly!
Author: Debbi Chocolate   Illustrated By: Leslie Tryon

Harriet Pig is an unstoppable, unflappable force, out to right the world. In this collection of four stories, she realizes her dream to fly, helps a friend overcome a fear of heigh …

Hardcover  $8.95  Suggested for ages 7-9
Power of Un
Author: Nancy Etchemendy  

Everyone knows a computer's "undo" command will erase a mistake. Thanks to a device called the Unner, Gib Finney can do the same thing - in real life. At first he thinks it's wonde …

Hardcover  $8.95  Suggested for ages 9-14
Princesses of Atlantis
Author: Lisa Williams Kline  

Twelve-year-old best friends Carly and Arlene write about the final, cataclysmic days of Atlantis in a story that parallels the growing tensions between them.

Hardcover  $8.95  Suggested for ages 9-14
Robert and the Back-to-School Special
Author: Barbara Seuling   Illustrated By: Paul Brewer

On the first day of school, Robert thinks everyone is laughing at him because his hair has gotten so long. He gets a "back-to-school special" haircut from his friend Paul, which ju …

Hardcover  $8.95  Suggested for ages 7-9
Robert and The Great Escape
Author: Barbara Seuling   Illustrated By: Paul Brewer

When Robert and his best friend Paul return from a President's Day weekend ski trip, they find that the third grade's pet snake, Sally, is missing. The boys put aside their fear of …

Hardcover  $8.95  Suggested for ages 7-9
ROBERT AND THE HAPPY ENDINGS
Author: BARBARA SEULING   Illustrated By: PAUL BREWER

Robert Dorfman, the hero of Robert Takes a Stand, Robert Finds a Way, and Robert and the Practical Jokes, is back for another round of adventures in the popular Rober …

Hardcover  $15.95  Suggested for ages 6-9
Robert and the Practical Jokes
Author: Barbara Seuling   Illustrated By: Paul Brewer

Robert Dorfman loves jokes as much as the next third-grader...except when they're played on him. As the tricks in his classroom get more and more out of hand, Robert wonders: What …

Hardcover  $8.95  Suggested for ages 6-9
Robert and the Weird & Wacky Facts
Author: Barbara Seuling  

"People used to think a runny nose meant your brain was leaking." Third-grader Robert learns this and other wacky facts when he and his friend Paul start training to be contestants …

Hardcover  $8.95  Suggested for ages 7-9
Robert Finds a Way
Author: Barbara Seuling   Illustrated By: Paul Brewer

Third-grader Robert Dorfman is having a triple-rotten day, one that's terrible for him but will be terribly funny for readers. First his brother, Charlie, hogs the bathroom. When R …

Hardcover  $8.95  Suggested for ages 7-9
Scorpio's Child
Author: Kezi Matthews  

When her mother's brother, Bailey, turns up - an uncle she never knew existed - fourteen-year-old Afton sets out to discover his secret past. Told in a style richly evocative of sm …

Hardcover  $8.95  Suggested for ages 9-14
Snowboarding on Monster Mountain
Author: Eve Bunting  

For Callie, with her serious fear of heights, the name Monster Mountain says it all. Why did she ever agree to a weekend of snowboarding with her best friend Jen? Jen is eager to b …

Hardcover  $8.95  Suggested for ages 9-14
Stealaway
Author: K.M. Peyton  

Nicky knows all about horses, but there's one breed she's never encountered before … the ghostly kind. Nicky's mother has taken a new job as the horse trainer at Bloodybow Castle i …

Hardcover  $8.95  Suggested for ages 9-14
The Cat in Numberland
Author: Ivar Ekeland   Illustrated By: John O'Brien

"Far, far away, on another planet, in a place called Numberland, all the Numbers live together in a big hotel." So beings Ivan Ekeland's Cat in Numberland, a story about infinity …

Paperback  $8.95  Suggested for ages 9-14
There's a Kangaroo in My Soup!
Author: Joan Lennon  

Kevin thinks nothing exciting will ever happen to him - until Cynthia, a runaway circus kangaroo, bounds into his life. She has a talent for jokes, disguises, and daring detective …

Hardcover  $8.95  Suggested for ages 7-9
Time Out
Author: David Hill  

Alienated at school and troubled by his parents' separation, Kit loses himself in running - until one day, an accident catapults him into what seems to be a parallel universe. In t …

Hardcover  $8.95  Suggested for ages 16-99
Vero and Philippe
Author: Caroline Hatton  

Vero Vo and her Vietnamese family move to Paris, where she and her bossy big brother Philippe are left to grapple with city life, a new school, and their sibling rivalry.

Hardcover  $8.95  Suggested for ages 9-14
Who Is Baseball's Greatest Pitcher?
Author: Jeff Kisseloff  

Clemens, Maddux, Koufax, Gibson - who is baseball's greatest pitcher? All across America, in school cafeterias, on ballfields, in front of TVs, and while clicking digital games, fa …

Hardcover  $8.95  Suggested for ages 9-14
Write Me If You Dare!
Author: Emily Rhoads Johnson  

Eleven-year-old Maddie Pruitt, grieving and lonely since her mother's accidental death, finds a popped balloon in the woods with a note attached daring her to write back. Maddie ac …

Hardcover  $8.95  Suggested for ages 9-14
You Must Be Joking!
Author: Paul Brewer   Illustrated By: Paul Brewer

Lots of cool jokes, plus 17 1/2 tips for remembering, telling and making up your own jokes. Kids love to be funny and to swap cool jokes. Now the popular illustrator whose appealin …

Hardcover  $8.95  Suggested for ages 7-9
Suggested Reading
Dream-of-Jade (By Lloyd Alexander)
No man was permitted to view the face of the great Kwan-Yu, Celestial Emperor of China. This didn't …
48 pgs.  $9.95
Overboard (By Elizabeth Fama)
Plunged into the dark waters off Sumatra when a ferry sinks, fourteen-year-old Emily swims through t…
158 pgs.  $8.95
Robert and the Weird & Wacky Facts (By Barbara Seuling)
"People used to think a runny nose meant your brain was leaking." Third-grader Robert learns this an…
112 pgs.  $8.95
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