Publication date: 2000-01-01
Price: $6.75
Review Nightjohn / Ediciones del Bronce:"To know things, for us to know things, is bad for them. We get to wanting and when we get to wanting it's bad for them. They thinks we want what they got. That's why they don't want us reading. " - Nightjohn"I didn't know what letters was, not what they meant, but I thought it might be something I wanted to know. To learn. "-SarnySarny, a female slave at the Waller plantation, first sees Nightjohn when he is brought there with a rope around his neck, his body covered in scars. [+]He had escaped north to freedom, but he came back-came back to teach reading. Knowing that the penalty for reading is dismemberment Nightjohn still retumed to slavery to teach others how to read. And twelve-year-old Sarny is willing to take the risk to learn. Set in the 1850s, Gary Paulsen's groundbreaking new novel is unlike anything else the award-winning author has written. It is a meticulously researched, historically accurate, and artistically crafted portrayal of a grim time in our nation's past, brought to light through the personal history of two unforgettable characters. Imagine being beaten for learning to read, shackled and whipped for learning a few letters of the alphabet. Now, imagine a man brave enough to risk torture in order to teach others how to read; his name is Nightjohn, and he sneaks into the slave camps at night to teach other slaves how to read and write. Celebrated author Gary Paulsen writes a searing meditation on why the ability to read and write is radical, empowering , and so necessary to our freedom. These skills threaten our oppressors because they allow us to communicate-to learn the real status of our slavery and to seek liberation. In this tightly written, painful, joyous little novel is a key that may unlock the power of reading for even the most reluctant teens.
Creator: James Marshall
Publication date: 1977-10-20
Review The Piggy in the Puddle / Methuen:
Creator: Jean Nobes
Edition: Abridged
Publication date: 1991-07
Review If Only They Could Talk (Bull's-eye) / Nelson Thornes Ltd:
Publication date: 1979-01-01
Price: $5.00
Review Samuel le Moustache / Warne:
Creator: James Marshall
Publication date: 1993-09
Dewey code: 821.7
Price: $11.15
Review Old Mother Hubbard and Her Wonderful Dog / Demco Media:Caldecott Honor winner James Marshall tops himself Old Mother Hubbard Went to the Cupboard, To fetch her poor dog a bone; But when she came there The cupboard was bare And so the poor dog had none. And so it goes, as Old Mother Hubbard visits the baker, the undertaker, the butcher, the fishmonger, the tavern, the fruit stand, the tailor, the hatter, the barber, the cobbler, the seamstress, and the hosier, always hoping to find a little something that will please her wonderful dog. These two familiars from the traditional nursery rhyme seem to have a far more rewarding and amusing relationship than we ever imagined, at least as portrayed in James Marshall's lavishly inventive illustrations. Long recognized as an incomparable master of the picture-book form, this time Marshall outdoes himself in sheer inspiration and brio.
Publication date: 2001-10
Price: $14.00
Review Lottie Project / Topeka Bindery:Jacqueline Wilson is a bestselling author in England, second only to J. K. Rowling. Charlie's world is changing - for the worse. Her new teacher refuses to call her anything but Charlotte. (Blech!) And forces her to sit next to Jamie Edwards, the most revolting stuck-up boring boy in the whole class. (Yuck!) And assigns her a project on the boring Victorian period. (Ugh!) But Charlie's dreary research-and her active imagination-leads to some interesting discoveries. Like Lottie. [+]a nursemaid whose life in the Victorian era holds some interesting parallels to Charlie's own.
Publication date: 1983-10
Price: $9.95
Review The Haunted Carousel (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories) / Wanderer Books:Nancy Drew finds more than one mystery to solve when she searches for the reason an amusement park carousel turns itself on during the night.
Publication date: 1990-07
Review Tintin Colouring Book: v. 1 / Methuen young books:
Creator: Barbara Samuels
Publication date: 2001-07
List Price: $14.70
Price: $98.35
Review Someday Angeline (Avon/Camelot Book) / Topeka Bindery:Nobody understands why Angeline is so smart. She could read the first time she picked up a book, she can play the piano without ever having had a lesson, and she even knows what the weather is going to be. But being smart is causing Angeline nothing but trouble. The mean kids in school call her a freak, her teacher finds her troublesome, and even her own father doesn't know what to do with an eight-year-old girl who seems to be a genius. Angeline doesn't want to be either a genius or a freak. She just wants the chance to be herself and be happy. But it's only when she makes friends with a boy the kids call "Goon" and the teacher they call "Mr. Bone" that Angeline gets that chance.
Edition: Collectors
Publication date: 2008-10-07
List Price: $150.00
Price: $98.72
Review Inkdeath Collector's Edition / Scholastic:Special features:4/C printed slipcase w/title, byline, and decorative accents stamped in copper foil leather-bound case (purple) with 4/C debossed onlay of blue "death's head moth" on front cover; copper stamping on spine (byline, title, CH logo, Schol logo) 4/C printed endpapers in "Renaissance" pattern (this is not an official term, just a description!) head and tail bands sewn-in satin bookmark color-dyed edges (all the pages of the book are stained a pale purple) *tip-in of original illustration (of the Jacopo character) by the author, signed and numbered
Publication date: 1988-09-12
Price: $8.95
Review 4 Brd Bks/peter Spiers / Random House Books for Young Readers:
Authors
- Allan Ahlberg
- Janet Ahlberg
Publication date: 2003-10-30
Price: $22.70
Review Each Peach Pear Plum (Viking Kestrel Picture Books) / Viking Children's Books:The classic children's game book. Full color. ALA Notable Children's Book. "Each Peach Pear Plum. I spy Tom Thumb!" In this engaging, interactive book for the very young, familiar nursery-rhyme characters such as Mother Hubbard and Baby Bunting sneak their way into the gentle drawings. Even young children who might not know all the fairy-tale stars can find them lurking in the cupboard, on the stairs, or deep in the woods. In the happy finale, the whole cast meets up for plum pie in the sun, where the little one on your lap will gleefully find everyone. An American Library Association Notable Book. (Baby to preschooler).
Creator: Jannat Messenger
Publication date: 1992-03-16
Review A Child's Garden of Verses / Heinemann Young Books:
Publication date: 1994-04-28
Review The Test (18 Pine Street) / Bantam Juvenile:
Creator: Ruth Chrisman Gannett
Edition: 60 Anv
Publication date: 2008-10-28
List Price: $150.00
Price: $98.18
Review My Father's Dragon Limited Edition of the 60th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (My Father's Dragon Trilogy) / Random House Books for Young Readers:2008 marks the 60th anniversary of My Father's Dragon and to celebrate we're offering a deluxe edition-a true collectible for the generations of readers who grew up reading about Elmer's adventures with the dragon. It's also a great gift to introduce new readers to this Newbery Honor book by Ruth Stiles Gannett. This oversized deluxe edition features an unjacketed cloth cover, four-color illustrated end papers, an updated note from the author, and an elegant border design throughout the interiors. This Limited Edition has been signed by the author!.
Publication date: 2004-07
Review Give Me Five (The Princess Diaries) / Imprint unknown:
Authors
- Martin Provensen
- Alice Provensen
Price: $8.79
Review An Owl and Three Pussycats / Marcel Dekker:A full-color picture book by the creators of The Glorious Flight teaches about nurturing and letting go as the Maple Hill Farms children release an adopted owl back to the wild and move three grown kittens out to the barn. Reissue.
Creator: Lane Smith
Publication date: 1995-09-01
Dewey code: 811.54
List Price: $5.99
Price: $489.34
Review Halloween ABC / Aladdin:32 pp. Pub: 9/95. Award-winning poet Eve Merriam conjures up 26 titillating and teasing Halloween poems, one for each letter of the alphabet, accompanied by the delightfully wicked illustrations of Lane Smith. "Elegant in design, precise in image. with appeal for any age that enjoys the macabre side of Halloween. "-pointer, Kirkus. Full color.
Publication date: 1973-03-29
Review Water Babies (Jason S) / Dent:
Creator: Ralph Steadman
Edition: New Ed
Publication date: 1975-11
Review Through the Looking Glass / HarperCollins Publishers Ltd:
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