false 8658 18131 0440498058 9780440498056 3355 <![CDATA[A Wrinkle in Time (Time Series, #1)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1202853583m/18131.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1202853583s/18131.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18131.A_Wrinkle_in_Time 4.08 50219 A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle:

Meg Murray, her little brother Charles Wallace, and their mother are having a midnight snack on a dark and stormy night when an unearthly stranger appears at their door. He claims to have been blown off course, and goes on to tell them that there is such a thing as a "tesseract," which, if you didn't know, is a wrinkle in time.

Meg's father had been experimenting with time-travel when he suddenly disappeared. Will Meg, Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin outwit the forces of evil as they search through space for their father?

]]> 106 4.03 122417 7335 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1962 18130 0440487617 9780440487616 363 <![CDATA[A Wind in the Door (Time, #2)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1219188637m/18130.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1219188637s/18130.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18130.A_Wind_in_the_Door 4.00 11632 The Wind in the Door. His older sister, Meg, doubts it. She figures he's seen something strange, but dragons—a "dollop of dragons," a "drove of dragons," even a "drive of dragons"—seem highly unlikely. As it turns out, Charles Wallace is right about the dragons—though the sea of eyes (merry eyes, wise eyes, ferocious eyes, kitten eyes, dragon eyes, opening and closing) and wings (in constant motion) is actually a benevolent cherubim (of a singularly plural sort) named Proginoskes who has come to help save Charles Wallace from a serious illness.


In her usual masterful way, Madeleine L'Engle jumps seamlessly from a child's world of liverwurst and cream cheese sandwiches to deeply sinister, cosmic battles between good and evil. Children will revel in the delectably chilling details—including hideous scenes in which a school principal named Mr. Jenkins is impersonated by the Echthroi (the evil forces that tear skies, snuff out light, and darken planets). When it becomes clear that the Echthroi are putting Charles Wallace in danger, the only logical course of action is for Meg and her dear friend Calvin O'Keefe to become small enough to go inside Charles Wallace's body—into one of his mitochondria—to see what's going wrong with his farandolae. In an illuminating flash on the interconnectedness of all things and the relativity of size, we realize that the tiniest problem can have mammoth, even intergalactic ramifications. Can this intrepid group voyage through time and space and muster all their strength of character to save Charles Wallace? It's an exhilarating, enlightening, suspenseful journey that no child should miss.


The other books of the Time quartet, continuing the adventures of the Murry family, are A Wrinkle in Time; A Swiftly Tilting Planet, which won the American Book Award; and Many Waters. (Ages 9 and older) —Karin Snelson

]]> 106 4.03 122417 7335 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1973 77276 0440401585 9780440401582 295 <![CDATA[A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Time, #3)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900040m/77276.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900040s/77276.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77276.A_Swiftly_Tilting_Planet 4.05 10150
Fifteen-year-old Charles Wallace Murry, whom readers first met in A Wrinkle in Time, has a little task he must accomplish. In 24 hours, a mad dictator will destroy the universe by declaring nuclear war—unless Charles Wallace can go back in time to change one of the many Might-Have-Beens in history. In an intricately layered and suspenseful journey through time, this extraordinary young man psychically enters four different people from other eras. As he perceives through their eyes "what might have been," he begins to comprehend the cosmic significance and consequences of every living creature's actions. As he witnesses first-hand the transformation of civilization from peaceful to warring times, his very existence is threatened, but the alternative is far worse.


The Murry family, also appearing in A Wind in the Door and Many Waters, acts as a carrier of Madeleine L'Engle's unique message about human responsibility for the world. Themes of good versus evil, time and space travel, and the invincibility of the human spirit predominate. Even while she entertains, L'Engle kindles the intellect, inspiring young people to ask questions of the world, and learn by challenging. (Ages 9 and older)—Emilie Coulter

]]> 106 4.03 122417 7335 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1978 77275 0440405483 9780440405481 13 <![CDATA[Many Waters (Time, Book 4)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1202853962m/77275.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1202853962s/77275.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77275.Many_Waters 3.88 180

We've all done it. In the frigid depths of winter we've wished we could be magically transported to someplace warm and sunny. But most people don't have genius parents who just happen to be working on a scientific experiment with time travel at the moment of our wish. Sandy and Dennys Murry, the "normal" boys in a family of geniuses, suddenly find themselves trudging through a blazing-hot desert, seeking a far-off oasis for shade. Their desperate wandering brings them face-to-face with history—biblical history. Soon they're feeling right at home with Noah and his family. Even so, the urgent question is, how will Sandy and Dennys get back to their own place and time before the floods—the many waters—come? As they begin to cross the invisible border into adulthood, the twins must confront their ability to resist temptation and embrace integrity.


In Many Waters, Madeleine L'Engle continues the Murry family saga, which includes A Wrinkle in Time; A Wind in the Door; and A Swiftly Tilting Planet, which won the American Book Award. L'Engle's mystical mix of science fiction and fantasy, time and space travel, history, morals, religion, and culture once again urges her many adoring readers to stretch their minds and hearts to understand why the world is the way it is. (Ages 9 and older) —Emilie Coulter

]]> 106 4.03 122417 7335 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1985 11824 0060521228 9780060521226 212 <![CDATA[The Whipping Boy]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166486053m/11824.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166486053s/11824.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11824.The_Whipping_Boy 3.50 2294 The Whipping Boy, which relies not on exploding spaceships and demonic robots but mythic story, humorous characters and, ready or not, a moral. The plot involves the orphan Jemmy, who must take the whippings for the royal heir, Prince Brat. Jemmy plans to flee this arrangement until Prince Brat beats him to it, and takes Jemmy along. Jemmy then hears he's charged with the Prince's abduction as this Newbery Medal winning book turns toward a surprising close.]]> 7536 3.62 3873 580 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1986 7619 0440360374 9780440360377 113 <![CDATA[The Time Quartet Box Set]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165637344m/7619.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165637344s/7619.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7619.The_Time_Quartet_Box_Set 4.48 1216 106 4.03 122417 7335 8658 4.05 77256 4744 2001 6352208 1439550999 9781439550991 0 <![CDATA[The Book of Imaginary Beings]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6352208-the-book-of-imaginary-beings 0.0 0 The Time Machine. A lavish feast of exotica brought vividly to life with art commissioned specifically for this volume, The Book of Imaginary Beings will delight readers of classic fantasy as well as Borges's many admirers.]]> 500 4.43 16978 1394 41565 4.06 18 0 8658 4.05 77256 4744 3947 4.18 458 38 1967 1303414 0374347018 9780374347017 195 <![CDATA[The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182622030m/1303414.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182622030s/1303414.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1303414.The_Wall_Growing_Up_Behind_the_Iron_Curtain 4.18 638 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>“I was born at the beginning of it all, on the Red side—the Communist side—of the Iron Curtain.” Through annotated illustrations, journals, maps, and dreamscapes, Peter Sís shows what life was like for a child who loved to draw, proudly wore the red scarf of a Young Pioneer, stood guard at the giant statue of Stalin, and believed whatever he was told to believe. But adolescence brought questions. Cracks began to appear in the Iron Curtain, and news from the West slowly filtered into the country. Sís learned about beat poetry, rock ’n’ roll, blue jeans, and Coca-Cola. He let his hair grow long, secretly read banned books, and joined a rock band. Then came the Prague Spring of 1968, and for a teenager who wanted to see the world and meet the Beatles, this was a magical time. It was short-lived, however, brought to a sudden and brutal end by the Soviet-led invasion. But this brief flowering had provided a glimpse of new possibilities—creativity could be discouraged but not easily killed.
 
By joining memory and history, Sís takes us on his extraordinary journey: from infant with paintbrush in hand to young man borne aloft by the wings of his art.</DIV></DIV>]]> 8658 4.05 77256 4744 2007 1410006 0786805692 9780786805693 0 <![CDATA[The Wind Singer (Wind on Fire trilogy, #1)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183385067m/1410006.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183385067s/1410006.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1410006.The_Wind_Singer 3.67 3 46130 3.98 2547 235 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1990 3031737 2070543625 9782070543625 0 <![CDATA[Les Esclaves de la seigneurie (Le Vent de Feu, #2)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3031737.Les_Esclaves_de_la_seigneurie 0.0 0 Slaves of the Master is the fantastically vivid, breathtaking sequel to The Wind Singer by William Nicholson.

Written with the same passion and cinematic scope as the first book in the series, Slaves of the Mastery picks up the story of siblings Kestrel and Bowman five years on from the closing chapter of The Wind Singer. The city of Aramanth has become a kinder place, but in becoming kinder it has also become weaker, making it the perfect target for the ruthless soldiers of the Mastery. After a swift and brutal battle that leaves the city burned and the Manth people destined for slavery, Kestrel finds herself alone, angry and bitterly sworn to wreak her own revenge. But first she must find her beloved brother Bowman, and he in turn must find a way of understanding the secrets of the mysterious Singer people. Only then can the pair begin to strike out against the Mastery and begin a voyage that will bring the Manth people back to their former stature.

Slaves of the Mastery lives up to all the promises made by The Wind Singer, and readers who enjoyed the first book will certainly be thrilled by the pace and execution of the second. Dramatic, complex and thought-provoking, this is a challenging read for readers aged 10 and over. --Susan Harrison

]]> 46130 3.98 2547 235 8658 4.05 77256 4744 2001 630748 0374375526 9780374375522 25 <![CDATA[Tibet Through the Red Box (Caldecott Honor Book)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176496506m/630748.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176496506s/630748.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/630748.Tibet_Through_the_Red_Box 4.20 105
By the author of the best-selling Three Golden Keys.

While my father was in China and Tibet, he kept a diary, which was later locked in a red box. We weren't allowed to touch the box. The stories I heard as a little boy faded to a hazy dream, and my drawings from that time make no sense. I cannot decipher them. It was not until I myself had gone far, far away and received the message from my father that I became interested in the red box again . . .

In New York, Peter Ss receives a letter from his father. "The Red Box is now yours," it says. The brief note worries him and pulls him back to Prague, where the contents of the red box explain the mystery of his father's long absence during the 1950s.

Czechoslovakia was behind the iron curtain; Vladimir Ss, a documentary filmmaker of considerable talent, was drafted into the army and sent to China to teach filmmaking. He left his wife, daughter, and young son, Peter, thinking he would be home for Christmas. Two Christmases would pass before he was heard from again: Vladimir Ss was lost in Tibet. He met with the Dalai Lama; he witnessed China's invasion of Tibet. When he returned to Prague, he dared not talk to his friends about all he had seen and experienced. But over and over again he told Peter about his Tibetan adventures. Weaving their two stories together - that of the father lost in Tibet and that of the small boy in Prague, lost without his father - Ss draws from his father's diary and from his own recollections of his father's incredible tales to reach a spiritual homecoming between father and son. With his sublime pictures, inspired by Tibetan Buddhist art and linking history to memory, Peter Ss gives us an extraordinary book - a work of singular artistry and rare imagination.

A Junior Library Guild Selection.
]]> 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1998 68240 0374470278 9780374470272 17 <![CDATA[Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170687952m/68240.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170687952s/68240.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68240.Starry_Messenger_Galileo_Galilei 3.98 107
By changing the way people saw the galaxy, Galileo was also changing the way they saw themselves and their place in the universe. This was very exciting, but to some to some it was deeply disturbing. Galileo has upset the harmonious view of heaven and earth that had been accepted since ancient times. He had turned the world upside down.

In this amazing new book, Peter Sís employs the artist's lens to give us an extraordinary view of the life of Galileo Galilei. Sís tells his story in language as simple as a fairy tale, in pictures as rich and tightly woven as a tapestry, and in Galileo's own words, written more than 350 years ago and still resonant with truth.
]]> 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1996 982432 0374399697 9780374399696 18 <![CDATA[Madlenka]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179983939m/982432.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179983939s/982432.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/982432.Madlenka 4.23 94 ]]> 8658 4.05 77256 4744 2000 941141 0374456283 9780374456283 16 <![CDATA[The Tree of Life: Charles Darwin (New York Times Best Illustrated Books (Awards))]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179644813m/941141.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179644813s/941141.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/941141.The_Tree_of_Life_Charles_Darwin 4.16 76 In this brilliant presentation of a revolutionary thinker's life, the picture book becomes an art form

As far as I can judge, I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men . . .

Charles Darwin was, above all else, an independent thinker who continues even now to influence the way we look at the natural world. His endless curiosity and passion for detail resulted in a wealth of notebooks, diaries, correspondence, and published writings that Peter Sís transforms into a visual treasure trove. A multilayered journey through Darwin’s world, The Tree of Life begins with his childhood and traces the arc of his life through university and career, following him around the globe on the voyage of the Beagle, and home to a quiet but momentous life devoted to science and family. Sís uses his own singular vision to create a gloriously detailed panorama of a genius’s trajectory through investigating and understanding the mysteries of nature. In pictures executed in fine pen and ink and lush watercolors – cameo portraits, illustrated pages of diary, cutaway views of the Beagle, as well as charts, maps, and a gatefold spread – Peter Sís has shaped a wondrous introduction to Charles Darwin.
]]> 8658 4.05 77256 4744 2003 13946 0374375259 9780374375256 12 <![CDATA[The Three Golden Keys]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575066m/13946.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575066s/13946.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13946.The_Three_Golden_Keys 4.37 68
In this allegorical tale, a man in a hot-air ballon is thrown off course in a violent storm, landing him in the city of his youth. He finds the way to his old home, but the house is dark, with three rusty padlocks on the door. A black cat with eyes of fire appears and leads him through Prague's silent streets and monuments in seach of the three golden keys that will open the door of his boyhood home and restore the city to life. In this reissue of one of his most personal works, Peter Sís recaptures the wonder of his own lost childhood in Prague and celebrates the city's wonderful cultural heritage, reborn after forty-five years of Communist rule. He wrote it for his young daughter, Madeleine, who is growing up in the New World, so that when she is old enough to understand it she will have a record of the strange and wonderful heritage that is her birthright. An utterly magical book on every level.
]]> 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1994 1110801 037582572X 9780375825729 10 <![CDATA[The Wicked, Wicked Ladies in the Haunted House]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181085053m/1110801.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181085053s/1110801.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1110801.The_Wicked_Wicked_Ladies_in_the_Haunted_House 3.47 49 89440 3.88 163 33 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1968 1383235 0374346992 9780374346997 7 <![CDATA[Madlenka's Dog]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183144587m/1383235.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183144587s/1383235.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1383235.Madlenka_s_Dog 4.32 41 Another delightful romp around Madlenka’s city block

Madlenka wants a dog! She doesn’t really care what kind, so long as it’s a dog that she can put on a leash and walk around the block. But her mother and father say NO! What is Madlenka to do? It just takes some imagination . . . Madlenka’s friends on the block all play along, remembering the dogs of their childhood, and in the end it seems quite possible that there’s more to Madlenka’s dog than we can see. With his considerable charm, Peter Sís uses lift-up flaps and peek-through windows to bring us into Madlenka’s magical world where play and fantasy make wishes come true.
]]> 8658 4.05 77256 4744 2002 3800590 0440412439 9780440412434 0 <![CDATA[The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3800590.The_13th_Floor_A_Ghost_Story 3.50 4 7536 3.62 3873 580 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1996 6261472 0061755648 9780061755644 16 <![CDATA[The Dream Stealer]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6261472.The_Dream_Stealer 3.33 43
What does he want?

Listen, I will tell you.

He wants dreams.

He is supposed to take only nightmares—the dreams of monsters and phantoms—but he's grown scared. He's been taking the good dreams instead.

But one night he steals from the wrong girl.

Susana is clever. She is wily. She is brave.

And she wants her dream back.]]> 7536 3.62 3873 580 8658 4.05 77256 4744 2009 1409982 0688115837 9780688115838 10 <![CDATA[Komodo!]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183385035m/1409982.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183385035s/1409982.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1409982.Komodo_ 3.90 30 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1993 2632292 0688084109 9780688084103 0 <![CDATA[The Ghost in the Noonday Sun]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2632292.The_Ghost_in_the_Noonday_Sun 0.0 0 Shanghaied aboard the captain's ship, Bloody Hand, Oliver sails the high seas in pursuit of the ghost of Gentleman Jack, who paces his grave where pirate treasure lies buried. "You'll be me eyes, boy!" Once Oliver spots the vaporous gent, Captain Scratch and his crew of cutthroats will know where to dig for the long-lost treasure.

Oliver is determined to outfox the crafty captain despite a shipwreck, the night of the dredgies when sea ghosts climb aboard, and "other events too horrible to mention." It's a tale of treachery, intrigue, and suspense, written with gusto by the Newbery Medalist.

"The wind is howling and through the door comes Captain Scratch, a villain if I ever saw one."

So begins the adventures of young Oliver Finch, born at the stroke of midnight. "Aye, there's a wonderous power in it," says Captain Scratch, believing that the midnght-born can spy out ghosts.

Shanghaied aboard the captain's ship, Bloody Hand, Oliver sails the high seas in pursuit of the ghost of Gentleman Jack, who paces his grave where pirate treasure lies buried. "You'll be me eyes, boy!" Once Oliver spots the vaporous gent, Captain Scratch and his crew of cutthroats will know where to dig for the long-lost treasure.

Oliver is determined to outfox the crafty captin despite a shipwreck, the night of the dredgies when sea ghosts climb aboard, and "other events too horrible to mention." It's a tale of treachery, intrigue, and suspense, written with gusto by the Newberry Medalist.

]]> 7536 3.62 3873 580 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1989 1410014 1596792299 9781596792296 1 <![CDATA[Rumplestiltskin]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183385080m/1410014.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183385080s/1410014.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1410014.Rumplestiltskin 3.93 29 8658 4.05 77256 4744 2005 1383234 0374467250 9780374467258 2 <![CDATA[A Small Tall Tale From The Far Far North]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183144586m/1383234.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183144586s/1383234.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1383234.A_Small_Tall_Tale_From_The_Far_Far_North 4.10 21 "Not to be missed" -- Kirkus Reviews

One hundred years ago a young man named Jan Welzl left his home in Europe and headed for the Far North. He rode off in a horse-drawn cart, traded the cart for a sled pulled by reindeer, and was gone for thirty years. Like Robinson Crusoe, he turned adversity into adventure and the wilderness into a dream, where anything could happen and anyone could be a hero.
In this reissue of one of his earlier works, award-winning author/artist Peter Sís explores the life of Czech folk hero Jan Welzl and re-creates his extraordinary Arctic odyssey. Mixing fact with legend, he paints the fascinating story of a little-known explorer and the native people who became his teachers and his friends. With maps, storyboards, panoramas, and even a myth told in pictographs, Peter Sís has concocted a visual feast.
</div>]]> 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1993 344478 0061121819 9780061121814 5 <![CDATA[Play, Mozart, Play!]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173915000m/344478.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173915000s/344478.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/344478.Play_Mozart_Play_ 4.04 24 Listen.

A little boy named

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

is playing the piano.

Look.

He is playing backward!

He is playing blindfolded!

Imagine.

What must his life be like?

Play, Mozart, play!

Acclaimed artist Peter Sís introduces very young children to the child genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in this picture book tribute to the beauty of listening, looking, imagining, and -- most of all -- playing!

]]> 8658 4.05 77256 4744 2006 1787085 0688158781 9780688158781 6 <![CDATA[Fire Truck]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188345142m/1787085.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188345142s/1787085.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1787085.Fire_Truck 3.72 18 being one! That is just what happens to Matt, a little boy whose first and last words every day are "fire truck." Imagine his happy surprise when he wakes up one morning and discovers he has sprouted wheels, flashing lights, and sirens! Matt wastes no time. He drives around the "neighborhood" (his house) rescuing cats and teddy bears, and putting out fires. There's only one thing that can tear this dedicated fire truck away from his work: pancakes on the table!

Peter Sís's wonderful red and black gouache illustrations are old-fashioned in their sweet simplicity. Combined with a little counting practice thrown in for good measure (one driver, two ladders, three hoses, on up to 10 boots), this book is bound to please the fire-truck-obsessed child on your list. Sís is the award-winning illustrator of many well-known books, including another excellent ode to vehicles, Trucks, Trucks, Trucks. (Preschool) --Emilie Coulter

]]> 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1998 1409997 0688170498 9780688170493 7 <![CDATA[Dinosaur!]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183385053m/1409997.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183385053s/1409997.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1409997.Dinosaur_ 4.07 14 It starts in the tub, with a dinosaur bath toy. But then another dinosaur pops out of the water. And look out - here comes another - and another - and ANOTHER. Soon there is a Hall of Dinosaurs in the bathroom.

Fill the bathtub.
It could happen.
All it takes is imagination!

01 Riverbank Review Magazine's Children's Books of Distinction Award

]]> 8658 4.05 77256 4744 2000 1410005 0688179444 9780688179441 5 <![CDATA[Ballerina!]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183385066m/1410005.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183385066s/1410005.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1410005.Ballerina_ 3.79 14 If so, this is the book for you!
Twist!
Stretch!
Reach!
Leap!
Be a swan!
Be a tiger!
Be a flame!
Be a ballerina!]]> 8658 4.05 77256 4744 2001 2660038 0060578386 9780060578381 5 <![CDATA[The Train of States]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2660038.The_Train_of_States 4.08 12 The train of states is rolling by --
rush to the window and watch it go!
The very first car? The very first state:
Delaware, of course,
followed by Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia ...
fifty in all.
The caboose? Washington, D.C.!

Look closely! What do you see?
State birds, state flowers, state trees ...
forty-three presidents! Can you find them all?
Can you spot the flags, heroes, animals, and landmarks
adorning the train of states?

Clickety clack, clickety clack.
Rush out the door, rush to the track.
Where is the train going? Come along!
Over the prairie, over the mountains,
down a green valley, and into a billowing tent.
It's time for a party --
it's time to celebrate
the fifty states!

]]> 8658 4.05 77256 4744 2004 393835 0679806288 9780679806288 8 <![CDATA[Follow the Dream: The Story of Christopher Columbus]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174410442m/393835.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174410442s/393835.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/393835.Follow_the_Dream_The_Story_of_Christopher_Columbus 3.62 13 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1991 1302489 0375923845 9780375923845 0 <![CDATA[Animal Sense]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182617620m/1302489.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182617620s/1302489.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1302489.Animal_Sense 0.0 0 A stapler with its tiny fangs
Cannot outwit orangutangs.
Rocks are very good at sitting,
but never walk or take up knitting.
Living things all feel and sense
their way through every happenstance. . . .
In this delightfully witty collection of poems, bestselling author Diane Ackerman shows how the senses shape and enrich
the experiences of all living beings. With enchanting illustrations by Peter Sís, Animal Sense is sure to capture the imagination of readers young and old.


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 6637 3.67 7671 2022 8658 4.05 77256 4744 2003 1694074 0688162762 9780688162764 1 <![CDATA[Trucks Trucks Trucks]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1187016634m/1694074.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1187016634s/1694074.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1694074.Trucks_Trucks_Trucks 3.33 6 Fire Truck. Young viewers will be enchanted by nine brightly colored earth-shaking machines, including a dump truck, a plow, a bulldozer, and a foldout spread of a crane that takes counting to exciting new heights. It's time to feel the rumble of trucks, trucks, trucks!

2000 Notable Children's Books (ALA)

]]> 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1999 1239345 068816644X 9780688166441 1 <![CDATA[Ship Ahoy!]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182174481m/1239345.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182174481s/1239345.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1239345.Ship_Ahoy_ 3.33 6 Fire Truck and Trucks Trucks Trucks. Welcome aboard!]]> 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1999 6899215 0434928348 9780434928347 0 <![CDATA[Alphabet Soup]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6899215-alphabet-soup 0.0 0 Booklist.  ]]> 42036 3.78 378 124 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1988 2215248 0679850058 9780679850052 2 <![CDATA[Rainbow Rhino (Dragonfly Books)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2215248.Rainbow_Rhino 3.75 4 Rainbow Rhino recounts the adventures of a rhinoceros and his three colorful avian companions. They lead a peaceful existence until they wander out of their territory, where new sights lure each bird away from his friends. Each finds that his own paradise contains dangers, and ultimately returns to the group. A satisfying contemporary fable, this is a special book to share aloud with preschoolers, for first and second graders to enjoy independently, and for adults to treasure as a beautifully illustrated, timeless tale."--School Library Journal. ]]> 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1987 1410021 0688081258 9780688081256 1 <![CDATA[Going Up!: A Color Counting Book]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1410021.Going_Up_A_Color_Counting_Book 3.25 4 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1989 1769205 0613264487 9780613264488 0 <![CDATA[An Ocean World]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188000972m/1769205.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188000972s/1769205.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1769205.An_Ocean_World 4.00 2 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1992 1410000 0688071597 9780688071592 1 <![CDATA[Waving: A Counting Book]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183385056m/1410000.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183385056s/1410000.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1410000.Waving_A_Counting_Book 3.00 3 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1988 2562394 0856135313 9780856135316 1 <![CDATA[Tales of the Amber Ring]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1261433069m/2562394.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1261433069s/2562394.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2562394.Tales_of_the_Amber_Ring 4.50 2 397217 4.50 2 1 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1259000 4.50 4 1 1985 3496300 0397323018 9780397323012 1 <![CDATA[Halloween: Stories and Poems]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3496300.Halloween_Stories_and_Poems 4.50 2 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1989 2819574 0887082807 9780887082801 0 <![CDATA[Rumpelstiltskin/Book and Cassette]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2819574.Rumpelstiltskin_Book_and_Cassette 0.0 0 597775 4.00 7 2 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1995 6658890 0590163124 9780590163125 0 <![CDATA[More Stories to Solve]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6658890-more-stories-to-solve 5.00 1 60573 4.07 202 65 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1990 1476276 0375928553 9780375928550 0 <![CDATA[Madlenka's Music]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1476276.Madlenka_s_Music 0.0 0 8658 4.05 77256 4744 2008 7444261 3446186891 9783446186897 0 <![CDATA[Der Sternenbote: Ein Buch über das Leben des berühmten Naturwissenschaftlers, Mathematikers, Astronomen, Philosophen und Physikers Galileo Galilei]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7444261-der-sternenbote 0.0 0 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1996 7078182 2246567815 9782246567813 0 <![CDATA[LE TIBET LES SECRETS D'UNE BO×TE ROUGE]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7078182-le-tibet-les-secrets-d-une-bo-te-rouge 0.0 0 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1998 6744832 224666411X 9782246664116 0 <![CDATA[L'arbre de la Vie : La vie de Charles Darwin, naturaliste, géologue et penseur]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6744832-l-arbre-de-la-vie 0.0 0 8658 4.05 77256 4744 2004 4996530 3446205233 9783446205239 0 <![CDATA[Der Baum des Lebens]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4996530.Der_Baum_des_Lebens 0.0 0 8658 4.05 77256 4744 2004 6905406 8498475562 9788498475562 0 <![CDATA[El muro/ The Wall: Crecer Tras El Telon De Acero/ Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6905406-el-muro-the-wall 0.0 0 8658 4.05 77256 4744 2009 7174525 3446198873 9783446198876 0 <![CDATA[Madlenka. ( Ab 4 J.).]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7174525-madlenka-ab-4-j 0.0 0 8658 4.05 77256 4744 2001 2716480 0688091822 9780688091828 0 <![CDATA[Beach Ball]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2716480.Beach_Ball 0.0 0 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1990 6758188 3446176993 9783446176997 0 <![CDATA[Komodo. Wo die letzten Drachen wohnen.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6758188-komodo-wo-die-letzten-drachen-wohnen 0.0 0 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1994 7338389 0060578408 9780060578404 0 <![CDATA[Train of States]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7338389-train-of-states 0.0 0 8658 4.05 77256 4744 2007 1476277 0375828524 9780375828522 0 <![CDATA[Madlenka's Soccer Ball]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1476277.Madlenka_s_Soccer_Ball 0.0 0 8658 4.05 77256 4744 2005 5912024 0060241217 9780060241216 0 <![CDATA[After Good-Night]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5912024.After_Good_Night 0.0 0 1578305 2.50 4 3 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1987 6113740 2211043143 9782211043144 0 <![CDATA[Le souffre-douleur]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6113740.Le_souffre_douleur 0.0 0 7536 3.62 3873 580 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1988 7218372 0641901402 9780641901409 0 <![CDATA[The Book of Imaginary Beings]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7218372-the-book-of-imaginary-beings 0.0 0 3148321 0.0 0 0 3947 4.18 458 38 41565 4.06 18 0 8658 4.05 77256 4744 2005 7356325 054517600X 9780545176002 0 <![CDATA[El Sonador]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7356325-el-sonador 0.0 0 Neftali finds beauty and wonder everywhere: in the oily colors of mud puddles; a lost glove, sailing on the wind; the music of birds and language. He loves to collect treasures, daydream, and write--pastimes his authoritarian father thinks are for fools. Against all odds, Neftali prevails against his father's cruelty and his own crippling shyness to become one of the most widely read poets in the world, Pablo Neruda. This moving story about the birth of an artist is also a celebration of childhood, imagination, & the strength of the creative spirit. Sure to inspire young writers & artists.

]]> 1244538 3.96 7784 1623 8658 4.05 77256 4744 2010 2149674 3401075691 9783401075693 0 <![CDATA[Die Hexe Lakritze. Zwei Geschichten. ( Ab 6 J.)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2149674.Die_Hexe_Lakritze_Zwei_Geschichten_ 0.0 0 518227 3.92 36 8 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1997 7180068 0688178200 9780688178208 0 <![CDATA[Scraniamals]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7180068-scraniamals 0.0 0 20775 4.08 2463 454 8658 4.05 77256 4744 2002 7184105 0440843960 9780440843962 0 <![CDATA[Stories to Solve: Folktales from Around the World]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7184105-stories-to-solve 0.0 0 60573 4.07 202 65 8658 4.05 77256 4744 1991 7158752 0613529979 9780613529976 0 <![CDATA[Stories To Solve: Folktales From Around The World]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7158752-stories-to-solve 0.0 0 60573 4.07 202 65 8658 4.05 77256 4744 2000