false 329101 0 0 1051265 1582349509 9781582349503 1 <![CDATA[Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180534196m/1051265.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180534196s/1051265.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1051265.Rude_Ramsay_and_the_Roaring_Radishes 3.69 16 </div>]]> 3472 3.86 130844 11297 329101 3.56 129 34 2003 2950784 1554511208 9781554511204 8 <![CDATA[Mattland]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2950784.Mattland 3.93 15 A stirring story about the infectious pleasures of play.

Matt is miserable. The subdivision where he now lives is surrounded by nothing but muddy fields of rocks and sticks. But when Matt ventures out, his imagination kicks in. He draws a muddy, winding line and names it Snake River. A pile of rocks becomes the Dog Tooth Mountains. Just like that, Mattland is born.

Soon a girl shows up with a handful of helpful odds and ends. Piece by piece, she and Matt expand their new world with popsicle-stick bridges and scrap-paper boats. And when a rainstorm finally threatens to wash everything away, all the neighborhood kids appear and help stave off the flood.

Evocative of childhood friendships and with sublime illustrations that brighten in color as the story progresses, Mattland is an inspiring ode to cooperative play.

]]> 4688 3.71 63 26 1274471 4.00 16 9 329101 3.56 129 34 2008 1609340 1553377109 9781553377108 4 <![CDATA[Lickety-Split]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1609340.Lickety_Split 2.71 14 732694 3.56 45 15 329101 3.56 129 34 2007 981509 1553377494 9781553377498 2 <![CDATA[Bagels from Benny]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179976220m/981509.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179976220s/981509.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/981509.Bagels_from_Benny 3.56 9 --Karin Snelson]]> 116380 3.61 28 7 329101 3.56 129 34 2003 2955397 1550743864 9781550743869 3 <![CDATA[The Enormous Potato]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2955397.The_Enormous_Potato 3.67 9 116380 3.61 28 7 329101 3.56 129 34 1997 606857 0888995946 9780888995940 2 <![CDATA[Ned Mouse Breaks Away]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176244527m/606857.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176244527s/606857.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/606857.Ned_Mouse_Breaks_Away 4.00 7 Ned Mouse Breaks Away beautifully captures one mouse's cleverness and endurance in this charming tale written by a master of children's literature and featuring beautiful pen-and-wash illustrations.</div>]]> 44889 3.70 561 196 329101 3.56 129 34 2003 981510 1550742248 9781550742244 2 <![CDATA[Bone Button Borscht]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179976221m/981510.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179976221s/981510.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/981510.Bone_Button_Borscht 4.00 7 116380 3.61 28 7 329101 3.56 129 34 1995 460435 0374306699 9780374306694 2 <![CDATA[A Dangerous Engine: Benjamin Franklin, from Scientist to Diplomat (Frances Foster Books)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174950160m/460435.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174950160s/460435.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/460435.A_Dangerous_Engine_Benjamin_Franklin_from_Scientist_to_Diplomat 3.29 7 was unaware that his theories about electricity had already
made him a celebrity all over Europe, especially in France,
where fashionable circles loved to discuss scientific discovery.
Admired by the French court and beloved by French citizens,
Franklin effectively became America’s first foreign diplomat,
later helping to enlist France’s military and financial support for
the American Revolution. A father of the revolution and a
signer of the Constitution, Franklin was a lightning rod in
political circles – “a dangerous Engine,” according to a critic.
And although he devoted the last twenty-five years of his life
to affairs of state, his first love was always science. Handsome
pen-and-ink drawings highlight moments in this revolutionary
thinker’s life.</div><div> </div><div><div>From the author and illustrator of The Longitude Prize, a Robert
F. Sibert Honor Book and winner of the Boston Globe–Horn
Book Award, comes another story of adventure and invention,
of one man’s curiosity and the extraordinary rewards of his
discoveries, just in time to celebrate the 300th anniversary of
his birth (January 17, 1706).

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</div></div>]]> 3279 3.76 68 19 329101 3.56 129 34 2005 857604 0889953201 9780889953208 0 <![CDATA[The Queen's Feet]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178939957m/857604.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178939957s/857604.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/857604.The_Queen_s_Feet 3.00 6 <font color="#002090"><font size=3>Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize (2007) nominee

Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice, 2007

<font size="2">Queen Daisy can't help it - It's her feet that are misbehaving!

Queen Daisy had a great deal of trouble with her feet. They had a mind of their own and did not like behaving in a royal way. Proper shoes were out of the question, and sometimes her feet did not wear shoes at all! Her feet were especially naughty when Queen Daisy forced them to dress properly. At balls her feet would kick high in the air or tap-dance on the marble palace floors. Once, when a king from a neighboring kingdom brought his mean, bullying ways to Queen Daisy's court, her feet hauled off and kicked the king in the ankle. That's when a meeting had to be called of all the wise women and wizards and footmen in the kingdom to find a solution to Queen Daisy's terrible problem. And what a solution it turns out to be. Queen Daisy's feet will dance into the hearts of restless feet everywhere.

Sarah Ellis's wonderfully whimsical tale will ring a bell with all children and adults whose feet get restless. And Du_an Petricic illustrations may well encourage a little more unroyal behavior.

]]> 145877 3.61 157 19 329101 3.56 129 34 2006 1839286 0374335036 9780374335038 1 <![CDATA[How High Can We Climb?: The Story of Women Explorers]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189035488m/1839286.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189035488s/1839286.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1839286.How_High_Can_We_Climb_The_Story_of_Women_Explorers 5.00 2 A celebration of remarkably brave women</div></div><div><div>
In 1766, young Jeanne Baret is housekeeper to Dr. Philibert Commerson, a physician turned naturalist for the King of France. When Dr. Commerson is invited to participate in a long, exploratory sea voyage, collecting specimens, Jeanne wants to go, too. The only way is to disguise herself as a boy and steal aboard the ship. This is how Jeanne Baret becomes the first woman to sail around the world. Such determination characterizes each of the twelve women profiled here – including Josephine Peary, Sylvia Earle, Junko Tabei, and Ann Bancroft. They come from across the globe, and their lives span about 240 years. Their accomplishments are real and their stories – enhanced by thoughts and dialogue imagined by the author to bring them to life – are contained within a framework of known facts.</div><div>
These tales of sailors, cavers, mountain climbers, deep-sea divers, and other explorers, combined with Dusan Petricic’s clever pictures, will inspire a new generation of dreamers.
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