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Ace Lacewing: Bad Bugs Are My Business Author / Illustrator: David Biedrzycki Product Code: 16922 ISBN: 978-1-57091-692-2 Binding Information: Hardcover  Ages: 5 - 8 Availability: In stock. Price: $16.95 When Scratch Murphy's flea bag full of dough goes missing, Ace Lacwing is on the case. A hilarious, witty tribute to the classic detective story. "Here's just more proof that there's no room in Motham for bad guys--er, bugs--with Ace on the case." --Kirkus Reviews "Mystery fans and insect enthusiasts will enjoy a one-on-one reading with plenty of time to savor the clever wordplay and insect-related details. " --School Library Journal Qty:

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Cars on Mars: Roving the Red Planet Author: Alexandra Siy Product Code: 14621 ISBN: 978-1-57091-462-1 Binding Information: Hardcover  Ages: 8 and up Availability: In stock. Price: $18.95 Readers follow the course of NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission as twin rovers, Spirit and Opportunity explore the Red Planet. "This title will sweep readers up in an exploratory mission that has come closer than any other so far to finding sure signs of extraterrestrial life." --School Library Journal "Handsome and informative." --Booklist "Siy's enthusiasm is evident and she includes extensive suggestions for continued exploration of this exciting, ongoing project. " --Kirkus Reviews "The reading is great for elementary students who love space science and anyone who wants to know more about the rovers." --NSTA Recommends "You know those kids fascinated with exploration? Tell them about this book. Make it clear to them that explorers still exist, and that sometimes they're both 303,000,000 and sitting in a lab on Earth at the same time." --A Fuse #8 Production Qty:

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Day-Glo Brothers, The Author: Chris Barton   Illustrator: Tony Persani Product Code: 16731 ISBN: 978-1-57091-673-1 Ages: 7 - 10 Availability: In stock. Price: $18.95 Learn about the extraordinary journey that led two brothers to the discovery of a whole new kind of color, one that glows with an extra-special intensity--Day-Glo. "[T]hese . . . brothers shine even more brightly than the paints and dyes they created. " --Kirkus Reviews "Barton takes on the dual persona of popular historian and cool science teacher as he chronicles the Switzer brothers' invention of the first fluorescent paint visible in daylight. " --Publishers Weekly "This unique book does an excellent job of describing an innovative process." --School Library Journal Qty:

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Faces of the Moon Author: Bob Crelin   Illustrator: Leslie Evans Product Code: 17851 ISBN: 978-1-57091-785-1 Ages: 6 - 9 Availability: In stock. Price: $16.95 Why does the Moon seem to change shape from night to night? In this unique book, innovatie die-cuts and playful poetry introduce the names and shapes of the lunar phases to explain the role light and shadow play in this transformation. 2009 is the International Year of Astronomy. Click here to watch a trailer for Faces of the Moon. "What a completely unique book...(readers) will find this clever text a treat and an education." --NSTA Recommends "With gentle interactive elements and rhymed verse, this picture book strikes a reflective tone while providing an effective lesson on the moon and its phases." --Publishers Weekly Qty:

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Family Reminders Author: Julie Danneberg   Illustrator: John Shelley Product Code: 93206 ISBN: 978-1-58089-320-6 Ages: 8 - 11 Availability: In stock. Price: $14.95 Mary’s love for her father and her desire to get life back to “normal” push her to take a chance that restores her father’s spirit and brings her family a new life, strengthened by the hardships they have endured. "[A] warm family story with characters a reader might like to know." --Kirkus Reviews "[A] heartwarming novel about overcoming hardship." --School Library Journal Qty:

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Haunted Party Author / Illustrator: Iza Trapani Product Code: 92469 ISBN: 978-1-58089-246-9 Ages: 3 - 6 Availability: In stock. Price: $15.95 This humorous, rhyming book invites readers to count eerie party guests (1-10) as they arrive at the haunted house of the ghost. "This funny, warmly illustrated rhyme makes an entertaining choice for holiday storytimes." --School Library Journal Qty:

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Into the Deep: The Life of Naturalist Explorer William Beebe Author / Illustrator: David Sheldon Product Code: 93411 ISBN: 978-1-58089-341-1 Ages: 5 - 8 Availability: In stock. Price: $16.95 This picture-book biography charts the life of the famous conservationist and naturalist William Beebe. "A fine offering for would-be explorers." --Kirkus Reviews "This large and beautifully illustrated book is ideal for sharing aloud or for a center in which students can explore further." --NSTA Recommends Qty:

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The Importance of Wings Author: Robin Friedman Product Code: 93305 ISBN: 978-1-58089-330-5 Ages: 10 - 14 Availability: In stock. Price: $15.95 Roxanne just wants to be a normal American girl with a normal American family. But with her mother back in Israel and her father working long hours as a cab driver in Manhattan, Roxanne and her sister, Gayle, have to fend for themselves. Things change, though, when Liat moves into town. Liat challenges Roxanne's assumptions about what it means to be cool, and what it means to be American. "[E]xquisite . . ." --Booklist "Told in a first-person voice that is both sardonic and sincere, Friedman's novel succeeds in bringing forth some common issues that challenge any immigrant American child who must straddle separate ways of life while striving for that true-blue American image." --Kirkus Reviews "[T]his is a readable coming-of-age story that captures many universal aspects of the contemporary immigrant experience coupled with middle school angst, first crushes, and the importance of finding one’s own wings." --School Library Journal Qty:

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The Little Red Elf Author: Barbara Barbieri McGrath   Illustrator: Rosalinde Bonnet Product Code: 92360 ISBN: 978-1-58089-236-0 Ages: 2 - 7 Availability: In stock. Price: $14.95 This clever retelling of "The Little Red Hen" features a little red elf and her lazy friends: the hare, the penguin, and the reindeer. When the cheerful elf can't get help planting the pinecones or decorating the Christmas treet, she knows just how to reward her friends. "This is that rare beast–an endearing holiday book without a hint of treacle." --School Library Journal "Bonnet’s more-than-helpful illustrations give an extra-festive boost to McGrath’s already spirited version of a familiar tale." --The Horn Book Qty:

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Max and the Dumb Flower Picture Author / Illustrators: Martha Alexander, James Rumford Product Code: 91561 ISBN: 978-1-58089-156-1 Binding Information: Hardcover  Ages: 4 - 7 Availability: In stock. Price: $9.95 Max's teacher wants the class to color-in pictures of flowers for Mother's Day persents. Determined to express his creativity, Max draws his own picture for his mother. "Martha Alexander (1920-2007) left notes and sketches for this story about the possibilities of "a blank sheet of paper," and James Rumford ably completed it." --The New York Times Book Review "[A] lovely tribute to a veteran writer and illustrator whose works no self-respecting library should be without." --Kirkus Reviews "Alexander is spot-on with her understanding of the pressures children feel to conform (“You'll be the only one without a nice picture for your mother,” says Miss Tilley) and her respect for their individualism, which to the uninformed, may appear like acting-out. " --Publishers Weekly Qty:

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