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The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse
by Eric Carle
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Philomel
October 4, 2011
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Amazon Best Books of the Month, October 2011: The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse is a joyous celebration of art and creativity. As a young man, Carle was influenced by the work of Franz Marc, an Expressionist artist famous for his paintings of blue horses, and this ...
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Okay for Now
by Gary D. Schmidt
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Clarion Books
April 5, 2011
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Amazon Exclusive: A Q&A with Author Gary D. Schmidt Q: Did you always want to become a writer? A: Nope. In high school, I wanted to go to the Naval Academy at Annapolis and become a career naval ...
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Daughter of Smoke and Bone
by Laini Taylor
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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
September 27, 2011
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Amazon Best Books of the Month, September 2011: Karou is a seventeen-year-old art student with a most unusual family. From his desk in a dusty, otherworldly shop, her mysterious, monstrous father sends her on errands across the globe, collecting teeth for a shadowy purpose. On one such errand, Karou ...
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The Man in the Moon (Guardians of Childhood)
by William Joyce
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
September 6, 2011
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Amazon Best Books of the Month, September 2011: Twenty years in the making, William Joyce’s enchanting new picture book, The Man in the Moon, is worth the wait. In the first of his new Guardians of Childhood series, Joyce introduces the original guardian, MiM, the Man in ...
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Wonderstruck
by Brian Selznick
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Scholastic Press
September 13, 2011
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Amazon Best Books of the Month, September 2011: In a return to the eye-popping style of his Caldecott-award winner,The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick’s latest masterpiece, Wonderstruck, is a vision of imagination and storytelling . In the first of two alternating stories, Ben is struck ...
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Delirium: The Special Edition
by Lauren Oliver
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HarperCollins
August 2, 2011
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Amazon Best Books of the Month, February 2011: Lena Haloway is content in her safe, government-managed society. She feels (mostly) relaxed about the future in which her husband and career will be decided, and looks forward to turning 18, when she’ll be cured of deliria, a.k.a. love. She tries ...
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Press Here
by Hervé Tullet
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Chronicle Books
March 30, 2011
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Starred Review. Tullet's brilliant creation proves that books need not lose out to electronic wizardry; his colorful dots perform every bit as engagingly as any on the screen of an iPad. "Ready?" the voiceover-style narration asks on the first page; it sho...
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Every Thing On It
by Shel Silverstein
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HarperCollins
September 20, 2011
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Amazon Exclusive: A Q&A with Toni Markiet, Shel Silverstein’s Longtime Editor Q: What was the first book you worked with Shel Silverstein on? Markiet: The first book was The Missing Piece in 1976. I was the assistant to his editor ...
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Exposed
by Kimberly Marcus
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Random House Books for Young Readers
February 22, 2011
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From Booklist
Liz and Kate are forever-best friends preparing for the next chapter: college. There...
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Tumford the Terrible
by Nancy Tillman
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Feiwel & Friends
May 24, 2011
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Amazon Best Books of the Month, June 2011: “In spite of the manners he often forgot, he would not say, “I’m sorry.” Oh no, he would not.” With these memorable words we get to know Tumford, a well-meaning but stubborn kitty, who has a habit of ...
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The Son of Neptune [The Heroes of Olympus Book 2]
by Rick Riordan
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Hyperion Book CH
October 4, 2011
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Amazon Best Books of the Month, October 2011: From the Roman demigod camp to the prison of Death himself, The Son of Neptune reunites readers with old friends and introduces them to a whole new cast of characters. The Roman camp is a far cry from Camp Half-Blood, but ...
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
by Ransom Riggs
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Quirk Books
June 7, 2011
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Amazon Best Books of the Month, June 2011: As a kid, Jacob formed a special bond with his grandfather over his bizarre tales and photos of levitating girls and invisible boys. Now at 16, he is reeling from the old man's unexpected death. Then Jacob is given a mysterious ...
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Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature
by Joyce Sidman
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Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
October 4, 2011
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"The open-ended quality of the verse and the visual nature of the subject create plenty of opportunities for the art. The striking scratchboard illustrations use black lines, shapes, and crosshatched shading on white backgrounds to create strong compositions, while watercolor washes add subtle warmth and brilliance. . .There are, ...
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Close to Famous
by Joan Bauer
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Viking Juvenile
February 3, 2011
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Twelve-year-old Foster McFee and her mother leave Memphis in the middle of the night, fleeing the mother...
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Between Shades of Gray
by Ruta Sepetys
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March 22, 2011
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*Starred Review* Sepetys' first novel offers a harrowing and horrifying account of the forcible relocation of countless Lithuanians in the wake of the Russian invasion of their country in 1939. In the case of 16-year-old Lina, her mother, and her younger b...
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
by Jerry Pinkney
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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
October 3, 2011
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Author One-on-One: Jerry Pinkney and Andrea Davis Pinkney Andrea Davis Pinkey: Jerry, let me say right off that I was delighted to be asked to have this dialogue with you. Even as your daughter-in-law, I'm still one of your biggest ...
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The Emerald Atlas (Books of Beginning)
by John Stephens
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Knopf Books for Young Readers
April 5, 2011
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Amazon Best Books of the Month, April 2011: With a timeless writing style that invokes thoughts of children’s fantasy classics such as Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass and J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, author John Stephens weaves a gripping tale of mystery and magic into ...
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The Running Dream
by Wendelin Van Draanen
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Knopf Books for Young Readers
January 11, 2011
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From School Library Journal
Gr 7 Up-Jessica has run her personal best at a track meet-then there's a tragic bus accident and the high school junior loses her leg as well as her future dreams. From waking up in the hospital and coping with the trauma, to her return home, then school, ...
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Grandpa Green
by Lane Smith
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Roaring Brook Press
August 30, 2011
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Product Description From the creator of the national bestseller It's a Book comes a timeless story of family history, legacy, and love. Grandpa Green wasn't always a gardener. He was a farmboy and a kid with chickenpox and a soldier and, most of all, an artist. In ...
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The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
by Catherynne M. Valente
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Feiwel & Friends
May 10, 2011
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Amazon Best Books of the Month, May 2011: Bibliophilic wyverns, enchanted woods, an evil Marquess, a magical talisman, dwarven customs agents, djinns, velocipedes--and that doesn't even take into account what's in the title of The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making. A fantastical tale ...
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Divergent
by Veronica Roth
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Katherine Tegen Books
May 3, 2011
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A Q&A with Author Veronica Roth Q: What advice would you offer to young aspiring writers, who long to live a success story like your own? Roth: One piece of advice I have is: Want something else more than success. Success is a lovely thing, but ...
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Llama Llama Home with Mama
by Anna Dewdney
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Viking Juvenile
August 23, 2011
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Amazon Best Books of the Month, August 2011 : Llama Llama is feeling crummy, sneezing, achy, head all stuffy. No school today for Llama, he’s sick at home in his red pajamas. As the day wears on and Llama starts feeling better, boredom sets in--along with ...
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The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales / With an Introduction by Lemony Snicket
by Chris Van Allsburg
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade
October 25, 2011
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Amazon Best Books of the Month, November 2011: Sublimely curious, strangely serious, terrifyingly hilarious--the 14 new short stories by authors Stephen King, Lois Lowry, Walter Dean Myers and other bestselling storytellers in Chris Van Allsburg’s The Chronicles of Harris Burdick are a perfect match for the unexplained drawings that ...
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The Scorpio Races
by Maggie Stiefvater
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Scholastic Press
October 18, 2011
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Product Description From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Shiver and Linger comes a brand new, heart-stopping novel. With her trademark lyricism, Maggie Stiefvater turns to a new world, where a pair are swept up in a daring, dangerous race across a cliff--with more ...
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Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site
by Tom Lichtenheld
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Chronicle Books
May 4, 2011
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"A great read-aloud story as you are settling your child in for the night." -About.com...
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Liesl & Po
by Lauren Oliver
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HarperCollins
October 4, 2011
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“A wonderfully imaginative, startlingly moving and at times wickedly funny fantasy. With nods to Dahl, Dickens, the Grimms and even Burnett, the author has made something truly original. Acedera’s frequent black-and-white illustrations are a perfect complement. An irresistible read: This book sings.” (Kirkus Reviews (starred review) )Praise for Before ...
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You Against Me
by Jenny Downham
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David Fickling Books
September 13, 2011
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Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, July 18, 2011:"Well-drawn characters allow readers to sympathize with nearly everyone...With no tidy solutions, it's an unflinching portrayal of love under pressure."Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, August 1, 2011:"A tender, complex character study...Crisp, revealing dialogue, measured pacing and candid, unaffected prose round out this illuminating novel ...
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Neville
by Norton Juster
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Schwartz & Wade
October 25, 2011
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Amazon Best Books of the Month, November 2011:Neville puts an inspired twist on the age-old challenge of making new friends. Author Norton Juster, best known for The Phantom Tollbooth, uses a minimum of text to great effect, melding beautifully with G. Brian Karas's mixed media illustrations to tell ...
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