הוצאת Frances Lincoln Children's Books


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Beautifully printed on fine, glossy paper, this book introduces young readers to the enduring pleasures of art by showing how its makers use light. Author Gillian Wolfe draws on famous artists from various times and cultures, revealing how they depict dramatic light, mysterious light, cold...

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Homer's epic poem, The Iliad, is one of the greatest adventure stories of all time. Rich with arresting imagery and memorable characters, its powerful metaphors still permeate modern culture. This brilliant retelling offers young readers an exciting introduction to the heroes of ancient Greec...

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What better way to learn to appreciate art than to make a game of it? One letter of the alphabet is concealed in each of these 26 paintings by some of the masters of Western art, including Picasso, Dalí, Van Gogh, Matisse, Giotto, Chagall, Mondrian, Hopper, Kandinsky, Klee, Magritte, and Bosch...

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Told in the first-person, this series accompanies young travelers on that exciting first visit to their family's homeland. The unfamiliar food, clothing, and customs of another country are seen from a fresh perspective. In this entry, young Kamal visits Trinidad, where he learns steelpans and l...

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From Dhaka to Jamdani, from Crocodile to Rickshaw, B Is for Bangladesh profiles a young country, once part of India, with an ancient history and centuries of tradition. Vibrant photographs show the resilient Bangladeshi people, who welcome visitors with a smile. Most of the citizens are ...

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The seven voyages of Sinbad are some of the most popular stories in A Thousand and One Arabian Nights. During his 20 years as a merchant adventurer, Sindad encounters a Rookh’s egg, a valley of diamonds, streams of amber, a terrifying sea-monster, an ogre’s feast, the Cave of the Dea...

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How a line is drawn is often the first lesson a child learns about drawing. But how have the world’s great artists used lines to represent emotions, actions, or important issues? In this entertaining and educational book, award-winning art historian and children’s author Gillian Wolfe ...

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Little Tapir is sleeping next to his mother when he is woken by Spider and led deep inside the jungle following the beat of Spider's song. Monkeys, firebirds, snakes, and insects all add their own rhythms to the music, but when the beat stops and Tapir is all alone, he realizes how dangerous the jun...

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The long siege of Troy is over, and the city is in ashes. Heroic King Odysseus can finally return to Ithaca, but the voyage home holds terrors far greater than any he faced during the Trojan War. Storms have thrust Odysseus's ship into unknown waters. Here he must confront not only the blunders of h...

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There's no one quite like Grace! Millions of readers worldwide have fallen in love with the irrepressible girl who dreams of playing Peter Pan - and does; who worries about meeting her new stepmother — and finds that love unites even a divided family; who yearns for summer adventures for herself a...

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This fun, beautifully illustrated book teaches young readers about the twelve constellations and the stars that form them. Packed with astronomical facts, Zodiac guides children through the stars and explains the celestial phenomena that form the basis for study of astronomy. Every constellat...

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Alvina has two grannies: Grannie Vero from Trinidad and Grannie Rose from England. When Alvina’s parents go on vacation, both grannies arrive to look after Alvina. But the two grannies have two very different ideas about what to eat, what to play, even what stories to tell. The grannie...

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As a boy, Mick Manning listened in awe to his father’s hair-raising tales about life as an RAF airgunner during the Second World War. Now, years later, he has recreated his father's stories, writing them down as if his dad were speaking the words. These stories tell of the human confict ...

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The second entry in this innovative series introduces children to color in art. Little ones see flowers, birds, trees, nautical scenes, and sunsets painted with a very basic palette of colors and accompanied by brief text. The artists represented range from old masters to some of today’s...

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It’s bedtime, but in the warmth of the den, a young wolf cub cannot sleep. Papa Wolf knows why: the time has come to take his cub out into the dark night. As they walk deeper into the woods, Papa Wolf soothes his young son’s fears away. And when they reach the top of the world, he show...

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Captain Pugwash fully believes he’s the bravest, most handsome pirate on the Seven Seas. Nothing thrills him more than the prospect of treasure, so when the valiant cabin boy Tom spies some shiny yellow stuff aboard a nearby ship, the Captain sets off in hot pursuit. Unfortunately, his archen...

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Once a year, the dogs in the paintings in London’s National Gallery have an exciting night out. For a few hours, they escape their gilded frames and are free to run up and down the grand staircases, chase each other round the marble halls, and explore the other exhibits. But four of the ...

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There’s a fly buzzing by — “Snap!” Fly is eaten by Frog. Following the food chain, each creature plays its part. Frog is eaten by Duckling, and Duckling is eaten by Pike. Soon Fisherman is polishing off Pike. But is there something even bigger ready to grab Fisherman? This playful ...

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Chimp and Zee are ready to head out on their next adventure. How will they get there? In a car, in a train, in a boat with a goat? How about a helicopter or hot air balloon? Whichever vehicle they choose, youngsters are invited along for the ride. The fun, simple text is easy for even the young...

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An entertaining and well-researched introduction to the great inventors of the world, this book contains facts, both serious and comic. Spanning a period of thousands of years — from the unknown inventor of the wheel to the research teams at work today on space and computer technology — author G...

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One frosty morning when the hills are humpbacked with snow, Laurie and Leo decide to build a snow whale. As they shovel and dig and pat and polish to bring it out of the hill, the whale gradually takes on a life of its own. Caroline Pitcher is the author of "The Sue Tribe" and "On the Wire"....

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When a poor woodcutter named John rescues an elf in distress, the elf rewards him with three magic wishes. Later, John and his wife Martha sit dreaming of all the lovely things they could ask for. But as the hours pass and John begins to get hungry, a chance remark begets not riches but a ...

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It is Grandad's birthday, and Eddie is helping his mother plan and prepare a birthday party for him — with Lily's help, of course! Using baked apples from their apple tree and eggs from their chickens, they soon fill the table with delicious birthday treats. But what did Lily do with all the ...

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With its visible brushstrokes, open composition, emphasis on light's changing qualities, everyday subject matter, and inclusion of movement, impressionism has a timeless appeal. With this exciting sticker-based book, future Renoirs can learn about impressionism by read its history and inte...

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The Black Pig, home to Captain Pugwash and his pirate crew, is in desperate need of a spring cleaning. But what begins as a simple exercise in painting and decorating soon leads to a dastardly plot dreamed up by the Captain’s arch-enemy, Cut-throat Jake — a plot so dastardly that it ...

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This fascinating book journeys through the history of many of the buildings that have shaped the world, ranging from Stonehenge and the Step Pyramid to the high rises that dominate the skylines today. Each page features one building and looks at its history, its architects, and the impact ...

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Monkeys love to play, whether it’s swinging through the trees or enjoying their favorite toys. What are Chimp and Zee’s favorites? Each page reveals a different toy, from a train, a teddy, and a kite to a telephone, a horn, and a drum. Youngsters delight in comparing the chimps’ plaything...

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Rebecca's family is getting ready to celebrate the Jewish festival of Passover, and she is helping Granny Sarah make the food needed for the special meal called the Seder. The family will sit down on the first and second evening of the celebration and eat matzah for eight days. As Rebecca and her br...

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Coyote has created the world and all its creatures. Now he gathers a council to shape the being who will rule over them all. Each animal offers ideas: the goat recommends horns, the deer wants antlers, and the eagle knows wings are just the thing. As disagreements mount and fur and feather...

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Tulliver is a little rabbit who hates washing his face. Every morning and every night, his mother takes a damp cloth to his whiskers, and he hates it. One day, Tulliver decides he’s had enough and leaves home to dig his very own burrow under a big oak tree at the far end of the field. ...

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Many hands make light work . . . or do they? In Doing the Washing, Mum decides to enlist the family’s help as laundry day rolls around once again. Her little daughter is eager to pitch in — what fun to sort the clothes, load the washing machine, measure the soap, and hang up the...

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It’s visiting night for kitties at the art gallery, and cats have come from all over town. They like paintings, but most of all, they like paintings with cats in them. Alas, there are very few. Then the very talented Felissima Cat steps in. Felissima is sure that something is missing fro...

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As Captain Pugwash and his crew strike up the music for singing practice, Cut-throat Jake and his band of rebels lurk nearby. Then, disaster strikes! Jake and his men board the Black Pig, capture the crew, and send the Captain scuttling up the nearest mast for safety. How will the self-p...

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Leo le Chat, the naughty cat who only speaks French, is off on a skateboarding adventure, and he wants young English-speaking readers to come along. His trip takes him, with his mouse pal, through village and forest, and in one sequence he tumbles head over heels. Lift-up flaps make the learning pro...

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Powerful women may be given short shrift in history books, but the world’s folklore is filled with tales of their heroic exploits. Durga the Demon-Slayer, Al-Datma of Egypt, and Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, are just a few of the legendary women who leapt over limits and fought to win. The...

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The Admiral is under strict orders from the Prime Minister — to search the Seven Seas, capture Captain Pugwash, and bring him back alive. Far away on a sunny island in the middle of the Pacific, Captain Pugwash has no idea of the fearful fate that awaits him. The sky is blue, the sea is warm,...

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Polly's kitty, Tabby, is not the liveliest of cats. She lives her life between bowl and basket, and if she ever wants to get up on a chair, Polly is always good for a lift. Life is good . . . until the dreadful day Tabby gets stuck in the cat door. The family agrees — something must be done a...

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For millennia, Somalia has been crossed and recrossed by camel caravans of merchants, bringing with them stories such as "The Good Prince," in which a kindhearted prince conquers the evil magic of a beautiful sorceress, and "The Ogress and the Snake," a Somali Hansel and Gretel story about five...

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From the wilds of the Amazon rain forest to the busy streets of São Paulo; from C is for Carnival to J is for Jangada; from football to Zebu cattle; B Is for Brazil shows this lively South American country in all its colorful diversity. Maria de Fatima Campos’s striking full-color photogra...

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Tim is facing a dilemma. The crew of the Claribel has partaken of bad pie and fainted dead away, leaving the second mate in charge. He orders Tim to steer east, but Tim knows this will lead the ship onto deadly rocks. The bullying, brutish second mate refuses to listen to Tim’s pleas. The shi...

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Captain Pugwash first appeared in a 1957 strip cartoon, sailing the high seas near New Zealand in his ship the Black Pig, ably assisted by cabin boy Tom, pirates Willy and Barnabas, and Master Mate. His arch enemy was Cut-Throat Jake, captain of the Flying Dustman. In Pugw...

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In stunning photographs and bright, informative prose, award-winning author Ifeoma Onyefulu recounts an unusual and rewarding journey. Young Ikenna lives in rainy London. He takes a trip far away to his ancestral home in sunny Nigeria. In Lagos he plays with his cousins. Then the rain starts...


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Spring has come and the garden is looking a bit bare, so it’s off to the garden center for Mum, her little daughter, and the baby. After finally deciding on just the right flowers, seeds, and even a tree, it’s time to go home and plant. This delightful story shows how even a familiar event ...

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Playing games, painting pictures, rolling pastry, playing with bunnies — what’s not to like about school? In this charming, simple story, a little girl discovers that playschool’s friendly teachers and fascinating activities can help her overcome her fears about starting school and leavin...

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This powerful novel begins with Abena, a West African girl who is sold into slavery and transported on the notorious transatlantic sea-route to Jamaica's sugar plantations. Then the story turns to Mungo, an English orphan who becomes a cabin boy, only to be kidnapped and sold as a white slave. When ...

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K Is for Korea offers young readers a composite picture comprised of the customs, religions, and cultures — both ancient and modern — that make up this fascinating country. As with each of the books in the series, this one is written by a knowledgeable local. Author Hyechong Cheung c...

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“‘Eatums, eatums, yum, yum, yum.’ Silly Mommy. ‘Clip-clop, clip-clop, clip-clop.’ Silly Daddy.” Beth won’t smile today. Who can cheer her up? Not Mommy, not Daddy, not Grandpa or Grandma. Not even silly Auntie Bea. Can anyone brighten Beth’s mood? Maybe big sister can save the d...

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Andy Warhol’s pioneering mix of commercial and fine art, typified by his famous Campbell’s Soup Can, made him a household name, and his work continues to inspire artists today. In this sticker book, young readers learn about this innovative artist in a brief biography, and then they get to ...

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Science School invites young readers to follow in the footsteps of the world’s greatest scientists with experiments that reveal how we keep things warm, how a submarine dives to the bottom of the ocean, and why a compass always points north. Featuring lively text and engaging colo...

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On Monday, accompanied by his mom, William spends his first day at preschool. But he doesn’t feel like painting or playing, or doing much of anything, so his mom stays with him. On Tuesday, William and his mom notice another little boy who might need a bit of encouragement. As William and David’...

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Old Jiro-San sits on the beach listening to the wind, sweeping the sand with a broom and waiting, always waiting. Some people think Jiro-San's a little strange, but Taro is fascinated by the old wise man and his wonderful secrets. And when Jiro-San reveals that some special friends — Japanese...

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With a charming look-and-find format, Can You See a Little Bear? asks children to engage fully with the story as they explore theatrical and circus settings in search of the missing cub. Against the backdrop of Jackie Morris’ whimsical animal fantasies, the concepts of opposites, color...

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The first day in a new school is always tough, but for Dan it’s been a nightmare. He’s already had a run-in with Steve Fenton, the school’s notorious bully. Steve’s not just a bully, though — he’s an anti-Semite, too. In his last school, it didn’t matter that Dan was Jewish — lo...

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Traditional Jewish folk stories have been treasured, retold, and carried from country to country throughout the ages. This diverse collection contains tales from lands as far flung as Poland, Afghanistan, Czechoslovakia, Morocco, Russia, and Germany. Readers meet a silent princess, a chili...

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Written by the award-winning team of Mick Manning and Brita Granström, Pharaoh’s Egypt evokes the sounds, smells, and textures of ancient Egypt in a fascinating, fact-packed scrapbook format. Readers follow an appealing cast of characters through their everyday lives, both at work and at p...

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The fall of Troy, the wanderings of Aeneas, the descent into the underworld — these phrases from Virgil’s seminal story continue to resonate more than 2,000 years after he wrote it, and Penelope Lively retells this timeless tale with pitch-perfect pacing, poignancy, and drama. The sto...

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Every day Mommy's tummy gets bigger and bigger, but what could be inside? A fairy with wings? A boat painted blue? The Man in the Moon? There are so many possibilities that it’s hard to be patient! The birth of a new sibling can be a challenge for the little ones. This book, with its charming...

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What is this? A hose becomes a snake, a clothes peg transforms into a crocodile, and some candies turn into a trail of creepy-crawlies in this colorful book for the youngest readers. Ideal for reading aloud, the repeated question — what is this? — inspires children to respond. And once they...

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Muslims all over the world observe Ramadan and the joyful days of Eid-ul-Fitr at the end of the month of fasting as the most special time of year. This lyrical and inspiring picture book captures the wonder and delight of this great annual event. Accompanied by illustrations inspired by Ir...

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Traditional Jewish folk stories have been treasured, retold, and carried from country to country throughout the ages. This diverse collection contains tales from lands as far flung as Poland, Afghanistan, Czechoslovakia, Morocco, Russia, and Germany. Readers meet a silent princess, a chili...

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A traveler in the forest stops at a lonely cottage, hoping to beg a bed for the night. The scowling woman who answers the door agrees to let him sleep on the floor, but declares she hasn’t a bit of food in the house. "In that case," says the traveler, "I’ll have to share what I’ve go...

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"There once was an unhappy man who longed to be all on his own," begins this delightful story. The unhappy man jumps ship and swims to a barren rock sticking up out of the sea where he plants rice. But he hides when sailors come ashore, and they are amazed to discover rice growing on what seems...

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Back when the Moors ruled southern Spain, three naughty boys — Muslim Rashid, Jewish Samuel, and Christian Miguel — are caught pulling pranks on the visitors to the Mosque of Cordoba. As punishment they must work in its gardens, and it's there that they develop a deep sense of the buil...

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From Arthur to Zero Degrees Longitude, this unusual alphabet book offers a multifaceted portrait of British culture and tradition. Included are people, places, and things familiar to many readers — the Beatles, Stonehenge, Wellington boots — along with the decidedly unfamiliar Llanfair...

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With a special focus on Indian children, this book captures the stunning variety of life in a country that is also a subcontinent. Using an A-Z format, Prodeepta Das introduces young readers to social details both ancient and modern, such as the happy chaos of bustling cities, where the cinema rules...

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Polish folk tales have a special character all their own, and some of the best stories have been gathered to create this sparkling collection. Among them are "The King Who Was Eaten by Mice," a cautionary tale from Gniezno, "The Gingerbread Baker's Bees" from Torun, "The Golden Duck" from ...

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Why are some carpets magic? What is a wish tree? And where can the fountain of eternal life be found? Internationally acclaimed storyteller Sally Pomme Clayton provides the answers to these and many other intriguing questions in this enchanted journey through Central Asia. Traveling through the regi...

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For the peaceful highlanders of Guatemala, life has become a nightmare. Helicopters slash like machetes through the once-quiet air. Soldiers patrol the streets, hunting down suspected guerillas. Villagers mysteriously disappear and children are recruited as soldiers. Tomasa’s family is growin...

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A little Nigerian girl describes her village and the way it is divided into ogbos, or age groups. Each ogbo is assigned to a different task, from that of her brother’s, which helps sweep the village clean, to her grandfather’s, which spreads words of wisdom to everyone. Bright, ...

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With plenty of space to draw pictures, stick in photos, and tell their story, this book encourages new big brothers and sisters to get involved and record the milestones in that all-important first year with their new sibling. Other family members can help fill it in too, creating a unique meme...

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Written by a 13-year-old girl for girls her own age, this book contains all the information necessary to throw the perfect sleepover. Planning a successful event of this kind need not be a daunting task, says the author. She and her friends tried out every recipe and played all the games l...

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Art to Make You Smile shows young readers that fine art needn’t be intimidating, obtuse, arcane, or snobby — sometimes it’s just plain fun. Showcasing several different genres, including painting, sculpture, prints, and crafts, the eight pieces collected here feature grumpy monkeys...

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The school holiday should be fun for Leonard, but he is stuck at home in his hometown of Accra, far away from where his friends from school live. His Nana is not much fun and his father is almost always away at work, leaving Leonard feeling lonely and bored. Looking to eke some fun out of the ...

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The narrator of Measuring Angels hates school. It gets even worse when Sophie, a bully and a gossip, becomes her partner for a new science project: to make a sunflower grow. When Sophie snatches the seed and shoves it into the ground, the two girls argue and the little plant does not thr...

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Rich, spoiled little Sing Lo demands to see the most fabulous sight Peking has to offer — the immense Imperial Elephant. Since the old Emperor died the elephant hasn't slept a wink, and Sing Lo is sure he can cure the animal’s insomnia. He showers the elephant with tempting gifts — sweet ...

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Safia Dirie is a teenage girl living in East London with her mother, Hoyo, and two older brothers, Ahmed and Abdullahi. Though she was born in Somalia, she doesn’t really remember it — Safia’s a London girl, through and through. But now, after 12 long years, her father, Abo, has returned ...

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When a grumpy old bachelor accidentally drops a bean down a well, he rouses an imp. In exchange for the lost bean, the imp offers a magic pot that — much to the bachelor's delight— produces food on command. A jealous old lady steals the pot, and when the bachelor confronts her he finds that...

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Prince Dhutmose has ordered a splendid tomb to be built for his final journey to the Land of the Dead. Pepi's father is to decorate it, but how can he paint the unimaginable: the terrible gods Horus the Hawk, Sebek the Crocodile, and Mertseger the Winged Cobra? Pepi knows he can help. Arme...

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Joseph and his family feel crowded in their little, little house, with its little yard for the chickens and its little green patch for the goat and cow. When Joseph asks his Aunty Bella for help, she tells him to bring the chickens into the house. The result? Total chaos! Then Aunty Bella tells him ...

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Written in simple, easy-to-read French and English, this sweet story about the parent-child bond is a charming introduction to a new language. It tells the story of Little Monkey, who, frightened by a storm, runs home to his mother. She reassures him that even in the vast jungle there is always...

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Far from the city, millions of starts are visible in the night sky. But these beautiful, twinkling lights are really giant balls of fusing gas that lie millions and millions of miles away and formed from a substance known as stardust. Stardust made the planets, too, and the Moon, comets, met...


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Little Salvi loves to run barefoot on the beach, rolling his hoop. One day as he plays along the shore, he spies a key gleaming in the water. Idly picking it up, he never dreams that the key opens the door to a strange and fantastical world where elephants have legs like giraffes, clocks melt like c...

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The school holiday should be fun for Leonard, but he is stuck at home in his hometown of Accra, far away from where his friends from school live. His Nana is not much fun and his father is almost always away at work, leaving Leonard feeling lonely and bored. Looking to eke some fun out of the ...

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What better way to learn to draw than from the master himself? Draw with Pablo Picasso helps budding artists recreate some of the artist’s most delightful and accessible images. Each fun project comes with easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions on how to draw colorful faces and bird...

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The old Freya loved nothing more than a delicous meal. The new one has suddenly decided that food is not nice and that she won't take a single bite that night, or the next night, or the next! Before long, Mum and Dad are at their wits' end. But Grandma and Grandpa have seen the problem before, ...

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Can our hoodie-clad hero make it through the nine circles of Hell and back again? Will he find love with his soul mate, Beatrice? In this red-hot retelling of Dante’s Inferno, readers discover the city of Dis, where everybody disses everybody; meet Frankenstein, the lovesick bouncer wi...

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The directions in this lively board book truly embody "monkeying around" — touch the book, lick the book, even kiss the book! Chimp and Zee keep babies and toddlers engaged with their silly commands while the gorgeous color illustrations surprise and delight.
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In this witty book based on an African folk tale, Thulani prefers sitting in the sun to doing his chores. Tired of milking the cow, he trades her in for a goat. When the goat gets into the corn seed, he trades it for a sheep. Sick of shearing, he buys some geese, which then get exchanged for some su...

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Mohammed was born in 1994 in Kirkuk — the Kurdish part of Iraq. In October 2000, Saddam Hussein's soldiers came to his house, beat him and his mother, and took his father away. Mohammed never saw his father again. This book tells the story of Mohammed and his mother, from the escape from...

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A Russian czar tells each of his three sons to shoot an arrow and wed the woman he finds where the arrow lands. Unfortunately for the youngest son, his arrow lands beside a very small, very ugly frog. Alas, his father is firm, and he marries the frog. Each night, the frog changes into a beautif...

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William is very excited about his first day of preschool, but when he gets there it’s a little bit scary. He doesn’t feel like painting or playing or hanging out with the other children, so his mother stays with him. The next day, William and his mom notice another boy who’s a little bit ...

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No-No Bird's favorite word is NO! In fact, he likes saying it to everyone. NO he won't play with Little Mouse; NO he won't climb trees with Squirrel. Then he meets Snake and learns that Snake's favorite food is No-No Bird. Can No-No Bird escape from a sticky situation by changing his favorite w...

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What’s more fun for a child than playing in the dirt? Turning that activity into gardening, says author/illustrator team Stefan and Beverley Buczacki. In Young Gardener, the Buczackis take a green, organic, environmentally friendly approach to an activity they show can be enjoyed year-...

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Gustav Klimt was a founder of the movement known as the Vienna Secession, which promoted a new, non-traditional style of art that became known as Art Noveau. Characterized by flowing lines and floral motifs, Art Nouveau instantly became a major style, and its influence continues today. In this ...

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With tail a-wagging and a face this adorable, it's hard to resist this endearing story of a dog's daily life. Including everything from waking to shaking, greeting to eating, and fetching to stretching, Dog is a sweet, light-hearted romp perfect for any young child.
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"O Christmas Tree," "Silent Night," "We Three Kings," "Hark the Herald Angels Sing," and "Ding Dong Merrily on High" are all songs that evoke the magic and wonder of Christmas. This beautiful and ingenious pop-up book offers your readers the chance to learn and cherish these songs. Along the wa...

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Now in paperback, My Two Grannies is an appealing story about a mixed-race family learning to accept different traditions and customs. Alvina has two grannies: Grannie Vero from Trinidad and Grannie Rose from England. When Alvina’s parents go on vacation, both grannies arrive to l...

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