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“A historically rich reworking of Theseus and the Minotaur . . . A world and story both excitingly alien and pleasingly familiar” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).   Ariadne is destined to become a goddess of the moon. She leads a lonely life, filled with hours of rigorous training by stern...

A “fascinating” novel that brings the relationship between the First Lady and an African American seamstress to life (VOYA).   On the night of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, his frantic wife, Mary, wants desperately to speak to her best friend and confidante, Elizabeth Keckley....

This novel of a turbulent bond between a black teenager and a sheltered white girl in the Civil Rights era is a “powerful mix of triumph and tragedy” (School Library Journal). It’s 1963 and fourteen-year-old Esther Young is tired of feeling like a boring misfit in her well-off New York...

Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel: A young man tries to come to grips with his strange gifts as he sets out on a dangerous journey. Brought up in comfort as a house slave for a great family, young Gavir can recall the page of a book after seeing it once. Sometimes he even “remembers”...

Babies will enjoy learning to recognize and count the adorable farm animals in this cute ebook.

George's adventures with bunnies, fishing poles, and a powerful kite are told in a simplified text suitable for first-graders to read themselves.

While on vacation, George and the man with the yellow hat stop to see Mt. Rushmore. There's no time to take a helicopter ride for a close-up view—the hot air balloon races are about to start! Whisked up and away at the races, a surprised George gets a close-up view of the presidents after all.

“Marvelous . . . Recreates the building of a French Gothic cathedral from [hewing] half a forest to [placing] the last sheet of lead on the spire” (Time). A Caldecott Honor Book One of the New York Times’s Best Illustrated Books of the Year From the author of The Way Things Work,...

1986 Caldecott Medal Winner A young boy, lying awake one Christmas Eve, is welcomed aboard a magical trip to the North Pole . . .    Through dark forests, over tall mountains, and across a desert of ice, the Polar Express makes its way to the city atop the world, where the boy will...

“Long before Harry Potter and J. K. Rowling, there were Gandalf, Bilbo Baggins, and J. R. R. Tolkien . . . This will bring the creator to vivid life” (Booklist). A philologist of world renown, a professor at Oxford, and the author of academic treatises, J.R.R. Tolkien was far more than...

From the award-winning author of The Way Things Work, a remarkable look at how a sixteenth-century mosque would have been built, in words and pictures.   “Gorgeously illustrated . . . Macaulay is renowned for spectacular children’s books with an architectural flavor . . . Mosque is a superbly...

With the help of the man with the yellow hat, Curious George plants and grows carrots in a little garden plot of his own. When his carrots are finally ready to be pulled from the ground, George decides that his prize carrot is too perfect to eat. But when George stumbles upon his friend Bill's pet...

The first four books featuring the world’s most beloved nanny, plus delightful bonus features!   Since the 1934 publication of Mary Poppins, stories of this magical nanny have delighted children and adults for generations. This collection includes the first four tales by P. L. Travers, illustrated...

“This behind-the-scenes look at the first Apollo moon landing has the feel of a public television documentary in its breadth and detail” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Here is a rare perspective on a story we only thought we knew. For Apollo 11, the first moon landing, is a story...