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Quick view Comics Confidential: Thirteen Graphic Novelists Talk Story, Craft, and Life Outside the Box by Leonard S Marcus Marcus turns his literary microscope to the world of comics, which has lately morphed and matured at a furious pace. Powerful influences from manga to the movies to underground comix have influenced the thirteen artists and writers interviewed in these... View Details
Quick view Dickens: His Work and His World by Michael Rosen Award-winning author, critic, and anthologist Michael Rosen takes readers on a spirited tour of the life and work of Charles Dickens, offering a lively look at how his legacy continues to shape today's literature. Full color. View Details
Quick view Becoming Babe Ruth by Matt Tavares (Hardback) Before he is known as the Babe, George Herman Ruth is just a boy who lives in Baltimore and gets into a lot of trouble. But when he turns seven, his father brings him to the gates of Saint Mary s Industrial School for Boys, and his life is changed... View Details
Quick view Lincoln and His Boys by Rosemary Wells Historians claim him as one of America s most revered presidents. But to his rambunctious sons, Abraham Lincoln was above all a playful and loving father. Here is Lincoln as seen by two of his boys: Willie, thrilled to be on his first train trip when... View Details
Quick view Ladies First: Women Athletes Who Made a Difference by Ken Rappaport A veteran journalist showcases a dozen of the 20th century's greatest female athletes--from tennis pro Althea Gibson, the first African-American woman to win at Wimbledon, to Susan Butcher, four-time winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. View Details
Quick view Eleanor's Story: An American Girl in Hitler's Germany by Eleanor Ramrath Garner This compelling memoir of Eleanor Ramrath Garner's youth, growing up as an American trapped in World War II Berlin, puts a very human face on the horrors of war View Details
Quick view Young Charles Darwin and the Voyage of the Beagle by Ruth Ashby : In this fascinating new book, award-winning author Ruth Ashby shares the story of Darwin's famous journey aboard the British navy ship, the Beagle, which led to the development of his theories of evolution and natural selection. Ashby's lively account... View Details
Quick view Miguel's' Brave Knight: Young Cervantes and His Dream of Don Quixote by Margarita Engle Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra finds refuge from his difficult childhood by imagining the adventures of a brave but clumsy knight. This fictionalized first-person biography in verse of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra follows the early years of the child who... View Details
Quick view First Dog Fala by Elizabeth Van Steenwyk While the Civil War rages in Missouri and Rebels destroy their farm home and scatter their family, thirteen-year-old Jacob and his younger sister find refuge in an unlikely place. View Details
Quick view Amazing Mr. Franklin: Or the Boy Who Read Everything by Ruth Ashby This fast-paced biography takes young readers through Benjamin Franklin's life from his spirited, rebellious youth through his successful career as an inventor and politician and finally to the last years of his life surrounded by his personal... View Details
Quick view Rocket Man: The Mercury Adventure John Glenn by Ruth Ashby This dramatic story of John Glenn's near-disastrous mission in "Friendship 7" also takes young readers through his small-town Ohio boyhood, his extraordinary experiences as a fighter pilot in two wars, and his life as an astronaut in NASA's prestigious... View Details
Quick view Keep On!: The Story of Matthew Henson by Deborah Hopkinson This riveting account follows African-American explorer Matthew Henson's 1909 journey to the North Pole with Admiral Peary. View Details
