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Titanic

by Melissa Anne Wuske

The tragedy of the Titanic has become a timeless tale about the feats and failures of modern engineering and the human spirit. This stunning, large-format book brings kids a comprehensive and fascinating look at the story just in time... Read More

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Praying for Christmas

by Karen McCarthy

In this modern age, as families become more and more busy and over-extended, it becomes similarly more and more difficult to practice a religion within a family context. Jeanne Preski faced this problem when she realized her children... Read More

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Learn to Speak Dance

From ballet and ballroom to belly dancing, this brilliant primer is “a guide to creating, performing, and promoting your moves.” The author’s hip, conversational tone encourages at every step. She describes all of the... Read More

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World Atlas

Broken down into major regions and illustrated with images characteristic of the area, this atlas of maps makes navigating the world’s terrain a pleasure. Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, for instance, boasts pictures of the Vokstok... Read More

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Let's Make Some Great Art

A wonderful book of drawing exercises, Let’s Make Some Great Art maximizes fun and originality, while painlessly and realistically introducing key ideas about perception. Scientific concepts such as light and shade, transparency and... Read More

Book Review

Learn to Speak Dance

From ballet and ballroom to belly dancing, this brilliant primer is “a guide to creating, performing, and promoting your moves.” The author’s hip, conversational tone encourages at every step. She describes all of the... Read More

Book Review

World Atlas

Broken down into major regions and illustrated with images characteristic of the area, this atlas of maps makes navigating the world’s terrain a pleasure. Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, for instance, boasts pictures of the Vokstok... Read More

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Well Earth Well Me!

by Angela Leeper

Blending practical advice with eye-catching artwork, Kenda Swartz Pepper’s "Well Earth Well Me!" inspires children (and even many adults) to take better care of the planet. A song-like poem, with rhyming text and a refrain that is... Read More

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