Author: Lewis Carroll
Publisher: Candlewick
Keywords: wonderland, adventures, alice
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2003-03-01
List price: $12.99
ISBN-10: 0763620491
ISBN-13: 9780763620493

The Kate Greenaway Medal winner--now in paperback! Welcome back to a Wonderland that is as astonishingly new as it is joyously familiar. Helen Oxenbury, one of the world’s most acclaimed illustrators, brings her special brand of magic to the Lewis Carroll classic in a handsome volume boasting more illustrations than any other edition - called a "masterpiece" by Parents’ Choice. Her Wonderland is exuberant, contemporary, and lovingly created, with all the warmth, depth of emotion, humor, and acute observations of people and animals for which the artist’s work is so highly rega

Authors:Betsy Franco, Nina Nickle,
Publisher: Candlewick
Keywords: franco, adult, betsy, boys, writing, teenage, poems
Number of Pages: 107
Published: 2001-05-01
List price: $6.99
ISBN-10: 076361159X
ISBN-13: 9780763611590

Teenage boys speak out—without the filter of adult sensibility—in a compelling collection of poetry and prose.In a powerful collection of more than seventy uncensored poems and essays, more than fifty teenage boys from across the country explore their many-layered concerns: identity, love, envy, gratitude, sex, anger, competition, fear, hope. Here, unadorned and without the filter of adult sensibility, is the raw stuff of their lives, in their own words. Isn’t it time to listen?

Authors:Betsy Franco, Nina Nickle,
Publisher: Candlewick
Keywords: betsy, franco, adult, girls, teenage, poems, writing, things
Number of Pages: 80
Published: 2001-05-01
List price: $8.99
ISBN-10: 0763610356
ISBN-13: 9780763610357

Teenage girls tell their own storiesâ??in compelling poetry and prose paired with 42 striking black-and-white photographs.The voices in this collection have so much to question, so much to grieve. They have so much to celebrate, so much to rage against. Theyâ??re ready to speak up and begin the conversation â?? with you and with the world. More than thirty uncensored poems are accompanied by Nina Nicklesâ??s masterful photographs, which sensitively capture the moods and essence of adolescence. Here, painted in the words of teenage girls, is a portrait of their dreams and desires - a record

Authors:Michael Elsohn Ross,  Paul Meisel,
Publisher: Candlewick
Keywords: room, whiskers, matter
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2007-08-28
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 0763635669
ISBN-13: 9780763635664

"Oh, to be a kid in Mr. Whiskers’ primary science classes! The next best thing is doing hands-on explorations at school or at home with this guide." — KIRKUS REVIEWSMr. Whiskers, the teacher, has that wild look in his eyes again. That’s the look that means, Get ready for hands-on science! This time the subject matter is . . . matter. Using seven science stations, Mr. Whiskers encourages his kids to use all their senses to make observations and draw conclusions. Everyone’s a scientist in Mr. Whiskers’ class, where hands-on mini-experiments lead to Big Ideas — and p

Authors:Sally Sutton,  Brian Lovelock,
Publisher: Candlewick
Keywords: roadwork
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2008-06-24
List price: $15.99
ISBN-10: 0763639125
ISBN-13: 9780763639129

Every preschooler who is mad for machines will revel in this bright, boisterous picture book about the exciting process of building a road."Load the dirt. Load the dirt. Scoop and swing and drop. Slam it down into the truck. Bump! Whump! Whop!"There are many big machines and busy people involved in building a road, and this riveting picture book follows them every step of the way. From clearing a pathway (SCREEK!) to rolling the tar (SQUELCH!) to sweeping up at the end (SWISH!), ROADWORK is sure to draw young onlookers with its rambunctious rhymes and noisy fun.

Authors:Martin Jenkins,  Sue Shield,
Publisher: Candlewick
Keywords: wonder, read, cool, chameleons
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2001-05-01
List price: $6.99
ISBN-10: 0763611395
ISBN-13: 9780763611392

A great resource for teachers!Read and Wonder books tell stories, take children on adventures, and reveal how big and WONDER-full the natural world really is.

Authors:Phyllis Root,  Will Hillenbrand,
Publisher: Candlewick
Keywords: cow, kiss
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2003-02-01
List price: $6.99
ISBN-10: 0763620033
ISBN-13: 9780763620035

Never. Not a chance. Annalisa wouldn’t dream of kissing Luella the cow, even though her mother kisses her every day after singing her a song and milking her. Still, inquisitive Annalisa is awfully interested in milking Luella, and one day she sneaks off and does everything just the way her mother does--all except for the kiss on the nose. The next day, Luella refuses to give any milk. And the day after that is the same. Annalisa’s mother and her many brothers and sisters beg the stubborn little girl to relent, but Annalisa says "Never!... Never, never, never." Will the whole family