Author: Jason Chi
Publisher: Flash Point
Keywords: redwoods
Number of Pages: 40
Published: 2009-03-17
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 1596434309
ISBN-13: 9781596434301

An ordinary train ride becomes and extraordinary trip to the great ancient forests A subway trip is transformed when a young boy happens upon a book about redwood forests. As he reads the information unfolds, and with each new bit of knowledge, he travels--all the way to California to climb into the Redwood canopy. Crammed with interesting and accurate information about these great natural wonders, Jason Chin’s first book is innovative nonfiction set within a strong and beautiful picture storybook.

Authors:Ellen Potter, Anne Mazer,
Publisher: Flash Point
Keywords: handbook, writer, ink, spilling
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2010-03-30
List price: $17.99
ISBN-10: 1596435143
ISBN-13: 9781596435148

LEARN HOW TO WRITE LIKE THE EXPERTS, FROM THE EXPERTS.  Practical advice in a perfect package for young aspiring writers. After receiving letters from fans asking for writing advice,accomplished authors Anne Mazer and Ellen Potter joined together to create this guidebook for young writers. The authors mix inspirational anecdotes with practical guidance on how to find a voice, develop characters and plot,make revisions, and overcome writer’s block. Fun writing prompts will help young writers jump-start their own projects, and encouragement throughout will keep them at work.

Author: Chris L. Demarest
Publisher: Flash Point
Keywords: cemetery, nation, story, arlington
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2010-10-26
List price: $17.99
ISBN-10: 1596435178
ISBN-13: 9781596435179

AMERICA’S RESTING PLACE. The story of the national cemetery--fromt eh Revolutionary War to the present. Arlington recounts the complicated history of one of the nation’s most famous and most-visited national monuments and its fascinating daily life. Carefully researched and documented, Chris Demarest’s watercolor paintings capture the spirit and pathos of the last resting place of more than 300,000 Americans who have served their country.

Author: Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Publisher: Flash Point
Keywords: lama, dalai, childhood, throne, lion
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2009-03-03
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 1596433949
ISBN-13: 9781596433946

Author: John Schwartz
Publisher: Flash Point
Keywords: walking, short
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2010-04-13
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 159643323X
ISBN-13: 9781596433236

A SURVIVAL GUIDE TO GROWING UP SHORT. Part science book, part memoir—abook for everyone concerned about looking (or feeling) different.When veteran journalist John Schwartz took a close look at famous height studies, he made a surprising discovery: being short doesn’t have to be a disadvantage! Part advice book, part memoir, and part science primer, this fascinating book explores the marketing, psychology, and mythology behind our obsession with height and delivers a reassuring message to kids of all types that they canwalk tall—whatever it is that makes them different.

Author: Chris van Wyk
Publisher: Flash Point
Keywords: freedom, walk, mandela, nelson
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2009-09-01
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 1596435666
ISBN-13: 9781596435667

Nelson Mandela’s autobiography, LONG WALK TO FREEDOM, offers a glimpse into the mind of a great leader, admired across the globe for his dedication to the struggles against apartheid in South Africa. Now the youngest readers can discover the remarkable story of Mandela’s long walk from ordinary village boy, to his dynamic leadership of the African National Congress, to his many long years in prison-and, at last, his freedom and astonishing rise to become the leader of his country.

Author: Maureen Johnso
Publisher: Point
Keywords: scarlett, suite
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2008-05-01
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 0439899273
ISBN-13: 9780439899277

Scarlett Martin has grown up in a most unusual way. Her family owns the Hopewell, a small hotel in the heart of New York City. Her nineteen-year-old brother, Spencer, is an out of work actor facing a family deadline to get his career in order. Eighteen-year-old Lola has the delicate looks of a model, the practical nature of a nurse, and a wealthy society boyfriend. Eleven-year-old Marlene is the family terror with a tragic past. When the Martins turn fifteen, they are each expected to take over the care of a suite in the once elegant, now shabby Art Deco hotel. For Scarlett’s fifteenth b