Author: George Ancona
Publisher: Sandpiper
Keywords: maker, piã±ata, piã±atero
Number of Pages: 40
Published: 1994-03-30
List price: $10.00
ISBN-10: 0152000607
ISBN-13: 9780152000608

Don Ricardo, or Tio Rico as he is called by the children, is the pinata maker of Ejutla de Crespo, a village in southern Mexico. Told in English and Spanish by award-winning author/photographer George Ancona, El Pinatero/The Pinata Maker documents this traditional Latin American art, and offers readers a fascinating glimpse of Mexican village life.

Authors:Linda Sue Park,  Ho Baek Lee,
Publisher: Sandpiper
Keywords: bop, bim, bee
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2008-11-10
List price: $6.99
ISBN-10: 0547076711
ISBN-13: 9780547076713

A wonderful paperback picture book about the joys of family and food, from Newbery Award winning author Linda Sue Park.Bee-bim bop ("mix-mix rice") is a traditional Korean dish. In bouncy rhyming text, a hungry child tells of helping her mother make bee-bim bop: shopping, preparing ingredients, setting the table, and sitting down to enjoy a favorite meal. The enthusiasm of the narrartor is conveyed in the whimsical illustrations, which bring details from the artist’s childhood in Korea to his depiction of a modern Korean-American family. The book includes Linda Sue’s own bee-bim bop

Author: Alan Garner
Publisher: Sandpiper
Keywords: alderley, tale, brisingamen, weirdstone
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2006-10-01
List price: $6.95
ISBN-10: 015205636X
ISBN-13: 9780152056360

Readers who love E. Nesbit or Susan Cooper may discover a new favorite in Alan Garner, winner of many awards for literary excellence including the Carnegie Medal. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, first published in 1960, is the story of two children, Susan and Colin, who are sent to rural England to stay with Bess Mossock, their mother’s childhood nurse. The Mossocks’ farm is delightfully old-fashioned, and the Alderley area is dotted with interesting woods to explore as well as treacherous disused mines. Susan and Colin encounter a frightening local woman, and feel they are being wa

Authors:Lisa Wheeler,  Kurt Cyru,
Publisher: Sandpiper
Keywords: cows, sixteen
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2006-05-01
List price: $6.00
ISBN-10: 0152055924
ISBN-13: 9780152055929

Cowboy Gene loves his eight cows, and Cowgirl Sue loves her eight cows, and both of them like the fence that keeps their pastures--and cows--apart. But then a tornado blows through and takes the fence with it. Will they ever be able to figure out whose cows are whose?

Authors:Audrey Wood,  Don Wood,
Publisher: Sandpiper
Keywords: word, elbert
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 1996-10-04
List price: $7.00
ISBN-10: 0152013679
ISBN-13: 9780152013677

With humor and insight, Audrey Wood tells a tale certain to tickle anyone shocked to hear a child utter a bad word; and Elbert’s cure provides an ingenious solution. The vivid, hilarious illustrations rendered by Audrey and Don Wood together offer fans a new dimension to their previous collaborations.

Author: Audrey Wood
Publisher: Sandpiper
Keywords: giants, rude
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 1998-09-15
List price: $7.00
ISBN-10: 0152018891
ISBN-13: 9780152018894

Beatrix the butter maid and her best friend, Gerda the cow, live in a cozy cottage in a happy valley. Life is peaceful--until the day two rude giants move into a nearby castle. When Gerda is snatched up by the giants, Beatrix uses ingenuity, persistence, and bravery to save her friend--and to teach those unruly giants a lesson.

Authors:Anna Michaels,  G. Brian Kara,
Publisher: Sandpiper
Keywords: level, readers, light, friends
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2004-08-01
List price: $3.95
ISBN-10: 0152051333
ISBN-13: 9780152051334

Join Dan and Zack for a surprise and a snack--some tasty red apples and a small snail. Which is which? Read and find out!