Author: Elizabeth Mitchell
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Keywords: bishop, mammoth, cave, stephen, story, bottomless, pit, journey
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2004-10-25
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 0670059080
ISBN-13: 9780670059089

If you toured Mammoth Cave in Kentucky around the year 1838, you would have been led by candlelight through miles of dark winding tunnels, to the edge of a terrifying bottomless pit, and curiously, a church built underground. Your tour guide would have been seventeen-year-old Stephen Bishop, an African American, and a slave. Bishop had a job he found truly thrilling--exploring and recording every inch of his exciting adventures at Mammoth Cave and escorting tourists to show them his discoveries. Luckily, by being so successful in this job, Bishop was able to avoid the grueling labor most slave

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Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Keywords: line
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2006-05-04
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 0670060496
ISBN-13: 9780670060498

Follow the line on a journey from the city to the country, from the sky to the ocean, from morning till night. Laura Ljungkvist uses her trademark continuous line style to create the perfect counting book for young children. Each scene contains questions designed to get children looking, counting, and thinking. For example, in the underwater picture, children can count seashells, turtles, and the legs on an octopus. Each page is packed with colorful, artful objects and animals—and young counters can follow the line from the front cover to the back cover, through each stunning scene.

Author: Don Freeman
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Keywords: format, doctor, corduroy
Number of Pages: 14
Published: 2005-01-13
List price: $5.99
ISBN-10: 0670060313
ISBN-13: 9780670060313

The youngest fans of Corduroy, one of the best-loved children’s book characters for over forty years, will delight in these simple, sturdy board books-now available in a larger size with an updated, modern look. In Corduroy Goes to the Doctor, Corduroy gets a check-up.

Author: M.H. Herlong
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Keywords: sea, wide
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2008-10-02
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 0670063304
ISBN-13: 9780670063307

Ben, Dylan, and Gerry are still mourning their mother’s death when their dad decides to buy a boat and take them on a year-long sailing trip. Tensions flare between Ben and his father, but they gradually learn to live together in close quarters. But one morning, the boys wake up to discover their father has disappeared—and they are lost. What happened to him? Where are they? And what will they do when a treacherous storm looms on the horizon? M. H. Herlong spins a gripping tale of adventure, survival, and the bonds of brotherhood in The Great Wide Sea.

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Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Keywords: corduroy, book, board, july, fourth
Number of Pages: 16
Published: 2007-05-17
List price: $5.99
ISBN-10: 067006159X
ISBN-13: 9780670061594

Today is the Fourth of July, and Corduroy and his friends are having a fun- filled picnic. They eat tasty treats and play games in the hot summer sun. Then it’s time to cool down with a dip in the pool. Next they take part in an Independence Day parade! Scruffy Pup bangs the drum, Checkerboard Bunny plays the flute, and Corduroy carries the American flag. Once it’s dark outside, the friends gather to watch an amazing fireworks display. This sturdy, brightly colored shaped board book is perfect for the youngest fans of Corduroy, one of the best-loved characters in children’s books

Author: Amy Efaw
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Keywords:
Number of Pages: 350
Published: 2009-08-11
List price: $17.99
ISBN-10: 0670011835
ISBN-13: 9780670011834

An infant left in the trash to die. A teenage mother who never knew she was pregnant . . . Before That Morning, these were the words most often used to describe straight-A student and star soccer player Devon Davenport: responsible, hardworking, mature. But all that changes when the police find Devon home sick from school as they investigate the case of an abandoned baby. Soon the connection is made—Devon has just given birth; the baby in the trash is hers. After That Morning, there’s only one way to define Devon: attempted murderer. And yet gifted author Amy Efaw does the impossible— sh

Author: Ezra Jack Keats
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Keywords: chair, peter
Number of Pages: 40
Published: 1998-08-01
List price: $15.99
ISBN-10: 0670880647
ISBN-13: 9780670880645

Peter learns to accept the new baby sister in the family. "(Keats’) skillful and imaginative use of collage creates a picture book that delights the eye and wins the heart".--Teacher. Full color.