Ben Franklin loved to swim and, at the age of eleven, he was determined to swim like a fish--fins and all This fascinating and lively account of young Ben's earliest invention follows the budding scientist's journey as he tests and retests his swim fins. That first big splash led Ben to even more i[...]
From the team that created the ALA Notable Book The Cod's Tale comes the fascinating history of salt, which has been the object of wars and revolutions and is vital for life. Based on Mark Kurlansky's critically acclaimed bestseller Salt: A World History, this handsome picture book explores every as[...]
Now available individually in new digest-sized paperback editions, the first four books in Le Guin's magical series chronicle four young cats with wings who leave the city slums in search of a safe place to live.[...]
The award-winning CATWINGS team, Ursula Le Guin and S. D. Schindler create their first magical picture book
Bestselling author Ursula K. Le Guin and acclaimed illustrator S. D. Schindler are together again with a sleepytime picture book for the youngest of cat-nappers. Climb into a cat's dreaml[...]
Before he began flying through to air on Christmas Eve, Santa Claus had lots of other jobs, including delivering packages, cooking, and being a zookeeper, in a hilarious tale for young children. Reprint.[...]
Brother Hugo needs to return a very important library book -- another monastery's copy of St. Augustine. But along the way, a hungry bear devours the precious book, and the Abbot tasks Hugo with replacing it. Letter by letter and line by line, the hapless monk crafts a new book and sets off to retur[...]