 | Speak
list: $8.99 - our price: $8.09
by Speak
Paperback
(01 April, 2001)
(721 reviews) 
Customer Review: Good Book: SPEAKThe book Speak, written by Laurie Halse Anderson, is about a teenage girl, Melinda, who is just starting high school with a bad reputation. |
 | Spy Science : 40 Secret-Sleuthing, Code-Cracking, Spy-Catching Activities for Kid
list: $12.95 - our price: $9.71
by Wiley
Paperback
(13 September, 1996)
(2 reviews) 
Customer Review: great book: Wow this book is filled with every thing you need to be an excellent spy. Like how to find a good clue, what to do when you get caught, |
 | Stellaluna
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by Harcourt Children's Books
Hardcover
(30 April, 1993)
(55 reviews)
Editorial Review: Baby bat Stellaluna's life is flitting along right on schedule--untilan owl attacks her mother one night, knocking the bewildered batlet out of her mother's loving grasp. The tiny bat is lucky enough to land in a nest of baby birds, |
 | Summer of the Sea Serpent (Magic Tree House #31)
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by Random House Books for Young Readers
Hardcover
(09 March, 2004)
(2 reviews)
Customer Review: Great Fantasy Story!: This book is filled with magic, fun, and fantsay, three things most preteens can't resist. As an elementary school teacher and mother, |
 | Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool
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by Candlewick Press (MA)
Hardcover
(01 September, 2003)
(77 reviews) 
Editorial Review: Kate DiCamillo, author of the Newbery Honor book Because of Winn-Dixie, spins a tidy tale of mice and men where she explores the "powerful, wonderful, and ridiculous" nature of love, hope, and forgiveness. |
 | Tasha Tudor's Seasons of Delight: A Year on an Old-Fashioned Farm
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by Philomel Books
Hardcover
(01 September, 1986)
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 | Thanks & Giving : All Year Long
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by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Hardcover
(02 November, 2004)
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 | The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury: Picture Books and Stories to Read Alou
list: $40.00 - our price: $25.20
by Knopf Books for Young Readers
Hardcover
(14 September, 1998)
(66 reviews)
Editorial Review: Believe it or not, 44 complete read-aloud classics and future classics--from Goodnight Moon to Stellaluna--are packed in this remarkably svelte, positively historic anthology. Flipping through the 308 pages of The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury is like browsing a photo album of beloved friends and family. |
 | The Amulet of Samarkand (The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 1)
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by Miramax
Hardcover
(September, 2003)
(81 reviews)
Editorial Review: Nathaniel is a boy magician-in-training, sold to the government by his birth parents at the age of five and sent to live as an apprentice to a master. Powerful magicians rule Britain, and its empire, and Nathaniel is told his is the "ultimate sacrifice" for a "noble destiny." |
 | The Arctic Incident (Artemis Fowl, Book 2)
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by Miramax
Paperback
(06 May, 2003)
(175 reviews)
Customer Review: The Arctic Incident (Artemis Fowl, Book 2): He has done it again! Eoin Colfer has written a entertaining, action-packed book with our favorite characters Artemis Fowl, |
 | The Artemis Fowl Files (Artemis Fowl)
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by Miramax
Hardcover
(13 October, 2004)
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 | The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 5)
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by HarperCollins
Hardcover
(31 August, 2000)
(123 reviews)
Editorial Review: As the three Baudelaire orphans warily approach their new home--PrufrockPreparatory School--they can't help but notice the enormous stone arch bearingthe school's motto Memento Mori, or "Remember you will die." |
 | The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
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by HarperTrophy
Paperback
(07 September, 1988)
(66 reviews)
Customer Review: The Best Christmas Book Ever: Here's a simple, enchanting tale. It's warm and funny and thoroughly unpredictable. It's published in a short and skinny book in large type and, |
 | The Big Book of Dinosaurs: A First Book for Young Children
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by DK Publishing Inc
Hardcover
(01 September, 1994)
(2 reviews)
Editorial Review: Everything about The Big Book of Dinosaurs is off thecharts--the size of the book itself, the elaborate two-page spreads, the color models, and even the oversized type. Children can experience the amazing powers of these prehistoric beasts--the jagged teeth of the ferocious meat eaters, |
 | The Blue Ribbon Day
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by Doubleday
Hardcover
(19 October, 2004)
Editorial Review: Lively and inspirational, Katie Couric's sophomore picture book, reunites Ellie McSnelly and Carriet O'Toole, friends from her successful first book, The Brand New Kid. Once again, Couric's tale deals with the aches and pains of growing up, |
 | The Care & Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls (American Girl Library (Paperback)
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by American Girl
Paperback
(01 September, 1998)
(98 reviews)
Customer Review: Nice book for pre-teens: I just received this book and carefully scanned it before giving it to my 9 yr. old daughter. She was so excited to get this book because, |
 | The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 9)
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by HarperCollins
Hardcover
(29 October, 2002)
(123 reviews)
Customer Review: Only four more to go, and the stakes keep getting higher!: Second only to the Harry Potter books, "A Series of Unfortunate Events" is the best children's/adult series I have read in some time. |
 | The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set
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by HarperTrophy
Paperback
(08 July, 1994)
(563 reviews)
Customer Review: Truly Fantastic: Clives Staples Lewis has created a mythical world which absolutely captures the human mind. The Chronicles of Narnia contain exciting plots, |
 | The Complete Adventures of Curious George
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by Houghton Mifflin
Hardcover
(25 September, 2001)
(47 reviews)
Editorial Review: Sixty years have passed since a curious little chimp in Africa met theman with the big yellow hat and got into the first of many scrapes. Decadeslater, George is as curious--and naughty--as ever. To celebrate the 60thanniversary of Curious George's debut, |
 | The Dilemma Deepens: A Box of Unfortunate Events, Books 7-9 (The Vile Village; The Hostile Hospital;
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by HarperCollins Publishers
Hardcover
(23 September, 2003)
(6 reviews)
Customer Review: Great Books: My 12 year old daughter and I enjoy reading these books together. These books manage to capture both our attention, |
 | The Enchanted Forest Chronicles : [Boxed Set] (Enchanted Forest Chronicles)
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by Magic Carpet Books
Paperback
(01 July, 2003)
(14 reviews)
Customer Review: A Fantastic adventure: The Enchanted Forest Chronicles are an amaizing collection of fun and witty fantasy books. Written mostly from the third person point-of-view, |
 | The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 6)
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by HarperCollins
Hardcover
(19 February, 2001)
(97 reviews)
Editorial Review: Fans of Lemony Snicket's wonderful Series of Unfortunate Events won't besurprised to find that in the sixth installment the three Baudelaire orphans'new home proves to be something of a mixed bag. As our ever sad but helpfulnarrator states, |
 | The Giver
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by Laurel Leaf
Mass Market Paperback
(10 September, 2002)
(2207 reviews)
Customer Review: Life Inside A Bubble: Hello. For those of you out there who haven't read The Giver, run out and buy it. Lois Lowery has strayed from her usual course of writing books for teenage girls, |
 | The Giving Tree
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by HarperCollins Publishers
Hardcover
(01 June, 1964)
(345 reviews)
Editorial Review: To say that this particular apple tree is a "giving tree" is an understatement. In Shel Silverstein's popular tale of few words and simple line drawings, a tree starts out as a leafy playground, shade provider, |
 | The Going-To-Bed Book
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by Little Simon
Board book
(30 November, 1982)
(56 reviews)
Editorial Review: For a little one who is reluctant to go to bed, sometimes a silly bookis just the ticket. And when it comes to silly books, Sandra Boynton is theundisputed queen. In The Going to Bed Book, an ark full of animalswatches the sun go down and then prepares for bed. |
 | The Golem's Eye (Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 2)
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by Miramax
Hardcover
(01 September, 2004)
Editorial Review: Due to the success of his first campaign involving theAmulet of Samarkand,Nathaniel, now fourteen, has been appointed the youngest representative ever to the Office of Internal Affairs, and has been devising traps to capture members of the Resistance--a secretive group of commoners who are determined to undermine the ruling class of magicians. |
 | The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 11)
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by HarperCollins
Hardcover
(21 September, 2004)
(4 reviews)
Editorial Review: It's tough when the things that stand between you and your desired sugar bowl are a host of deadly mushrooms and an uncomfortable diving suit. The unlucky Baudelaire orphans find themselves in deep (once again) in this eleventh book in Lemony Snicket's odd-and-full-of-woe-but-quite-funny Series of Unfortunate Events. |
 | The Hobbit (Leatherette Collector's Edition)
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by Houghton Mifflin
Hardcover
(24 October, 1973)
(1341 reviews)
Customer Review: One of the Greatest Fantasy Novels Ever Written: When I was in the seventh grade my English teacher made us read this novel. I am forever indebted to this teacher for introducing me to one of the greatest fantasy novelists of all time. |
 | The House on Mango Street (Vintage Contemporaries)
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by Vintage
Paperback
(03 April, 1991)
(437 reviews) 
Customer Review: A wonderful underated book? Let me explain the meaning....: I read some reviews for this book and I could not believe how underated it is and how many people didn't understand it. |
 | The Jolly Mon
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by Voyager Books
Paperback
(27 August, 1993)
(13 reviews)
Customer Review: MY SON LOVED IT!: I read the book to my 3 year old son and he just loved it. Now he wants me to read it every night before bed. Jimmy's tales of life on the sea are amazing, |
 | The Kissing Hand
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by Child & Family Press
Hardcover
(25 June, 1993)
(51 reviews)
Editorial Review: Chester Raccoon doesn't want to go to school--he wants to stay home with his mother. She assures him that he'll love school--with its promise of new friends, new toys, and new books. Even better, she has a special secret that's been in the family for years--the Kissing Hand. |
 | The Little Engine That Could
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by Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
Hardcover
(01 June, 1978)
(41 reviews)
Editorial Review: The unknowing progenitor of a whole generation of self-help books, Wally Piper's The Little Engine That Could is one of the greatest tales of motivation and the power of positive thinking ever told. In this well-loved classic, |
 | The Little Prince
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by Harvest Books
Paperback
(15 May, 2000)
(335 reviews)
Editorial Review: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry first published The Little Prince in 1943, only a year before his Lockheed P-38 vanished over the Mediterranean during a reconnaissance mission. More than a half century later, |
 | The Lord of the Rings (50th Anniversary Edition)
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by Houghton Mifflin Company
Leather Bound
(21 October, 2004)
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 | The Lord of the Rings (Leatherette Collector's Edition)
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by Houghton Mifflin
Hardcover
(01 November, 1974)
(940 reviews)
Customer Review: The Lord of the Ring's (Collector's Edition): What can be better than reading the three greatest books--"The Fellowship of the Ring," |
 | The Man Who Walked Between The Towers
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by Roaring Brook
Hardcover
(18 July, 2003)
(15 reviews)
Customer Review: A most deserving award-winner: Congratulations to Mordechai Gerstein on receiving the 2004 Caldecott medal!My twins love this book, |
 | The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 4)
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by HarperCollins
Hardcover
(04 April, 2000)
(85 reviews)
Editorial Review: "The Baudelaire orphans looked out the grimy window of the train and gazed at the gloomy blackness of the Finite Forest, wondering if their lives would ever get better," begins The Miserable Mill. If you have been introduced to the three Baudelaire orphans in any of Lemony Snicket's previous novels, |
 | The New Captain Underpants Collection:Box Set (Books 1-5)
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by Blue Sky Press (AZ)
Paperback
(August, 2002)
(18 reviews)
Editorial Review: "Faster than a speeding waistband... more powerful than boxer shorts..."It's Captain Underpants! Young readers will devour this fancy new boxed set ofthe first five paperbacks in the side-splitting, potty-humored (literally)Captain Underpants series. |
 | The New Way Things Work
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by Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books
Hardcover
(26 October, 1998)
(21 reviews)
Editorial Review: "Is it a fact--or have I dreamt it--that, by means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great nerve, vibrating thousands of miles in a breathless point of time?" If you, like Nathaniel Hawthorne, |
 | The Night Before Christmas Book
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by HarperCollins
Hardcover
(21 September, 2004)
(35 reviews)
Customer Review: A great book for a great price!!: In preparing our list of Christmas books to share with others, we had to search far and wide on amazon to find this particular book, |
 | The Night Before Christmas Pop-up
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by Little Simon
Hardcover
(01 October, 2002)
(14 reviews)
Editorial Review: The ingenious Robert Sabuda returns for yet another inspired pop-upbook, a follow-up to The 12 Daysof Christmas and TheChristmas Alphabet, that retells Clement Clarke Moore's classic yuletiderhyme. Sabuda remains a master of the medium, |
 | The O'Reilly Factor for Kids: A Survival Guide for America's Families
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by HarperEntertainment
Hardcover
(28 September, 2004)
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 | The Period Book: Everything You Don't Want to Ask (But Need to Know) (But Need to
list: $8.95 - our price: $8.06
by Walker & Company
Paperback
(01 April, 1996)
(25 reviews)
Customer Review: Excellent book about puberty written at a young girl's level: As a Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM), I am always looking for good, consumer reading material about all the aspects of health and well-being in women. |
 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower
list: $13.00 - our price: $9.75
Paperback
(01 February, 1999)
(935 reviews)
Editorial Review: What is most notable about this funny, touching, memorable first novelfrom Stephen Chbosky is the resounding accuracy with which the author captures the voice of a boy teetering on the brink of adulthood. |
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