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| Lives of the Pirates: Swashbucklers, Scoundrels (Neighbors Beware!)
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Kathleen Krull. Kathryn Hewitt, illus.
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| Publisher: Harcourt. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780152059088. Daedalus Item Code: 32093 |
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| More lives, more big heads. In the wake of Lives of the Musicians, Lives of the Artists, and Lives of the Writers, Kathleen Krull profiles 19 notorious pirates here for readers 9 ... (Read More)
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| Lives of the Writers: Comedies, Tragedies (and What the Neighbors Thought)
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Kathleen Krull. Kathryn Hewitt, illus.
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| Publisher: Sandpiper. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780152046064. Daedalus Item Code: 30806 |
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| As she did for others with Lives of the Musicians, Lives of the Artists, Kathleen Krull here gives us lively, engaging profiles of 20 of the world's great authors, for readers 9 and up, ... (Read More)
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| The Long Patrol: A Tale of Redwall
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Brian Jacques.
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| Publisher: Firebird. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780142402450. Daedalus Item Code: 20851 |
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| In this tenth installment of the Redwall series (falling in chronological order between The Pearls of Lutra and Marlfox), the murderous Rapscallion army is on the move. Dealt a ... (Read More)
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| Look to the Stars
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Buzz Aldrin. Wendell Minor, illus.
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| Publisher: Putnam. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780399247217. Daedalus Item Code: 31548 |
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| As one of a handful of humans to have walked on the moon, Buzz Aldrin has a profound perspective on space exploration. Here he teams again with Wendell Minor, who illustrated his Reaching for the ... (Read More)
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| Louis Armstrong: Jazz Musician
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Brendan January. Francois Roca, illus.
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| Publisher: Mason Crest. Format: laminated cover.
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| ISBN: 9781590841358. Daedalus Item Code: 30992 |
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| Illuminated with François Roca's softly glowing paintings, reminiscent of the art of Edward Hopper, this life of Louis Armstrong is filled with images of jazz musicians and the great man himself, ... (Read More)
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| Louisa: The Life of Louisa May Alcott
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Yona Zeldis McDonough. Bethanne Andersen, illus.
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| Publisher: Henry Holt. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780805081923. Daedalus Item Code: 31483 |
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| "[The author] has captured the essence of [Louisa May] Alcott's fascinating life story in this picture book [for readers 7 to 10]. Her narrative is anecdotal, focusing on events that influenced the ... (Read More)
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| Madame Butterfly: The Story of the Opera by Giacomo Puccini
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Giacomo Puccini. Retold by J. Alison James. Renata Fucikova, illus.
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| Publisher: Purple Bear. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781933327044. Daedalus Item Code: 10862 |
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| The delicate young geisha Cho-Cho-san—Madame Butterfly—weds the callow Lieutenant Pinkerton, not knowing that the marriage is merely a convenience for him while he stays in Japan. When his ship ... (Read More)
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| Mapping a Changing World
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Yvette La Pierre. Nancy Kober, ed.
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| Publisher: Thomasson-Grant. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780965030847. Daedalus Item Code: 23654 |
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| A 6th-century world map shaped like a traveling trunk; a relief map pressed into an ancient Greek coin; maps illuminated with dog-headed men and claw-footed sea monsters; maps charting imaginary ... (Read More)
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| Marco Polo: 13th-Century Italian Trader
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John Riddle. Robert Ingpen, illus.
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| Publisher: Mason Crest. Format: laminated cover.
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| ISBN: 9781590841365. Daedalus Item Code: 30993 |
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| Combining almost photographic paintings with a detailed drawing style, both in panoramas stretching across two pages and in collaged compositions, Hans Christian Andersen Award winner Robert Ingpen ... (Read More)
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| Mark Twain: Great American Fiction Writer
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Anna Carew-Miller. Andrea Di Gennaro, illus.
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| Publisher: Mason Crest. Format: laminated cover.
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| ISBN: 9781590841587. Daedalus Item Code: 30994 |
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| From a boyhood in 1840s Missouri much like that of his young hero Tom Sawyer, Samuel Langhorne Clemens—Mark Twain—seemed destined for a life seeking freedom and adventure, and that is indeed how Anna ... (Read More)
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| Masterpuppet Theatre: The World of Shakespeare
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Michael Rogalski.
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| Publisher: Quirk. Format: box.
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| ISBN: 9781594744884. Daedalus Item Code: 23540 |
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| It may be that the play's the thing to reveal the conscience of the king, but this finger puppet Shakespeare theater may reveal your inner thespian. Along with a folio of classic scenes written by ... (Read More)
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| Matchless: A Christmas Story
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Gregory Maguire.
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| Publisher: Harper. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780062004826. Daedalus Item Code: 23954 |
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| First heard on Christmas Day, 2008, when Gregory Maguire read it aloud on NPR's All Things Considered, this is "a reillumination" of Hans Christian Andersen's tale of "The Little Match Girl." ... (Read More)
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