CHILDREN'S
Released: July 10, 2012
"Very well done; an important resource. (Nonfiction. 8-12)"
In a follow-up to their acclaimed
The Buffalo and the Indians (2006), Patent and Munoz discuss how the Plains Indians' relationship with horses enriched them.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: July 10, 2012
"Feisty, funny Nanny Piggins and her adoring charges will charm readers and listeners stateside, who'll be overjoyed there are five additional volumes already out Down Under. (Humor. 7-10)"
If Amelia Bedelia and Mary Poppins raised a piglet, Nanny Piggins...could surely beat that pig in a cake-eating contest.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: July 10, 2012
"A charming story, especially for children facing the loss of grandparents. (recipes) (Fiction. 8-12)"
Ada and Zubizarreta (
Dancing Home, 2011) reunite to focus on a young Latina girl coping with loss.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: July 10, 2012
"Light on explicit grue but well endowed with macabre detail and leavening dashes of humor. (Horror/short stories. 10-13)"
Nine creepy tales told by dead teens and positively tailor-made for reading--or reading aloud--by flashlight.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: July 10, 2012
"Who knew the biography of a germ could be so fascinating? (acknowledgments, picture credits, index [not seen]) (Nonfiction. 9-14)"
Murphy and Blank chronicle the story of the tuberculosis microorganism, the greatest serial killer of all time.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: July 10, 2012
"Stimpson's money-can't-buy-happiness moral goes down easily with the help of his wonderfully atmospheric artwork. (Picture book. 3-9)"
Stimpson's authorial debut is a remaking of the timeless fairy tale that includes both a wonderfully fleshed-out city circa the 1930s and an ending that is happy for everyone.
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