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The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg Staff Pick Could a bookseller's favorite book really be a children's Christmas picture book? I am often asked to name my favorite book an impossible question to answer, really and I find myself mentioning The Polar Express time and again (not without... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Everyone Poops (My Body Science) by Taro Gomi Publisher Comments With a straightforward text and illustrations showing beasts and bugs doing it, younger children are shown a natural part of life. "Elephants and mice, fish and raccoons, grown-ups and children, all in their own style do it. The candor is refreshing and... (read more) List Price $6.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Series of Unfortunate Events #09: The Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony Snicket Publisher Comments Everybody loves a carnival! Who can fail to delight in the colourful people, the unworldly spectacle, the fabulous freaks? A carnival is a place for good family fun - as long as one has a family, that is. For the Baudelaire orphans,... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $1.95 Used - Hardcover
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Uncle Shelby's Abz Book by Shel Silverstein Publisher Comments The notorious early Silverstein classic you WON'T want your children to read. I is for Ink Ink is black and wet. Ink is fun. What can you do with ink? What rhymes with ink? "D - R - __ - __ - __ ."... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography by Lemony Snicket Publisher Comments Widely praised and beloved by children, adults, and critics alike, Adam Gidwitz delivers a third serving of eerie new landscapes and fear-inducing creatures in a story sure to delight and frighten fans old and new. In the final book in the series, Adam's... (read more) List Price $11.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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Charlotte's Web by E. B. White Publisher Comments Sixty years ago, on October 15, 1952, E.B. White's Charlotte's Web was published. It's gone on to become one of the most beloved children's books of all time. To celebrate this milestone, the renowned Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo has written a... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Everyone Poops (My Body Science) by Taro Gomi Publisher Comments Finally, a beginning science book that really addresses the needs and interests of the very young child. Since we all eat, we all must poop. It is this basic message that this wonderful book presents in a form that is both humorous and informative.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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Zathura by Chris Van Allsburg Publisher Comments On the last page of the Caldecott-winning book Jumanji, young Danny Budwing is seen running after his brother, Walter, with a game tucked under his arm. Now after twenty years, Chris Van Allsburg is ready to reveal what happens when Danny and Walter roll... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown Publisher Comments New York Times Outstanding Book of the... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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His Dark Materials Boxed Set: The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman From Powells.com I read Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy back-to-back-to-back. By the time I'd reached the middle of the first book, The Golden Compass, I was content to exist half in my own world and half in Philip Pullman's. It seemed appropriate, if somewhat... (read more) List Price $35.85 Your price: $24.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Coraline by Neil Gaiman Publisher Comments Enter an exciting new world of shadows from Hugo Award nominee Adam-Troy Castro. Meet Gustav Gloom. Fernie What finds herself lost in the Gloom mansion after her cat appears to have been chased there by its own shadow. Fernie discovers a library full of... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Cautionary Tales for Children by Hilaire Belloc Publisher Comments For readers of any age, a witty and strikingly irreverent collection of moral guidance Most notable among prolific English satirist Hilaire Belloc's writings are the sharp and clever admonishments he composed for children. Collected here and... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-The-Pooh/Wtp by A A Milne Publisher Comments This 75th anniversary collector's edition presents Milne's complete stories and verse on Winnie the Pooh in one deluxe volume. Features a color bookplate, headbands, and foil stamping. Full color.... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $26.00 Used - Hardcover
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Mad Professor: Concoct Extremely Weird Science Projects by Mark Frauenfelder Publisher Comments Within these tantalizing pages lie the keys to the mysteries of science. For here, in strange and delectable detail, are dozens of hitherto secret experiments for concocting slimes and putties, inventing miniature robots and transport devices, growing... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Spiral/comb
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Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales by Nelson Mandela Publisher Comments Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales is a cause for celebration, landmark work that gathers in one volume many of Africa's most cherished folktales. Mandela, a Nobel Laureate for Peace, has selected these thirty-two tales with the specific hope... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Mysteries of Harris Burdick: Portfolio by Chris Van Allsburg Publisher Comments Since its publication in 1984, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick has stimulated the minds of readers of all ages and backgrounds. Now the original fourteen drawings are available in a large portfolio edition of loose sheets. In addition, a newly discovered... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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A Hatful of Seuss: Five Favorite Dr. Seuss Stories by Dr Seuss Publisher Comments Come join us for the celebration of the Cat's fortieth birthday. Following the stunning success of Six by Seuss, which has sold over 734,000 copies, is the delightful debut of A Hatful of Seuss--304 pages of wonderfully nonsensical vintage material. This... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $22.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Gas We Pass: The Story of Farts (My Body Science) by Shinta Cho Publisher Comments Helping young children know how their bodies function and how and why gas is produced and eliminated, this book is presented with humor that's appealing to children and adults alike. (Baby/Preschool)... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $1.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Pig in the Spigot by Richard Wilbur Publisher Comments A PIG in a spigot? An AX in a taxi? An ELF in a belfry? Richard Wilbur has been playing with his words again! Aided and abetted by illustrator J.otto Seibold, he reveals that you must choose your words carefully--because you never know what you'll find... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $1.50 Used - Hardcover
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Alphabeasts by Wallace Edwards Publisher Comments From the weird and wonderful imagination of an amazing new artist comes an alphabet book like no other. Kids will delight in discovering animals from A to Z living together in an old Victorian mansion. They?ll meet an elephant in the ballroom playing... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Hardcover
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