Staff Picks
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Gallop!: A Scanimation Picture Book
by Rufus Seder  
Powells.com Staff Pick A book that will charm and amuse any little one on your list. The horse really gallops; the chimp really swings from a tree — all through the magic of "scanimation." Recommended by Lorraine, Powells.com...
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Used: $16.50 Hardcover List Price $26.95
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The Daring Book for Girls
by Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz
Powells.com Staff Pick These volumes, The Dangerous Book for Boys and The Daring Book for Girls, are utterly brimming with tips, tools, maps, pictograms, glossaries, advice, game rules, blueprints... you name it! They're fantastic guidebooks for kids. And, truth be told, I...
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Sale: $6.98 Hardcover List Price $15.95
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Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3
by Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson and Lois Ehlert
Powells.com Staff Pick Chicka Chicka 1 2 3, children everywhere agree, no more blunders counting numbers ...indubitably Erik, Powells...
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Used: $15.50 Hardcover List Price $24.95
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The Dangerous Book for Boys
by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden
Powells.com Staff Pick These volumes, The Dangerous Book for Boys and The Daring Book for Girls, are utterly brimming with tips, tools, maps, pictograms, glossaries, advice, game rules, blueprints... you name it! They're fantastic guidebooks for kids. And, truth be told, I...
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Sale: $7.98 Trade Paper List Price $24.95
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The Big Book of Boy Stuff
by Bart King
Powells.com Staff Pick This book is such a hit we can hardly keep it in stock. Get you copy now because we can't guarantee we will have more next week! Bart King, local author and middle school teacher knows boys all too well and gives them exactly what they want — loads...
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Kids on Strike!
by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Powells.com Staff Pick Bartoletti's triumph! A must read! Now hear this! Newspaper kids on strike? When its youngest citizens spoke up, New York City experienced one of its finest hours. Recommended by Mary Z., Powells.com...
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The Witchcraft of Salem Village (Landmark Books)
by Shirley Jackson
Powells.com Staff Pick Have you ever read about the Salem Witch Trials? Shirley Jackson's Witchcraft of Salem Village superbly chronicles how suspicion can transform a small and rigidly structured community. Landmark's history series has an incredible author and title list...
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B Is for Beaver: An Oregon Alphabet
by Roland Smith and Marie Smith
Powells.com Staff Pick Not only are Roland Smith's myriad of kids books some of my favorites, but this recent title written with his wife Marie is a true gem! It's as approachable to picture books fans as it is to alphabet book seekers and lovers of the Northwest! I can't wait...
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Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship
by Isabella Hatkoff and Craig Hatkoff and Paula Kahumbu
Powells.com Staff Pick The true tale of an unlikely friendship, Owen and Mzee is an important illustration of peace and camaraderie, especially in these fraught times. Filled with wonderful photographs that will warm the heart, this is truly a story to be savored...
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Sale: $8.98 Hardcover List Price $17.95
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Celebrations! (Children Just Like Me)
by Barnabas Kindersley
Powells.com Staff Pick This season is a great time to explore celebrations from around the world. Featuring two-page spreads on the holidays, the myriad photographs focus on individual children and details of religions, word origins, food and cultures they experience...
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Eats, Shoots and Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference!
by Lynne Truss and Bonnie Timmons
Powells.com Staff Pick With illustrated sentences like, "Eat here, and get gas," alongside, "Eat here and get gas," how can you resist? Introduce children to this small, but important punctuation mark. Who knew that a comma could be as funny as a punch line? A good time (and a...
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Little Monkey's Big Peeing Circus
by Tjibbe Veldkamp
Powells.com Staff Pick In a sensibility only the Netherlands' most popular children's author could bring to the subject, the mysteries of girl and boy "parts" are finally revealed. With a seriously silly premise and totally cute illustrations, it's sure to gain a place in the "...
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The Wall: Growing Up behind the Iron Curtain
by Peter Sis
Powells.com Staff Pick Peter Sis is a master children's book author and illustrator, as his newest work clearly demonstrates. Combining intricate, beautiful artwork with autobiography and political history, he creates a poignant, deeply personal story about Cold War...
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The Tree of Life: Charles Darwin
by Peter Sis
Powells.com Staff Pick "A wild scheme" was one of Dr. Darwin’s objections to his son’s voyage aboard the H.M.S. Beagle. Charles Darwin overthrows his father’s concerns, and embarks on the journey. Sis masterfully recreates his life through a...
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Backyard Bugs (Photo Pop-Ups)
by Richard Ferguson
Powells.com Staff Pick Ladybugs, butterflies, and grasshoppers, oh my! This book features beautiful photographic pop-ups and a slide-out fact file on each page. The interactive format is a truly wonderful way to introduce young readers to the nature around them. Recommended...
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Factory Girl
by Barbara Greenwood
Powells.com Staff Pick Ms. Greenwood has done it again! She takes an historical saga and puts it right in our contemporary minds without so much as a hitch in the rigging. Factory Girl is an important and relevant book in this brave new world of trade. Jacob Riis' and Lewis...
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The Tale of Pale Male: A True Story
by Jeanette Winter
Powells.com Staff Pick It just doesn't get any better than this picture book — history, activism, nature studies — all wrapped up in Winter's off-scale illustrations that illuminate what is "really" going on. If you haven't heard of the red-tailed hawk named Pale...
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The Great Wall: The Story of Thousands of Miles of Earth and Stone That Turned a Nation Into a Fortress (Wonders of the World Book)
by Elizabeth Mann
Powells.com Staff Pick Ms. Mann's series on architecture, art, and history are all profound, but The Great Wall is my favorite. If you thought dirt was just for gardening... well, what the ancient Chinese did with dirt (and sweat and blood) in order to protect their families...
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In a Nutshell (Sharing Nature with Children Book)
by Joseph Anthony
Powells.com Staff Pick An acorn falls from a tree to the earth, grows into a sapling, then a big tree, dropping its own acorns, ages into an older tree, and finally somehow falls once again to the earth. The tree experiences seasons and hardships, and endures while all around...
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