Synopses & Reviews
An incredible collection of four classic Newbery Medal winners, featuring the latest paperback editions with updated covers.
Number the Stars The story of how one ten-year-old Danish girl's bravery is tested when her best friend is threatened by Nazis in 1943. With an all-new introduction by Lois Lowry. Island of the Blue Dolphins Based on a true story, an Indian girl named Karana survives without human company on an island for nearly twenty years. With an all-new introduction by Lois Lowry.
The Witch of Blackbird Pond A friendship with a suspected witch in colonial Connecticut forces one teen to choose between her heart and her duty. With an all-new introduction by Karen Cushman.
A Single Shard In 12th century Korea, the orphan Tree-ear is determined to prove himself to the village potters, even if it means taking a long, solitary journey on foot in the hope of a royal commission . . . even if nothing to show at court but a single celadon shard. Includes Linda Sue Park's Newbery Medal acceptance speech.
Review
These action-packed, heart-pounding tales--
The Kid from Tomkinsville,
World Series, and
Rookie of the Year--take place during the heyday of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Full of fast-paced entertainment, this boxed set makes a great gift for baseball fansand#160;of all ages.and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;
Each book includes an introduction by Bruce Brooks.Threeand#160;classic baseball stories by John Tunis, now in a boxed set.Praise for the John Tunis baseballand#160;books:"Here is the good, honest thrill of a sport that has its devotees in far-flung camps and outposts all over the face of the earth."--
The Saturday Review of Literature"It turns inside out the making of a winning baseball team."--
The New York Times Book Review"The story's suspense begins over with each game, tightening from one surprise to another."--
New York Herald Tribune Book ReviewReview
Praise for the John Tunis baseballand#160;books:"Here is the good, honest thrill of a sport that has its devotees in far-flung camps and outposts all over the face of the earth."--
The Saturday Review of Literature"It turns inside out the making of a winning baseball team."--
The New York Times Book Review"The story's suspense begins over with each game, tightening from one surprise to another."--
New York Herald Tribune Book ReviewSynopsis
By P.L. Travers, the author featured in the upcoming movie
Saving Mr. Banks. and#160; Who can slide
up banisters, banish naughtiness with a swift "Spit-spot," and turn a make-believe sidewalk drawing into a lovely day in the park? Mary Poppins, of course! From the moment the beloved nanny arrives at Number Seventeen Cherry-Tree Lane, everyday life for the Banks family is full of excitement. This box set features three adventures in paperback:
Mary Poppins,
Mary Poppins Comes Back, and
Mary Poppins Opens the Door.
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An essential library of four unforgettable Newbery Medal winners. Includes beautiful paperback editions of four classic winners of the Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry with an all-new introduction by the author; Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott ODell, with an all-new introduction by Lois Lowry; The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare; with an all-new introduction by Karen Cushman; and A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park. Includes Parks Newbery Medal acceptance speech.
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Three delightful tales of Mary Poppins, together in a handsome boxed set
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Catherine Jinks's high-tech, high-octane adventure series is now available in a complete paperback boxed set. Includes: Evil Genius, Genius Squad, and Genius Wars.
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“Cadel rides right up there with Artemis Fowl as a sympathetic anti-villain.”
-Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Cadel Piggot has a genius IQ. Hes caught hacking into government databases at the age of seven. By fourteen, hes studying for his World Domination degree at an institute founded by a criminal mastermind. The three action-packed science-fiction adventures in the critically acclaimed Genius Trilogy track this fascinating character, his amazing friends, and his terrible adversaries through their over-the-top high-tech adventures. This handsome boxed set includes all three books in paperback: Evil Genius, Genius Squad, and Genius Wars.
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An essential library of four classic Newbery Honor-winning books: The Black Pearl by Scott O'Dell; On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer; Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman; and The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt.
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This lovely library of stellar Newbery Honor-winning novels features four favorite adventures: Scott ODells
The Black Pearl (1968), Marion Dane Bauers
On My Honor (1987), Karen Cushmans
Catherine, Called Birdy (1995), and Gary D. Schmidts
Wednesday Wars (2008). All four are the latest paperback editions with updated covers, and the set makes a wonderful gift for the voracious reader. Pair with the Newbery Collection boxed set!
Praise for The Black Pearl:
“Reverberates with . . . proud admiration of the courage of the human spirit.” -Publishers Weekly
Praise for On My Honor:
“A powerful, soul-stirring novel told simply and well.” -Booklist, starred review
Praise for Catherine, Called Birdy:
“Superb historical fiction.” -School Library Journal, starred review
Praise for The Wednesday Wars:
“Schmidt...makes the implausible believable and the everyday momentous...a gentle, hopeful, moving story.” -Booklist, starred review
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Threeand#160;classic baseball stories by John Tunis, now in a boxed set.
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These action-packed, heart-pounding tales--The Kid from Tomkinsville, World Series, and Rookie of the Year--take place during the heyday of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Full of fast-paced entertainment, this boxed set makes a great gift for baseball fansand#160;of all ages.and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Each book includes an introduction by Bruce Brooks.
About the Author
Lois Lowry won the Newbery Medal in 1990 for
Number the Stars and in 1994 for
The Giver. She is known for her versatility and invention as a writer and has written more than thirty books for children and young adults. Her countless honors include the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Readers Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. Ms. Lowry now divides her time between Cambridge and an 1840s farmhouse in Maine. To learn more about Lois Lowry, see her website at www.loislowry.com.
Scott O'Dell won the Newbery Medal in 1961 for Island of the Blue Dolphins. Among his many other literary awards was a Newbery Honor for The Black Pearl and the Hans Christian Anderson Award for his body of work, the highest international award given to an author of children's books. ODell wrote twenty six books for children before his death at the age of 91. Island of the Blue Dolphins was his first. It's been translated into nineteen languages, and, after fifty years, is still read by children around the world. In 1976 the Children's Literature Association named Island of the Blue Dolphins one of the ten best American children's books of the past two hundred years.
Elizabeth George Speare won the Newbery Medal in 1959 for The Witch of Blackbird Pond and in 1962 for The Bronze Bow. She also received a Newbery Honor in 1983 for The Sign of the Beaver, and in 1989 she was presented with the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for her substantial and enduring contribution to childrens literature. Of her beginnings as a writer working on Witch of Blackbird Pond she said: "Then one day I stumbled on a true story from New England history with a character who seemed to me an ideal heroine. Though I had my first historical novel almost by accident it soon proved to be an absorbing hobby." She died in 1994. Linda Sue Park won the Newbery Medal in 2002 for A Single Shard. She has written many other novels, several picture books, and poetry, including Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (Poems) and most recently A Long Walk to Water, a novel about Sudan based on a true story. She lives in Rochester, New York with her family and is a devoted fan of the New York Mets. Visit her website at www.lspark.com.