Sir Cumference and the Off-The-Charts Dessert
ISBN 9781570911996
Regular price $9.99by Cindy Neuschwander; illustrated by Wayne Geehan
Join Sir Cumference and the gang for more wordplay, puns, and problem solving in the clever math adventure that introduces readers to charts and graphs through an annual bake-off.
In the eighth installment of this popular math adventure series, Sir Cumference and Lady Di need a baker to prepare a special dessert for the annual Harvest Faire. Two bakers compete to see whose dessert is most popular. When Pia of Chartres and Bart Graf have trouble keeping track of the votes their desserts receive, they each develop a better system. Pia places a colored candy around the edges of a pie dough (like a pie chart), and Bart stacks up cookie tins (making a 3D bar graph). Puns--both literal and visual--abound in this fun adventure story that introduces different methods of collecting data.
Perfect for parent and teachers who are looking to make math fun and accessible for everyone.
Recommended for children ages 7-10 years.
Softcover, 32 pages.
Charlesbridge. Printed in China.
Reviews:
A fun little math adventure that introduces the basics of fractions to early elementary audiences.
— School Library Journal
The Endless Steppe
ISBN 9780064405775
Regular price $12.99by Esther Hautzig
Jane Addams Book Award
Horn Book Fanfare
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Honor Book
ALA Notable Children’s Book
New York Times Outstanding Book
Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
Sydney Taylor Book Award
About the Book
This is the remarkable true story of a family during one of the bleakest periods in history, a story that "radiates optimism and the resilience of the human spirit" (Washington Post).
In June 1941, the Rudomin family is arrested by the Russians. They are accused of being capitalists, “enemies of the people.” Forced from their home and friends in Vilna, Poland, they are herded into crowded cattle cars. Their destination: the endless steppe of Siberia.
For five years, Esther and her family live in exile, weeding potato fields, working in the mines, and struggling to stay alive. But in the middle of hardship and oppression, the strength of their small family sustains them and gives them hope for the future.
The first winner of the Sydney Taylor Awards was Esther Hautzig's The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia, and 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of this powerful classic.
Recommended for ages 8-12 years.
Softcover, 256 pages.
Harper Collins.
Esther Hautzig was the author of many books for children and adults. The Endless Steppe is an autobiographical account of her childhood in Siberia. It was a National Book Award nominee and an ALA Notable Children’s Book. It also received the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award.
Letters from Father Christmas
ISBN 9780008627577
Regular price $35.00 Sale price $26.50 Save 24%*** Please note reduced price due to minor slipcover damage in transit.
by J.R.R. Tolkien
A new edition of Tolkien’s famous illustrated Letters from Father Christmas to his children is presented in a stunning hardback format, complete with full colour illustrations.
This classic festive book of Tolkien’s amazing Father Christmas letters written to his children between the 1920s and the 1940s has been reworked into a new hardback edition to match other beloved Tolkien titles. It contains high-quality digital reproductions of his beautiful letters and pictures.
‘My dear children, I am more shaky than usual this year. The North Polar Bear’s fault. It was the biggest bang in the world, and the most monstrous firework there has ever been. It turned the North Pole black!’
Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R. Tolkien’s children. Inside would be a letter in strange spidery handwriting and a beautiful coloured drawing or some sketches. The letters were from Father Christmas.
They told wonderful tales of life at the North Pole:
• How all the reindeer got loose and scattered presents all over the place
• How the accident-prone Polar Bear climbed the North Pole and fell through the roof of Father Christmas’s house into the dining-room
• How he broke the Moon into four pieces and made the Man in it fall into the back garden
• How there were wars with the troublesome horde of goblins who lived in the caves beneath the house!
Sometimes the Polar Bear would scrawl a note, and sometimes Ilbereth the Elf would write in his elegant flowing script, adding yet more life and humour to the stories. From the first note to Tolkien’s eldest son in 1920 to the final poignant letter to his daughter in 1943, this book collects all the remarkable letters and pictures in one enchanting edition. No reader, young or old, can fail to be charmed by the inventiveness of Tolkien’s Letters from Father Christmas.
Hardcover, 208 pages.
Published by Harper Collins.
Critical Praise
PRAISE FOR LETTERS FROM FATHER CHRISTMAS:
‘Will appeal to any kids whose appreciation of new worlds hasn’t been blighted by Action Man and enlightened schoolteachers.’ ~ TERRY PRATCHETT, Bath and West Evening Chronicle
‘Tolkien at his relaxed and ingenious best.’ ~ The Times
Dragonwings
ISBN 9780064400855
Regular price $12.50by Laurence Yep
Newbery Honor Book Dragonwings by Lawrence Yep takes readers on an adventure-filled journey across the world.
Inspired by the story of a Chinese immigrant who created a flying machine in 1909, Dragonwings touches on the struggles and dreams of Chinese immigrants navigating opportunity and prejudice in San Francisco.
Moon Shadow only knows two things about his father, Windrider: he lives in San Francisco and used to craft beautiful kites.
One day shortly after his eighth birthday, Cousin Hand Clap arrives with a letter from Windrider asking Moon Shadow to join him in San Francisco. When Moon Rider arrives in America he learns that his father makes a living doing laundry and dreams of building a flying machine just like the Wright Brothers. But making this fantastical dream a reality proves to be no easy task, as intolerance, poverty, and even an earthquake stand in their way.
Recomended for readers 10-14 years (Grades 5-9).
Softcover, 336 pages.
Harper Collins. Printed in the United States.
The publisher, Harper Collins, has a Teacher's Guide to accompany the book at their website here.
ALA Notable Children’s Book
New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age
Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
Phoenix Award (Children’s Literature Association)
IRA/CBC Children's Choice
Library of Congress Children’s Books
Carter G. Woodson Book Award
New York Times Outstanding Book
Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book
Jane Addams Book Award Honor Book
School Library Journal Best Book
International Reading Association Children's Book Award
Horn Book Fanfare