Thursday, January 17, 2008

New Children's Books

Monday with a Mad Genius - Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie travel 500 years back in time to Florence, Italy, and spend a day helping Leonardo da Vinci in the hope of learning another secret of happiness.

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Fly Guy - Tedd Arnold
After accidentally swallowing her grandson's pet fly, Grandma tries to retrieve it by consuming progressively larger animals.

Polar Animals - Wade Cooper
Children learn about animals that live in arctic regions and creatures that are active at night. Written in easy-to-read rhymes and illustrated with color photographs, this book features three pages of learning activities.

See-Through Reptiles - Steve Parker
Clear pages help illustrate reptile anatomy and behavior.

Seashore - Sue Unstead

Masterpieces Up Close - Claire d'Harcourt
Discover the beauty and hidden mysteries in Western art's most celebrated masterpieces in this exciting art history lesson cleverly disguised as a game.

Nature's Art Box
- Laura C. Martin
Presents more than sixty projects made from natural materials that are available almost anywhere.

Emeril's There's a Chef in My World! - Emeril Lagasse
Chef Emeril Lagasse presents an international cookbook for kids and adults, containing instructions for basic cooking techniques and seventy-five recipes for breakfasts, snacks, salads, soups, sandwiches, main dishes, sides, breads, and desserts from a diverse range of countries and regions, including Mexico, Germany, Thailand, Ireland, India, Cuba, Korea, France, West Africa, and others.

Wackiest White House Pets - Gibbs Davis
Describes the various kinds of pets, including grizzly bears and alligators, kept at the White House by various presidents from George Washington to George W. Bush.

Chicks and Salsa - Aaron Reynolds
Soon after the chickens tire of their feed and decide to make tortilla chips and salsa, all the other animals on Nuthatcher Farm start to crave southwestern cuisine.

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