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Margaret Wise Brown
Goodnight, Moon
by Campbell Books Ltd (Board book)

Rufus Butler Seder
Gallop!: A Scanimation Picture Book (Scanimation Books)
by Workman Publishing Company (Hardcover)

There's never before been a book like Gallop! Employing a patented new technology called Scanimation, each page is a marvel that brings animals, along with one shining star, to life with art that literally moves. It's impossible not to flip the page, and flip it again, and again, and again. A first book of motion for kids, it shows a horse in full gallop and a turtle swimming up the page. A dog runs, a cat springs, an eagle soars, and a butterfly flutters. Created by Rufus Butler Seder, an inventor, artist, and filmmaker fascinated by antique optical toys, Scanimation is a state-of-the-art six-phase animation process that combines the "persistence of vision" principle with a striped acetate overlay to give the illusion of movement. It harkens back to the old magical days of the kinetoscope, and the effect is astonishing, like a Muybridge photo series springing into action—or, in terms kids can relate to, like a video without a screen. Complementing the art is a delightful ...

Steven Pinker
The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
by Penguin Audio (CD)

Abridged CDs ¥ 8 CDs, 10 hours

Gary Paulsen
Hatchet
by Macmillan Children's Books (Paperback)

There was a wild crashing sound, a ripping of metal, and the plane blew through the trees, out over the water and down, down to slam into the lake ...Brian is a city boy. Not used to living rough. Until his plane crash-lands in the Canadian wilderness. All he has is a hatchet - and a desperate will to survive. Now Brian must learn to live the hard way - or die.

John Green
Wonderful World of Horses Coloring Book (Dover Colouring Books)
by Dover Publications (Paperback)

Thirty handsome illustrations capture the legendary grace and beauty of the horse. Depictions of mounted riders; horses racing across fields; mares with their colts; horses walking, galloping, trotting; a stallion rearing up on its hind legs; and more. Captions supplement an impressive panorama of the world's best-loved and most highly prized animals.

Jen Bryant
A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams
by Eerdmans Books for Young Readers (Hardcover)

In this picture book biography of William Carlos Williams, Bryant's engaging prose and Sweet's stunning mixed-media illustrations celebrate the amazing man who found a way to earn a living and to honor his calling to be a poet. Full color.

Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Bloom's Guides)
by Chelsea House Publications (Hardcover)

Joseph Garcia
SIGN with your BABY - Baby Sign Language (ASL) Kit: Includes Book, How-to DVD, Quick Reference Guide
by Sign2Me / Northlight Communications, Inc. (DVD) (Release Date: 2005-03-29)

Alan Paton
Cry, the Beloved Country (Bloom's Guides)
by Chelsea House Publications (Hardcover)

Alan Patton's Cry, The Beloved Country, part of Chelsea House Publishers' Bloom's Guides collection, presents concise critical excerpts from Cry, The Beloved Country to provide a scholarly overview of the work. This comprehensive study guide also features "The Story Behind the Story" which details the conditions under which Cry, The Beloved Country was written. This title also includes a short biography on Alan Patton and a descriptive list of characters.

Anna Pomaska, Clement Clarke Moore
The Night Before Christmas
by Dover Publications (Paperback)

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