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Cocoa Ice

SarahKate's Notes:

Have you ever wondered how chocolate is made? This picture book goes into detail about how the farmers pick the pods, dry the insides between banana leaves and turn the beans as they dry. One girl lives in Santo Domingo and tells about her life in creating chocolate, and how excited she is when the sailors bring ice to trade for cocoa beans Another girl lives in Maine and shares about her life where her father cuts ice from the river and packs the ice house. It was fascinating to hear about how these everyday things we love used to be made.

cover of Cocoa Iceauthor: Diana Karter Appelbaum
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asin: 0531300404
binding: Hardcover
list price: $17.95 USD
amazon price: $17.95


The Paper Dragon

cover of The Paper Dragonauthor: Marguerite W. Davol
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asin: 0689319924
binding: Hardcover
list price: $21.95 USD
amazon price: $18.66 USD


Mi Fei is a humble painter of scrolls. Between each day's sunrise and sunset, he paints scenes of the gods and their festivals' portraits of heroes and their deeds. Although the scrolls bring him fame, Mi Fei is content to live in his village, surrounded by people he loves.

But one day a messenger enters the village with terrible news: the dragon Sui Jen has awakened from its hundred years' sleep and is destroying everything in its path. Someone must find a way to return Sui Jen to its slumber. To the villagers, only one among them is wise enough to confront the scaly beast -- Mi Fei.

The power of the artist's vision and the ever-sustaining nature of love are brought together in Marguerite W. Davol's beautiful story, strikingly interpreted by Robert Sabuda in a series of gatefold illustrations that convey the storytelling majesty of the Chinese narrative scrollmaker's art.

The House on Maple Street

SarahKate's Notes:

When you find an old china cup and an arrowhead in your backyard, do you wonder where they might have come from? This is a neat story of one piece of land and what happened on it over the past 300 years.

cover of The House on Maple Streetauthor: Bonnie Pryor
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asin: 0688120318
binding: Paperback
list price: $6.99 USD
amazon price: $6.99 USD


What would you see from your front porch if your neighborhood suddenly looked as it did three hundred years ago? When the two girls who live at 107 Maple Street discover an ancient arrowhead and a broken china cup, they begin to wonder.

How Pizza Came to Queens

no imageauthor: Dayal Kaur Khalsa
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asin: 0590444069
binding: Paperback

A delightful childrens book about childrens relationship with a mysterious lady and how she introduced them to pizza.

The Roman Twins

cover of The Roman Twinsrating:
asin: 0374363390
binding: Hardcover
list price: $16.00 USD
amazon price: $16.00


Maximus and Vanilla, twin slaves, use all their wits to escape their cruel master, Slobbus Pompius.

Miranda the Explorer: A Magical Round-the-World Adventure

cover of Miranda the Explorer: A Magical Round-the-World Adventureauthor: James Mayhew
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asin: 1842550004
binding: Hardcover
list price: $20.00 USD
amazon price: $20.00


An enchanting child’s–eye view of the wonders of the world, from the author of The Boy and the Cloth of Dreams, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year.

Dear Fish

cover of Dear Fishauthor: Chris Gall
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asin: 0316058475
binding: Hardcover
list price: $16.99 USD
amazon price: $11.55 USD


DESCRIPTION: Dear Fish, Where you live is pretty cool. You should come visit us sometime. Plus, my mom makes good pies. Sincerely, Peter Alan What happens when the creatures of the sea take Peter Alan up on his offer? Something fishy, of course! Watch out for a bucking bull shark at the rodeo, the invasion of a slimy school of fish, and other playful pictorial puns hidden within the illustrations. Endpapers identify more than 30 species of fish that appear in the book!This is a fantastic flight of fancy that every child will savor!

Croco'Nile

cover of Croco'Nileauthor: Roy Gerrard
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asin: 0374316597
binding: Hardcover
list price: $15.00 USD
amazon price: $15.00


A romp through ancient Egypt, with hieroglyphics, too!Set sail for adventure with Hamut and his sister Nekatu as they stow away on a sailboat, paint a pyramid, and win the favor of a pharoah. But when conniving kidnappers threaten the pair, they discover that a crocodile in need is a friend indeed!

Eloise At Christmastime

cover of Eloise At Christmastimeauthor: Kay Thompson
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asin: 0689830394
binding: Hardcover
list price: $17.95 USD
amazon price: $12.21 USD


Eloise has always had a rather festive air about her, but when Christmastime rolls around, well, it's "Fa la la la fa la la la lolly ting tingledy here and there," of course. The bunchy-bloused, spindly-legged scamp is speaking in rhyme this time, and in typical Eloise fashion, the verse simply can't be perfectly metered, for what would be the point?

The Surprise Doll

SarahKate's Notes:

Published in 1949, this is a cute story of a little blond haired American girl with 6 dolls, each from a different country that her father has sailed to. But she wants one more....a doll for every day of the week....

cover of The Surprise Dollauthor: Morrell Gipson
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asin: 193090018X
binding: Hardcover
list price: $15.00 USD
amazon price: $10.20 USD


For more than half a century children have been captivated with the story of Mary and her dolls. Mary’s father was a sea captain who took long trips across the ocean, bringing back a doll from each journey. Soon Mary had six dolls and wished for a seventh one to become her "Sunday" doll. But Mary’s father said six dolls were enough for any girl, so she set off to visit the Dollmaker and, oh, was she in for a surprise!

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