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Places In Time
For years, readers have delighted in Maxine Rose Schur's award-winning travel essays. Now, all the tales of her unusual honeymoon are gathered in one illustrated volume in a new, revised edition. Whether camping in the center of Paris, dangling off a Panamanian tramp steamer or hitchhiking across Australia, her tales are funny, exciting, and tender. Looking back, she tempers her youthful encounters with midlife wisdom, capturing the spirit of all those she met and evoking memorable places in time. If you're looking for travel writing that blends insight with delicious surprise, fasten the seatbelt on your armchair and come along. "Best Travel Book of the Year" North American Travel Journalists Association "Best Travel Narrative (Gold)" Society of American Travel Writers
The Circlemaker
By Authority of Czar Nicholas, the families of Molovsk are to present their sons for induction into the military. Terms of conscription is 25 years. The Czar's soldiers are riding into villages throughout Russia, seizing boys for the military. Mendel knows that he too will be taken - unless he can escape. The woods are filled with bounty-hunters, and the border is heavily guarded by armed soldiers. Can Mendel cross the border to Hungary - and to freedom?
Samantha's Surprise
The two weeks before Christmas are filled with activity as Samantha finishes her homemade presents and makes preparations for visiting relatives.
Sacred Shadows
When her German hometown becomes part of Poland after World War I, Lena, a young German Jew, struggles to come to terms with the anti-Semitism and anti-German hatred that seems to be growing around her.
Pigs Dancing Jigs
All the animals from A to Z are just as busy as they can be. If you want to see all they do, then this book is just for you! Here's an alphabet book to delight young and old with animals as familiar to children as the cow and duck, and as unfamiliar as the impala and the zoril. Rhyming words coupled with beautiful, detailed illustrations enhance the learning of the alphabet while also teaching about a variety of animals from around the world. Kids and grown-ups alike will have more fun than a barrel of monkeys searching for the hidden letters in the art. And to boost the educational value, the online accompanying fun activities are designed to strengthen a host of pre-school, kindergarten, and first-grade skills.
Child of the Sea
When a fisherman finds a baby girl in his net, he and his wife are overjoyed. Their wish for a child has come true! But as the years go by, Merella, their beloved daughter, has a secret longing - a longing that will lead the fisherman and his wife to a heartrending decision. In this original folk story, acclaimed author Maxine Rose Schur presents a poetic fable, weaving themes of yearning, fate, and abiding love. Coupled with Milanka Reardon's exquisite illustrations, Child of the Sea delivers a lively, lyrical tale that confirms the universal need to belong and the liberating power of love.
Star Brother
Jason is a 16-year old science genius yet he's a lonely, emotionally-guarded kid. He has no friends and he wouldn't dare let his classmate Melanie know how much he loves her. Shunted from one foster home to another, Jason yearns for family. When he learns he has a brother that's surprising enough but when his brother reveals a secret so bizarre, so unbelievable Jason rejects him. Yet fate throws the brothers together, propelling them on a cross-country road trip, an adventure-filled journey that turns into a perilous race against time to save another family member from imminent death. With elements of science fiction, thriller, romance and mystery, Star Brother is, at heart, a heart-rending portrayal of an adolescent yearning to express feelings, find family, and to love.
Brave with Beauty
A 2020 Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People Seven centuries ago, when the great caravans journeyed to the edges of the world, there lived a girl who loved all things of beauty. Her name was Goharshad. This is the extraordinary story of Queen Goharshad, a 15th-century monarch, who many historians now believe was one of the most powerful women in world history. Ruling from the Timurid artistic and cultural center of Herat in western Afghanistan, Queen Goharshad ushered in a remarkable period when poetry, music, calligraphy, painting, and the sciences flourished as never before. A poet and an architect, she designed some of the most beautiful structures ever built on earth. This story is a celebration of a remarkable woman—talented, generous, benevolent, and brave—whose achievements are an inspiration for young readers to use their strengths to make the world a more beautiful place.
The Story of Ruth
The popular biblical story of Ruth and her mother-in-law Naomi is retold in this beautifully illustrated picture book. As Ruth chooses to remain with Naomi with the famous words “Your people shall be my people,” she becomes the first convert to Judaism and the future grandmother of King David. A powerful story of friendship and commitment for a young audience.
Marielle in Paris
Marielle the mouse has worked her dressmaking magic for nine days and nine nights to create nine beautiful dresses for Madame Sooree's nine daughters. Finished at last, Marielle goes to bed, but when she wakes up, the dresses are gone! With no time to lose, Marielle must overcome her fear of heights to take a wild ride with her friend Pierre the pigeon to recover the missing party dresses, which have been scattered across Paris.
