Gerald McDermott

A 1973 Caldecott Honor Book.

Anansi the Spider is one of the great folk heroes of the world. He is a rogue, a mischief maker, and a wise, lovable creature who triumphs over larger foes.

In this traditional Ashanti tale, Anansi sets out on a long, difficult journey. Threatened by Fish and Falcon, he is saved from terrible fates by his sons. But which of his sons should Anansi reward? Calling upon Nyame, the God of All Things, Anansi solves his predicament in a touching and highly resourceful fashion.

In adapting this popular folktale, Gerald McDermott merges the old with the new, combining bold, rich color with traditional African design motifs and authentic Ashanti language rhythms.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Washington

A Tale from the Ashanti

In trying to determine which of his six sons to reward for saving his life, Anansi the Spider is responsible for placing the moon in the sky.

Anansi the Spider

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Stephen Krensky

Depicts traditional lifestyles in five different tribes of North American Indians through vignettes set in a time almost two hundred years ago, when they still had much of the continent to themselves

Five Stories about Native American Children

Beyond Words is a highly visual, thematically-organized reader intended for use in introductory composition courses.  Including over 200 color images in a wide variety of media and genres and over 70 readings, Beyond Words offers strategies for reading and responding to texts - verbal and visual texts - and practice in informative, analytical, and persuasive writing.

Children of the Earth and Sky

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Joseph Bruchac

Jonathan London

Unusual and intelligent...An exemplary introduction to Native American culture with its emphasis on the importance of nature." —Publishers Weekly

In Native American legend, the thirteen scales on Old Turtle's back hold the key to the thirteen cycles of the moon and the changing seasons. These lyrical poems and striking paintings celebrate the wonder of the seasons, from the Northern Cheyenne's Moon of the Popping Trees to the Big Moon of the Abenaki.

"This book instills a spiritual respect for our land and an appreciation for the people who were its first caring guardians." —American Bookseller

A Notable Children's Trade Book in the Language Arts
An IRA Teacher's Choice Book
A Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies 

A Native American Year of Moons

"Unusual and intelligent...An exemplary introduction to Native American culture with its emphasis on the importance of nature." —Publishers Weekly In Native American legend, the thirteen scales on Old Turtle's back hold the key to the thirteen cycles of the moon and the changing seasons. These lyrical poems and striking paintings celebrate the wonder of the seasons, from the Northern Cheyenne's Moon of the Popping Trees to the Big Moon of the Abenaki. "This book instills a spiritual respect for our land and an appreciation for the people who were its first caring guardians." —American Bookseller A Notable Children's Trade Book in the Language Arts An IRA Teacher's Choice Book A Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies

Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back

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Bruce Degen

This bestselling classic features a berry-loving boy and an endearing rhyme-spouting bear. The fun wordplay and bright paintings with lots of details for young readers to explore make Jamberry a perennial favorite.

A small boy and a big friendly bear embark on a berry-picking extravaganza, looking for blueberries, blackberries, and strawberries. Their fun adventure comes to a razzamatazz finale under a starberry sky.

From author-illustrator Bruce Degen, Jamberry is perfect for sharing. "With delightful, rich illustrations and zany wordplay, Jamberry is a must have book for any family with young children," according to Children's Books Guide.

Hatberry
Shoeberry
In my canoeberry
Under the bridge
And over the dam
Looking for berries...Berries for jam!

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Jamberry

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Cooking Light Editors

Dinnertime stress is over! Enjoy over 280 all-new 5-ingredient, 5-minute recipes guaranteed to come together easily from start to finish-fast. With options for 2, 4, or 6 servings, households of all sizes can share a home-cooked meal. These Test Kitchen approved recipes are tailor-made for hectic lifestyles and health-conscious families.

More than recipes...
This must-have collection offers over 160 full-color photographs, detailed nutritional analyses, ways to streamline prep so dinner is ready even faster, easy make-ahead options, assorted 10-minute side dishes, and suggestions for turning leftovers into tasty lunches-to-go.

Tips you can trust...
Helpful shortcut kitchen techniques show you how to shave minutes off your prep time, while simple ingredient pairing tips teach you to effortlessly craft a variety of mouthwatering meals from just a few flavor-boosting items.

Serving wholesome, homecooked meals on busy evenings just got easier thanks to Cooking Light® Fresh Food Fast Weeknight Meals. Family meals return with these ready-in-minutes recipes for healthy, delicious, satisfying dishes.

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Over 280 Incredible Supper Solutions

Offers a selection of quick, easy, and nutritious recipes for weeknight dinners that can be made with five ingredients in fifteen minutes.

Cooking Light Fresh Food Fast: Weeknight Meals

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Jean H. Grastorf

This liberating guide to pouring transparent watercolor makes this unusual technique achievable and fun. By following clear, encouraging instruction, watercolorists of all levels can experience the instant gratification of success as they learn to capture the elusive qualities of light in their own work.
Nationally renowned artist and workshop instructor Jean H. Grastorf breaks down her innovative pouring process with visual guidance that includes:

-Basic, step-by-step instruction that covers everything from choosing materials to finishing the painting

-Four full-length demonstrations and multiple mini-demos that outline her techniques and show how to build strong light-based compositions

-Detailed, hand-in shots that clearly illustrate how to create clean, transparent color and translucent glazes

-Design summary sidebars that pinpoint how each demonstration succeeds, along with quick-reference tips for the artist

-Paintings from contributing artists that show how to apply this technique to many different styles

Going beyond masking and glazing, Grastorf's masterful instruction empowers artists to tackle the larger challenge of loosening up, so they can push their art to a dynamic new level of luminosity and value.

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Layering Transparent Watercolor

Creating fresh, sparkling watercolors unlike any you've ever painted! Book jacket.

Pouring Light

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Iain Hutton-Jamieson

Step-by-step instructions and illustrations teach artists how to duplicate the gradated wash of watercolor, the stipple of pontillism, and the delicate texture of crosshatching

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

On t.p.: 22 colored pencil projects, illustrated step-by-step with advice on materials and techniques.

Colored Pencil Drawing Techniques

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Ian Falconer

**book in new condition; dust jacket has small tear - see photos**

This Caldecott Honor Book and #1 New York Times bestseller is perfect for pig-loving kids everywhere!

It's everyone's favorite pig...it's OLIVIA!

Join Olivia as she...
-dresses up
-sings songs
-builds sand castles
-naps (maybe)
-dances
-paints on walls
-and—whew!—

...finally goes to sleep at last.

Whether at home getting ready for the day, enjoying the beach, or at bedtime, Olivia is a feisty pig who has too much energy for her own good.

Olivia

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Tre McCalmly

Amaze your friends and yourself, using this foolproof system to read palms. Book includes 100 life-size palms so you can easily find a match. Plus a detailed analysis of what each line and line variation means. Use the enclosed acetate sheet to trace the configuration of line on the palm and then match your results to the photographs in the book.

Features photographs of one hundred life-size palms with detailed analyses of what the lines and variations on each one means, and provides a reusable acetate sheet readers can use to trace their own palms which may then be matched to the pictures.

The Palm Decoder

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Retells classic fairy and folk tales, such as "Hansel and Gretel," "Rumpelstiltskin," and "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves."

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

A Treasury of Fairy Tales

Divya Srinivasan

It's evening in the forest and Little Owl wakes up from his day-long sleep to watch his friends enjoying the night. Hedgehog sniffs for mushrooms, Skunk nibbles at berries, Frog croaks, and Cricket sings. A full moon rises and Little Owl can't understand why anyone would want to miss it. Could the daytime be nearly as wonderful? Mama Owl begins to describe it to him, but as the sun comes up, Little Owl falls fast asleep.

Putting a twist on the bedtime book, Little Owl's Night is sure to comfort any child with a curiosity about the night.

Little Owl enjoys a lovely night in the forest visiting his friend the raccoon, listening to the frogs croak and the crickets chirp, and watching the fog that hovers overhead.

Little Owl's Night

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Karen Kingston

Clear Your Clutter and Transform Your Life!

Clutter is trapped energy that has far-reaching effects physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. The simple act of clearing clutter can transform your life by releasing negative emotions, generating energy, and allowing you to create space in your life for the things you want to achieve. In Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui, Karen Kingston, pioneer of a branch of Feng Shui known as Space Clearing, expertly guides you through the liberating task of clutter clearing. You will learn:

Why you keep clutter
How to identify and clear clutter in your home or workplace
How to clear clutter from your body, mind, and spirit
How to stay clutter-free

An organizational guide to making efficient use of space incorporates the ancient art of feng shui to reveal the far-reaching physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual effects that clutter has on us. Original. $25,000 ad/promo. Tour.

Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui

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The Pitkin Guide provides a City Centre Map, recommended walk, detailed history and great color photos.

City of Edinburgh 

Alan Bold

This book looks at the origins of the Kingdom of Scotland, the Tanistry and the wars of independence. It covers the different Houses and their respective kings and queens: - House of Alpin (Malcolm II) - The House of Dunkeld (Duncan I, Macbeth, Lulach the Fool) - The house of Canmore (Malcolm III, Donald Ban, Duncan II, Edmund, Edgar the Peaceable, Alexander I, David I, Malcolm IV, William the Lion, Alexander II, Alexander III, Margaret Maid of Norway) - The Competitors (John Balliol) - The House of Bruce (Robert I, David II) - The House of Stewart (Robert II, Robert III, James I, James II, James III, James IV, James V, Mary Queen of Scots, James VI).

Scotland's Kings & Queens

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George Bellew

Britain's Kings and Queens

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Field Guide to Wild Herbs

Fabric Printing: Screen Method

Leo Lionni

This magical book includes six of Lionnis most loved stories. They are Swimmy, Tico and the golden wings, Fish is fish, Alexander and the wind-up mouse, The biggest house in the world, and Frederick.

Six Classic Stories

Swimmy -- Tico and the golden wings -- Fish is fish -- Alexander and the wind-up mouse -- The biggest house in the world -- Frederick.

Leo Lionni Favorites

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Maurice Sendak

One night Max puts on his wolf suit and makes mischief of one kind and another, so his mother calls him 'Wild Thing' and sends him to bed without his supper.

That night a forest begins to grow in Max's room and an ocean rushes by with a boat to take Max to the place where the wild things are. Max tames the wild things and crowns himself as their king, and then the wild rumpus begins.

But when Max has sent the monsters to bed, and everything is quiet, he starts to feel lonely and realises it is time to sail home to the place where someone loves him best of all.

Max is sent to bed without supper and imagines sailing away to the land of Wild Things,where he is made king.

Where the Wild Things Are

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Seuss

The classic picture book that introduced the world to the iconic, mischievous Cat in the Hat and the beloved characters Thing One and Thing Two! Dr. Seuss makes reading fun for kids of all ages.

“I know some new tricks,” said the Cat in the Hat. “A lot of good tricks. I will show them to you. Your mother will not mind at all if I do.”
 
A rainy day turns into a wild romp when the Cat in the Hat and his troublemaking friends, Thing One and Thing Two, unexpectedly appear! A favorite among kids, parents, and teachers, this story uses simple words and basic rhyme to encourage and delight beginning readers.

Beginner Books are fun, funny, and easy to read! Launched by Dr. Seuss in 1957 with the publication of The Cat in the Hat, this beloved early reader series motivates children to read on their own by using simple words with illustrations that give clues to their meaning. Featuring a combination of kid appeal, supportive vocabulary, and bright, cheerful art, Beginner Books will encourage a love of reading in children ages 3–7.

Two children sitting at home on a rainy day are visited by the Cat in the Hat who shows them some tricks and games.

The Cat in the Hat

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Watty Piper

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can..." Discover the inspiring story of the Little Blue Engine as she makes her way over the mountain in this beloved classic—the perfect gift to celebrate the special milestones in your life, from graduations to birthdays and more!

The kindness and determination of the Little Blue Engine have inspired millions of children around the world since the story was first published in 1930. Cherished by readers for over ninety years, The Little Engine That Could is a classic tale of the little engine that, despite her size, triumphantly pulls a train full of wonderful things to the children waiting on the other side of a mountain.

The Complete, Original Edition

When the other engines refuse, the Little Blue Engine tries to pull a stranded train full of toys and good food over the mountain.

The Little Engine That Could

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Aurelius Battaglia

Only one of the three pig brothers survives the hazardous experience of building a house.

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