Books from Candlewick Press
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Backwards
By Todd MitchellUnwillingly tied to Dan, who seems to be shuffling through life, the Rider finds himself moving backwards in time, each day revealing more of the series of events that led to Dan’s suicide.
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Summer of '69
By Todd StrasserInstead I go with “Jim Morrison said people are strange—" “When you're a stranger." Tinsley finishes the line. Our eyes meet, and there's that connection again. Brautigan and Morrison—the high priests of our tribe.
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The Beast of Cretacea
By Todd StrasserBattle stations!” The next day the nippers are in the middle of cleaning up lunch when Starbuck's strident voice blares over the speakers, followed by a steady, pulsing alarm. “Cadwallader's cuticles! Not again!
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Franklin and Winston: A Christmas that Changed the World
By Douglas Wood, Barry MoserDescribes the month-long visit between world leaders Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt in December 1941, during which they discussed the strategies of the Allied powers in World War II and how to sustain peace after the war would end ...
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Thrilling Reads: Exclusive Candlewick Press Sampler
By Todd Mitchell, Patrick Ness, Ursula DubosarskyThe sampler includes chapters from Ursula Dubosarsky’s The Golden Day, Patrick Ness’s More Than This, and Todd Mitchell’s Backwards.
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Pick-up Game: A Full Day of Full Court
By Marc Aronson, Charles R. Smith, Jr.The classics are Pete Axthelm's The City Game, Rick Telander's Heaven Is a Playground, and Darcy Frey's The Last Shot. But I've also seen some newer books and even videos on the ...
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A Family of Readers: The Book Lover's Guide to Children's and Young Adult Literature
By Roger Sutton, Martha V. ParravanoFREEDMAN. ROGER SUTTON: When you're writing about someone — Eleanor Roosevelt, for example —how do you balance the facts of what she did and why she did it, either according to her own point of view or a recorded point of view, ...
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Hooray for Inventors!
By Marcia WilliamsProfiles over one hundred of the world's most influential inventors, and describes the origins of such everyday items as the ballpoint pen, eraser, sandwich, and zipper.
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Ancient Egypt: Tales of Gods and Pharaohs
By Marcia WilliamsRetells nine tales of ancient Egypt, including the story of Ra rising from the waters of the Nile to create the gods of the earth, sky, and rain.
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The Tudors: Kings, Queens, Scribes, and Ferrets!
By Marcia WilliamsOriginally published: London: Walker Books, c2015.
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War Is--: Soldiers, Survivors, and Storytellers Talk about War
By Marc AronsonRon (my marine buddy) just gave me a 7-Up to help celebrate my birthday. Tonight we are going to have a pizza party. It's nearing chow time. I'll write again in a couple of days. I'll buy a Japanese camera and take some pictures when ...
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'Twas the Night Before Christmas
By Clement C. MooreClement C. Moore. And then , in a twinkling , I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each little hoof . As I drew in my head , and was turning.
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Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion, and Betrayal
By Mal PeetTwo kilometres north of Loenen he swung onto a narrow lane that ran alongside the heath, bypassing most of the village. The widow didn't want him seen by the neighbours. Half a kilometre from the cottage, there was a gateway and, ...
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The Murdstone Trilogy
By Mal PeetSo he'd had a couple of pints in the Gelder's Rest, the stark pub at the corner of the Square, then found the lane that led toward Goat's Elbow, his target for the day. Beyond the low stone wall on his left, the ground tumbled into a ...
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Firefly July and Other Very Short Poems
By Paul B. Janeczko“In the Field Forever" by Robert Wallace from Ungainly Things. Copyright © 1968 by Robert Wallace. Used by permission of Christine Wallace. “Sea Trade” by Patricia Hubbell. Copyright © 2014 by Patricia Hubbell.
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A Family of Readers: The Book Lover's Guide to Children's and Young Adult Literature
By Roger Sutton, Martha V. ParravanoKimberly Willis Holt, illustrations by Christine Davenier, Piper Reed, Navy Brat 146 pp. Grades 2–5. Being a Navy brat is full of activity and challenges— just the way irrepressible nine-year-old Piper ...
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Become an App Inventor: The Official Guide from MIT App Inventor: Your Guide to Designing, Building, and Sharing Apps
By Karen Lang, Mit App Inventor Project, Selim TezelWith a foreword by Gitanjali Rao, Time Magazine’s inaugural Kid of the Year, this engaging guide from MITeen Press teaches anyone to design and publish their own apps—no experience necessary!—and introduces young app creators from ...
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Heart-Wrenching Reads: Exclusive Candlewick Press Sampler
By Steve Watkins, John M. Cusick, Jo KnowlesIt was widely acknowledged that Lucas DuBois was the only dude chill enough to date Cherry Kerrigan. He was the mellow ying to her manic yang, the silent partner to Cherry's chatter, responding in monosyllables with the occasional New ...
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Extraordinary Ordinary People: Five American Masters of Traditional Arts
By Alan B. GovenarMeyers, Walter Dean. Blues Journey. Illus. by Christopher Meyers. New York: Holiday House, 2003. Orgill, Roxane. Shout, Sister, Shout!: Ten Girl Singers Who Shaped a Century. New York: Margaret K. McElderry, 2001. Raven, Margo Theis.
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Jazz A-B-Z
By Paul Rogers, Wynton Marsalis, Phil SchaapIn the early 1950s , with the Gillespie Orchestra disbanded , Jackson contacted his former colleagues about forming a quartet.They became the Milt Jackson Quartet . This M ( Milt ) J ( Jackson ) Q ( quartet ) was the next step .