Books from Atheneum

  • A Baby for Max
    By Kathryn Lasky, Maxwell B. Knight

    Text and photographs record a five-year-old as he awaits the birth of the family's new baby and enjoys her afterward.

  • The Tantrum
    The Tantrum
    By Kathryn Lasky

    A little girl has a tantrum and disrupts her whole household.

  • The Emperor's New Clothes
    By Hans Christian Andersen, Ruth Belov Gross, Jack Kent

    Two dishonest weavers sell the vain Emperor an invisible suit of clothes.

  • The Foolish King: Based on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Emperor's New Clothes"
    By Hans Christian Andersen, Lisl Weil

    Mr. Humbug and Mr. Tricks, posing as tailors, sell vain King Panache a suit of clothes which they claim are invisible to anyone stupid.

  • The Secret Box
    The Secret Box
    By Gayle Pearson

    Five interrelated short stories set in Oakland, California, illustrate the ups and downs of growing up and include tales about a dog's funeral, a box full of unhappy secrets, and a secret betrayal.

  • Don't Call it Paradise
    Don't Call it Paradise
    By Gayle Pearson

    When thirteen-year-old Maddie goes to visit her best friend Beanie in California, she hopes that Beanie's older brother has changed, but she slowly recalls a terrible secret from the past that makes her realize just what kind of person he ...

  • You Can't Do that to Me!: Famous Fights for Human Rights
    You Can't Do that to Me!: Famous Fights for Human Rights
    By Jules Archer

    Simon Bolivar . New York : The Macmillan Company , 1942 . 5. “ WE DON'T LIKE YOUNG PEOPLE TO THINK " * de Polnay , Peter . Garibaldi . London : Hollis & Carter , 1960 . Ergang , Robert . Europe Since Waterloo .

  • The Nargun and the Stars
    By Patricia Wrightson

    An ancient stone creature threatens the lives of a family on a lonely sheep farm in Australia.

  • Merry Gentlemen and One Lady
    Merry Gentlemen and One Lady
    By J. Bryan, III

    Still another gag that gave us long service grew from a report that one of the movie studios had considered buying Rachel Carson's best - seller The Sea Around Us , but couldn't decide how to make it into a picture . Easy ! we said .

  • Living in Space
    By James S. Trefil

    Discusses technological and human aspects of the colonization of space as it may be experienced by future generations.

  • Dagmar Schultz and the Angel Edna
    Dagmar Schultz and the Angel Edna
    By Lynn Hall

    During lunch hour I started a list , on the back page in my notebook , of all the possible possibilities . ... By the beginning of last period every name on the list was blacked out , except Aron Bodensteiner .

  • Murder at the Spaniel Show
    Murder at the Spaniel Show
    By Lynn Hall

    Phil Deitz is his name . Yesterday I caught him in the office , kind of ... Holmes pulled his little notebook from his shirt pocket and flipped it open on his knee . ... Holmes frowned thoughtfully as he tucked away the notebook .

  • The Art of Ancient Greece
    By Shirley Glubok

    Presents various objects of Greek art--vases, statues, buildings, reliefs, friezes, and ornaments--and explains how they were made and used, and aspects of the culture which they present.

  • Moonshadow of Cherry Mountain
    Moonshadow of Cherry Mountain
    By Doris Buchanan Smith

    “ I didn't hear a shot , ” Karen said . “ And it's from the wrong direction . He wouldn't go up there to shoot her , would he ? ” As Moonshadow hullabalooed toward the brook , the smell of skunk wafted lightly to the cabin .

  • The Grizzly Sisters
    The Grizzly Sisters
    By Cathy Bellows

    The Grizzly sisters continually disobey their mother's warning to stay away from other animals, and when they go near the tourists they live to regret it.

  • Toad School
    Toad School
    By Cathy Bellows

    A young toad who sees no point in what she learns at school soon discovers that the lessons are invaluable for getting through life.

  • The River Bank: From The Wind in the Willows
    By Kenneth Grahame

    Rat and Mole enjoy an afternoon outing on the river in this first chapter of "The Wind in the Willows."

  • The Great Antler Auction
    The Great Antler Auction
    By Susan E. Goodman

    A Boy Scout program in Jackson, Wyoming, collects elk antlers and sells them at auction to help pay for an elk feeding program at the National Elk Refuge.

  • Pioneering Ocean Depths
    Pioneering Ocean Depths
    By Sandra Markle

    ... Dr. Wilford D. Gardner ( Texas A & M University , College of Geosciences and Maritime Studies ) , and Dr. Gerald H. Krockover ( Purdue University ) . ... 33 Dudley Foster , Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ; p .

  • I Am an Ankylosaurus
    I Am an Ankylosaurus
    By Karen Wallace

    Through the eyes of an ankylosaurus as she lays her eggs and protects them from predators children are given a first-hand account of what life was like for the fierce animal when she roamed the earth millions of years ago.