Books from Clarion Books

  • Pizza Party: The Carver Chronicles, Book Six
    By Karen English

    Freeman. has illustrated many books for children, including Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly; Natalie's Hair Was Wild!, which she also wrote; and twelve chapter books about ...

  • Trouble Next Door: The Carver Chronicles, Book Four
    By Karen English

    The fourth title in a chapter book series featuring African American and Latino boys that's full of kid-friendly charm and universal appeal.

  • Nikki and Deja: Election Madness
    By Karen English

    When Carver Elementary holds school-wide elections for the first time, third-grader Deja puts all her efforts into running for school president, ignoring her best friend Nikki's problems.

  • Pizza Party
    By Karen English

    Third-grader Richard and his friends are just four days away from setting a record for excellent behavior and earning a classroom pizza party when disaster strikes--their beloved teacher is out sick, and the strictest, meanest substitute ...

  • Fiesta de Patinetas: Crónicas de la Primaria Carver, Libro 2
    By Karen English

    De una premiada autora, una interesantísima serie de libros infantiles protagonizados por niños afroestadounidenses y latinos, llenos de esa magia que fascina a los niños y que tiene un encanto universal.

  • The Well-tempered Sentence: A Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed
    By Karen Elizabeth Gordon

    Collectin of bizarre, but instructional sentences used to help take the pain out of punctuation.

  • Thirty Minutes Over Oregon: A Japanese Pilot's World War II Story
    By Marc Tyler Nobleman

    Sullivan, William L. Hiking Oregon's History: The Stories Behind Historic Places You Can Walk to See. Navillus Press, 2003. Time. “Oregon: Raider's Return.” May 25, 1962. Webber, Burt and Margie. Fujita, Flying Samurai.

  • Martha Speaks American Reading Company Edition
    By Susan Meddaugh

    When Helen Finney feeds alphabet soup to her dog, Martha, it goes straight up to her brain, and Martha begins to speak! The basis for the Emmy-nominated PBS series.

  • Trace Your Ancestors
    By Estelle Catlett, Peter Verstappen

    An Anderson Miscellany Andersons have been involved in a number of record - breaking crimes . George ' Dutch ' Anderson pulled off a 1921 mail van stick - up which yielded over £ 500,000 ; Charlie Anderson took part in the first Wild ...

  • Muddle & Mo
    By Nikki Slade-Robinson

    A witty celebration of diversity and tolerance starring two friends and conveyed in uncluttered, expressive illustrations and a charmingly succinct text.

  • Ivan: A Gorilla's True Story
    By Katherine Applegate

    A New York Times bestseller! The true story behind The One and Only Ivan novel and motion picture, written by Newbery-medalist Katherine Applegate.

  • Mr. Walker Steps Out
    By Lisa Graff

    Mr. Walker, the human-shaped figure who lives in the traffic signal box and tells pedestrians when it is safe to cross the street, decides to leave his post and experience all that he has been missing, in this sweet and satisfying tale ...

  • A Long Road on a Short Day
    By Gary D. Schmidt, Elizabeth Stickney

    On a short winter day, Samuel and his father enter into a series of trades with neighbors and strangers until they come home with a brown-eyed milk cow for Mama.

  • Emily and the Spellstone
    By Michael Rubens

    Twelve-year-old Emily accidentally releases Gorgo, a carnivorous demon, from the magic Spellstone to which he is bound, and must join him in protecting the Stone from villains planning world domination.

  • Tallulah's Toe Shoes
    By Marilyn Singer

    Tallulah is frustrated because the grownups will not let her try dancing in toe shoes yet, so she sneaks a pair out of the wastebasket and tries on her own.

  • The Bad Decisions Playlist
    By Michael Rubens

    Austin, 16, a self-described screwup, finds out that his father isn't dead.

  • Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Life and Work
    By Victoria Ortiz

    ... that drew people to her”: Bayer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, p. 23. 32 “Ruth wouldn't speak... on her mind”: Bayer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, p. 23. “Ruth came to all... ball players”: Sandra Goldberg Roche, email to author, June 19, 2016.

  • The Circus Rose
    By Betsy Cornwell

    I want to thank a few people without whom I wouldn't have had the time, resources, or fortitude to finish this manuscript: Anna Boarini, Susan Burke and the Cox family, Trish Connolly, Josephine Fahy, Leah Gilbert, Danielle Hall, ...

  • Federico and the Wolf
    By Rebecca J. Gomez

    Clever Federico outsmarts el lobo in this fresh and funny Mexican-American take on Little Red Riding Hood.

  • Speak Up
    By Miranda Paul

    Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text encourage the reader to speak up about everything from their own name being mispronounced to someone bring a weapon to school.