by Ingri d'Aulaire & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire • Introduction by Michael Chabon

The Caldecott Medal-winning d'Aulaires once again captivate young readers with this beautifully illustrated introduction to Norse legends. Illustrations throughout depict the wondrous other world of Norse folklore and its fantastical Northern landscape. Ages 8 & up.

"(These) works, especially the books of Norse and Greek myths, were and remain crucial to me, and now to my own children. The interest in mythology that was kindled by those two bookshas endured throughout my life…The Norse book was always my favorite, though. I must have read it a dozen times at least by the time I was nine or ten. I have long been horrifiedand dismayed to see it go out of print…" —Michael Chabon

EDGAR PARIN D'AULAIRE (1898-1986) studied art in Germany and France, and worked with Henri Matisse. In Munich, he met INGRI MORTENSON (1904-1980), a Norwegian-born artstudent. They married, emigrated to the US, and began a long career together, during which they published more than twenty picture books for children.

MICHAEL CHABON is the author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay and the children's book Summerland.

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Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Eleanor Farjeon's selection of her favorite stories describes powerful— and sometimes exceedingly silly—monarchs, and commoners who are every bit their match; musicians and dancers who live for art rather than earthly reward; and a goldfish who wishes to "marry the Moon, surpass the Sun, and possess the World." Ages 9 and up.

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This classic tale chronicles the terrible winter that sent the starving bears down into the valley in search of food, as well as their struggles with an army of wild boars, a wily professor who may or may not be a magician, snarling Marmoset the Cat, and, worse still, treachery within their own ranks. Over all this, the bears triumph with bravery, ingenuity, humility, and high spirits. Ages 7 and up.

"...my favorite book..."—Lemony Snicket

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Mischievous sisters set off to rescue their father from the tyrant of Bonbardy. Winner of the Carnegie Medal; Ages 9 and up.

"... With a motley crew of characters, including not only the obligatory governess but also a splendid dancing master, this is a gloriously unpredictable tale of escalating bad behavior, magical transformations, slapstick humor, sophisticated satire and, throughout, a war-time preoccupation with food, involving irresistibly detailed lists."—The Guardian

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Two young boys head to a mysterious island and find adventure with a beautiful black colt. Named by the Sunday Times (London) as one of its 99 Best Books for Children. Ages 8 and up.

"Eilis Dillon weaves a magic Irish spell and an A-1 mystery adventure story, taut with action and suspense...The tale sparkles with the atmosphere of the sea and of small-town life along Ireland's west coast."—The New York Times Book Review

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Written and illustrated by Esther Averill

Join our heroine as she travels to Africa and Asia with Captain Tinker, her brothers, Edward and Checkers, and the ship's cat, Jack Tar, at each port meeting a colorful local cat who shows them around. They have their fortunes told in Zanzibar, dance the sailor's hornpipe in Singapore, and float on a Bangkok River in this truly exotic adventure. Ages 6 and up.

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In Greenwich Village, an orphaned black cat, little Jenny Linsky, longs to join the local Cat Club, whose members include Madame Butterfly, an elegant Persian, the high-stepping Macaroni, and fearless Pickles the Fire Cat. Available for the first time in decades, this collection includes the author's five favorite Cat Club stories. Join Jenny and her friends on their spirited downtown adventures and discover why The Atlantic Monthly called Jenny "a personality ranking not far below such giants as Peter Rabbit." Ages 5 & up.

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Written and illustrated by Reiner Zimnik

"Well, there was a man once, and he had a bear . . ." begins this story about a happy friendship between man and beast. The man understands the language of bears and they travel together from village to village, performing for all. Profound in its simplicity, it is also a tribute to man's devotion to God and the strength of the good over all that is wickedin the balance of the human soul. Ages 8 and up.
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In a growing city, one young man claims the job of his dreams, operator of the tallest crane around. As the seasons pass, man and machine almost become one. "The crane was a giant with iron sinews, and the craneman was its heart."

"A profound, deeply moving allegory that will linger in the minds of readers of all ages...a mixture of sheer poetry, religious feeling and all things good and bad, humorous and tragic in life." —Louisville Courier-Journal and Times

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The Magic Pudding is a pie, except when it's something else, like a steak, or a jam donut, or an apple dumpling, or whatever its owner wants it to be. But the Magic Pudding is also alive. It walks and it talks and it's got a personality like no other. The Magic Pudding stands somewhere between Alice in Wonderland and The Stinky Cheese Man as one of the craziest books ever written for young readers. Ages 7 and up.

"Without question my favorite children's book."—Philip Pullman

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She saw: first, a square opening, about eight inches wide, in the lowest step...finally she saw that there was a walnut shell, or half one, outside the nearest door...she went to look at the shell—but looked with the greatest astonishment. There was a baby in it. So ten-year-old Maria, orphaned mistress of Malplaquet, discovers the secret of her deteriorating estate: on a deserted island at its far corner live an entire community of people—"The People" as they call themselves—all only inches tall. With the help of her only friend—an absurdly erudite Professor— Maria soon learns that this settlement is no less than the kingdom of Lilliput (first seen in Gulliver's Travels) in exile. Safely hidden for centuries, their situation grows ominous when they are discovered by Maria's greedy guardians, who look at The People and see only a bundle of money. Ages 9 and up.

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by Rumer Godden
Neighborhood children—"the sparrows"—have been in search of “good, garden earth.” The Garden Committee thinks they have taken it from the private garden in the public square. Have they? An investigation leads to, among other things, a hidden garden. Ages 10 and Up

"A host of readers will be grateful for this shining book. It is a deft, amusing, and touching story of a London neighborhood where wealth adjoins poverty.... A false touch would tip it over, but Miss Godden stays this side of sentiment."—Saturday Review

HC • 5½" x 8½" • 256 pp.

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Written and illustrated by Esther Averill

Join Jenny Linsky, the shy little black cat of Greenwich Village, in a fun-filled romp around town when her brothers, Checkers and Edward, take her out for her birthday. Pickles, the Fire Cat, gathers everyone into his red fire truck and takes them to the park where friends and strangers picnic and dance the night away. Ages 4 and up.

32 pp • Color illustrations

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