Children and Teens

2010 Summer Favorites - History & Mythology

HISTORY

Brother William's Year: A Monk at Westminster Abbey (Hardcover)

By Jan Pancheri
$17.95
ISBN-13: 9781845079536
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Published: Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2/2010
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A monk’s life may be one of work, routine, and piety, but it is not without adventure and, above all, joy.  Jan Pancheri guides the reader through BROTHER WILLIAM’S YEAR (Frances Lincoln, $17.95) in the spiritual and natural life of medieval Westminster Abbey.  From shoveling snow in January to painting eggs in April, mending thatch in August to midnight Mass in December, Brother William takes part in the rich life of the Abbey. The illustrations are warm, lively, and informative, with endpaper maps of Westminster Abbey as it once was.  Ages 6-9.  SNB

Liberty or Death: The Surprising Story of Runaway Slaves who Sided with the British During the American Revolution (Hardcover)

By Margaret Whitman Blair
$18.95
ISBN-13: 9781426305900
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Published: National Geographic Children's Books, 1/2010
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During the American Revolution, Patrick Henry’s demand for LIBERTY OR DEATH (National Geographic, 18.95) was only meant for wealthy white men.  In return for the promise of freedom, some slaves chose to fight alongside the British. Margaret Whitman Blair’s graphic narrative reveals this often-neglected piece of American history by tracing the difficult paths these men, women, and children followed in their struggle for freedom.  Ages 10-13.  AJK

Emma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty (Hardcover)

By Linda Glaser, Claire A. Nivola
$17.00
ISBN-13: 9780547171845
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Published: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 4/2010
What would the Statue of Liberty say to the hopeful as they entered the United States?  Emma Lazarus imagined Lady Liberty’s words in her now famous poem, The New Colossus.  EMMA’S POEM (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $17) proclaims, “Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”  Author Linda Glaser tells the story of Emma’s privileged life and how she became passionate about helping immigrants.  Claire A. Nivola’s detailed paintings depict the time just before the Statue of Liberty was erected in New York Harbor.  Ages 7-10.  HWP

 

MYTHOLOGY

Young Zeus (Hardcover)

By Brian Karas
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9780439728065
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Published: Scholastic Press, 2/2010

What was the world like before Zeus ruled heaven and earth? Author and illustrator G. Brian Karas reimagines Greek mythology in the story of YOUNG ZEUS (Scholastic, $17.99), who is being raised by an enchanted she-goat on the island of Crete. The young god is lonely, so he sets out to free his brothers and sisters from their father’s belly. This action-packed story of gods and monsters quickly grows to one of epic proportions. Ages 4-8. HWP

Encyclopedia Mythologica: Gods and Heroes Pop-Up (Hardcover)

By Matthew Reinhart, Robert Sabuda, Matthew Reinhart
$29.99
ISBN-13: 9780763631710
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Published: Candlewick, 2/2010

The dynamic duo of pop-up books, Matthew Reinhart and Robert Sabuda, have outdone themselves with the latest installment of the Encyclopedia Mythologica: GODS AND HEROES (Candlewick, $29.99). Greek and Egyptian mythologies have never been more popular, and those of us clambering for tales of ancient pantheons will sit transfixed for hours exploring this tactile treasure. From Gilgamesh to Quetzalcoatl, from ancient Greece to immortal China, the world’s great myths are brought to three-dimensional splendor that will delight, surprise, and inspire all. Ages 7 and up. SNB