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Michael
Garland
CHRISTMAS CITY
“on Christmas eve, Aunt Jeanne sends
Tommy a note asking him to climb into
the waiting cab and come to meet her.
The magical taxi takes off like a rocket
and flies Tommy to Christmas City,
where he follows a series of clues to find
Aunt Jeanne… Children who love the
Where’s Waldo? and the I Spy series will
page through this book over and over for
the love of the hunt.” —Booklist
Rec: BL, K, PW, SLJ
10 x 10 3/4 32 pp. 2004
978-0-14-240189-7 $6.99
CHRISTMAS MAGIC
“on a Christmas eve that seems
especially magical, a little girl builds a
snow-woman. During the night, she sees
katrina come to life and dance with the
snowman next door. It could all have
been a dream, but in the morning, the
two snow people who started out in different
yards are standing side-by-side…”
—School Library Journal
Rec: BL, PW, SLJ
10 x 10 3/4 32 pp. 2003
978-0-14-250140-5 $7.99
AN ELF FOR CHRISTMAS
“Tingle, a hardworking but exhausted
elf, falls asleep in a toy plane he has
helped to complete. The toy is boxed
and wrapped, and, on Christmas morning,
Tingle finds himself face to face
with an excited boy. After several hairy
moments the elf manages to escape up a
chimney....Another mishap occurs, but
a friendly polar bear comes to the rescue
and delivers Tingle to Santa’s door.”
—School Library Journal
Rec: BL, K, PW, SLJ
10 x 10 3/4 32 pp. 2005
978-0-14-240505-5 $6.99
THE GREAT EASTER EGG HUNT
With its suspenseful treasure-hunt plot,
this magical picture book set in the land
of the easter bunnies offers more than
200 hidden objects to find, puzzles to
solve, and intriguing clues that lead to
a surprise ending—a meeting with the
Great easter bunny himself!
Rec: BL, K, SLJ
10 x 10 3/4 32 pp. 2007
978-0-14-240753-0 $6.99
MISS SMITH’S INCREDIBLE
STORYBOOK
“Zack’s exciting new teacher has a magic
storybook. When she opens it up and
reads aloud, the characters pop out and
bring the tales to life right before the
students’ eyes.” —School Library Journal
Rec: K, SLJ
9 3/4 x 10 3/4 32 pp. 2005
978-0-14-240282-5 $6.99
THE MOUSE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
“A young mouse who is swept up in the
excitement of Santa’s visit ends up in the
jolly old man’s sack, enjoying a breathtaking
ride around the world before
being discovered and returned home
safely…The quiet scene of Santa peering
down into his huge sack and discovering
the little mouse tells this tale as effectively
as anything else.”
—School Library Journal
Rec: SLJ
10 x 10 3/4 32 pp. 2001
978-0-14-230005-3 $6.99
THE PRESIDENT AND MOM’S
APPLE PIE
“As the 27th president of the United
States, William Howard Taft weighed
more than 300 pounds and is sometimes
remembered more for the size of his
appetite than for his political ambitions.
Told by a young boy, this good-natured
spoof relates the events of a visit by Taft
to small-town America at the turn of the
century.” —School Library Journal
Rec: BL, C, PW, SLJ
10 x 10 3/4 32 pp. 2004
978-0-14-240146-0 $6.99
Ages 3-8 • Picture Books
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