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Ages 3-8 •Picture Books
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YOUNG, AMY
BELINDA THE BALLERINA
“For every young dancer who finds that
her body is not perfect, the story puts
physical defects into perspective and
offers something to laugh about at the
same time.” —Booklist
Rec: BL,C, K, PWH, SLJ
7 1/2 x 10 32 pp. 2005
978-0-14-240272-6 $5.99
YOUNGER, AMY
PURPLE MOUNTAIN MAJESTIES
Illustrated by Stacey Schuett
In the summer of 1893, a young professor
named Katharine Lee Bates took a
train west from Masachusetts to Colorado.
On her trip, she saw the beauty and
the grandeur of our nation — and was
moved to compose a poem that would
later be set to music and stir generations
to come. “Younger makes a living
character out of Bates, whose quirks and
full-bodied charm gracefully flow from
the letters and diary excerpts.”
—KirkusH
Rec: BL, KH, PW, SLJ
9 1/4 x 11 5/8 32 pp. 2002
978-0-14-230181-4 $6.99
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ZIEFERT, HARRIET
HATS OFF FOR
THE FOURTH OF JULY
Illustrated by Gustav Miller
“Ziefert shows how the townspeople of
Chatham, MA, celebrate our nation’s
birthday while Miller’s striking illustrations
richly enhance the small-town
ambience…Endpapers introduce a day
in the life of the charming Cape Cod
town’s Main Street, beginning with a
plane trailing a banner advertising the
big event and concluding with fireworks
ablaze over a now-darkened landscape.”
—School Library Journal
Rec: K, PW, SLJ
9 x 10 32 pp. 2002
978-0-14-056709-0 $6.99
See index for more titles by Harriet Ziefert.
ZWEIBEL, ALAN
OUR TREE NAMED STEVE
Illustrated by David Catrow
“When a storm fells a favorite tree, Dad
writes a letter to his children, who are
visiting their grandparents, to tell them
the bad news…Through the years, Steve
became the family swing, third base,
laundry line, campground, and even a
first love’s trysting place.”
—School Library Journal
Rec: C, KH, SLJ
9 x 9 1/2 32 pp. 2003
978-0-14-240743-1 $5.99
See index for more titles by David Catrow.