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For Madlenka, a trip around her city block is like a trip around the world, in this "Publishers Weekly" Best Children's Book of the Year by a Caldecott Honor winner. Full color.

A Hans Christian Andersen Award winner and three-time Caldecott Honoree blends a true story from his childhood with the fictional adventure of "Robinson Crusoe" to create a magical picture book filled with heart and imagination.

In my view, life without dancewould be quite unthinkable. In thisbook, Peter Sís confirms" -- Mikhail

As a freight train passes by a school, the students learn something about the United States from its cargo. This large-format picture book celebrates the famous, symbolic, and historic aspects of each state in the country. Includes a map of all 50 states and capitals. Full color.

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There are real dragons on the island of Komodo in Indonesia, and popular artist Sis takes young dragon fans on a journey to see them. But as one can expect from the author of Beach Ball and An Ocean World, there is more to see than appears at first glance. A perfect mixture of fact and fantasy. Full color.

Matt loves fire trucks, and one morning when he wakes up, he is a fire truck--right down to his hoses, hooks, and ladders! Full color.

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In his most personal work to date, award-winning author Peter Ss offers a brilliant graphic memoir, taking readers on an extraordinary journey as he recalls his youth growing up in Czechoslovakia in the 1960s, when his country was on the Communist side of the Iron Curtain.

In this follow-up to "Madlenka, " readers return to Madlenka's city block as she pines for a dog of her own. Her parents say no. Using her imagination, Madlenka and her friends on the block play together, remembering the dogs of their childhood. Full color.

Peter Sís's remarkable biography The Pilot and the Little Prince celebrates the author of The Little Prince, one of the most beloved books in the world. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was born in France in 1900, when airplanes were just being invented. Antoine dreamed of flying and grew up to be a pilot-and that was when his adventures began. He found a job delivering mail by plane, which had never been done before. He and his fellow pilots traveled...

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Tree of Life examines the life of this scientist.

The life and genius of Galileo Galilei are portrayed in this picture book that includes maps, events, and a world view of Galileo's time period. Full color.

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Illus. in full color. The 15th century comes alive in this splendidly original picture book about Christopher Columbus. "The illustrations, executed in a variety of media, show scenes from the explorer's life as well as some imaginary creatures that populated the Europeans' picture of the outside world at that time. The details on each page invite individual readers to pay close attention, but the brief, clear text and framed illustrations len...