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| Featured
Books o’ the Season |
| January 2009 |
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 Diary of a Wimpy Kid #3: The Last Straw, by Jeff Kinney
Release Date: January 13th!
Check out our events page for information about our release party! |
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 Posy, by Linda Newbery and Catherine Rayner
Beautiful illustrations. A great read for young children and cat lovers. |
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 A Penguin Story, by Antoinette Portis
The Geisel award winning author of Not a Box and Not a Stick brings an amazing story about penguins and broadening your horizons. |
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 Brava Strega Nona! A Heartwarming Pop-Up, by Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart, based on the book by Tomie DePaola |
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 We are All Born Free: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures, by Amnesty International
Page by page, different illustrators put the Declaration of Human Rights into vivid and expressive pictures. As we strive in society to help children gain awareness of the abstract concepts of justice and freedom, this book is a resource that can be appreciated by people of all ages. |
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2007 National Book Award,
Youg People’s Literature: |
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 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,
by Sherman Alexie |
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2008
Newbery Awards
(for outstanding writing): |
| Medalist: |
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 Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village,
by Laura Amy Schlitz |
| Honor Books: |
 Elijah of Buxton,
by Christopher Paul Curtis |
 Feathers,
by Jacqueline Woodson |
 The Wednesday Wars,
by Gary D. Schmidt |
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2008
Caldecott Awards
(for outstanding art): |
| Medalist: |
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 The Invention of Hugo Cabret,
by Brian Selznick |
| Honor Books: |
 First the Egg,
written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger |
 Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity, written and illustrated Mo Willems |
 The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, written and illustrated by Peter Sís |
 Henry's Freedom
Box, illustrated by Kadir Nelson,written by Ellen Levine |
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2008
Coretta Scott King Awards
(outstanding work by an African American
author/ illustrator): |
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| Author Award: |
Illustrator Award: |
 Elijah of Buxton,
by Christopher Paul Curtis |
 Let it Shine,
by Ashley Bryan |
| Author Honor: |
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 November Blues,
by Sharon Draper |
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 Twelve Rounds to Glory:
The Story of Muhammed Ali,
by Charles R. Smith, Jr. |
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| interested
in the books above? |
To order any
of the books listed above, please call (513.731.2665), e-mail (contact@bluemanateebooks.com),
or visit us in person (3054 Madison Road, Cincinnati, OH 45209). |
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about it! E-mail us at contact@bluemanateebooks.com
and we'll either agree, respectfully disagree, look into it, or add
it to our lineup! |
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