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Jane Yolen
A family of giants band together to build an enormous super-deluxe treehouse.
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The Giants build a tree house in the fourth book about the huge-hearted family from the bestselling and beloved team, Jane Yolen and Tomie dePaola, in this series for Aladdin…
The largest single anthology of Jane Yolen's poetry, containing more than one hundred poems for all occasions-with fun black-and-white art throughout.
Our Kitchen Smells of mornings, blueberry muffins, hot chocolate…
"A lyrical biography of Hans Christian Andersen"--
From the days of the dinosaurs on through the present, animals have "come swimming, rolling, walking, stalking, running, gliding, sliding" through our world. Some stayed for only a short time…
Award winning Science fiction poetry collection from the Grandmaster of SF poetry.
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This final book in Jane Yolen's "What to Do with a ..." trio celebrates the remarkable joys of a stick that can anchor a daydream, fend off the monsters, and…
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Henry Herz
Combat Monsters brings together twenty award-winning and bestselling speculative fiction authors who each bring their own spin on an alternate history of World War II.
New research has uncovered deeply…
Jane Yolen, Kathryn Brown
Curious Eeny Mole emerges from her dark hole home to discover the world up above. There were once three sisters who lived at the bottom of a deep, dark hole…
Struggling with his Hebrew lessons, Abi takes an old scroll to help him practice and accidentally summons ten golems--who agree to come once a week to help him with his…
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"In the Garden of Eden, God buried the vegetables and put the fruits where they could be seen. Wanting easy picking, the caretakers of the Garden listen to the snake…
Interrupting Cow meets a duck who knows more jokes than anyone on the farm.
More than anything, Rochel-Leah wanted to learn to read. But in her small Jewish village in 19th century Russia, only boys were taught. That didn't stop Rochel-Leah in this story…
When a young child loses a special Purim toy he worries that he won't be able to be brave or mighty without it. After series of animals discover its noise-making…
Eeny Mole encourages her sisters to face their fears as she has done and venture into the world Up Above.
After learning of President Lincoln's assassination, everyone at Rebecca's synagogue spontaneously rises to recite the Kaddish, the traditional Jewish prayer of mourning.
A peek into the homes of dinosaur babies and their parents at bedtime.
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The popular HOW DO DINOSAURS… series continues with a hilarious look at dinosaurs at dinner time!
Jane Yolen and Mark Teague’s phenomenally best-selling dinosaurs are back, and this time they’re going to school!
The largest single anthology of Jane Yolen's poetry, containing more than one hundred poems for all occasions - with fun black-and-white art throughout.
Celebrating 30 years of the beloved classic Owl Moon from renowned children's book author Jane Yolen and Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator John Schoenherr!
Late one winter night a little girl and…
In rhyming text, dinosaurs learn the do's and don'ts of Halloween trick or treating.
Alice B McGinty
Jane Yolen has been a recipient of almost every award for children’s literature including a Caldecott medal for picture books. Children and adults alike fall in love with Jane Yolen’s…
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"Giants Dazzle, Grizzle, Grub, Grab, and Dab are in for a giant surprise when their Grandma Draggle comes for a visit!"--
A sweet poem about being an introvert in a big loud world.
Illustrates the characteristics and possible functions of a dot.
"Giants Dazzle, Grizzle, Grub, Grab, and Dab are in for a giant surprise when their Grandma Draggle comes for a visit"--
"Learning your manners can be a little difficult, even for dinosaurs. But with a little practice and a lot of laughs, these prehistoric pals learn to share and show gratitude…
J. Patrick Lewis,Jane Yolen
This collection pairs poems and pictures in a salute to the many twins among us.
Cengage Learning Gale
A Study Guide for Jane Yolen’s Briar Rose, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context…
A Study Guide for Jane Yolen’s Suzy and Leah, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions…
Jane Yolen, Heidi E. Y. Stemple
A celebration of seven different winter holidays observed in the US and the traditions that unite them all.
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Modern myths and tales that transform the unlikely into the familiar and real.
A powerful celebration of libraries from master storyteller Jane Yolen. Benjamin Franklin introduces his son Billy to the Leather Apron Club, where it’s love at first page.
When Billy’s father…
The essays in Touch Magic, Jane Yolen’s classic call-to-arms advocates the use of fantasy and folklore in children’s literature. Yolen argues persuasively that fantasy, folklore, and the realm of story…
In this nature-inspired poetry picture book, contemplative poems and photos about water combine allowing young readers to see the world in new ways.
Welcome to the green house where, day and night, the melodic prattle of exotic animals fills the air. The rich hues and tones described in the text explode in each…
Hannah thinks Passover Seder will be the same as always. Little does she know that this year she will be mysteriously transported into the past where only she knows the…
Hannah is tired of hearing about the Nazis during the Holocaust, but when she opens the door for Elijah at the Passover Seder, she is transported in time to 1940s…
The best-selling, award-winning team of Yolen and Teague are back with another playful dinosaur tale–this time about a sick dinosaur child who catches the flu and must go to the…
Originally published: New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1982.
The Star Warts is being sent on a dangerous mission to an intergalactic spy convention to find Agent 007 ½. Not only is he Space Fleet’s greatest spy and a…
Commander Toad leads the lean green space machine Star Warts to find new worlds but runs into trouble when he sets course for home.
When the Emperor is imprisoned in a high tower, only Princess Djeow Seow can save the day, by flying her kite high up into the sky to rescue her father…
Poems and illustrations show fourteen of the well-known Russian-born painter’s works.
