Rob Shone, Author, Anita Ganeri, Author, Rob Shone, Illustrator , illus. by Shone. Rosen $9.95 (48p) ISBN 978-1-4042-5172-4
Tubman's long life story is impressive for the range of its determination: the former slave set out to help anyone
in trouble, whether it was other slaves, wounded Civil War soldiers or the homeless poor. One potential problem with such a...
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Anita Ganeri, Author Peter Bedrick Books $18.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-87226-385-7
This lively primer provides brief but memorable snapshots of various world religions, from both past and present. A global approach suggesting that ""most religions now try to live and work more peacefully together"" places Ganeri's work in context...
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Anita Ganeri, Author, Halli Verrinder, Illustrator Little Simon $13.95 (24p) ISBN 978-0-689-80264-5
Five acetate overlays are put to poor use in this ring-bound picture book about animals that depend on trompe l'oeil for survival. Here katydids conceal themselves among oak leaves, Sargassum fish blend into clumps of seaweed and an orchid mantis...
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Anita Ganeri, Author, Marcus Braybrooke, Author Twenty-First Century Books (CT) $18.95 (72p) ISBN 978-0-8050-4874-2
This lively primer provides brief but memorable snapshots of various world religions, from both past and present. A global approach suggesting that ""most religions now try to live and work more peacefully together"" places Ganeri's work in context...
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Anita Ganeri, illus. by Christopher Corr. Albert Whitman, $17.99 (64p) ISBN 978-0-8075-0443-7
Small iconlike images pepper this inviting atlas, rendered in a folk-art style and painted in a vibrant palette of bright pinks, blues, oranges, and greens. Six overarching sections cover the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the poles,...
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Anita Ganeri, illus. by Fiammetta Dogi and Dan Cole. Bonnier/Little Bee (S&S, dist.), $12.99 (18p) ISBN 978-1-4998-0016-6
First in the Record Breakers series, this guide (first published in the U.K. in 2013) is devoted to animals that possess exceptional predatory skills, size, senses, intelligence, and life cycles, among others. More than a dozen animals crowd each...
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Anita Ganeri, illus. by Mariano Epelbaum. Lerner/Hungry Tomato, $7.99 trade paper (32p) ISBN 978-1-4677-7211-2
“The good news is that I survived the journey. The bad news is that I’m at the slave market, about to be sold as a slave.” A first-century villager named Felix narrates his evolution from prisoner to slave to gladiator in this irreverent tour of...
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Anita Ganeri, Author, Claire Robinson, Introduction by ABRAMS $19.95 (29p) ISBN 978-0-8109-3139-8
stranger than fiction The Australian frilled lizard, the stinging velvet ant and the insect-eating pitcher plant are among the creatures of Bizarre Beasts: And Other Oddities of Nature by Anita Ganeri. Color illustrations of the fantastic beasts...
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Anita Ganeri, Author, Jackie Morris, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $18 (104p) ISBN 978-0-15-200943-4
Ganeri's retelling of stories from a wide range of the world's religions provides a much-needed book on comparative religious studies for children. The stories are categorized by theme-Creation stories, flood stories, lives of religious leaders, etc.
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Anita Ganeri, Author, Nicola Barber, Author, Nicola Barber, Joint Author Harcourt Children's Books $25 (64p) ISBN 978-0-15-216498-0
Families who like their Christmas music with a beat will enjoy A Sugar Beats Christmas: Cool Christmas Songs for Kids by the Sugar Beats. Among the rockin' tracks performed by Andrew Gold (Thank You for Being a Friend), Johnny Kemp (Just Got Paid)
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Anita Ganeri, illus. by Margaux Carpentier. Crocodile, $19.95 (48p) ISBN 978-1-62371-856-5
Ganeri inspires with this empathic biography of activist Chico Mendes (1944–1988) and his fight to save the Amazon rainforest. Opening with a scene from a triumphant protest organized by Mendes, the book otherwise takes a chronological approach,...
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Anita Ganeri, illus. by Andy Wilx. Running Press Kids, $19.99 (96p) ISBN 978-0-7624-9505-4
The magic in these stories shines through despite a stolid narrative style and editorial selections skewed toward well-known Greek tales, including standard retellings of the myths of Andromeda, Heracles, and Pegasus. Beyond those, readers will...
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