Paul Robert Walker, Author . Morrow $24.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-380-97787-1
Six hundred years ago, Lorenzo Ghiberti and Filippo Brunelleschi finished one and two in a contest to design the decorative bronze doors that now grace Florence's beloved Baptistry. Ghiberti, the youngest entrant, was the victor and subsequent...
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Paul Robert Walker, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $14.95 (184p) ISBN 978-0-15-200528-3
Albie's desire to become a great actor is just about as keen as his wish to become a sexually sophisticated man of the world. When he is accepted into an elite acting course it seems that both dreams may come true. After brief encounters with two...
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Paul Robert Walker, Author Harcourt Children's Books $17 (160p) ISBN 978-0-15-276163-9
Little League baseball and inexplicable theft form the gist of this enjoyable tale, which is certain to score with sports and mystery buffs. B.J. and his teammates are on an amazing winning streak, thanks to the prowess of Medgar Washington, B.J.'s...
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Paul Robert Walker, Author, P. Walker, Author, W. Noonan, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $18 (56p) ISBN 978-0-15-207147-9
Monsters and fantastical creatures have long been the stuff of youngsters' most vivid fantasies. Here Walker ( The Method ) plays to those imaginings in an unusual blend of fiction and nonfiction starring seven legendary creatures from Bigfoot to...
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Paul Robert Walker, Author, Walker Walker, Author, William Noonan, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $8 (64p) ISBN 978-0-15-201551-0
The combination of historical evidence and fiction in these stories about creatures from Bigfoot to Kongamato (a pterodactyl-like creature reportedly from southern Africa) make this collection an ""uncommon hybrid [that] should find a ready audience
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Paul Robert Walker, Author, James Bernardin, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $18 (79p) ISBN 978-0-15-207136-3
The rip-roarin' Davy Crockett and Pecos Bill team up with less widely known frontiersmen in this celebration of the outlandish exploits of nine American folk heroes from history and fable. Adopting the cheery informality of the oral tradition that...
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