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Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay
Hardcover: 480 pages
Publisher: Harper (September 7, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-0061962165
Back-of-the-book blurb: When she decides to auction her remarkable jewelry collection, Nina Revskaya, once a great star of the Bolshoi Ballet, believes she has finally drawn a curtain on her past. Instead, the former ballerina finds herself overwhelmed by memories of her homeland and of [...]
The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli
Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press; 1 edition (March 30, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-0312611576
Back-of-the-book blurb: On a stifling day in 1975, the North Vietnamese army is poised to roll into Saigon. As the fall of the city begins, two people make their way through the streets to escape to a new life. Helen Adams, an American [...]
Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosher by Laurel Snyder; illustrated by David Goldin
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Tricycle Press (August 24, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-1582463155
Back-of-the-book blurb: While waiting for the bus, a man tells Baxter the pig about the joys of Shabbat dinner. But before Baxter can find out how he, too, can join [...]
Homer & Langley: A Novel written by E. L. Doctorow; read by Arthur Morey
Publisher: Random House Audio; Unabridged edition (September 1, 2009); 6 CDs
ISBN-13: 978-0739334164
Back-of-the-box blurb: Homer and Langley Collyer are brothers – the one blind and deeply intuitive, the other damaged into madness, or perhaps greatness, by mustard gas in the Great War. They [...]
The Bucolic Plague: How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers: An Unconventional Memoir by Josh Kilmer-Purcell
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Harper (June 1, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-0061336980
Back-of-the-book blurb: What happens when two New Yorkers (one an ex–drag queen) do the unthinkable: start over, have a herd of kids, and get a little dirty?
A happy series of accidents and a doughnut-laden [...]
Lawn to Lawn by Dan Yaccarino
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover: 40 pages
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers (January 12, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-0375855740
Back-of-the-book blurb: Not everyone loves lawn ornaments. But Pearl was different. Pearl was their friend—the only human who knew they were real.
So when Pearl’s family moves and (shockingly!) leaves their pink flamingo, deer, gnome, and lawn [...]
Scout, Atticus & Boo: A Celebration of Fifty Years of To Kill a Mockingbird by Mary McDonagh Murphy
Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Harper (June 8, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-0061924071
Back-of-the-book blurb: To mark the fiftieth anniversary of To Kill a Mockingbird, Mary McDonagh Murphy reviews its history and examines how the novel has left its mark on a broad range [...]
Fur and Feathers by Janet Halfmann, illustrated by Laurie Allen Klein
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Sylvan Dell Publishing (August 10, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-1607180753
Back-of-the-book blurb: When Sophia dreams that howling winds whisk the fur and feathers right off her animal friends, she shares some of her clothes with them. But her clothing doesn’t work well for the [...]
Bite Me: A Stomach-Satisfying, Visually Gratifying, Fresh-Mouthed Cookbook by Julie Albert and Lisa Gnat
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Pinky Swear Press (September 1, 2009)
ISBN-13: 9780981283500
Note: this title will be published and sold in the US by Kyle Books (fall 2010) with ISBN: 978-1906868444. The Pinky Swear Press edition is available now from
How Rocket Learned to Read by Tad Hills
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover: 40 pages
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade (July 27, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-0375858994
Back-of-the-book blurb: Rocket is a somewhat reluctant reader who transforms into an avid reader with the help and encouragement of his devoted teacher, a little yellow bird.
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