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Borrowed Children
Price: $9.95
ISBN: 9780813109725 (paperback)
"With eloquence and an economy of language,
Lyon tells a story of dreams, of journeys, of family love and acceptance,
set in Kentucky during the Depression...Borrowed Children is fresh, different,
and totally captivating." School Library Journal
WINNER OF THE GOLDEN KITE AWARD
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S 100 TITLES FOR READING AND SHARING
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS' BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
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Counting on the Woods
Price: $15.95 LIMITED QUANTITIES
ISBN: 0789424800 (hardcover)
Grade level: K-3
Photograhs by: Ann W. Olson
"Teachers and parents seeking to help children appreciate the simple beauty to be
found on a walk through the woods will treasure this exquisite book." Starred review, Publishers Weekly
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Don't You Remember?
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 9780977874569 (paperback)
Adult
"In Don't You Remember? poet, novelist and children's writer George Ella Lyon
investigates a childhood experience in which she seemed to have uncovered memories
from another lifetime. ... Part mystery, part a study of the creative process, Don't You
Remember? leads the reader deep into essential questions about who and how we are."
"A gorgeous and deeply unsettling book. . . . Lyon writes with passionate clarity
about the life of stories and the telling of lives, about what writersdo and how
they work." BOOKLIST
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Dreamplace
Price: $15.95 LIMITED QUANTITES
ISBN: 0531054667 (hardcover)
Price: $6.95 LIMITED QUANTITIES
ISBN: 0531071014 (paperback)
Grade level: PreS-2
Illustrator: Peter Catalanotto
"Children are treated to a vision of the
past, this time among the ruins of an Anasazi village....This book is
both art and literature of a quality that is rarely seen and should be
cherished." Starred review, School Library Journal
AN AMERICAN BOOKSELLER KIDS' PICK OF THE LISTS
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Gina.Jamie.Father.Bear
Price: $15.95 LIMITED QUANTITIES
ISBN: 0689843704 (hardcover)
Grade level: 6-Up
"In this finely drawn tale, Lyon weaves parallel
story lines into a novel of uncommon beauty that incorporates the mysterious
bonds between parents and children, love and legend....Her subtle theme--that
children remain open to the inexplicable wonders of life that adults have
given up--may well inspire readers to explore the mysteries in their own
lives. Lyon's poet-roots inform her vivid imagery and metaphoric prose.
A lyrical, memorable tale." starred review,Publishers Weekly
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Kentucky Christmas
Price: $28.00
ISBN: 9780813122793 (hardcover)
Grade level: All Ages
Edited by George Ella Lyon
A Kentucky Christmas is a celebration of holiday poetry, fiction, essays,
recipes, and songs by more than fifty of the Bluegrass state's finest writers.
Gathered here are yuletide writings from some of the legendary voices of Kentucky-and
the nation-as well as original Christmas stories and poetry from some of the state's
emerging talents.A delight for anyone interested in Kentucky literature, history, or
traditions, A Kentucky Christmas promises to be a wonderful holiday gift, a treasured
family keepsake, and a necessary addition for libraries and for personal collections.
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Mother to Tigers
Price: $17.95
ISBN: 9780689842214 (hardcover)
Grade level: K-3
Illustrator: Peter Catalanotto
"Arresting art illuminates Lyon and Catalanotto's
tribute to Helen Martini, founder of the Bronx Zoo's animal nursery...the
story cannot miss its mark as animal lovers appreciate Helen's love for
and commitment to saving nature's newest members." Publishers Weekly
PARENTS' CHOICE SILVER MEDAL 2003
BEST 'INFORMATION PLEASE' BOOKS, NICK JR. MAGAZINE
JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTION
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My Friend the Starfinder
Price: $16.99
ISBN: 9781416927389 (hardcover)
Grade level: K-3
Illustrator: Stephen Gammell
Dazzled,
a little girl listens
to her old neighbor's story
of following a falling star
when he was a boy.
He found it, too.
He put it in her hands.
But that's not all
the starfinder has to tell.
One day something
found him.
It's a story
too good to keep.
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No Dessert Forever!
Price: $16.95 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9781416903857
Grade level: K-3
Illustrator: Peter Catalanotto
Have you ever been blamed for mischief your brother has caused? Did
you get mad? Well, so does the girl in this book about a brother who
pesters, and a sister who objects -- big time. In their spirited
words and pictures, favorite friends George Ella Lyon and
Peter Catalanotto have a fine time righting the wrong of this
familiar family injustice.
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Sonny's House of Spies
Price: $16.95
ISBN:9781416968153 (hardcover)
Grade level: 6-Up
"Gr 5-8-A poignant story set in Alabama in the 1950s. Thirteen-year-old Sonny longs for his father,
who left the family when he was six. Uncle Marty, a local bachelor and an Elder at the One-Way Word of Faith Tabernacle,
begins to escort the family to church, becoming a friend to Sonny's mother. The boy has a humorous way of describing his elders,
seeing their foibles, yet remaining positive and sympathetic toward them." Starred Review, School Library Journal
CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY'S BEST OF THE BEST
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S "BOOKS FOR THE TEEN AGE"
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S 100 TITLES FOR READING AND SHARING
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The Stranger I Left Behind
Price: $3.95 LIMITED QUANTITES
ISBN: 9780816740260 (paperback)
Grade level: 3-6
When Sumi's brother leaves for boarding school,
her best friend moves away, her grandfather dies, and her mother withdraws
into grief, Sumi finds herself facing the beginning of adolescence alone
and afraid.
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Trucks Roll
Price: $14.99 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9781416924357
Grade level: PreS-2
Illustrator: Craig Frazier
"Can there ever be enough truck books? With a simple playful rhyme and big, bright pictures of powerful
vehicles close up, this one is sure to be in demand. The word is BIG, not only for the vehicles but also for
their trailers and wheels and other parts; for all the different loads they carry, from spaceships to toys:
'Trucks bring ice cream. / Trucks bring blocks, / books and bulldozers, dolls and clocks.' . . .
After many read-alouds, lap-sit listeners will still want to point at the pictures and play." Booklist
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Weaving the Rainbow
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 9780689851698 (hardcover)
Grade level: PreS-2
Illustrator: Stephanie Anderson
"A beautifully presented walk through one person's artistic process." School Library Journal
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Where I'm From, Where Poems Come From
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 9781888842128 (hardcover)
"Novice poets will appreciate Lyon's encouragement and enthusiasm for a challenging genre." Booklist
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S "BOOKS FOR THE TEEN AGE"
FINALIST FOR THE ALA PRINTZ AWARD
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With a Hammer For My Heart
Price: $16.00 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9780813192062
Grade level: Young adult
"Lyon gives readers a story rich in precise, gorgeous language that glows like a sword on the forge and cuts as
deep. . . . Tragedies old and new weave a tiny Kentucky town into the center of the universe."
Starred review, Booklist
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A Wordful Child
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 9781572740167 (hardcover)
Grade level: 2-5
Photographer: Ann W. Olson
"Lyon...speaks eloquently about her love of words. One of her most important memories is of her extended
family telling stories around the dinner table. Some of these stories later became books, such as
A Regular Rolling Noah. Lyon recounts the years of hard work it took to become a published author."
School Library Journal
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A B Cedar
NO LONGER AVAILABLE
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Grade level: PreS-1
Illustrator: Tom Parker
"It could be said that this is an alphabet
book built around trees or a tree book built around the alphabet.... Easily
the basis for a nature lesson, this will intrigue children usually considered
to old for alphabet books.... A pleasing exposition." Booklist
NSTA-CBC OUTSTANDING SCIENCE TRADE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
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Ada's Pal
NO LONGER AVAILABLE Check your local library
Illustrator: Marguerite Casparian
Grade level: PreS-2
"A moving tale about dogs' true best friends:
other dogs.... Young children will relish meeting Ada at storytime and
independent readers will cherish her as well." School Library
Journal
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Book
NO LONGER AVAILABLE Check your local library
Grade level: PreS-4
Illustrator: Peter Catalanotto
"This oversize picture book, really an illustrated
free verse poem, pays tribute to books and reading. The full page paintings
embrace both the words and the spirit of the text and bibliophiles will
find themselves in complete agreement with the author's exalted view of
books and reading..." Judy Katsh, Children's Literature Reviews
BOOKLINKS BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 1999
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Cecil's Story
NO LONGER AVAILABLE Check your local library
Grade level: K-2
Illustrator: Peter Catalanotto
"The trauma of separation is sensitively explored
in a Civil War setting in this evocative picture book.....Well worth serious
consideration." Starred review, School Library Journal
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Come a Tide
NO LONGER AVAILABLE check your local library
Grade level: PreS-2
Illustrator: Stephen Gammell
"Four families on a hillside cope with the
flood.... The story is lyrically told with sly humor, and expanded to
hilarity by Gammell's rollicking, wet, full-of-action, full-color cartoons....Children
and adults will love this big-hearted book."Starred review, School
Library Journal
ABA/CBC CHILDREN'S BOOKS MEAN BUSINESS
AMERICAN BOOKSELLER KIDS' PICK OF THE LIST
BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE
THE HORN BOOK/FANFARE LIST
SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
A READING RAINBOW SELECTION
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A Day at Damp Camp
NO LONGER AVAILABLE check your local library
Grade level: 1-3
Illustrator: Peter Catalanotto
Megan and Sarah begin their camp experience as
loners and end it as supportive friends....Extraordinary work is what
we have come to expect from these collaborators, and the promise is once
again delivered." School Library Journal
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Here and Then
NO LONGER AVAILABLE
check your local library
Grade level: 6-8
Lyon's evocative style convinces...readers that
extraordinary times lead to extraordinary events. The theme of 'war is
hell' is movingly conveyed by a tightly woven plot and a strong sense
of place." School Library Journal
"The best time-travel novel in years" The Washington Post
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One Lucky Girl
NO LONGER AVAILABLE check your local library
Grade level: PreS-2
Illustrator: Irene Trivas
"A well-crafted picture book based, apprently,
on a ture story that in both text and illustration pitches drama and tension
at exactly the right level for the audience...Lyon's telling has the spareness,
denseness, and vividness of poetry...but never strains for effect..."
The Horn Book
WINNER OF THE KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS AWARD
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The Outside Inn
NO LONGER AVAILABLE
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Grade level: PreS-1
Illustrator: Vera Rosenberry
"Kids cooking up a pretend meal are the springboard
for Lyon to introduce another idea....An imaginative work that will fit
nicely with primary environmental curriculums." Booklist
AMERICAN BOOKSELLER KIDS' PICK OF THE LIST
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A Sign
NO LONGER AVAILABLE check your local library
Grade level: K-4
Illustrator: Chris K. Soentpiet
"Lyon's lyrical autobiographical
poem and Soentpiet's glowing paintings unfold quietly, articulating with
deft simplicity the complex relationship between an artist's childhood
dreams and adult achievements..." Publishers Weekly
NCTE/NOTABLE TRADE BOOKS IN THE LANGUAGE ARTS
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Together
NO LONGER AVAILABLE check your local library
Grade level: PreS-1
Illustrator: Vera Rosenberry
The essence of youthful exhuberance is captured
perfectly in this celebration of friendship...." School Library Journal
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A Traveling Cat
NO LONGER AVAILABLE check your local library
Grade level: PreS-2
Illustrator: Paul Brett Johnson
"Some cats are born to travel and such a
one is Boulevard, who appears at a drive-in one evening, stays with the
young narrator and her family for a year and then leaves as the spring
floods arrive....It's rare to find such a distinctly drawn animal character....but
Boulevard is through and through a cat among cats." Kirkus Reviews
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Who Came Down that Road?
NO LONGER AVAILABLE check your local library
Grade level: PreS-2
Illustrator: Peter Catalanotto
A lovely beautifully crafted book." Pointer, Kirkus Reviews
AMERICAN BOOKSELLER KIDS' PICK OF THE LIST
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