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Sondheim in Our Time and His offers a wide-ranging historical investigation of the landmark works and extraordinary career of Stephen Sondheim, a career which has spanned much of the history of American musical theater. Each author uncovers those aspects...

Pack your bags and take the journey of a lifetime with this fun-filled activity book packed with maps, wildlife, people and places unique to America's 50 states. In this summer companion to the popular smash-hit The 50 States, you can enjoy state trivia,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780064433150Author Anno MitsumasaFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of National Book Award for Young People's Literature 2014 and Newbery Honor Book 2015.Book InformationISBN 9780147515827Author Jacqueline WoodsonFormat PaperbackPage...

The American boxing champ and vocal civil rights activist Muhammad Ali is the 27th hero in the New York Times bestselling picture book biography series for ages 5 to 8. (Cover may vary) Muhammad Ali was the leading heavyweight boxer of the 20th century...

Even though slavery had ended in the 1860s, African Americans were still suffering under the weight of segregation a hundred years later. They couldn't go to the same schools, eat at the same restaurants, or even use the same bathrooms as white people...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938700729Author Martha Day ZschockPage Count 16Imprint Arcadia Children's BooksPublisher Arcadia Children's BooksWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593479407Author Judy KatschkeFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Explore this state-by-state compendium of weird laws, quirks, one-offs, and unusual records only to be found in the wonderfully wacky US of A. Only in America explores the strangest claims to fame and the most unusual place names every state has to offer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780152085667Author Louis HaberFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Houghton Mifflin

Anhedonia is a risk factor for poor prognosis and suicidality, and yet treatments to date have been relatively ineffective for anhedonia. Based on advances in behavioral and neural science, Positive Affect Treatment was developed to specifically target...

For most of his adult life, Peter Morrell followed a career in the Law. Qualified as a solicitor in 1970, he switched to being a barrister in 1974, enjoyed a busy practice as an advocate, mainly in the East Midlands, and was appointed a Circuit Judge in...

Rivers wind through earth, cutting down and eroding the soil for millions of years, creating a cavity in the ground 277 miles long, 18 miles wide and more an a mile deep known as the Grand Canyon. Home to an astonishing variety of plants and animals...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618809127Author Jean Guard MonroeFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Houghton MifflinDimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm * 8mm

Getting to Good Friday intertwines literary analysis and narrative history in an accessible account of the shifts in thinking and talking about Northern Ireland's divided society that brought thirty years of political violence to a close with the 1998...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646044450Author Rann MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Ulysses PressPublisher Ulysses Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for American Indian Youth Literature Award (Young Adult) 2020.Book InformationISBN 9780807049396Author Roxanne Dunbar-OrtizFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780981943008Author Martha ZschockPage Count 16Imprint Arcadia Children's BooksPublisher Arcadia Children's BooksWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 150mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781088131398Author G M ReyesFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm

Simone Biles was raised by her grandparents and had to overcome many hardships as a child. After trying gymnastics for the first time on a field trip from elementary school, Simone continued with the sport, working hard and reaching professional levels...

His parents may have named him Edson Arantes do Nascimento, but to the rest of the world, he is known as Pele. The now-retired professional soccer forward stunned Brazil when he began playing for the Santos soccer club at age fifteen. He then went on to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781481401418Author Barry DenenbergFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780981943015Author Martha ZschockPage Count 16Imprint Arcadia Children's BooksPublisher Arcadia Children's BooksWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 150mm *...

Throughout history and to this day, people of Asian descent have been at the forefront of artistic brilliance, scientific advancement, and athletic excellence. From Sandra Oh to Patsy Mink, Bruce Lee to Michelle Kwan, We Are Golden - written by Eva...

In some parts of America in the 1950s, White people and Black people were treated very differently. Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King publicly fought against this - but in very different ways. This is the powerful and inspiring story of how they stood up...

Singapore: A Very Short History - From Temasek to Tomorrow is a fresh, new, and highly-readable account of Singapore's history. It is a sweeping story of discovery, abandonment, rediscovery and development of what is today one of the world's greatest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913437213Author Shaun HillFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Nine Arches PressPublisher Nine Arches Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780147508744Author Deborah NoyesFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint PuffinPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 176mm * 10mm

Recipient of a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award Recipient of a Bologna Ragazzi Non-Fiction Special Mention Honor Award A Kirkus Reviews Best Middle Grade Book of 2019 From celebrated author and illustrator Ashley Bryan comes a deeply moving...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780689864629Author Louise BordenFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersPublisher Simon & Schuster

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593178256Author Asa GillandFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Doubleday Books for Young ReadersPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781602190269Author Adam GamblePage Count 20Imprint Our World of BooksPublisher Our World of BooksWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 154mm * 152mm * 14mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780689867170Author Lynne CheneyFormat HardbackPage Count 74Imprint Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersPublisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young...

In this phonics non-fiction book, which is aligned to Letters & Sounds Phase 1, children explore shapes in nature such as a snowflake, a leaf and a shell. Tricky words N/A This book aligns with Letters and Sounds Phase 1.Book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for NAACP Image Awards. Nominated for NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies.Book InformationISBN 9780375869730Author Renee...

Filled with Greenfield's moving poems, complemented by Minter's dramatic portraits-dominated by rich shades of blue, of women and babies; a unique and moving tribute to the women who caught the babies and continue to do so today.The Women Who Caught the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593533369Author Brad MeltzerFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Penguin Young ReadersPublisher Penguin Young ReadersWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915014900Author Alice CampbellFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Dean Street Press LimitedPublisher Dean Street Press Limited

Celebrate the love of brothers and sisters everywhere with award-winning author Eloise Greenfield in this poignant collection of poems for and about families, illustrated by renowned artist Jan Spivey Gilchrist. "These are the sweetest poems for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781884564314Author Muata AshbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Cruzian Mystic BooksPublisher Cruzian Mystic BooksWeight(grams) 141gDimensions(mm) 279mm...