February
Black History Month
Celebrate Black History Month this February with books from Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing!
The Rock and the River
By: Kekla Magoon
This edition: Hardcover, 304 pages
Publication date: January 6, 2009
Ages: 9 - 14
The Time: 1968The Place: ChicagoFor thirteen-year-old Sam it's not easy being the son of known civil rights activist Roland Childs. Especially when his older (and best friend), Stick, begins to drift away from him for no...
Coretta Scott King
First Lady of Civil Rights (Part of Childhood of Famous Americans)
By: George E. Stanley
Cover By: Jim Madsen / Illustrated by: Meryl Henderson
This edition: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publication date: December 16, 2008
Ages: 8 - 12
Coretta Scott King is well known for being the wifeÊof Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and for her own civil rights and world peace activism. She also received many awards and honorary degrees. But before she did all of those...
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Chains
By: Laurie Halse Anderson
Cover By: Christopher Silas Neal
This edition: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publication date: October 21, 2008
Ages: above 10
If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl?As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight...for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her sister, Ruth,...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
Barack Obama
Son of Promise, Child of Hope
By: Nikki Grimes
Illustrated by: Bryan Collier
This edition: Hardcover, 48 pages
Publication date: August 26, 2008
Ages: 5 - 10
Ever since Barack Obama was young, Hope has lived inside him. From the beaches of Hawaii to the streets of Chicago, from the jungles of Indonesia to the plains of Kenya, he has held on to Hope. Even as a boy, Barack knew he...
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Little Rock Nine
(Part of Turning Points)
By: Marshall Poe
Illustrated by: Ellen Lindner
This edition: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
Publication date: July 1, 2008
Ages: 8 - 12
There are moments in every country's history when decisions are made and actions are taken that will change the course of that country's future. Turning Points historical graphic novels bring these moments in American history...
My Brother Martin
A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
By: Christine King Farris
Illustrated by: Chris Soentpiet
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: January 1, 2003
Ages: 6 - 11
"Mother Dear, one day I'm going to turn this world upside down."Long before he became a world-famous dreamer, Martin Luther King Jr. was a little boy who played jokes and practiced the piano and made friends without...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues
By: Harriette Gillem Robinet
Illustrated by: Raul Colon
This edition: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
Publication date: January 1, 2002
Ages: 8 - 12
"Oh, I'm singing the bus-rider blues,the Alabamy bus-rider blues.I got me a feeling, deep down inside,It ain't never ever gonna be the same."During the Alabama bus boycott, six months after Rosa Parks made her famous bus...
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Presidents' Day
Pump up your patriotic pride with these titles perfect for Presidents' Day!
My Brother Abe
Sally Lincoln's Story
By: Harry Mazer
This edition: Hardcover, 208 pages
Publication date: January 6, 2009
Ages: 8 - 12
What was it like to be the sister of the boy who would grow up to become president of the United States?Sally Lincoln's voice has never before been heard. Now she tells her own story of an unsettling time for the Lincoln...
Barack Obama
Our 44th President
By: Beatrice Gormley
This edition: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
Publication date: December 2, 2008
Ages: 8 - 12
President Barack Obama's early involvement with politics was inspired by his mother's interest in the controversial social issues of her times -- a passion that she passed on to her son. As the first African American editor of...
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Barack Obama
Son of Promise, Child of Hope
By: Nikki Grimes
Illustrated by: Bryan Collier
This edition: Hardcover, 48 pages
Publication date: August 26, 2008
Ages: 5 - 10
Ever since Barack Obama was young, Hope has lived inside him. From the beaches of Hawaii to the streets of Chicago, from the jungles of Indonesia to the plains of Kenya, he has held on to Hope. Even as a boy, Barack knew he...
Other Formats: eAudio
Teddy Roosevelt and the Treasure of Ursa Major
(Part of The Kennedy Center Presents: Capital Kids)
By: Kennedy Center, The
This edition: Paper Over Board, 128 pages
Publication date: January 8, 2008
Ages: 7 - 10
Imagine if you lived in the White House...Archie Roosevelt is a typical kid -- except that his dad is Teddy Roosevelt, the president of the United States, and they live in the White House! When Archie and his siblings get...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
Washington's War
(Part of Blast to the Past)
By: Stacia Deutsch and Rhody Cohon
Illustrated by: Guy Francis
This edition: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
Publication date: January 9, 2007
Ages: 7 - 10
Keep history on track -- that's an order!Abigail and her friends have an important job today: They must convince George Washington to stay in Valley Forge and continue to fight the Revolutionary War. The future of America...
Theodore
By: Frank Keating
Illustrated by: Mike Wimmer
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: January 3, 2006
Ages: 6 - 9
His name was Theodore, but he is remembered as Teddy. As a young boy, he was a dreamer and a reader and had a curiosity about life he could never satisfy. As the youngest man to ever be president, he led a nation to greatness...
Lincoln's Legacy
(Part of Blast to the Past)
By: Stacia Deutsch and Rhody Cohon
Illustrated by: David Wenzel
This edition: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
Publication date: January 6, 2005
Ages: 7 - 10
Third graders travel through time to keep history on track!Abigail loves Mondays, and so does the rest of class 305. That's the day Mr. Caruthers asks them cool questions about history. Today Mr. C asks, "What if Abraham...
President George W. Bush
Our Forty-third President
By: Beatrice Gormley
This edition: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
Publication date: January 6, 2005
Ages: 10 - 14
President George W. Bush once said, "I never dreamed about becoming president. When I was growing up, I wanted to be Willie Mays."George W. was born in 1946 and attended Yale University. As a young man he trained as a fighter...
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What Presidents Are Made Of
Illustrated by: Hanoch Piven
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: July 6, 2004
Ages: 6 - 10
PRESIDENTS are made of BIG EATERS...and so much more!You get a portrait of former U. S. president Jimmy Carter, who builds houses for the homeless.See the presidents as never before -- made out of objects! Using everything...
Harry S. Truman
Thirty-Third President of the United States (Part of Childhood of Famous Americans)
By: George E. Stanley
Illustrated by: Meryl Henderson
This edition: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publication date: May 4, 2004
Ages: 8 - 12
One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. With these lively, inspiring, fictionalized biographies -- easily read by children...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Champion of Freedom (Part of Childhood of Famous Americans)
By: Kathleen Kudlinski
Illustrated by: Meryl Henderson
This edition: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
Publication date: September 1, 2003
Ages: 8 - 12
Childhood of Famous AmericansOne of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. With these lively, inspiring, fictionalized...
Andrew Jackson
Young Patriot (Part of Childhood of Famous Americans)
By: George E. Stanley
Illustrated by: Meryl Henderson
This edition: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
Publication date: May 1, 2003
Ages: 8 - 12
Dear Reader:The Childhood of Famous Americans series, seventy years old in 2002, chronicles the early years of famous American men and women in an accessible manner. Each book is faithful in spirit to the values and...
John Adams
Young Revolutionary (Part of Childhood of Famous Americans)
By: Jan Adkins
Illustrated by: Meryl Henderson
This edition: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publication date: June 1, 2002
Ages: 8 - 12
Dear Reader:The Childhood of Famous Americans series, seventy years old in 2002, chronicles the early years of famous American men and women in an accessible manner. Each book is faithful in spirit to the values and...
Ghosts of the White House
By: Cheryl Harness
This edition: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
Publication date: January 1, 2002
Ages: 7 - 10
Join Sara On A Magical Tour Of The White HouseThe ghost of George Washington steps out of his White House portrait to introduce Sara -- and the reader -- to the ghosts of thirty-five other presidents. Brief biographies of all...
Ronald Reagan
Young Leader (Part of Childhood of Famous Americans)
By: Montrew Dunham
Illustrated by: Meryl Henderson
This edition: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
Publication date: September 1, 1999
Ages: 8 - 12
The Childhood Of Famous Americans SeriesOne of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. With these lively, inspiring,...
Tom Jefferson
Third President of the U.S. (Part of Childhood of Famous Americans)
By: Helen Albee Monsell
This edition: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
Publication date: October 30, 1989
Ages: 8 - 12
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
America's Youngest President (Part of Childhood of Famous Americans)
By: Lucy Post Frisbee
This edition: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
Publication date: October 31, 1986
Ages: 8 - 12
Abraham Lincoln
The Great Emancipator (Part of Childhood of Famous Americans)
By: Augusta Stevenson
This edition: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
Publication date: October 31, 1986
Ages: 8 - 12
George Washington
Young Leader (Part of Childhood of Famous Americans)
By: Augusta Stevenson
This edition: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
Publication date: October 31, 1986
Ages: 8 - 12
Valentine's Day
Share a story with someone you love this Valentine's Day.
The Cupid Chronicles
(Part of Wedding Planner's Daughter, The)
By: Coleen Murtagh Paratore
Cover By: Barbara McGregor
This edition: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publication date: January 8, 2008
Ages: above 10
When the library in Bramble, Cape Cod, announces it's in danger of closing, the town residents have got to raise BIG money and FAST. Thirteen-year-old Willa must put her crush on Joey Kennelly on the back burner to save the...
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The World'S Greatest Valentine
(Part of SpongeBob SquarePants)
By: Terry Collins
Illustrated by: Mark O'Hare
This edition: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
Publication date: January 1, 2001
Ages: 7 - 10
On Valentine's Day, SpongeBob makes the biggest, sweetest valentine ever for his best friend, Patrick. But when a herd of chocolate-eating scallops threaten the valentine's arrival, SpongeBob has to come up with a new plan....
Love Bugs
A Pop Up Book
By: David A. Carter
Illustrated by: David A. Carter
This edition: Novelty, 10 pages
Publication date: February 1, 1995
Ages: 7 - 10
A playful pop-up for your favorite Love Bug.Have you hugged a bug today?
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