The Emperor's New Clothes: An All-Star Retelling of the Classic Fairy Tale (with Audio CD)
10 best books like The Emperor's New Clothes: An All-Star Retelling of the Classic Fairy Tale (with Audio CD) (Starbright Foundation): The Princess and the Packet of Frozen Peas, Political Ponerology, The Decline and Fall of the American Empire, Crocodile Beat, We've All Got Bellybuttons!, The Adventures of Abdi, Mrs. Armitage: Queen of the Road, Enigma: A Magical Mystery, Museum ABC, There's a House Inside My Mummy
| Author | Tony Wilson |
| ISBN | 1407111450 |
After tiring of the needs of overly demanding princesses, Prince Henrik devises a test to find a girl who s not so sensitive, using a very thin mattress and an entire packet of frozen peas. His dream girl shows up unexpectedly in the form of his old friend Pippa, who is all too happy to pitch a tent or play a...
| Author | Andrew M. Lobaczewski |
| ISBN | 1897244258 |
The first manuscript of this book went into the fire five minutes before the arrival of the secret police in Communist Poland. The second copy, reassembled painfully by scientists working under impossible conditions of repression, was sent via a courier to the Vatican. Its receipt was never acknowledged,...
The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
| Author | Gore Vidal |
| ISBN | 1878825003 |
Gore Vidal was a brilliant writer and political analyst. His insights into the ways in which powerful corporations dictate the spectrum of dialog in the United States remain pertinent, as do his many indictments of the failure of the Democrats to live up to their unmerited reputation as the "progressive...
| Author | Gail Jorgensen |
| ISBN | 0689718810 |
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In David Martin's rollicking romp, playfully illustrated by Randy Cecil, little ones can follow the actions of animal babies and discover all the wonderful ways their bodies can move.
Are you an inny or an outy? Either way, you'll love this perfect read-aloud!
We've got ears, and...
| Author | Madonna |
| ISBN | 0670058890 |
"The power of certainty is without limits."
Abdi is a little boy who has been given a very big task. He is to deliver the most precious necklace in the world -- made by Eli, his teacher and a master jeweler -- to the queen. Along the way he is robbed in the desert, thrown in a dungeon, and has a surprising...
| Author | Quentin Blake |
| ISBN | 0224070185 |
I'm very familiar with Quentin Blake's illustrations of Roald Dahl, but I'm embarrased to say I wasn't aware of his other works.
A quick check of his website reveals that he has been involved in more than 300 books - only 27 of which were written by Roald Dahl and a full 35 which were written and illustrated...
Bertie the Badger's Grandpa is a retired conjurer living in a retirement home for magicians and the like. One day Bertie comes to visit and see the magic show only to find that the residents have had their magic things stolen. Bertie's on the case, and goes to speak to each of them. Who stole the special magic...
| Author | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| ISBN | 0316071706 |
Museum ABC introduces more than one hundred works art--using the alphabet!
This unique alphabet book features four works of art from different cultures and periods for each letter of the alphabet. Simple words matched with intriguing illustrations provide an opportunity for endless exploration....
| Author | Giles Andreae |
| ISBN | 1841210684 |
This book helps explain pregnancy to children. It is about a little boy, whose mother is pregnant. The little boy believes that there is a house inside his mother where his brother or sister lives. It explains that the baby is in sort of a giant bathtub inside his mother’s tummy and that the baby needs...
Australian sheep shearers always have sheep dogs--smart, well-trained dogs with names like Brute, Tiny, and Fang, who bark commands--"Woof! Arf arff arff! Grrrr!"--to round up the sheep for shearing.
But sheep shearer Shaun doesn't have a sheep dog. Instead, he has a sheep-sheep named...
| Author | Matthew Van Fleet |
| ISBN | 1416978003 |
From the #1 New York Times bestselling children’s book creator Matthew Van Fleet.
Purrrrrfect fun for toddlers!
In Matthew Van Fleet's captivating multiconcept book, watch twenty-two breeds of frolicking felines demonstrate synonyms, action words, opposites, and more....
| Author | Aaron Blabey |
| ISBN | 1590785967 |
A delightfully uplifting tale about self-belief, courage, and—above all—the power of friendship. Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley are the best of friends. But they are different in almost every way: Pearl loves solving mysteries and moves rather fast in the world, and Charlie likes taking leisurely...
| Author | Sarah L. Thomson |
| ISBN | 0689852193 |
Imagine a day when your swing swings you higher than the highest treetops. Imagine a day when you can ride your bike up a path of falling leaves into the very tree they are falling from. Imagine a day when you release a handful of blue balloons into a cloudy, gray sky to create a postcard-perfect day. Imagine...
| Author | Scott Adams |
| ISBN | 0836217373 |
The world is getting more complicated. In the good old days you could set a peasant on fire with a flaming arrow, stomp him out with your horse, and still get away with a simple "excuse me." But these days, what with five billion people - many of whom do not consider themselves peasants - you are expected to...
The Presidential Difference: Leadership Style from FDR to George W. Bush
| Author | Fred I. Greenstein |
| ISBN | 0691119090 |
For a quarter-century, Fred I. Greenstein has been one of our keenest observers of the modern presidency. Here, he provides a fascinating and instructive account of the qualities that have served well and poorly in the Oval Office, beginning with Franklin D. Roosevelt's first hundred days. Newly...
National Geographic Visual History of the World
| Author | Klaus Berndl |
| ISBN | 0792236955 |
The world history book to define all others, National Geographic Visual History of the World is a classic in the making. No other volume offers such a comprehensive and richly illustrated chronicle of world events, from the construction of the Pyramids to the overthrow of the Taliban. Readers see how...
Trump Russia Intelligence Dossier
This is a series of intelligence reports by a proven professional with well-placed contacts in Moscow, contacts who had shown themselves reliable in past cases. Simple as that. It’s hardly likely to all be true, given the variety of sources and the various levels of evidence. But it seems broadly...
| Author | Leopold Kohr |
| ISBN | 1870098986 |
Britain faces its most important political decision for hundreds of years - whether or not to join a common European currency. Many believe this would lead inexorably to a European superstate, so it is timely to re-examine the implications of the size of political groupings, whether they are states,...
Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives: From Stalinism to the New Cold War
| Author | Stephen F. Cohen |
| ISBN | 0231148968 |
In this wide-ranging and acclaimed book, Stephen F. Cohen challenges conventional wisdom about the course of Soviet and post-Soviet history. Reexamining leaders from Nikolai Bukharin, Stalin's preeminent opponent, and Nikita Khrushchev to Mikhail Gorbachev and his rival Yegor Ligachev, Cohen...
Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer
| Author | Phyllis Bennis |
| ISBN | 1566566851 |
If you have ever wondered "Why is there so much violence in the Middle East?," "Who are the Palestinians anyway?," "What are the occupied territories?" or "What does Israel want?," then this is the book for you. With straightforward language, Phyllis Bennis, longtime analyst of the region, answers...
Inside Islam: The Faith, the People and the Conflicts of the World's Fastest Growing Religion
| Author | John Miller |
| ISBN | 1569245681 |
Inside Islam offers an unprecedented and extremely timely examination of Islam, one of the world's three major monotheistic religions, in all its complexity. Editors John Miller and Aaron Kenedi, who in God's Breath collected the essential sacred texts of seven major wisdom traditions, bring together...
The Doors are rock royalty. Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, and John Densmore reinvented rock 'n' roll in the 60s, and their influence can be felt even today. Now, for the first time, the living members of the band are opening up their personal archives to their fans, telling their story in...
| Author | John Rachel |
| ISBN | 0615974104 |
Democracy at both the local and national levels recently had been under savage assault. Martin Truth’s fight was but one of many such struggles to restore the meaning of representative government to a system that had been corrupted by big money and corporate power. "An Unlikely Truth" is an engaging...
