The Homecoming

Author	Diane Muldrow
ISBN	0375864326

We planted a tree and it grew up,

While it reached for the sky and the sun. . . .

In this simple poem illustrated by award winner Bob Staake, two young families in two very different parts of the world plant a tree. As the trees flourish, so do the families . . . while trees all over the world...

Author	Iain Sinclair
ISBN	0753801523

I wanted to like this book as much as I liked the cover and the title, and I think my first mistake was in expecting it to be a more traditional sort of prose-based narrative. Instead, what I got was...well...Slow Chocolate Autopsy. I didn't enjoy the experience of reading it as much as I thought I would....

Author	James Galvin
ISBN	0312267347

From critically acclaimed author of The Meadow comes a haunting novel of the American West.

Circumstances spiral out of control when an accidental murder springs from the best intentions. With one man dead and another on the run, this is a story about violence and how it destroys lives when...

Author	Polly Horvath
ISBN	0375869700

Readers rejoice—Primrose Squarp is back! The wise and curious heroine of the Newbery Honor Book Everything on a Waffle is facing another adventure-filled year in Coal Harbor.

Even though her parents, once lost at sea, are home, there’s a whole slew of problems and mysteries to keep Primrose—and...

Author	Neil Gaiman
ISBN	0060783338

A is for Always, that's where we embark . . .

Two children, treasure map in hand, and their pet gazelle sneak past their father, out of their house, and into a world beneath the city, where monsters and pirates roam.

Will they find the treasure? Will they make it out alive?

The...

Author	Jack Prelutsky
ISBN	0688840531

"A dozen original poems on the `horrifying' subjects (ghouls, vampires, skeletons, etc.) so dear to many young hearts....Your steel-nerved patrons will appreciate both poems and pictures."--School Library Journal..

Author	Kathryn Lasky
ISBN	0152012591

Harper Jessup is an avid reader, and when her parents become “migrants for God” she must keep her books secret. As Harper grows older and realizes how valuable reading is to her, she comes to understand that her parents’ radical efforts in favor of educational censorship are related to a quest...

Author	Bruce Coville
ISBN	0152000933

The Box--an angel gave him a sealed box. How will it change his life?
Duffy's Jacket--a classic scary campfire tale with a twist for an ending.
Homeward Bound--fantasy about a boy who discovers why he's different.
With His Head Tucked Underneath His Arm--the dead do have their ways...
Clean...

Author	Taeeun Yoo
ISBN	0803731450

A little boy enters a library with his grandfather and his little red fish at his side. But when he awakes after falling asleep amidst the library shelves, his fish is missing. Could his little friend have disappeared into that red book over there on the shelf? Join us in celebrating this stunning debut...

Author	Dori Chaconas
ISBN	0763637092

Slamming the screen door sets off a comical chain of cause-and-effect in this rollicking tale of a rambunctious family.

A slamming door may not seem like a big deal, but in this escalating tale, it can have far-reaching (and very funny) consequences — including a limping, yelping Pa; a scared,...

Author	Doug TenNapel
ISBN	1607060930

This is a pure fun story from TenNapel that I can't help wondering if it contains a bit of biographical detail on how he got started with his "Earthworm Jim" character. This stories features a game designer working on an "Earth Dog Jim" character. Power Up contains all the usual elements of TenNapel's...

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Kelly Link

Weird, wicked, spooky and delicious, PRETTY MONSTERS is a book of tall tales to keep you up all night. Blending fairytale, fantasy, horror, myth and mischief in a delicious cocktail, Kelly Link creates a world like no other, where ghosts of girlfriends past rub up against Scrabble-loving grandmothers...

Author	Geraldine McCaughrean
ISBN	0064472183

The Worm is waking... After centuries of undisturbed slumber, the Stoor Worm -- the World Eater -- is waking. A creature of monstrous proportions and unimaginable evil, the Worm must be destroyed. Already its murderous hatchlings are spreading terror and destruction. And a strange trio -- Mad Sweeney...

Author	Dave McKean
ISBN	0964206951

Rediscover Dave McKean's lost masterpiece! Pictures That Tick is a collection of McKean's groundbreaking short comics stories from the 1990s and early 2000s. A true iconoclast, McKean mixes illustration, painting, photography, sculpture, and digital art for a comics experience unlike any other....

Author	Monica Wellington
ISBN	0525477632

As sweet and satisfying as holiday baking, here is a beautiful update of Monica Wellington's Mr. Cookie Baker. In this book, youngsters can follow the process of measuring, mixing, baking, decorating, and eating cookies. With six new full-color pages, a handsome new jacket, educational tie-ins,...

Author	Leonora Carrington
ISBN	0884960374

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Edward Gorey

On a long trip abroad, young Drusilla is introduced to high art and gourmet meals. She gamely tries to appreciate the museums, rich food, and architectural wonders that delight her parents, only to find herself drifting along in a puzzling world. But then Miss Skrim-Pshaw takes her for tea with Mr. Crague,...

Author	Sam Weller
ISBN	0060545844

Accomplished journalist Sam Weller met the author Ray Bradbury while writing a cover story for the Chicago Tribune Magazine and spent hundreds of hours interviewing Bradbury, his editors, family members, and longtime friends. With unprecedented access to private archives, he uncovered never–before–published...

Author	Bernard Most
ISBN	0152380213

Personal Response: I loved the way that this book could open up children's imaginations. I enjoyed how goofy and whimsical the book was- it talks about some outrageous things that could happen if the dinosaurs came back. The pictures on the pages were really interesting to me. Each pictures is black...

Author	Joseph Slate
ISBN	0399234101

A modern Christmas classic about how the animals prepare a cozy welcome for the baby Jesus.

"Who is coming to our house?

Someone, someone," says Mouse.

As Pig makes room, Lamb cleans up, Goose stacks the hay, and Duck lines the crib with eiderdown, Mary and Joseph are on their...

Author	Jeanne Willis
ISBN	1842700677

I have to admit, I’m pretty choosy when it comes to children’s picture books. Both the text and the pictures have to feel right. I don’t willingly accept the formulaic or the mundane; if I am not satisfied with such books myself, why should I expect that a child will be?

So even though the...

Author	Richard Matheson
ISBN	1887368620

RICHARD MATHESON: COLLECTED STORIES, VOLUME ONE is an expanded tradepaperback version of the 1989 Dream/Press hardcover limited edition. We will be publishing it in 3 volumes, the first in 2003 and one each year following.

RICHARD MATHESON: COLLECTED STORIES is the gathering together...

Author	John R. Erickson
ISBN	0141303875

I'm not one to write reviews on Hank books, but I was in the mood, so here it is.

So first, Sally May comeshome with a new sister for Little Alfred, but he starts to think that Sally loves Molly more then him! He runs away, and Hank, after contemplating over whether to stay or go after him into the dark,...

Author	Scott Allie
ISBN	1593071086

The Dark Horse Book of Witchcraft conjures up weird tales of horror and magic the likes of which one seldom sees in graphic novels. Mignola returns with another Hellboy story; Thompson (Scary Godmother) and Dorkin (Dork, Hectic Planet) return to their characters in the stunning "Stray" story, the...