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<title><![CDATA[The Tiger's Wife]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385343848</link>
<description><![CDATA[NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Wall Street Journal • O: The Oprah Magazine • The Economist • Vogue • Slate • Chicago Tribune • The Seattle Times • Dayton Daily News • Publishers Weekly • Alan Cheuse, NPR’s All Things Considered   SELECTED ONE OF THE TOP 10 BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times • Entertainment Weekly • The Christian Science Monitor • The Kansas City Star • Library JournalIn a Balkan country mending from war, Natalia, a young doctor, is compelled to unravel the mysterious circumstances surrounding her beloved grandfather’s recent death. Searching for clues, she turns to his worn copy of The Jungle Book and the stories he told her of his encounters over the years with “the deathless man.” But most extraordinary of all is the story her grandfather never told her—the legend of the tiger’s wife.Look for special features inside. Join the Circle for author chats and more.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Tiger's Wife]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tea Obreht]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Random House Trade Paperbacks]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780385343848]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Wall Street Journal • O: The Oprah Magazine • The Economist • Vogue • Slate • Chicago Tribune • The Seattle Times • Dayton Daily News • Publishers Weekly • Alan Cheuse, NPR’s All Things Considered   SELECTED ONE OF THE TOP 10 BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times • Entertainment Weekly • The Christian Science Monitor • The Kansas City Star • Library JournalIn a Balkan country mending from war, Natalia, a young doctor, is compelled to unravel the mysterious circumstances surrounding her beloved grandfather’s recent death. Searching for clues, she turns to his worn copy of The Jungle Book and the stories he told her of his encounters over the years with “the deathless man.” But most extraordinary of all is the story her grandfather never told her—the legend of the tiger’s wife.Look for special features inside. Join the Circle for author chats and more.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2011-11-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143120933</link>
<description><![CDATA[The inspiration for the major motion picture, Tinker Tailor  Soldier Spy starring Gary Oldman and Colin Firth The first novel in John le Carré's celebrated Karla trilogy,  Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a heart-stopping tale of  international intrigue.The man he knew as "Control" is dead, and the young Turks who forced  him out now run the Circus. But George Smiley isn't quite ready for  retirement-especially when a pretty, would-be defector surfaces with a  shocking accusation: a Soviet mole has penetrated the highest level of  British Intelligence. Relying only on his wits and a small, loyal cadre,  Smiley recognizes the hand of Karla-his Moscow Centre nemesis-and sets a  trap to catch the traitor.The feature film adaptation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is  directed by Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In) and features a  cast that includes Gary Oldman as Smiley, Academy Award(r) winner Colin  Firth (The King's Speech), and Tom Hardy (Inception).]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John le Carre]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Penguin (Non-Classics)]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780143120933]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[The inspiration for the major motion picture, Tinker Tailor  Soldier Spy starring Gary Oldman and Colin Firth The first novel in John le Carré's celebrated Karla trilogy,  Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a heart-stopping tale of  international intrigue.The man he knew as "Control" is dead, and the young Turks who forced  him out now run the Circus. But George Smiley isn't quite ready for  retirement-especially when a pretty, would-be defector surfaces with a  shocking accusation: a Soviet mole has penetrated the highest level of  British Intelligence. Relying only on his wits and a small, loyal cadre,  Smiley recognizes the hand of Karla-his Moscow Centre nemesis-and sets a  trap to catch the traitor.The feature film adaptation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is  directed by Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In) and features a  cast that includes Gary Oldman as Smiley, Academy Award(r) winner Colin  Firth (The King's Speech), and Tom Hardy (Inception).]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2011-10-05T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Dreams of Joy]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780812980547</link>
<description><![CDATA[#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn her most powerful novel yet, acclaimed author Lisa See returns to the story of sisters Pearl and May from Shanghai Girls, and Pearl’s strong-willed nineteen-year-old daughter, Joy. Reeling from newly uncovered family secrets, Joy runs away to Shanghai in early 1957 to find her birth father—the artist Z.G. Li, with whom both May and Pearl were once in love. Dazzled by him, and blinded by idealism and defiance, Joy throws herself into the New Society of Red China, heedless of the dangers in the Communist regime. Devastated by Joy’s flight and terrified for her safety, Pearl is determined to save her daughter, no matter the personal cost. From the crowded city to remote villages, Pearl confronts old demons and almost insurmountable challenges as she follows Joy, hoping for reconciliation. Yet even as Joy’s and Pearl’s separate journeys converge, one of the most tragic episodes in China’s history threatens their very lives.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Dreams of Joy]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa See]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Random House Trade Paperbacks]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780812980547]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn her most powerful novel yet, acclaimed author Lisa See returns to the story of sisters Pearl and May from Shanghai Girls, and Pearl’s strong-willed nineteen-year-old daughter, Joy. Reeling from newly uncovered family secrets, Joy runs away to Shanghai in early 1957 to find her birth father—the artist Z.G. Li, with whom both May and Pearl were once in love. Dazzled by him, and blinded by idealism and defiance, Joy throws herself into the New Society of Red China, heedless of the dangers in the Communist regime. Devastated by Joy’s flight and terrified for her safety, Pearl is determined to save her daughter, no matter the personal cost. From the crowded city to remote villages, Pearl confronts old demons and almost insurmountable challenges as she follows Joy, hoping for reconciliation. Yet even as Joy’s and Pearl’s separate journeys converge, one of the most tragic episodes in China’s history threatens their very lives.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2012-02-07T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Sarah's Key]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250004345</link>
<description><![CDATA[More than two years on the New York Times bestseller list.Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten-year-old girl, is taken with her parents by the French police as they go door to door arresting Jewish families in the middle of the night. Desperate to protect her younger brother, Sarah locks him in a bedroom cupboard—their secret hiding place—and promises to come back for him as soon as they are released.Sixty Years Later: Sarah’s story intertwines with that of Julia Jarmond, an American journalist investigating the roundup. In her research, Julia stumbles onto a trail of secrets that link her to Sarah, and to questions about her own future.                                                                                                           In Sarah’s Key, Tatiana de Rosnay offers up a mesmerizing story in which a tragic past unfolds, the present is torn apart, and the future is irrevocably altered.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Sarah's Key]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tatiana de]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[St. Martin's Griffin]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781250004345]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[More than two years on the New York Times bestseller list.Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten-year-old girl, is taken with her parents by the French police as they go door to door arresting Jewish families in the middle of the night. Desperate to protect her younger brother, Sarah locks him in a bedroom cupboard—their secret hiding place—and promises to come back for him as soon as they are released.Sixty Years Later: Sarah’s story intertwines with that of Julia Jarmond, an American journalist investigating the roundup. In her research, Julia stumbles onto a trail of secrets that link her to Sarah, and to questions about her own future.                                                                                                           In Sarah’s Key, Tatiana de Rosnay offers up a mesmerizing story in which a tragic past unfolds, the present is torn apart, and the future is irrevocably altered.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2011-07-05T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[A Good American]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780399157592</link>
<description><![CDATA[An uplifting novel about the families we create and the places we  call home.It is 1904. When Frederick and Jette must flee her disapproving  mother, where better to go than America, the land of the new?  Originally set to board a boat to New York, at the last minute, they  take one destined for New Orleans instead ("What's the difference?  They're both new"), and later find themselves, more by chance than  by design, in the small town of Beatrice, Missouri. Not speaking a word  of English, they embark on their new life together.Beatrice is populated with unforgettable characters: a jazz  trumpeter from the Big Easy who cooks a mean gumbo, a teenage boy  trapped in the body of a giant, a pretty schoolteacher who helps the  young men in town learn about a lot more than just music, a minister  who believes he has witnessed the Second Coming of Christ, and a  malevolent, bicycle-riding dwarf.A Good American is narrated by Frederick and Jette's  grandson, James, who, in telling his ancestors' story, comes to realize  he doesn't know his own story at all. From bare-knuckle prizefighting  and Prohibition to sweet barbershop harmonies, the Kennedy  assassination, and beyond, James's family is caught up in the sweep of  history. Each new generation discovers afresh what it means to be an  American. And, in the process, Frederick and Jette's progeny sometimes  discover more about themselves than they had bargained for.Poignant, funny, and heartbreaking, A Good American is a  novel about being an outsider-in your country, in your hometown, and  sometimes even in your own family. It is a universal story about our  search for home.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[A Good American]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex George]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780399157592]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[An uplifting novel about the families we create and the places we  call home.It is 1904. When Frederick and Jette must flee her disapproving  mother, where better to go than America, the land of the new?  Originally set to board a boat to New York, at the last minute, they  take one destined for New Orleans instead ("What's the difference?  They're both new"), and later find themselves, more by chance than  by design, in the small town of Beatrice, Missouri. Not speaking a word  of English, they embark on their new life together.Beatrice is populated with unforgettable characters: a jazz  trumpeter from the Big Easy who cooks a mean gumbo, a teenage boy  trapped in the body of a giant, a pretty schoolteacher who helps the  young men in town learn about a lot more than just music, a minister  who believes he has witnessed the Second Coming of Christ, and a  malevolent, bicycle-riding dwarf.A Good American is narrated by Frederick and Jette's  grandson, James, who, in telling his ancestors' story, comes to realize  he doesn't know his own story at all. From bare-knuckle prizefighting  and Prohibition to sweet barbershop harmonies, the Kennedy  assassination, and beyond, James's family is caught up in the sweep of  history. Each new generation discovers afresh what it means to be an  American. And, in the process, Frederick and Jette's progeny sometimes  discover more about themselves than they had bargained for.Poignant, funny, and heartbreaking, A Good American is a  novel about being an outsider-in your country, in your hometown, and  sometimes even in your own family. It is a universal story about our  search for home.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2012-02-07T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Snow Child]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316175678</link>
<description><![CDATA[Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel.  Childless, they are drifting apart--he breaking under the weight of the work of the farm; she crumbling from loneliness and despair.  In a moment of levity during the season's first snowfall, they build a child out of snow.  The next morning the snow child is gone--but they glimpse a young, blonde-haired girl running through the trees. This little girl, who calls herself Faina, seems to be a child of the woods.  She hunts with a red fox at her side, skims lightly across the snow, and somehow survives alone in the Alaskan wilderness.  As Jack and Mabel struggle to understand this child who could have stepped from the pages of a fairy tale, they come to love her as their own daughter.  But in this beautiful, violent place things are rarely as they appear, and what they eventually learn about Faina will transform all of them.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Snow Child]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eowyn Ivey]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Reagan Arthur Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780316175678]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel.  Childless, they are drifting apart--he breaking under the weight of the work of the farm; she crumbling from loneliness and despair.  In a moment of levity during the season's first snowfall, they build a child out of snow.  The next morning the snow child is gone--but they glimpse a young, blonde-haired girl running through the trees. This little girl, who calls herself Faina, seems to be a child of the woods.  She hunts with a red fox at her side, skims lightly across the snow, and somehow survives alone in the Alaskan wilderness.  As Jack and Mabel struggle to understand this child who could have stepped from the pages of a fairy tale, they come to love her as their own daughter.  But in this beautiful, violent place things are rarely as they appear, and what they eventually learn about Faina will transform all of them.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2012-02-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[History of a Pleasure Seeker]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307599476</link>
<description><![CDATA[From the acclaimed author of The Drowning People (“A literary sensation” —The New York Times Book Review) and Natural Elements (“A magnum opus” —The New Yorker), an opulent, romantic coming-of-age drama set at the height of Europe’s belle époque, written in the grand tradition with a lightness of touch that is wholly modern and original.    The novel opens in Amsterdam at the turn of the last century. It moves to New York at the time of the 1907 financial crisis and proceeds onboard a luxury liner headed for Cape Town.   It is about a young man—Piet Barol—with an instinctive appreciation for pleasure and a gift for finding it. Piet’s father is an austere administrator at Holland’s oldest university. His mother, a singing teacher, has died—but not before giving him a thorough grounding in the arts of charm.    Piet applies for a job as tutor to the troubled son of Europe’s leading hotelier: a child who refuses to leave his family’s mansion on Amsterdam’s grandest canal. As the young man enters this glittering world, he learns its secrets—and soon, quietly, steadily, finds his life transformed as he in turn transforms the lives of those around him.    History of a Pleasure Seeker is a brilliantly written portrait of the senses, a novel about pleasure and those who are in search of it; those who embrace it, luxuriate in it, need it; and those who deprive themselves of it as they do those they love. It is a book that will beguile and transport you—to another world, another time, another state of being.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[History of a Pleasure Seeker]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Mason]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Knopf]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780307599476]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[From the acclaimed author of The Drowning People (“A literary sensation” —The New York Times Book Review) and Natural Elements (“A magnum opus” —The New Yorker), an opulent, romantic coming-of-age drama set at the height of Europe’s belle époque, written in the grand tradition with a lightness of touch that is wholly modern and original.    The novel opens in Amsterdam at the turn of the last century. It moves to New York at the time of the 1907 financial crisis and proceeds onboard a luxury liner headed for Cape Town.   It is about a young man—Piet Barol—with an instinctive appreciation for pleasure and a gift for finding it. Piet’s father is an austere administrator at Holland’s oldest university. His mother, a singing teacher, has died—but not before giving him a thorough grounding in the arts of charm.    Piet applies for a job as tutor to the troubled son of Europe’s leading hotelier: a child who refuses to leave his family’s mansion on Amsterdam’s grandest canal. As the young man enters this glittering world, he learns its secrets—and soon, quietly, steadily, finds his life transformed as he in turn transforms the lives of those around him.    History of a Pleasure Seeker is a brilliantly written portrait of the senses, a novel about pleasure and those who are in search of it; those who embrace it, luxuriate in it, need it; and those who deprive themselves of it as they do those they love. It is a book that will beguile and transport you—to another world, another time, another state of being.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2012-02-07T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Face Thief]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780061735059</link>
<description><![CDATA[Author of the New York Times Notable Book The Boy Who Went Away?winner of the Rome Prize and the British Society of Authors? McKitterick Prize?Eli Gottlieb returns with The Face Thief. A powerfully dark and gripping tale of two men obsessed with one very charismatic, very  damaged woman who?s determined to con from each of them everything she needs to survive, The Face Thief offers highest quality psychological suspense?an ideal follow up to the author?s  masterful  Now You See Him. A writer who can do no wrong, Eli Gottlieb shines with The Face Thief?an effective, provocative, and all around extraordinary novel, written with the literary flair and power of Ian McEwan and rich in its searing portraits of fallible lovers and marriages under siege.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Face Thief]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eli Gottlieb]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[William Morrow]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780061735059]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Author of the New York Times Notable Book The Boy Who Went Away?winner of the Rome Prize and the British Society of Authors? McKitterick Prize?Eli Gottlieb returns with The Face Thief. A powerfully dark and gripping tale of two men obsessed with one very charismatic, very  damaged woman who?s determined to con from each of them everything she needs to survive, The Face Thief offers highest quality psychological suspense?an ideal follow up to the author?s  masterful  Now You See Him. A writer who can do no wrong, Eli Gottlieb shines with The Face Thief?an effective, provocative, and all around extraordinary novel, written with the literary flair and power of Ian McEwan and rich in its searing portraits of fallible lovers and marriages under siege.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2012-01-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Scapegoat]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781599904689</link>
<description><![CDATA[In the Choat family, you never have to look hard to find a culprit. Missing TV remote? Blame the goat! Lost coat? Keys in the moat? Broken boat? Blame the goat!But don't be surprised if the goat doesn't take it lying down. In this hilarious, rhyme-happy picture book, children will love to pore over the funny illustrations, picking up clues that all is not as it seems between Jimmy Choat and the goat, Petunia P. Oat. Because Petunia knows who's really to blame, and before long the whole family will too!]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Scapegoat]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dean Hale; Michael Slack]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Bloomsbury USA Childrens]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781599904689]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[In the Choat family, you never have to look hard to find a culprit. Missing TV remote? Blame the goat! Lost coat? Keys in the moat? Broken boat? Blame the goat!But don't be surprised if the goat doesn't take it lying down. In this hilarious, rhyme-happy picture book, children will love to pore over the funny illustrations, picking up clues that all is not as it seems between Jimmy Choat and the goat, Petunia P. Oat. Because Petunia knows who's really to blame, and before long the whole family will too!]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2011-06-21T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Wow! Ocean!]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781423131137</link>
<description><![CDATA[Sea Stars!  Anemones!  Sharks! Whales!  The ocean is filled with exciting things and Izzy and her sister are determined to explore every bit of it!  From beach to tide pools to murky depths—every creature is uncovered in full vibrant color and labeled clearly to help explorers identify their discoveries on future journeys.   A great book for any reader who wants to wiggle their toes in the sand or dive right into the deep!]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Wow! Ocean!]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Neubecker]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Hyperion]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781423131137]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Sea Stars!  Anemones!  Sharks! Whales!  The ocean is filled with exciting things and Izzy and her sister are determined to explore every bit of it!  From beach to tide pools to murky depths—every creature is uncovered in full vibrant color and labeled clearly to help explorers identify their discoveries on future journeys.   A great book for any reader who wants to wiggle their toes in the sand or dive right into the deep!]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2011-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[This Plus That]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780061726552</link>
<description><![CDATA[ What comes after 1 + 1?   Just about anything!   In this fanciful collection, Amy Krouse Rosenthal puts together unexpected combinations that always add up to something special. Whether it's "wishes + frosting = birthday" or "birds + buds = spring," each equation is a small delight. This Plus That shows again and again that life's total experience is always greater than the sum of its parts. ]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[This Plus That]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Krouse Rosenthal; Jen Corace]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[HarperCollins]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780061726552]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[ What comes after 1 + 1?   Just about anything!   In this fanciful collection, Amy Krouse Rosenthal puts together unexpected combinations that always add up to something special. Whether it's "wishes + frosting = birthday" or "birds + buds = spring," each equation is a small delight. This Plus That shows again and again that life's total experience is always greater than the sum of its parts. ]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2011-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[When a Dragon Moves In]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780979974670</link>
<description><![CDATA[On a beautiful day at the beach, a young boy brings his bucket, shovel, and imagination, and builds a perfect sand castle. Right away, a dragon moves in. The boy decides to befriend his dragon and they spend time roaming the shore, flying a kite, braving the waves, defying bullies, and roasting marshmallows?all while Dad is busy sunbathing and Mom is engrossed in her book. Unfortunately, no one believes the boy when he tries to share the news of this magnificent creature. That’s when the mischief begins, and the dragon becomes a force to be reckoned with. While adults will recognize the naughty antics as a ploy for attention, children will dissolve into giggles as the dragon devours every last sandwich, blows bubbles in the lemonade, and leaves claw prints in the brownies. Maybe the dragon really is running amok on the beach, or maybe it’s a little boy’s imagination that is running wild.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[When a Dragon Moves In]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jodi Moore; Howard McWilliam]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Flashlight Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780979974670]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[On a beautiful day at the beach, a young boy brings his bucket, shovel, and imagination, and builds a perfect sand castle. Right away, a dragon moves in. The boy decides to befriend his dragon and they spend time roaming the shore, flying a kite, braving the waves, defying bullies, and roasting marshmallows?all while Dad is busy sunbathing and Mom is engrossed in her book. Unfortunately, no one believes the boy when he tries to share the news of this magnificent creature. That’s when the mischief begins, and the dragon becomes a force to be reckoned with. While adults will recognize the naughty antics as a ploy for attention, children will dissolve into giggles as the dragon devours every last sandwich, blows bubbles in the lemonade, and leaves claw prints in the brownies. Maybe the dragon really is running amok on the beach, or maybe it’s a little boy’s imagination that is running wild.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2011-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Blackout]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781423121909</link>
<description><![CDATA[One hot summer night in the city, all the power goes out. The TV shuts off and a boy wails, "Mommm!" His sister can no longer use the phone, Mom can't work on her computer, and Dad can't finish cooking dinner. What's a family to do? When they go up to the roof to escape the heat, they find the lights--in stars that can be seen for a change--and so many neighbors it's like a block party in the sky! On the street below, people are having just as much fun--talking, rollerblading, and eating ice cream before it melts. The boy and his family enjoy being not so busy for once. They even have time to play a board game together. When the electricity is restored, everything can go back to normal . . . but not everyone likes normal. The boy switches off the lights, and out comes the board game again. Using a combination of panels and full bleed illustrations that move from color to black-and-white and back to color, John Rocco shows that if we are willing to put our cares aside for a while, there is party potential in a summer blackout.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Blackout]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Rocco]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Hyperion]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781423121909]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[One hot summer night in the city, all the power goes out. The TV shuts off and a boy wails, "Mommm!" His sister can no longer use the phone, Mom can't work on her computer, and Dad can't finish cooking dinner. What's a family to do? When they go up to the roof to escape the heat, they find the lights--in stars that can be seen for a change--and so many neighbors it's like a block party in the sky! On the street below, people are having just as much fun--talking, rollerblading, and eating ice cream before it melts. The boy and his family enjoy being not so busy for once. They even have time to play a board game together. When the electricity is restored, everything can go back to normal . . . but not everyone likes normal. The boy switches off the lights, and out comes the board game again. Using a combination of panels and full bleed illustrations that move from color to black-and-white and back to color, John Rocco shows that if we are willing to put our cares aside for a while, there is party potential in a summer blackout.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2011-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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