Mary Pope Osborne, Retold by, Troy Howell, Illustrator, Mary Pope Osborne, Author , illus. by Troy Howell. Scholastic $7.99 (86p) ISBN 978-0-439-14134-5
In a starred review, PW
said, "This stylish collection will not only entertain readers but will also nurture a lively interest in history literature and language, and the way these forces intersect." Ages 8-12. (May)
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Will Osborne, Author, Mary Pope Osborne, Author, Giselle Potter, Illustrator , illus. by Giselle Potter. Atheneum/Schwartz $16.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-87668-4
The creators of Kate and the Beanstalk
update "Sleeping Beauty" by casting Prince Bob in the lead. With that exception, this wittily told version adapts readily to the exchange of male and female roles. Prince Bob's birth is a joyous...
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author . Scholastic $4.99 (170p) ISBN 978-0-439-05948-0
In this novel based on a real 11-year-old who lost her mother to fever and was deposited with relatives in St. Louis, "vivid historical detail and descriptive prose fuel the narrative," wrote PW. "Adaline possesses a wisdom marked by...
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author Random House Books for Young Readers $4.99 (192p) ISBN 978-0-679-84650-5
Right after graduating from high school, Sunny falls madly in love with a soap opera star spending the summer in her small Southern town. Ages 12-up. (Nov.)
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author Random House Books for Young Readers $3.99 (156p) ISBN 978-0-679-84649-9
Authenticity is the hallmark of Pope's moving and astute account of a girl's efforts to cope with her beloved younger brother's terminal illness. Ages 8-12. (Dec.)
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author Dial Books $14 (96p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0947-8
Osborne covers all of Washington's many incarnations in this traditional biography: surveyor, British officer, plantation (and slave) owner, American general, president. She enriches her narrative with accounts of the Revolutionary War, wranglings...
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author Dial Books $13.89 (127p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0680-4
This thoroughly researched and comprehensive biography, though interesting in a fact-finding sense, falls short in presenting a well-rounded portrayal of the man himself. Not enough facets of Franklin's life and works are developed in sufficient...
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author Random House Books for Young Readers $11.95 (24p) ISBN 978-0-394-89958-9
Ominous midnight-blue skies and dark forests surround a white-gowned child as the narrator invites the reader to journey far away to the side of a mountain where ``drowsy Sleep lives in a cloud-covered house.'' All is quiet as ``you walk up Sleep's...
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author Scholastic $2.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-40924-7
Bailey doesn't want her brother to join the army, and she doesn't want her father to remarry; Osborne realistically portrays a girl with a good heart trying to stop the changes around her. Ages 11-13. (December)
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author Dial Books $8.89 (56p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0182-3
Sheriff Mo of Smith Pond does more than maintain law and order. He's kind and considerate, always going beyond his duties to help neighbors in need. Osborne's droll, tender chronicles of events at the pond join the aptly named Easy-to Read Books,...
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author Hyperion Books for Children $16.95 (170p) ISBN 978-0-439-05947-3
Osborne (The Magic Tree) strikes out in a new direction in this assured novel based on a real, though little-known character: the daughter of Kit Carson and his Arapaho wife. As the story opens, 11-year-old narrator Adaline has lost her mother to...
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author, Amy Ehrlich, Editor, Laurence Yep, With Candlewick Press (MA) $15.99 (160p) ISBN 978-1-56402-306-3
Some of the entries in this memorable anthology are hauntingly sad and several are sharply witty; every single one is expertly crafted and engrossing. In response to Ehrlich's request for an autobiographical story, 10 accomplished children's authors
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author, Liardon, Author, Mary Pope Osborne, Author Candlewick Press (MA) $14.95 (160p) ISBN 978-1-56402-119-9
At the opening of this sweepingly romantic novel, its hero, the dashing Lord Huldebrand of Ringstetten, strays off the beaten path as he travels through an ancient forest, only to find himself spurred on by otherworldly forces. So, too, will readers
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author, Wojciechowski, Author, Mary Pope Osborne, Author Candlewick Press (MA) $4.99 (160p) ISBN 978-1-56402-588-3
A nobleman unwittingly marries a beautiful creature of the sea. ""Lustrous as a pearl,"" said PW in a starred review of this novel inspired by a 19th-century German fairy tale. Ages 12-up. (Sept.)
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author, Troy Howell, Illustrator , illus. by Troy Howell. Hyperion $9.99 (106p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0771-0
For graduates of D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths, these installments of the Tales from the Odyssey series deftly distill episodes from Homer's epic. Osborne (the Magic Tree House series) opens the first volume as Odysseus receives King...
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author, Troy Howell, Illustrator . Hyperion $4.99 (105p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0930-1
"For graduates of D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths
, these books deftly distill episodes from Homer's epic, pared down into easily absorbed, swiftly paced adventures," wrote PW
in a starred review. Ages 8-11. (Sept.)
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author, Troy Howell, Illustrator Scholastic $16.95 (84p) ISBN 978-0-590-44377-7
Contrary to what some moviegoers may think, Disney didn't invent mermaids. The aquatic females have figured in myths and folktales since time out of mind, and readers looking for life beyond Ariel would do well to check out the bevy of sea nymphs...
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author, Troy Howell, Illustrator Hyperion Books $9.99 (106p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0772-7
Mary Pope Osborne delivers the third volume in her Tales from the Odyssey series: Sirens and Sea Monsters: Tales from the Odyssey, illus. by Troy Howell. Having emerged alive from the Land of the Dead, Odysseus and his crew now face encounters...
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author, Troy Howell, Illustrator Scholastic Press $21.99 (96p) ISBN 978-0-590-41338-1
This handsome collection consists of a dozen tales from Greek mythology, most drawn from Ovid's Metamorphoses , including the stories of Echo and Narcissus, Ceres and Proserpine, Cupid and Psyche, King Midas. Osborne's retellings are both lively and
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author, Troy Howell, Illustrator Scholastic $17.95 (96p) ISBN 978-0-590-48046-8
In this stunning volume, Osborne and Howell return from Favorite Greek Myths and Mermaid Tales from Around the World to uncover a cache of tales from another dynamic tradition. Originating from the pre-Christian culture of the Vikings, these 14...
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author, Troy Howell, Illustrator, Mary Pope Osborne, Retold by Scholastic $19.95 (96p) ISBN 978-0-590-60042-2
With this gorgeously produced volume Osborne and Howell meet and in some ways even exceed the standards they established in Favorite Norse Myths and Mermaid Tales from Around the World. The nine entries range from adaptations of widely known stories
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author, Troy Howell, Illustrator, Paul Werstine, Author Scholastic $7.99 (96p) ISBN 978-0-439-04781-4
A dozen mermaid tales from as many cultures receive ""vigorous and picturesque"" retellings and ""astonishing,"" period-flavored illustrations, said PW in a starred review. Ages 7-11. (Apr.)
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author, Michael McCurdy, Illustrator Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $19.95 (115p) ISBN 978-0-679-80089-7
American folk heroes of the 19th century spring to life in these splendidly retold sagas. Osborne's reputation as a gifted raconteur ( Favorite Greek Myths ; Beauty and the Beast ) is reaffirmed in this compendium, which retells the legends of...
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author, Peter Catalanotto, Illustrator Roaring Brook Press $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7613-1675-6
Mary Pope Osborne (the Magic Tree House series) joins in a family's small-town Fourth of July celebration in Happy Birthday, America, illus. by Peter Catalanotto. Thickly applied watercolors depict the festivities, including a pet parade, picnic,
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author, Steve Johnson, Illustrator, Louis Francher, Illustrator , illus. by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher. Knopf $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-375-82196-7
Past and present combine to stirring effect in this tall tale with real-world reverberations. Dedicated "To the memory of the 343 New York City firefighters who gave their lives to save others on September 11, 2001," Osborne's (the Magic
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author, Elizabeth Sayles, Illustrator Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $15 (1p) ISBN 978-0-679-81941-7
Befriending a stray dog ``by the river in the reeds,'' a girl kisses his velvet fur. As they play, he leads her downriver and deep into the woods, where fantasy and myth overtake them. A Pan-like ``goat-man'' materializes and confides to the girl, ``
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author, Bonnie Christensen, Illustrator , illus. by Bonnie Christensen. Knopf $16.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-375-82889-8
The author who has inspired many young history buffs with her Magic Tree House series again takes readers back in time in this handsomely illustrated nonfiction picture book about Pompeii. After a brief introduction to the bustling town and the Mt....
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author, Salvatore Murdocca, Editor, Salvatore Murdocca, Illustrator Random House Books for Young Readers $11.95 (128p) ISBN 978-0-375-81373-3
With a dose of seasonal enchantment, the latest Magic Tree House installment takes readers not to a historical era, but to the legendary Round Table in Christmas in Camelot by Mary Pope Osborne, illus. by Sal Murdocca. (Oct.)
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author, Mary Pope Osborne, Read by Imagination Studio $30 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8072-0612-6
Magic Tree House fans on shoppers' holiday gift lists may also enjoy the new CD recording Magic Tree House Gift Edition: Books 1-8, read by the author. Listeners join Jack and Annie as they discover the magic tree house filled with books that...
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author, Mary Pope Osborne, Read by, Will Osborne, Read by Listening Library $18 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8072-0586-0
What could be more exciting than a Christmas Eve quest back in the time of King Arthur? Young listeners are swept into historical fantasy as author Mary Pope Osborne reads her own bestselling works on the audiobook Christmas in Camelot, which ...
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author, Mary P. Csborne, Author, Victoria Chess, Author Random House Books for Young Readers $3.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-679-80855-8
This slender and ultimately unsatisfying mystery concerns the insect inhabitants of Cottage Garden, chief among them Leon Leafwing, an earnest bug whose infatuation with a beautiful and inexplicably vanished butterfly fuels the plot. Led by more...
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author, Winslow Pinney Pels, Illustrator Scholastic $13.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-40537-9
""Oh, she makes me sick!'' one of her ugly sisters says of Beauty's wishnot for jewels or dresses, but for a rose. That's one of Osborne's touches that, while modern, adds wit to this version. It is Pels's artwork, however, that gives this telling...
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author, Winslow Pinney Pels, Illustrator Scholastic $3.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-40166-1
A luminous retelling of the classic tale. Ages 7-12. (April)
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author, Giselle Potter, Illustrator Atheneum Books $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-82550-7
Osborne tweaks tradition with this feminist rendition of a classic fairy tale. Here it's Kate instead of Jack who trades her family's cow for magic beans, and later climbs the beanstalk to find a kingdom in the clouds. Like Ann Beneduce's recent...
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author, Giselle Potter, Illustrator , illus. by Giselle Potter. S&S/Aladdin $6.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4169-0818-0
Kate (instead of Jack) trades her family's cow for magic beans and climbs the beanstalk to find a kingdom in the clouds. PW
's starred review said it "puts a fresh face on an old favorite." All ages. (Oct.)
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author, Giselle Potter, Illustrator , illus. by Giselle Potter. Atheneum/Schwartz $16 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-84486-7
With this return engagement of the creators behind Kate and the Beanstalk, Osborne and Pope seem to be giving fairytale history a feminist makeover, one character at a time. Unleashing the same sass and spirit that lit up the pages of their first...
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author, James Simmons, Read by , read by James Simmons. Harper Children's Audio $18 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-052433-3
In a warm, welcoming tone, Osborne, author of the popular Magic Tree House series, reads a thoughtful introduction in which she shares her passion for mythology and her inspiration for this latest project. She then hands off the reading reins to "
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Mary Pope Osborne, Author, Osborne, Author Dial Books $13.95 (148p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0219-6
Readers will take the narrator of Osborne's fourth novel to their hearts as they laugh and cry at the predicaments she relates. Bailey Evans, 12, can't bear moving into ""snappy'' Janet's house with her father when he marries the woman, long after...
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