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A Purr-fect Painting: Matisse’s Other Great Cat

Joan Waites
Available May 2021
Discover the world of Henri Matisse through the eyes of his cat, La Puce. Join him and his two companions,…
Size: 9″ x 9″ | 30 color images | 40 pp
ISBN13: 9780764361128 | Binding: hard cover

$16.99
Thomas Jefferson and the Return of the Magic Hat

Deborah Kalb, Illustrated by Robert Lunsford
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After almost six months in Maryland, fifth-grader Oliver still misses his friends back in New Jersey. But things…
Size: 6″ x 9″ x 7/16″ | 32 b/w images | 144 pp
ISBN13: 9780764360190 | Binding: soft cover

$12.99
The Mütter Museum: A Junior Guide’s Tour of America’s Coolest Medical Museum

Anna Dhody, Ilustrated by Ted Enik and R.A. Herrera
Available Now
Join A.J., the Mütter Museum’s junior guide, on a tour of the world’s best-known medical museum….
Size: 11″ x 8″ x 7/16″ | 27+ color images | 40 pp
ISBN13: 9780764359880 | Binding: hard cover

$16.99
America’s Flag Story

Karen S. Robbins, illustrated by J. James
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The American flag waves in reverence for many—for the immigrants who came and built a nation with hard work…
Size: 11″ x 8 1/4″ | 15+ color images | 32 pp
ISBN13: 9780764359217 | Binding: hard cover

$16.99
The 50 State Fossils: A Guidebook for Aspiring Paleontologists

Yinan Wang, Illustrations by Jane Levy
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Did you know that Illinois’s state fossil is the weird-looking Tully Monster, which had eyes on a pair of stalks…
Size: 10″ x 7″ | 168 color and b/w illustrations | 64 pp
ISBN13: 9780764355578 | Binding: hard cover

$18.99
Buried Treasure, a Pirate’s Tale

Carroll Harrison Kehne, Jr.
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There be treasure in the waters of the Chesapeake. Pirates! Picaroons! Scallywags! Under the command of Captain…
Size: 9″ x 9″ | 19 color illustrations | 34 pp
ISBN13: 9780870336010 | Binding: hard cover

$12.95
Captain John Smith’s Big and Beautiful Bay

Rebecca C. Jones. Illustrated by Linda Shute
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When Captain John Smith and his crew set out from Jamestown to explore a body of water known as the Chesapeake in…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 23 color images | 32 pp
ISBN13: 9780764338694 | Binding: hard cover

$14.99
Mystery of Mary Surratt: The Plot to Kill President Lincoln

Rebecca C. Jones
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The Mystery of Mary Surratt is a true story about the Maryland woman who was convicted and hanged in 1865 for her…
Size: 7″ x 9″ | 33 b/w photos, 1 map | 96 pp
Index
ISBN13: 9780870335600 | Binding: soft cover

$9.95
Pilgrim Village: A Thanksgiving Diorama

Kevin Ludgate
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Enjoy hours of fun with your children coloring and cutting out these Thanksgiving characters and buildings. You…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 16 b/w images | 32 pp
ISBN13: 9780764335631 | Binding: soft cover

$9.99
Pirates of the Delaware

Rupert Sargent Holland
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Pirates, conspiracy, highway robbers, and other sinister forces confront Jared Lee, a young law clerk in…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 4 b/w illus. | 320 pp
ISBN13: 9780764324871 | Binding: soft cover

$14.95
The Biggest (and Best) Flag That Ever Flew

Rebecca C. Jones. Illustrated by Charles Geer
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Young Caroline Pickersgill lives with her mother and grandmother in Baltimore, Maryland. Mrs. Pickersgill, a…
Size: 7″ x 10″ | 16 color illustrations | 30 pp
ISBN13: 9780870334405 | Binding: hard cover

$8.99
The Boy Who Saved the Town

Brenda Seabrooke. Illustrated by Howard M. Burns
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Barnaby Sharpe likes climbing trees—he is practicing to be a ship’s captain and will need to climb masts…
Size: 7″ x 10″ | 16 color illustrations | 30 pp
ISBN13: 9780870334054 | Binding: hard cover

$8.95
The World Turned Upside Down: Children of 1776

Ann Jensen. Illustrated by Marcy Dunn Ramsey
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The American Revolution brought years of turmoil to Maryland and its capital city. This story of a family who…
Size: 7″ x 10″ | 16 b/w illustrations, 2 maps | 80 pp
Glossary/Index
ISBN13: 9780870335341 | Binding: soft cover

$9.95