Food For Thought: The Complete Book of Concepts for Growing Minds
By Saxton Freymann
0-439-11018-1, $14.95, Arthur A. Levine Books, Ages 0-3

Hilarious food sculptures act out the five most important early learning concepts, offering a brilliant banquet for a young child's brain!

"Even cleverer than the instantly classic How Are You Peeling? Foods With Moods...Viewers can't help but respond to the art's broad, infectious humor..."
—Kirkus Reviews, December 15th, 2004

"...playful, wonderfully clever transformation of familiar foods...in this mix of concept and unabashed food play, the authors get the formula just right."
—Booklist, January 1st, 2005

A RealRead selection!

Also available by Robert Munsch:
Baby Food 0-439-11017-3, $12.95
Dog Food 0-439-11016-5, $12.95
One Lonely Sea Horse 0-439-11014-9, $16.95
How Are You Peeling? Foods with Moods 0-439-10431-9, $16.95

Girls Hold Up This World
By Jada Pinkett Smith, photographs by Donyell Kennedy-McCullough
0-439-08793-7, $16.95, Cartwheel Books, Ages 4-9

Jada Pinkett Smith (the wife of actor Will Smith) has written powerful poetry that combines with exuberant photographs to create a truly inspiring book that captures the strength, unity, and beauty that lives in girls.

A RealRead selection!

Oh, David! A Diaper David Board Book
By David Shannon
0-439-68881-7, $6.99, The Blue Sky Press, Ages 3-5

Oops! A Diaper David Board Book
By David Shannon
0-439-68882-5, $6.99, The Blue Sky Press, Ages 3-5

Meet Diaper David! Caldecott Honor artist David Shannon is back with two all-new, original board books that let young readers see what the star of the bestselling No, David! Books did when he was a troublemaking toddler.

Also available by David Shannon:
David Gets in Trouble 0-439-05022-7, $15.95
David Goes to School 0-590-48087-1, $15.95
No, David! 0-590-93002-8, $15.95
David se mete en lios (David Gets in Trouble) 0-439-54561-7, $3.99

Once Upon a Cloud
By Rob D. Walker, illus. by Matt Mahurin
0-439-68879-5, $16.95, The Blue Sky Press, Ages 4-8

A picture book that celebrates the wonder and beauty of clouds and the many forms they take in our imaginations.

Goodnight, My Duckling
By Nancy Tafuri
0-439-39881-9, $16.95, Scholastic Press, Ages 3-5

In this fresh companion to her classic Caldecott Honor-winner, Have You Seen My Duckling? Nancy Tafuri's beautifully detailed watercolors and spare text once again capture the tender feelings and joyful wonder of childhood.

Also available by Nancy Tafuri:
You Are Special, Little One 0-439-39879-7, $16.95
Silly Little Goose 0-439-06304-3, $15.95

The Magic Rabbit
By Richard Jesse Watson
0-590-47964-4, $15.95, The Blue Sky Press, Ages 4-8

Rabbit can do all kinds of tricks with the hat. It's all so much fun, except for one thing…he's all alone. Presto! Rabbit has a wonderful idea—he'll find a new friend inside the hat.

Ready, Freddy! #4: Don't Sit On My Lunch
By Abby Klein, illus. by John McKinley
0-439-55601-5, $15.95, The Blue Sky Press, Ages 4-8
0-439-55602-3, $3.99

Freddy's ready for another warm and funny adventure in the newest chapter book from author and first-grade teacher Abby Klein.

Also available by Abby Klein:
Ready, Freddy! #1: Tooth Trouble 0-439-55595-7, $15.95 HC; 0-439-55596-5, $3.99 PB
Ready, Freddy! #2: The King of Show-And-Tell 0-439-55597-3, $15.95 HC; 0-439-55598-1, $3.99 PB
Ready, Freddy! #3: Homework Hassles 0-439-55599-X, $15.95 HC; 0-439-55600-7, $3.99 PB

We are proud to announce the launch of Scholastic's new graphic novel imprint, GRAPHIX, combining the power and impact of graphic novels with Scholastic's proven ability to publish engaging, age-appropriate books for children and teens.

Bone #1: Out From Boneville
By Jeff Smith
0-439-70623-8, $18.95 HC, 0-439-70640-8, $9.99 PB, Graphix, Ages 8-12

Adventurous, funny, unforgettable. It's BONE — the incredible comic book saga of the unlikely hero who must save an idyllic valley from the forces of evil.

Bone has become a classic, much-loved series since it first appeared as an underground comic book in 1991. Now Scholastic is publishing the nine-volume Bone series for the first time ever in full-color graphic novel editions. Two volumes will be released each year, with volume two coming in Fall of 2005.

Visit the Bone site in our Kids Channel.

This month's From the Editor's Desk features Bone:
www.teacher.scholastic.com/products/
tradebooks/editor/dsaylor_february2005.htm

The Land of Elyon Book 1: The Dark Hills Divide
By Patrick Carman
0-439-70093-0, $11.95, Orchard Books, Ages 9-12

This fantasy adventure was originally self-published by the author, who lives in Washington state, and it quickly became a bestselling phenomenon in the Pacific Northwest. Now Scholastic is thrilled to publish it for a national audience.

A RealRead selection!
Visit the Land of Elyon in our Kids Channel.

Surviving Aunt Marsha
By Sofie Laguna
0-439-64485-2, $15.95, Scholastic Press, Ages 9-12

Aunt Marsha hates comic books and loves kidney pie—how will Betina and her brothers survive her for three whole weeks?

Out Standing In My Field
By Patrick Jennings
0-439-46581-8, $16.95, Scholastic Press, Ages 9-14

Ty loves baseball; he just isn't great at it, despite all the efforts of his coach and father, who is pouring his unfulfilled dreams into the least-talented person on the team—his son. Quitting baseball isn't an option for a boy named after Ty Cobb…

Also available by Patrick Jennings:
The Wolving Time 0-439-39555-0, $15.95 HC
The Beastly Arms 0-439-16589-X, $16.95 HC; 0-439-16590-3, $5.99 PB
Faith and the Electric Dogs 0-590-69769-2, $4.99 PB

Smiler's Bones
By Peter Lerangis
0-439-34485-9, $16.95, Scholastic Press, Ages 12 and up

A striking, impressively told novel based on the harrowing true story of Minik, an Eskimo boy seized in the name of science and brought to New York at the beginning of the 20th century.

Never Mind the Goldbergs
By Matthue Roth
0-439-69188-5, $16.95, PUSH Hardcover, Ages 12 and up

The greatest Hollywood punk rock Orthodox Jewgirl story ever told! As in Tanuja Desai Hidier's Born Confused, there is soon a collision of both cultures and desires — with one headstrong heroine caught in the middle.

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Scholastic Atlas of Space
0-439-67272-4, $17.95, Scholastic Reference, Ages 7-10

In addition to a complete glossary and index, the atlas is filled with fantastic facts, dazzling illustrations and photos, and useful star charts.

Keeping you informed about major highlights of the author visit program in the school and library markets.

Greg Tang, Staff Development Resources seminars
Philadelphia (Drexel Hill), PA, February 16, 2005
Boston (Woburn), MA, February 17, 2005
Staff Development Resources has tapped highly sought-after math expert Greg Tang to lead a series of seminars entitled "Innovative Strategies for Teaching Math Concepts & Problem-Solving Skills." SDR is encouraging elementary grade teachers, curriculum coordinators, administrators and parents to attend these all-day seminars. Not only will attendees be leaving the seminars with creative new activities and techniques to teach math, they will also have signed copies of Greg's best-sellers: The Grapes of Math, Math for All Seasons, The Best of Times, Math-terpieces, Math Appeal, and Math Fables. For more information about Staff Development Resources, visit www.SDResources.org

These authors and illustrators will be making school and library appearances in the month of February:

To find out about Scholastic authors and illustrators, please visit Authors & Books.

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