Award Winning Books

2020 IBPA Awards Winner! Discover the secrets behind creating the costumes for HBO's Game of Thrones in this definitive guide. The official guide to the complete costumes of HBO's landmark television series Game of Thrones. Discover how BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning costume designer Michele...

Farmer Kobi's well-mannered animals try hard to charm a haughty Hanukkah guest. National Jewish Book Award Finalist National Jewish Book Awards FinalistAuthor: Karen Rostoker-GruberPublisher: Apples & Honey PressPublished: 08/01/2015Pages: 32Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 10.30h x 8.20w x 0.50dISBN: 9781681155012Audience: Ages 4-8Award: National Jewish Book...

Nature's repeating patterns, better known as fractals, are beautiful, universal, and explain much about how things grow. Fractals can also be quantified mathematically. Here is an elegant introduction to fractals through examples that can be seen in parks, rivers, and our very own backyards....

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General NonfictionA New York Times BestsellerLonglisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionWinner of the WSU AOS Bonner Book AwardWinner of the 2022 At Home With Growing Older Impact Award As revelatory as Atul Gawande's Being...

From sleek, silken tofu with delicate toppings to piping-hot fried satchels in a robust sauce, tofu provides a versatile canvas for the intricate flavors and textures that Asian and vegetarian cooks have long enjoyed. America has embraced tofu as a healthy, affordable ingredient. And...

FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER OF THE STORY PRIZE ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR From the universally acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of Fates and Furies and MatrixFlorida is a superlative book (Boston Globe), frequently funny (San Francisco...

A Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book This charming picture book says volumes about friendship with a few select words and accessible illustrations.Bear wants to read and write and think. But his friend Goose wants to talk and talk... and talk! Bear and Goose are...

ALSC Notable Children's Book Here is the story of Miss Prudence Crandall and her black students, who endured the cruelty of prejudice and hateful actions for the sake of their education. Miss Crandall faced legal proceedings for opening her school of African American women....

Foreword by Piers Paul ReadFor centuries, historians and novelists have portrayed the Knights Templar as avaricious and power-hungry villains. Who were these medieval monastic knights, whose exploits were the stuff of legend even in their own day? Were these elite crusaders corrupted by their...

2019 Sydney Taylor Notable Book for Younger Readers 2018 Eureka! California Reading Association Honor Book Award 2020 New York State Reading Association Charlotte Award Master List Escaping persecution for being Jewish, the Baline family fled Russia and arrived by ship in New York City...

Gathering the work of more than fifty years, Ron Padgett's Collected Poems is the record of one of the most dynamic careers in twentieth-century American poetry. Padgett's poems reverberate with his reading and friendships, from Andrew Marvell to Woody Guthrie and Kenneth Koch. Wry,...

George loved words. Enslaved and forced to work long hours, he was unable to attend school or learn how to read. But he was determined―he listened to the white children's lessons and learned the alphabet. Then he taught himself to read. Soon, he began...

Eloquent text and stunning illustrations combine to explore the many ways seeds are distributed, including animals, weather and wind, human action, and even the plants themselves. A farmer and her son carefully plant seeds in their garden. In the wild garden, many seeds are...

In this playful homage to Charles Dickens, Skilley, an alley cat with an embarrassing secret, longs to escape his street-cat life. Hoping to trade London's damp alleyways for the warmth of ye olde Cheshire Cheese Inn, Skilley strikes a bargain with Pip, an erudite...

Without the yellow star to point them out, the Jews looked like any other Danes. In 1940, Nazis occupied Denmark and King Christian X, beloved amongst his people, had to find some way to resist their overwhelming power. When the order went out that...

***2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST***Winner of the Arab American Book Award in FictionFinalist for the Kirkus Prize in FictionFinalist for the California Book AwardLonglisted for the Aspen Words Literary PrizeA Los Angeles Times bestsellerNamed a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post,...

A 2017 National Book Award for Young People's Literature Finalist When Nina Faye was fourteen, her mother told her there was no such thing as unconditional love. Nina believed her. Now she'll do anything for the boy she loves, to prove she's worthy of...

The Good Braider was selected as the Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year and a Book of Outstanding Merit.In spare free verse laced with unforgettable images, Viola's strikingly original voice sings out the story of her family's journey from war-torn...

A wacky spin on an Old West favorite. This tall tale about a famous American cowboy takes readers on a romp into the Wild West. When Pecos Bill cannot seem to find the best hat to fit his head, he searches for creative ways...

Patrick Gale has written a book which manages to be both tender and epic, and carries the unmistakable tang of a true story. I loved it. -- Jojo Moyes A privileged elder son, and stammeringly shy, Harry Cane has followed convention at every step....