Walker Books for Young Readers - Kids


	Step into a world where robots rule. Quirky, amusing androids of everyshape, size, and color turn reality on its ear. You won't want to leave life among the machines. Robots Everywhere Written by Denny Hebson & Illustrated by Todd Hoffman How well do you know your best friend? Can you and your "vbf" get all 5 of these questions right? What is your "vbf's" middle name? What is your "vbf's" pet phrase? Does your "vbf" sleep with one pillow, two, or more? At the mall, what is the store your "vbf" wants to visit first? What is your "vbf's" favorite movie? Get a copy of The Best Friends Handbook at your local bookstore, library or from an online bookseller and see how you are your friend do on 95 more questions. And the book includes are plenty of other great quizzes and activities. Best of all, you will end up with a keepsake journal.


	August 2008 Jesse Owens, Fastest Man Alive by Carol Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Eric Velasquez. "Sometimes calling to mind old-time photographs, Valasquez's pleasingly grainy pastels easily convey the movement and speed, determination and triumph at the core of Owen's uplifting story." —Publishers Weekly, starred review Pass It Down by Leonard S. Marcus. "Written in an engaging style with clarity and immediacy, this doubles as an accessible primer on the art of penning and visualizing picture books. Filled with intriguing tidbits, this is an outstanding work about the connections between parents and children, editors and artists and readers and writers." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review *Gimme Cracked Corn and I Will Share, a New York Times* new bestseller!** Gimme Cracked Corn and I Will Share by Kevin O'Malley is #4 on the New York Times Bestseller list. Caldecott Honor Medal David McLimans has been awarded a Caldecott Honor Medal for Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet , earning Walker Books for Young Readers its first Caldecott recognition. Gone Wild is an eye-opening armchair safari through the alphabet where each letter is transformed into an endangered animal. The book has also been was chosen as the New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book List. Congratulations David! Great Poster for Winston The Book Wolf Winston The Book Wolf by Marni McGee, illustrations by Ian Beck. Download this poster. Front, Back. Assassin Tops in Oklahoma Anna Myers has won the Oklahoma Book Award for Assassin, a exciting historical novel for middle school readers. Two Bluebonnet Awards for Walker's Authors Hubert Invents the Wheel by Claire and Monte Montgomery and Outside and Inside Mummies by Sandra Markle have been named to the Texas Bluebonnet Award 2007-2008 Master List. Miss Malarkey can make a reader out of anyone. Miss Malarkey Leaves No Reader Behind by Judy Finchler & Kevin O'Malley. The Founders Teacher's Guide Now Available After reading about why and how Dennis Brindell Fradin and Michael McCurdy created The Founders in this downloadable Teacher's Guide, we encourage teachers and students to discuss: • What attracts an author or illustrator to tell a story. • How each ensures that their books are historically accurate. • The key message they want to convey to readers.


	Look for the Walker Books for Young Readers Exhibit at the following conventions: International Reading Association 53rd Annual Conference Engaging Learners in Literature May 4-8, 2008 Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, USA BookExpo America May 29-June 1 Los Angeles Convention Center, LA, CA American Library Association The 2008 Annual Conference June 26-July 2, 2008 Anaheim, CA

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	Discover Some Great New Voices Find out what Janette Rallison, author of such comic gems as All's Fair in Love, War and High School and Life, Love and the Pursuit of Happiness has to say about writing. Read the Q&A for advice for beginning writers. Top Ramen noodles are recommended. GO » Meet the author of Blood Red Horse, K.M. Grant. Blood Red Horse is the first exciting novel in the deGranville Trilogy. Find out more about where the idea for adventure-packed Crusade story came from. GO » Well-known YA librarian Patrick Jones has written his first teen novel. Many of his readers weren't even born when he started -- it took 17 years, but was worth the wait. Patrick offers some discussion questions that will help get readers talking about his provocative novel, Things Change. GO » Picture Book Fun Illustrator, fine arts professor and computer whiz, Matt McElligott offers some interactive art projects at his website:www.mattmcelligott.com GO » Walker Books for Young Readers is a member of the Children's Book Council www.cbcbooks.org