New Releases by Giulio Maestro

Trace the origins of more than 100 eponymous words—words derived from the names of people and places. What food was first cooked up in Hamburg, Germany? Hamburgers What country is named after the Italian sailor Amerigo Vespucci? America What do you call people and places whose names become words? Eponyms! Meet the people and places behind more than 100 eponymous words and read the fascinating stories of why words were created for them. What would be the meaning of a word named after you?

Thirty popular expressions such as "straight from the horse''s mouth" and "white elephant" are amusingly explained and illustrated.

Rhyming riddles answer questions about a variety of animals at school.

A collection of riddles involving city and state names, important rivers and parks, and other famous places in the United States.

A collection of riddles featuring answers that rhyme includes "What do you call a quick game? A short sport."

Let''s-Read-and-Find-Out Science Stage 2.

Describes how the Constitution was drafted and ratified.

"Les ouragans sont de fortes tempêtes, violentes et dangereuses qui surviennent en août, septembre et octobre dans l'hémisphère Nord". Une documentation élémentaire et structurée.

A collection of humorous riddles on a Halloween theme including "Why did the ghost''s car stop dead? It ran out of gasps."

A collection of riddles about witches, vampires, skeletons, and other scary Halloween creatures.

Every October Americans celebrate the discovery of their hemisphere by Christopher Columbus. But the navigator from Genoa was not the first to find his way to these shores. From the Stone Age through the 16th century, America was "discovered" again and again. "An outstanding achievement in both history and art."--"School Library Journal, " starred review. 1991 ALA Notable Book. Full-color illustrations.

A family takes a bicycle trip and experiences the sights, sounds, and smells of town, country, and seashore.

Describes the varieties, habitats, behavior, and physical characteristics of sharks.

Discusses what temperature is and how it is measured.

Let''s-Read-and-Find-Out Science Stage 2.

A collection of sixty-one riddles based on different kinds of word plays such as puns, homonyms, and homographs.

"Written for the youngest audience...the text is very simple yet manages to convey all the major events in Liberty''s creation....The full-color watercolors show amazing detail and are extremely rich."--Horn Book.

Harriet''s search for her friend introduces a number of location words.

Now reillustrated with colorful, kid-friendly art, this book explains to young readers how the sun makes the seasons and how its light affects life on the earth for all living things.

Harriet the elephant is determined to be the first in line for the circus.

As Harriet attempts to earn five dollars for a new kite, the reader learns about the coins that add up to a dollar.

Describes the activity on freighters, tankers, ocean liners, tugboats, fireboats, and the other ships in a busy port.

Describes how the Constitution was drafted and ratified.

A collection of sixty riddles making use of homophones, or homonyms, words that are pronounced the same but have different spellings.

L’histoire du plus célèbre des symboles de la Liberté commence en 1871 quand Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi visite les États-Unis et qu’il décide que l’île de Bedloe, en plein cœur du port de New York, est l’endroit idéal pour y ériger la statue qu’il veut construire et dont il dressera le modèle Allée des Cygnes, sous le pont de Grenelle à Paris. Les illustrations colorées de ce livre racontent les différentes étapes de la réalisation de la Statue, depuis la première esquisse faite par Bartholdi jusqu’au jour de l’inauguration, le 28 octobre 1886, où il dévoile la Statue telle qu’on peut encore la voir aujourd’hui. Les aquarelles méticuleuses de Giulio Maestro montrent mieux qu’aucun autre livre l’assemblage pièce par pièce du « Colosse », la Liberté éclairant le Monde. Le livre se termine par de nombreuses informations concernant la Statue, chronologie, dimensions, noms des personnes illustres qui y ont travaillé ou s’y sont intéressées et renseignements sur les réparations et modifications faites dans les années 1983-1986.