New Releases by Jonathan Bean

David Stockman, Ronald Reagan''s budget director, proclaimed the Small Business Administration a "billion-dollar waste—a rathole," and set out to abolish the agency. His scathing critique was but the latest attack on an agency better known as the "Small Scandal Administration." Loans to criminals, government contracts for minority "fronts," the classification of American Motors as a small business, Whitewater, and other scandals—the Small Business Administration has lurched from one embarrassment to another. Despite the scandals and the policy failures, the SBA thrives and small business remains a sacred cow in American politics. Part of this sacredness comes from the agency''s longstanding record of pioneering affirmative action. Jonathan Bean reveals that even before the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the SBA promoted African American businesses, encouraged the hiring of minorities, and monitored the employment practices of loan recipients. Under Nixon, the agency expanded racial preferences. During the Reagan administration, politicians wrapped themselves in the mantle of minority enterprise even as they denounced quotas elsewhere. Created by Congress in 1953, the SBA does not conform to traditional interpretations of interest-group democracy. Even though the public—and Congress—favors small enterprise, there has never been a unified group of small business owners requesting the government''s help. Indeed, the SBA often has failed to address the real problems of "Mom and Pop" shop owners, fueling the ongoing debate about the agency''s viability.

A new neighborhood can feel anything but comforting and cozy. For one young newcomer, hers seems a pretty scary place—roads pile up, streets tangle, buildings are tall and filled with strangers. But in a peaceful hidden spot just down her block and around the corner, she discovers an unexpected companion: a broken-down bicycle she names Rose. As Rose is fixed up from handlebars to hubs, her beloved bike becomes a vehicle for exploration, fun, and, eventually, new friendship. In this encouraging story about facing challenge and embracing change, acclaimed picture book creator Jonathan Bean portrays the uncertainty of moving to a new home giving way to the possibility of adventure.

On some nights, a snug bedroom is a hard place to fall asleep. On some nights, it''s better to get away from slumbering, snoring family members and curl up alone with one''s thoughts in the cool night air, under wide-open skies. In this charming bedtime fantasy, a sleepless city girl does just that, finding her surprising way to a serene rooftop version of a backyard campout. With captivating ink-and-watercolor illustrations and a simple, lyrical text, newcomer Jonathan Bean has created a soothing bedtime story that is sure to charm children and parents alike. At Night is the winner of the 2008 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Picture Books.

Des maths et des sciences aux cours de langues et à la découverte de la nature, cet album haut en couleur est inspiré de souvenirs autobiographiques. Il retrace une journée d''école, de l''aube au crépuscule, pour une famille intrépide et inventive, familière et pour autant unique. Ou comment quatre enfants et leurs parents offrent une leçon de vie enjouée et tonique. S''adressant aux 4-7 ans, Jonathan Bean, auteur-illustrateur très apprécié Outre-Atlantique, brosse le tableau d''une maison devenue par excellence lieu d''apprentissage. Ses aquarelles, rehaussées d''un vigoureux trait noir, colorent son propos d''une jubilatoire fantaisie.

Drawing from his own childhood experiences, Jonathan Bean takes the autobiographically inspired family he introduced in Building Our House through the special rhythms and routines of a homeschooling day. For young Jonathan and his sisters, Mom is the teacher and a whole lot more, and Dad is the best substitute any kid could want. From math, science, and field trips to recess, show-and-tell, and art, a school day with this intrepid, inventive family will seem both completely familiar and totally unique. Includes a selection of family snapshots and a note from the author.

An excited and frustrated boy watches hopefully as wintry weather develops slowly into a "big snow." While "helping" his mother with holiday housecleaning, a boy keeps a watchful eye on the progress of a winter storm. He''s hoping for a big snow. A really big snow. Inside, he is underfoot, turning sheet-changing and tub-scrubbing into imaginary whiteouts. Outside, flakes are flying. But over the course of a long day (for Mom) the clouds seem slow on delivering a serious snowfall. Then comes a dreamy naptime adventure, marking just the beginning of high hopes coming true in this irresistible seasonal story.

A New York Times Book Review Editors'' Choice Winner of the 2013 Boston Globe Horn Book Award for Best Picture Book A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2013 A New York Times Book Review Notable Children''s Book of 2013 In this unique construction book for kids who love tools and trucks, readers join a girl and her family as they pack up their old house in town and set out to build a new one in the country. Mom and Dad are going to make the new house themselves, from the ground up. From empty lot to finished home, every stage of their year-and-a-half-long building project is here. And at every step their lucky kids are watching and getting their hands dirty, in page after page brimming with machines, vehicles, and all kinds of house-making activities! As he imagines it through the eyes of his older sister, Building Our House is Jonathan Bean''s retelling of his own family''s true experience, and includes an afterword with photographs from the author''s collection.

A selection of picture books and easy readers on a full-color Kindle Fire.

When you hear the term "strength training," perhaps you envision someone with bulging biceps and rippling abdominal muscles. But strength training can benefit people of all ages and athletic abilitieswhether you are 40 or 85, well toned or unable to rise from a wheelchair without assistance.

The history of civil rights in the United States is usually analyzed and interpreted through the lenses of modern conservatism and progressive liberalism. In Race and Liberty in America: The Essential Reader, author Jonathan Bean argues that the historical record does not conveniently fit into either of these categories and that knowledge of the American classical liberal tradition is required to gain a more accurate understanding of the past, present, and future of civil liberties in the nation. By assembling and contextualizing classic documents, from the Declaration of Independence to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to the 2007 U.S. Supreme Court decision banning school assignment by race, Bean demonstrates that classical liberalism differs from progressive liberalism in emphasizing individual freedom, Christianity, the racial neutrality of the Constitution, complete color-blindness, and free-market capitalism. A comprehensive and vital resource for scholars and students of civil liberties, Race and Liberty in America presents a wealth of primary sources that trace the evolution of civil rights throughout U.S. history.

Korean edition of 2008 Boston GlobeVHorn Book Award Winner AT NIGHT by Jonathan Bean. During a starry night with a breeze a little girl can not sleep, goes to the rooftop of the building and falls asleep under the full moon. Bean illustrates the perfect consensus a child and nature. Translated by Eom Hae Sug. In Korean. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

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A l''heure du coucher, il n''est pas toujours facile de trouver le sommeil seul dans sa chambre... En se laissant guider par la brise du soir, en se laissant aller à la rêverie sous la voûte d''un grand ciel étoilé, le sommeil vient bien plus volontiers...