New Releases by Rosalyn Schanzer

The Civil War is skillfully deconstructed in this wonderfully visual book by award-winning author/illustrator Rosalyn Schanzer. Abe vs. Jeff is an epic face-off between Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis that examines the roots of the conflict that nearly tore our young nation apart. a Abraham Lincoln, the president who steered the country through a military, moral, and constitutional crisis, sits opposite Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, champion of the slaveholding status quo and the traditional values of southern farming society. Two leaders, North vs. South, with differing convictions, yet with more in common than we sometimes acknowledge. Readers learn about the lives and times of both men, ultimately demonstrating the importance of understanding your enemy - no matter how wrong they may be - in order to resolve conflicts and create a better future. With the latest research, primary source material, and authenticated quotes and anecdotes, Schanzer''s book is an accessible, engaging, and important resource for kids and classrooms studying the Civil War. From the Hardcover edition.

Tackling the same twisted subject as Stacy Schiff''s much-lauded book The Witches: Salem, 1692, this Sibert Honor book for young readers features unique scratchboard illustrations, chilling primary source material, and powerful narrative to tell the true tale. In the little colonial town of Salem Village, Massachusetts, two girls began to twitch, mumble, and contort their bodies into strange shapes. The doctor tried every remedy, but nothing cured the young Puritans. He grimly announced the dire diagnosis: the girls were bewitched! And then the accusations began. The riveting, true story of the victims, accused witches, crooked officials, and mass hysteria that turned a mysterious illness affecting two children into a witch hunt that took over a dozen people’s lives and ruined hundreds more unfolds in chilling, novelistic detail—complete with stylized black-white-and-red scratchboard illustrations of young girls having wild fits in the courtroom, witches flying overhead, and the Devil and his servants terrorizing the Puritans— in this young adult book by award-winning author and illustrator Rosalyn Schanzer. Taught in middle and high schools around the U.S., the 17th-century saga remains hauntingly resonant as people struggle even today with the urgent need to find someone to blame for their misfortunes. Witches! has been honored with many prestigious awards, including:. Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Book 2012 Notable Children''s Books—ALSC NCSS—Notable Social Studies Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies 2012 School Library Journal Best Books of 2011 SLJ’s 100 Magnificent Children’s Books of 2011 Chicago Public Library Best of the Best 2011

The story of Charles Darwin''s voyage on the H.M.S. Beagle, told in a combination of his own words and the author''s illustrations.

The author uses lighthearted illustrations and excerpts from letters, journals, and newspaper articles to relate the story of the California Gold Rush of 1848. Full color.

This unique approach to the story of the American Revolution weaves the tale around two quite similar leaders--George Washington and King George III--with two very different viewpoints. Includes bibliography, source notes, and an index. Full color.

A biography of explorer and adventurer John Smith.

Ben Franklin was the most famous American in the entire world during colonial times. No wonder! After all, the man could do just about anything. Why, he was an author and an athlete and a patriot and a scientist and an inventor to boot. He even found a way to steal the lightning right out of the sky. Is such a thing possible? Is it. Take a look inside and find Ben busy at work on every spread. Then find out how he used his discovery about lightning to make people''s lives safer. In an inventive way, Rosalyn Schanzer brings us a brilliant and ever-curious American original.

What will happen when the great Davy Crockett comes head to head with Halley''s Comet? It''s the biggest fiercest ball of fire ire that EVER lit up the heavens! (And why does Davy Crockett wear a coonskin cap anyway?) Rosalyn Schanzer peppers her telling with flavorful exaggerations, flamboyantly regaling readers with a larger-than-life drama played out in pictures bursting with color, humor, action, and detail. Listen to Daniel Pinkwater read, DAVY CROCKETT on Weekend Edition!

An illustrated version of the legendary song whose many verses were made up by cowboys while herding cattle on the Chisholm Trail.

Tells how the author''s family left difficult conditions in Poland to make a better life for themselves in America early in the twentieth century.

The Lewis & Clark Expedition in diary form.

Little fish, little fish, come out to play. Little fish, little fish, don''t swim away. Who else will come out to play?

La banda de los Logan ha atacado de nuevo.Encuentra la salida de los laberintos y ayuda a Nestor a recuperar el botin que se han llevado los tres malvados ladrones a quienes persigue desde el norte de Colorado hasta el sur de Mexico. Sigue su serpenteante rastro a traves de las nuevas poblaciones de colonos, antiguas ruinas aztecas, minas de oro, poblados indios, junglas tropicales y otros lugares.Los vistosos paisajes de este libro incluyen detalles realistas, animales salvajes, graciosos personajes y un monton de ingeniosas sorpresas en esta divertida carrera por el viejo Salvaje Oeste.Encuentra la ruta acertada en cada uno de los laberintos.Te has equivocado de camino?No te preocupes, empieza de nuevo: explorar es una diversion que vale la pena.

In order to find his dog, a boy must make his way through a series of mazes each of which is accompanied by information about life in medieval times.

Cuentos en verso, cuyo protagonista es un animalito de plastico adosado a la ultima pagina, que emite un sonido cada vez que se lo aprieta. El troquelado de las hojas le permite aparecer en todas las escenas.

Cuentos en verso, cuyo protagonista es un animalito de plastico adosado a la ultima pagina, que emite un sonido cada vez que se lo aprieta. El troquelado de las hojas le permite aparecer en todas las escenas.

Rhyming text and illustrations, in a frontier setting, take a boy through a series of maze puzzles, in pursuit of three bank robbers.

Text and captioned pictures depict the Jewish home, community, holidays, and symbols.