Make Up Your Own Holiday

This Wednesday, March 26th is the official Make Up Your Own Holiday day. That's right. You can now celebrate whatever you would like!

Cat Tails (and Tales)

Cat

Figaro, The Cat Who Snored



My Cat Copies Me


Dog Days of Summer


Apollo



Benny

Lucky, A Dog's Best Friend

Samsara Dog



Happy Birthday Coco



Saving Sinbad!



The Costume Party

Thinking Outside the Book

I'm pleased to announce that two of the four new Play Pages for our Spring 2008 titles are now available on line.

Word searches for both Jukebox and Sally and Dave can now be printed from your computer to create a more interactive way to use these two books, either in the classroom, or at home.

More Play Pages can be found on our website for Benny, Bobbie Dazzler, Half of an Elephant, Jack Russell: Dog Detective, Kali and the Rat Snake, Singing Shijimi Clams, and The Story of Cherry the Pig.

The Story of Cherry the Pig

by Utako Yamada

Over the next few weeks, we'll also be updating the site to include Play Pages for Hannah Duck and No! That's Wrong!

Spring 2008 Season Special

SEASONAL SPECIAL OFFER

RETURNABLE ORDERS:

Minimum 10 books with at least 2 new titles included = 50% discount
Minimum 25 books with at least 2 new titles included = 50% discount & FREE FREIGHT

NON-RETURNABLE ORDERS:

Minimum 25 books with at least 2 new titles included = Earned discount & FREE FREIGHT

*Existing K/M Rack Accounts will earn an additional 2% discount on the Special Offer order as long as the above criteria are met.

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Check your mailbox this month for our latest catalog featuring:

New for SPRING 2008
Cat
Hannah Duck
Jukebox
Jack Russell: Dog Detective, The Buried Biscuits (Book 7)
No! That's Wrong!
Minji's Salon
Sally and Dave, A Slug Story
What's Going On?
Little Brothers Are...
Little Sisters Are...
La cama grande de Sofia
El salon de Minji

These titles, with a publication date of March 1, 2008 will begin shipping in February so be sure to get your orders in today!

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Minji's Salon

From South Korea, Eun-hee Choung takes imaginative play to a whole new level in this picture book about a young girl and her make-believable salon. Minji's mother heads to her hairdresser for a color and cut while at home, Minji creates a whole new look for her canine volunteer.

The Spanish edition of Minji's Salon, El salón de Minji, joins the Libros del Mundo series in March 2008, ensuring that all young children (most particularly, little girls) will have a new character to remind them of yet another way to make playtime and dress-up time into an interactive at-home adventure.

Minji's Salon
by Eun-hee Choung
978-1-933605-67-8
Hardcover with Dust jacket
$15.95
March 1, 2008

El salón de Minji
978-1-933605-79-1
Paperback
$7.95
March 1, 2008

I Listen to the Music

Jukebox

Ten tokens to the first person who can name the group who sings that tune (from the title above). Don't ask me what the ten tokens can be used for. Perhaps I'll have to provide access to the David Merveille's Jukebox with those gold coins. If only it were real...now that would be something.

From France comes the latest Kane/Miller nearly-wordless picture book from author/illustrator, David Merveille - a collection for music lovers of all shapes and size (and genres). This great hand-selling title includes a lively saloon-size crowd of listeners. From Opera to Hip Hop, from Jazz to Punk, every musician, fan and shower-singer (or in my case, the car) will find something to love in this pint-sized Jukebox which will leave you smiling, and humming your favorite melody.

Jukebox

by David Merveille
978-1-933605-72-2
Hardcover with Dust jacket
$14.95
March 1, 2008

Thank Goodness for That!

Cat

Australia's Mike Dumbleton and Craig Smith collaborate in this hilarious, hair-raising cat-and-mouse-and-dog-and-bird adventure.

Meet Cat, the one animal in the neighborhood (you know which neighborhood) who manages to get into all sorts of mischief with just a few jumps, climbs and curls.

With large font, simple text and bright illustrations, this is one action-packed picture book that will have readers - and cat people - laughing out loud.

Cat
Written by Mike Dumbleton
Illustrated by Craig Smith
978-1-933605-73-9
Hardcover with Dust jacket
$15.95
March 1, 2008

Stunning & Sensational Slugs

Sally and Dave, A Slug Story

Our publisher read this aloud to us when she first brought it back from Bologna this past April. I fell in love with it right away - who wouldn't? Sally and Dave are slugs with nothing in common, except for their slimy and slippery slug bottoms.

Felice Arena created this alliterative tongue-twister of a tale with spectacularly superb results. This paperback original will have readers and listeners smiling and wanting more (and with Rick James' Super Freak running through their head).

We suggest you practice reading this one out loud before attempting to share this with your silly and slug-happy students.

Sally and Dave, a Slug Story
by Felice Arena
978-1-933605-71-5
Paperback original
$7.95
March 1, 2008

Sunday at the Park

Hannah Duck

Japan's Anji Yamamura taught herself the art of wood engraving. She uses this beautiful technique to create the illustrations for Hannah Duck, a picture book about friendship, honesty, and facing one's fears.

A picture book will never look the same again once you open the cover of this gorgeous book about a duck named Hannah, and how her friends, Gigi the parakeet and KameKame the turtle help her to explore the outside world.

With expressions on each animal's face and a sunset like you've never seen before, Hannah Duck will leave readers breathless, and ready to take their own risks.

Hannah Duck
by Anji Yamamura
978-1-933605-74-6
Hardcover with Dust jacket
$15.95
March 1, 2008

And Baby Makes Four

Little Brothers Are...
Little Sisters Are...
What's Going On?

New siblings will have something to talk about next spring when these three beautiful books are welcomed into the world, along with the new baby.

Beth Norling honors little brothers and sisters everywhere with these two new additions to our Toddler Tales series from Australia. Little Sisters Are...tiny, cuddly, smelly and sad. Little Brothers Are...wriggly, bubbly, naughty and scared. But we love them all the same.

Our narrator from Elena O'Callaghan's What's Going On? might not get his question answered right away, but he does know that the only one not acting strange around his house is his new baby sister.

These hilariously realistic picture books about life with more-than-one, will leave both parents and siblings laughing out loud at the odd things (and smells) that new babies bring into the home.

Little Brothers Are...
by Beth Norling
978-1-933605-70-8
Paperback, 8 x 8
$4.99
March 1, 2008

Little Sisters Are...
by Beth Norling
978-1-933605-69-2
Paperback, 8x8
$4.99
March 1, 2008

What's Going On?
Written by Elena O'Callaghan
Illustrated by Àfrica Fanlo
978-1-933605-65-4
Hardcover with Dust jacket
$15.95
March 1, 2008