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Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart by Candace Fleming
Category: Graphic Novels
From the acclaimed author of "The Great and Only Barnum"--as well as "The Lincolns, Our Eleanor, "and "Ben Franklin's Almanac"--comes the thrilling story of America's most celebrated flyer, Amelia Earhart. In alternating chapters, Fleming deftly moves readers back and forth between Amelia's life (from c ...Show more
Boxes for Katje by Candace Fleming; Stacey Dressen-McQueen (Illustrator)
Category: Picture Books
Simple seeds of friendship grow into something extraordinary After World War II there is little left in Katje's town of Olst in Holland. Her family, like most Dutch families, must patch their old worn clothing and go without everyday things like soap and milk. Then one spring morning when the tulips bl ...Show more
Clever Jack Takes the Cake by Candace Fleming; G. Brian Karas (Illustrator)
Category: Picture Books
Take a bite out of this deliciously funny original fairy tale, which received four starred reviews and was named a Best Book of the Year by Booklist, School Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, and the Bank Street College of Education. What would you do if you were invited to the princess's tenth birthday p ...Show more
Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All by Candace Fleming
Category: Young Adult Fiction
He was King Henry VIII, a charismatic and extravagant ruler obsessed with both his power as king and with siring a male heir. They were his queens - six ill-fated women, each bound for divorce, or beheading, or death. Watch spellbound as each of Henry's wives attempts to survive their un-predictable kin ...Show more
Gabriella's Song by Candace Fleming
Category: Picture Books
In the streets and canals of Venice, Gabriella can hear nothing but sweet music. The drying laundry goes slap-slap, the church bells go ting-aling-ling, and the lire go jing-aling-ling. Soon, Gabriella is humming her way through town -- and everyone hears her song! Some find it sad, others smile when ...Show more
Go Sleep in Your Own Bed by Candace Fleming; Lori Nichols (Illustrator)
Category: Education
From bestselling, award-winning author Fleming and beloved illustrator of the Maple books Nichols comes a giggle-inducing read-aloud starring a cast of comically grumpy barnyard animals. Sure to become a bedtime favorite. This funny and irresistible picture book feels like a classic in the making. Whe ...Show more
Honeybee - The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera by Candace Fleming; Eric Rohmann (Illustrator)
Category: Picture Books
Get up close and personal with Apis, one honeybee, as she embarks on her journey through life, complete with exquisitely detailed illustrations. Beginning at birth, the honeybee emerges through the wax cap of her cell and is driven to protect and take care of her hive. She cleans the nursery and fee ...Show more
Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera by Candace Fleming
Category: Children's Non Fiction
Take to the sky with Apis, one honeybee, as sher embarks on her journey through life Follow the life cycle of this devoted and extraordinary worker as she cleans the hive, tends to larvae and the queen, builds wax comb, and guards the hive from invaders - before embarking on her first flight to seek nec ...Show more
Murder among Friends - How Leopold and Loeb Tried to Commit the Perfect Crime by Candace Fleming
Category: True Crime
A typed ransom note to the victim's parents. A pair of eyeglasses found at the murder scene. Was this enough evidence to convict the two teens? And if so, would their brilliant lawyer be able to save them from the death penalty? Book jacket.
Papa's Mechanical Fish by Candace Fleming
Category: Picture Books
"Clink! Clankety-bang! Thump-whirr! "That's the sound of Papa at work. Although he is an inventor, he has never made anything that works perfectly, and that's because he hasn't yet found a truly fantastic idea. But when he takes his family fishing on Lake Michigan, his daughter Virena asks, "Have you ev ...Show more
Penny and Pip by Candace Fleming; Eric Rohmann (Illustrator)
Category: Picture Books
A little girl finds a lost dinosaur baby roaming the halls of a museum and is determined to give it a home in this sweet and charming picture book.Penny feels certain that something is following her down the hall as she walks with her class through the Natural History Museum. She looks--nothing. She loo ...Show more