The Island at the Center of the World

The Island at the Center of the WorldBy: Russell Shorto In a riveting, groundbreaking narrative, Russell Shorto tells the story of New Netherland, the Dutch colony which pre dated the Pilgrims and established ideals of tolerance and individual rights that shaped American history. UPDATED EDITION WITH A NEW PREFACE AND POSTSCRIPT "Astonishing . . . A book that will permanently alter the way we regard our collective past." The New York Times When the British wrested New Amsterdam from the

This is a journey her father is in no condition to take alone

and her fraught relationship with Sadie has come to a scandalous head

Rowling | Age: 9+ | English | Page: 368 | Hardback | 12

The deception worked

and the baby of the family

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or a whiff of brown-sugar fudge–before drifting away

dreaming about dinosaurs

By: Anna Milbourne | Illustrator:  Alys Paterson | Series: Little Board Books Inspired by Sarah Coleridge's familiar poem 'January brings the snow'

—he writes an ingeniously tawdry bestseller

It starts out by taking away Albury’s livelihood

their brains buzz with a plan: They will build a bug barn to keep the bugs dry