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Editor's Picks: Books

    Must-have books for kids aged 0-18 and their parents recommended by SmartBean editors

  • Award Winner

    A Sick Day for Amos McGee

     by Philip C. Stead
    New from $7.99
    40 used from $5.48

    A Sick Day for Amos McGee, illustrated by Erin E. Stead, written by Philip C. Stead is the 2011 Caldecott Medal winner. In this tender tale... more

  • 2 Awards

    A Wrinkle in Time

     by Madeleine L'Engle
    New from $2.79
    317 used from $0.01

    It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a...

  • Award Winner

    All The World

     by Liz Garton Scanlon
    New from $7.65
    46 used from $2.39

    Frazee’s small vignettes and sweeping double-page spreads invite readers to share a joyful day with a diverse, multigenerational community. Flowing lines and harmonious colors give... more

  • Award Winner

    Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream

     by Tanya Lee Stone
    New from $4.61
    47 used from $0.51

    They had the right stuff. They defied the prejudices of the time. And they blazed a trail for generations of women to follow. What does it...

  • Author: A True Story

     by Helen Lester
    New from $0.79
    41 used from $0.01

    “A long time ago there lived a three-year old author. Me.” Thus begins a hilarious autobiographical account of Helen Lester’s life as a writer in this... more

  • Banana-Grams! for Kids

     by CC Puzzability
    New from $0.01
    56 used from $0.01

    This brilliant book by the most renowned trio in the puzzle world offers 130 banana-themed word games and 18 different types of puzzles in a... more

  • Beginning Algebra

     by Margaret L. Lial, John Hornsby...
    New from $16.99
    276 used from $0.01

    This book is the recommended text for the Beginning Algebra course (for the secondary level) offered by the Educational Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY) at... more

  • Bob Books for Beginner Readers

     by Bobby Lynn Maslen
    New from $8.96
    41 used from $7.80

    These small, light and easy-to-hold books for early reading are time-tested and highly recommended. A hit in several Montessori classrooms for encouraging children who show... more

  • Award Winner

    Bubble Trouble

     by Margaret Mahy
    New from $2.18
    37 used from $1.56

    Another hilarious rhyming romp from the team who brought us the popular DOWN THE BACK OF THE CHAIR.When little Mabel’s bubble gets away from her,...

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