Knopf Books for Young Readers | Knopf Books for Young Readers
May.14.2011
When 17-year-old Jamie arrives on the idyllic New England island of Little Bly to work as a summer au pair, she is stunned to learn of the horror that precedes her. Seeking the truth surrounding a young couple's tragic deaths, Jamie discovers that she herself looks shockingly like the dead girl...
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Nov.15.2010
In this tender, beautiful letter to his daughters, President Barack Obama has written a moving tribute to thirteen groundbreaking Americans and the ideals that have shaped our nation. From the artistry of Georgia O'Keeffe, to the courage of Jackie Robinson, to the patriotism of George...
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Feb.06.2010
---Is it okay to hate a dead kid? ---Even if I loved him once? ---Even if he was my best friend? ---Is it okay to hate him for being dead?
Eighteen-year-old Vera's spent her whole life secretly in love with her best friend, Charlie Kahn. And over the years she's kept a lot...
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Jul.13.2009
Maya the cow, J.D. the piglet, Hilda the sheep, and a dozen more animals all speak directly to the reader, showing off their unique personalities in this wonderful collection of poems. Master watercolorist Robert Rahway Zakanitch provides a portrait that perfectly captures the essence of each...
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Jul.18.2008
In this heart-stealing picture book, fine artist Robert Rahway Zakanitch gives us 16 masterful, soulful, impossibly expressive portraits of dogs, and Maya Gottfried wonderfully captures their voices and inner personalities in 16 enchanting poems. It’s a doggie delight!
These dogs beg to be patted...
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May.20.2008
Original lullabies, written by Lois Duncan for her first grandchild, with music composed by her musician-daughter, Robin Arquette. On the CD, Lois narrates and Robin sings. Although the book is now out of print, a few remaining copies can still be obtained along with the CD at Robin’s web site at...
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May.17.2008
WHO IS MY FATHER? Fourteen-year-old Harley Columba is convinced she's adopted. She is the only blue-eyed alien in a family of brown-eyed earthlings. She is a painter, musician and poet. Her parents drink, fight and watch TV. Harley lives in the suburbs "only forty-five minutes outside of New...
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Apr.04.2008
It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s Siegel and Shuster!
Celebrate Superman’s 70th anniversary in 2008 with the first-ever picture book about the two Cleveland teenagers who created him during the Great Depression.
Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were more like Clark Kent than his secret identity....
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