New Releases by Giulio Maestro

Trace the origins of more than 100 eponymous words—words derived from the names of people and places. What food was first cooked up in Hamburg, Germany? Hamburgers What country is named after the Italian sailor Amerigo Vespucci? America What do you call people and places whose names become words? Eponyms! Meet the people and places behind more than 100 eponymous words and read the fascinating stories of why words were created for them. What would be the meaning of a word named after you?

Thirty popular expressions such as "straight from the horse's mouth" and "white elephant" are amusingly explained and illustrated.

Rhyming riddles answer questions about a variety of animals at school.

A collection of riddles featuring answers that rhyme includes "What do you call a quick game? A short sport."

A collection of riddles involving city and state names, important rivers and parks, and other famous places in the United States.

A collection of humorous riddles on a Halloween theme including "Why did the ghost's car stop dead? It ran out of gasps."

A collection of riddles about witches, vampires, skeletons, and other scary Halloween creatures.

Discusses what temperature is and how it is measured.

A collection of sixty-one riddles based on different kinds of word plays such as puns, homonyms, and homographs.

Harriet's search for her friend introduces a number of location words.

Harriet the elephant is determined to be the first in line for the circus.

As Harriet attempts to earn five dollars for a new kite, the reader learns about the coins that add up to a dollar.

Describes the activity on freighters, tankers, ocean liners, tugboats, fireboats, and the other ships in a busy port.

Describes how the Constitution was drafted and ratified.

Describes the creation of the huge statue given by France to the United States and its erection in New York Harbor as a symbol of liberty.

Sixty-one original riddles created and illustrated by the author.

Follows Harriet the elephant through the twelve months of the year as she engages in many activities in all kinds of weather.

While walking to her grandmother's house, Harriet reads all the signs she sees on the way.

Harriet, an elephant, rakes leaves, washes windows, bakes a cake, and does other household chores. On board pages.

Harriet the elephant is shown doing the things she does at home. The brief text features vocabulary words such as house, bedroom, bed, and stove. On heavy board pages.

Words for and pictures of the clothing worn by a well-dressed man, woman, and elephant for daytime and nighttime activities.

A collection of original riddles designed to increase vocabulary.

Rosie Rhinoceros feels too big next to all her little animal friends, until Elephant asks her help precisely because of her size.

Emily's animal friends try in vain to guess what she is looking for.

Text and illustrations introduce words with opposite meanings such as over and under, big and little, and front and back.

Introduces adjectives through a picture tale depicting the adventures of two friends vacationing at the beach.

Twenty monkeys seeking temporary accomodations cause a sleepless night in the jungle.