Best Selling Books by Eleanor Coerr

Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.

“An extraordinary book, one no reader will fail to find compelling and unforgettable.” —Booklist, starred review The star of her school’s running team, Sadako is lively and athletic…until the dizzy spells start. Then she must face the hardest race of her life—the race against time. Based on a true story, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes celebrates the courage that makes one young woman a heroine in Japan. "[The] story speaks directly to young readers of the tragedy of Sadako''s death and, in its simplicity, makes a universal statement for ''peace in the world.” —The Horn Book "The story is told tenderly but with neither a morbid nor a sentimental tone: it is direct and touching." —BCCB

Staying with her grandparents after the atomic bomb has been dropped on Nagasaki, ten-year-old Mieko feels that the happiness in her heart has departed forever and she will no longer be able to produce a beautiful drawing for the contest at school.

Describes the experiences, from birth to mating, of a young kangaroo living in the Australian bush.

From the manmade glitter of the Las Vegas strip to the natural splendor of Lake Tahoe, Nevada''s riches go beyond the silver and gold found in Virginia City. S is for Silver showcases the hardy wildlife (the Desert Bighorn Sheep and the desert tortoise) and even hardier pioneers (the builders of the Hoover Dam) who shaped Nevada''s landscape and character.Eleanor Coerr began her professional life as a newspaper reporter and editor of a column for children. She taught children''s literature at Monterey Peninsula College and creative writing at Chapman College in California. For the past 25 years, Eleanor has been writing children''s books, lecturing, and visiting schools across the United States and abroad. Her previous children''s books include Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes and The Big Balloon Race. Eleanor shares her time between Henderson, Nevada and Pebble Beach, California. Darcie Park was born and raised in Long Beach, California, and started drawing when she was five years old. She graduated with a BFA in illustration form California State University, Long Beach. She started her freelance illustration career in college and illustrated her first children''s book, The Reluctant Dragon, her first year out of college. Darcie makes her home in Lake Tahoe.

California, here we come!Faith''s Pa says there''s no room on a wagon train for Josefina, a chicken who''s too tough to eat and too old to lay eggs. But Faith loves her pet. Can Josefina show Pa that she still has a few surprises left in her?

Ariel almost causes her famous mother to lose a balloon race and then helps her win it.

This multicultural children''s book contains both English and Japanese script along with beautiful, colorful illustrations. Circus Day in Japan is the warmly-illustrated story of an exciting day spent by two Japanese children, Joji-chan and Koko-chan, at a circus. Joji-chan and Koko-chan delight at the new sights of their first circus, and young readers are gently introduced to Japanese customs and sites. Perfect for those interested in retro books, the simple text and artwork provide a nostalgic window into Japanese family life in the early 1950s. Originally written by Eleanor Coerr, author of the popular Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, this English translation of a classic Japanese children''s book accessible to a new generation of both English and Japanese speaking readers.

A story about Buffalo Bill and his exploits as a pony express rider.

While traveling west with her family in 1850, a young girl makes a patchwork quilt chronicling the experiences of the journey and reserves a special patch for her pet hen Josefina. Full color.

Youthful detectives investigate the mystery of the mixed-up smell surrounding a formerly empty old house that is rumored to be haunted.

Ariel and her mother, a famous 19th-century aeronaut, fly their balloon in a suspense-filled race. "A fast-action story [based on an actual event]. . . . Balloon fact and lingo are nicely woven into the story line, and [the] pictures add historical flavor." ''BL. A Reading Rainbow Selection Now the beloved characters and adventures from this popularline of books come to life with I Can Read Book & Cassettes.Each package includes a best-selling beginning readerstorybook and a lively audio recording featuring: Word-for-word narration Music and sound effects turn-the-page signals on Side I Uninterrupted reading on Side 2

Chang longs for a pony to ease the loneliness he feels in his new country, but even in Gold Rush California, enough gold to buy a pony is hard to come by

A mischievous, golden Siamese cat is forgiven and honored by all of Bangkok when he solves the mystery of the missing shoes.

Details the giant panda''s life cycle in its natural habitat in the mountains of China.

Sadako Sasaki tenía tan sólo doce años cuando murió. Una terrible bomba atómica fue lanzada sobre su ciudad, Hiroshima, en Japón, cuando ella contaba dos años de edad. Diez años más tarde, enfermó de la leucemia como resultado de la radicación de aquella bomba. La autora ha querido destacar en Sadako su gran espíritu y valentía a la hora de afrontar el futuro que ella sabía que le esperaba.