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.

"The Maestros do a real service here in presenting the more familiar explorers in the context of all the migrations that have populated the Western Hemisphere....An outstanding introduction."--Kirkus Reviews. "The dazzlingly clean and accurate prose and the exhilarating beauty of the pictures combine for an extraordinary achievement in both history and art."--School Library Journal.

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

Every October Americans celebrate the discovery of their hemisphere by Christopher Columbus. But the navigator from Genoa was not the first to find his way to these shores. From the Stone Age through the 16th century, America was "discovered" again and again. "An outstanding achievement in both history and art."--"School Library Journal, " starred review. 1991 ALA Notable Book. Full-color illustrations.

A family takes a bicycle trip and experiences the sights, sounds, and smells of town, country, and seashore.

The reader is introduced to such typical city words as "theater, ""museum," "office building," and "train station" as a taxi travels through a hectic workday in and around the city.

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.

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

Describes how the Constitution was drafted and ratified.

A collection of sixty riddles making use of homophones, or homonyms, words that are pronounced the same but have different spellings.

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

Labeled illustrations present such activities of camping as packing, fishing, chopping, singing, rowing, hiking, and dreaming.

A collection of original riddles making use of homographs, words that are spelled the same but have different meanings.

Depicts Harriet and her activities at each hour of the day.

Harriet the elephant likes to play with her many toys.

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.

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

Answers such questions as "What do trees drink at a party?" and "What games do eggs play?"

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

Present a detailed discussion of the four outermost planets in our solar system.

When Leopard gets sick, his friends offer their remedy to cure his sniffles.

Activities surrounding a day at the circus illustrate such action words as pulling, marching, waving, laughing, and washing.

Mr. Wolf keeps insisting he would like to have the lambs for dinner, but Mama and her four little lambs are naturally wary.

By using her wits, Monkey manages literally to get herself out of a hole.