Chronicle Books Staff's Books

Reading Rainbow "RM" is known across the country for making the picture book reading experience a welcome adventure. Since the launch of Reading Rainbow "RM" Readers a year ago, this award-winning TV show has been encouraging children to take the next step as they learn to read independently. Bringing together the best first-level easy-to-read stories into 8 theme-related collections. Reading Rainbow "RM" Readers continue to make reading more fun than ever! Explore the Arctic tundra with a pack of sled dogs, or go sailboating into the middle of a wild storm! Includes 5 stories, featuring Betsy Byars, Arnold Lobel, Cynthia Rylant, Mark Teague, and more. Features cover art by Trina Schart Hyman.

Reading Rainbow "RM" is known across the country for making the picture book reading experience a welcome adventure. Since the launch of Reading Rainbow "RM" Readers a year ago, this award-winning TV show has been encouraging children to take the next step as they learn to read independently. Bringing together the best first-level easy-to-read stories into 8 theme-related collections. Reading Rainbow "RM" Readers continue to make reading more fun than ever! Meet 2 grandmas who disagree about everything, and 2 siblings who scramble to cover their tracks before Mom and Dad get home! Includes 5 stories, featuring Marc Brown, Arnold Lobel, Emily Arnold McCully, Cynthia Rylant, Jean Van Leeuwen, and more.

Laugh, fight, play, and forgive with five sets of friends going through the ups and downs of relationships, from a best friend craving time alone to two brothers who realize they can be friends after all. Includes five stories, featuring Arnold Lobel, James Marshall, Charlotte Zolotow, Cynthia Rylant, and others. Full color.

Welcome back to the Space Age, where swank clothes, a stylish pad, and the right martini formula are the name of the game. With snazzy faux-lizard covers and fabulous retro art, the Lounge Lizard Journal and Address Book are accessories that no bachelor or bachelorette, should be without. Record the hi-fi's, the hi-balls, and the hi-life in the quintessentially cool "Lounge Lizard Journal". Includes a sheet of retro stickers to help mark the swankest moments in your hip life.

With lavish period illustrations and engaging prose from both secular and religious sources, A Medieval Flower Garden offers an intriguing glimpse into the gardens of the Middle Ages--back cover.

Keep a record of your personal life journey in this exquisite journal inspired by the "Tao Te Ching," Lao Tzu's timeless guide to the art of living. Enriched with key passages from Stephen Mitchell's acclaimed translation of the "Tao Te Ching" and illustrated with ancient Chinese paintings, each page offers insight into true wisdom and serenity.

This charmingly original volume features four special pocket pages to hold treasured photographs of every couple's most venerated celebration. Richly illustrated with romantic images and lovingly embellished with auspicious sayings, each page offers plenty of space to record significant moments. Full color.

Create stunning cupcakes fit for a princess, with scrumptious recipes, designer liners, and wraparound crowns! Princesses meet cupcakes and it's tastily ever after! Princess Cupcakes has everything parents and kids need to create majestic, princess-themed cupcakes, including cupcake liners with sweet princess patterns andreusable crown cupcake wrappers for a regal display! With a booklet that includes decadent decorating tips and recipes for Pink Velvet Cupcakes, Deep Dark Chocolate Cupcakes, Sugar and Spice Cupcakes, and more, this kit makes a perfect gift for young bakers.

Chronicle of the Royal Family is a unique and compelling record of the longest-surviving and best-loved royal family in the world. From Alfred the Great to Elizabeth II, kings and queens have shaped the destiny of the British Isles. This book recaptures the full, thrilling drama in the distinctive Chronicle style that brings history to life as never before. Lavishly illustrated throughout, this book reports events of the past as though they had just happened. It is a saga not simply of power struggles, political intrigues and the rise and fall of empire, but also of personal joy and tragedy, heroism and scandal. It is also right up to date, highlighting the private and public lives of today's royal family ... Special features of this book are a gazetteer detailing the principle palaces and royal residences, past and present, and a wallchart depicting the royal family trees of Great Britain from 840 to the present day. This book is a lively and authoritative work of reference for people of all ages. It rekindles memories of great events and serves as a lasting celebration of one thousand years of royalty.--Book jacket.

The purpose of Cheap Eats and Cheap Sleeps in Paris is to help you improve the quality of your Parisian experience by leading you away from the tourist-packed high-priced restaurants and hotels to the well-located picturesque ones that offer reasonably priced meals and rooms of good value".--Sandra Gustafson

Gathers photographs, firsthand accounts, and reflections on the lessons to be learned.

From bargain hotels to the coziest English inns, each location has been visited by the author in preparation for this latest edition. "An indispensable resource for quality-conscious visitors who don't want to blow their budgets."--"Travel and Leisure." 10 maps.

In addition to a map of London, the book includes tips on pub manners, types of beer and service charges as well as a restaurant index by area. There are inexpensive restaurants, pubs, tearooms and wine bars listed.

Recounts the events of the past year, from the tragedy in Somalia, through the war in the former Yugoslavia and the devastation of Hurricane Andrew, to the 1992 presidential election. 35,000 first printing.

This eighth revised edition is arranged by arrondissement, providing listings for over one hundred hotels, pensions, B & Bs and apartments. Included is information about facilities, nearby tourist attractions and whether or not English is spoken. The reviews are preceded by an original map of the area.

This discerning guide offers descriptions of affordable accommodations throughout Florence, Rome, and Venice, each personally inspected by the author. Includes twelve original maps.

Hawaii is one of America's premier vacation spots, but it's hard for tourists to enjoy a good, inexpensive meal there. Now, Sandra Gustafson comes to the rescue with the same thoughtful restaurant reviews and menu descriptions that have made the Cheap Eats series such a favorite with travelers.

The culinary bounty of Florence, Rome, and Venice--Italy's most visited cities--is more affordable than ever to travelers using this handy volume. Includes twelve original maps.

Bargain Books are non-returnable.

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