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Featured Teacher's Guides And Activity Kits

Follow the link to the right for tons of FREE classroom resources! In addition to a Ranger's Apprentice series guide, we've also got a sneak peek of Book 7: Erak's Ransom, coming in February 2010. The perfect series for action adventure fiends or reluctant readers, be on the lookout for Book 6: The Siege of Macindaw this August—just in time to wind down summer reading!

Have you checked out the activity kits for Llama Llama Misses Mama, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and Ezra Jack Keats yet? We've also got a BRAND NEW classroom kit for Skippyjon Jones. Buckle up, amigos—Skippy blasts off to the planet so red it must be covered in pepper in Skippyjon Jones Lost in Spice, coming this September!


New And Noteworthy Award Winners

Check out some of our superstar award-winning titles below! Then, visit www.penguin.com/yrawards to view more titles recognized by the American Library Association and other national organizations, as well as a continually updated record of all state award master lists!

Paper Towns
Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award
ALA/YALSA Best Book for Young Adults
Children's Book Council Teen Choice Book Award Finalist
Booklist Editors' Choice
Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
VOYA Editor's Choice
and selected for 5 state award master lists!

Savvy
ALA/ALSC Newbery Honor Book
ALA/ALSC Notable Children's Book
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book
Booklist Top Ten First Novels for Youth
Book Links "Lasting Connection"
Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year
Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year
and selected for 10 state award master lists!

Thirteen Reasons Why
ALA/YALSA Best Book for Young Adults
ALA/YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
California Book Award Silver Medal
Florida Teens Read Award
Kentucky Bluegrass Award
Heartland Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
IRA Young Adults' Choice
and selected for 15 state award master lists!


Our Shining Stars

Wintergirls
Booklist
BCCB
Kirkus Reviews
School Library Journal
Publishers Weekly

If I Stay
Booklist
Kirkus Reviews
School Library Journal
Voya
Publishers Weekly

Mission Control, This is Apollo
Booklist
The Horn Book Magazine
School Library Journal
Voya

The Vast Fields of Ordinary
Booklist
Kirkus Reviews
School Library Journal

Peace, Locomotion
School Library Journal
VOYA
Publishers Weekly

Along for the Ride
Kirkus Reviews
School Library Journal
VOYA

Tsunami!
Kirkus Reviews
School Library Journal
Publishers Weekly

When the Whistle Blows
Kirkus Reviews
School Library Journal

Listen to the Wind
Booklist
School Library Journal


ANNOUNCING THE LAUNCH OF FROM THE PUBLISHER'S OFFICE!
From the Publisher's Office

Penguin Young Readers Group launches Penguin Storytime and YA Central, two online video series featuring some of today's leading children's book authors and illustrators! With intimate author interviews, exciting book trailers and websites, a fun read-aloud segment with former librarians Liz Shanks, and tons of supplemental educational content, From the Publisher's Office is THE place to gather extra resources for your classroom or library. Visit us at www.penguin.com/thepublishersoffice


School's Out

As summer heats up, cool off with some summer reading! Click on each book below to get additional summer reading recommendations for that age level.


Featured Author of the Month—Dean Pitchford
Dean Pitchford

This month, we're featuring Dean Pitchford, author of the NEW Captain Nobody, available this month! Dean's first book, The Big One-Oh, is now available in paperback!

Click here to meet Dean Pitchford and learn how to arrange for him to speak at your school or library.



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