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Coming soon from Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers:
The Busiest Street in Town

My Heart Will Not Sit Down



Pieces of Another World
illustrated by Salima Alikhan (Sylvan Dell Publishing)

Pieces of Another World (illustration)Now I was awake all over.
“Going out? Out where?”
But he was gone.

Come along with Jody and her father on a magical, mysterious excursion into the night world—and beyond. With simple yet lyrical prose and lovingly evocative watercolor illustrations, this warm family story brings to life the joy and wonder of a child’s first meteor shower.

2006 NAIBA Picture Book of the Year Nominee
2006 Texas Bluebonnet Reading Award Nominee

Recommended in Sky & Telescope magazine (January 2006).

"The author weaves scientific fact and information into the story with so little effort that readers hardly realize they are learning while reading this endearing story."
Tonya Arnold, NSTA Recommends

"Pieces of Another World is a heartwarming story that will educate and excite children to watch the sky and encourage parents to observe with their children."
Marianne Dyson, former NASA flight controller
and award-winning children's science author

Pieces of Another World illustration"Pieces of Another World touched me deeply because it reminds me of the first times I took each of my boys out to look at the stars . . . It is a beautiful book to look at [and] a nice story that accurately teaches the reader what a 'shooting star' really is."

Gary Kronk, American Meteor Society,
author of Meteor Showers: A Descriptive Catalog


"This is a delightful tale about how different our world appears at night, from the familiar to the unfamiliar."
Jack Horkheimer, host of the PBS show Star Gazer
and Executive Director of the Miami Planetarium

"Nature, science, imagination, and a special time between a father and daughter are perfectly blended together to make this selection interesting and engaging while also offering a fun suggestion to explore the nighttime sky together."
Kendal Rautzhan, syndicated columnist,
"Books 4 Kids"


"Author Mara Rockliff's vivid prose is matched--I might even say surpassed--by Salima Alikhan's watercolor paintings, which evoke the beauty and quiet drama of a midnight trip to 'another world.'"
Debra Ross, KidsOutandAbout.com



Next to an Ant
illustrated by Pascale Constantin (Scholastic/Children's Press)

A child compares the size of various items and discovers she is the tallest of all.

Next to an AntAl Lado de Una Hormiga



Kane Press (as Nan Walker and Eleanor May)

Check it Out!StressbustersThe Real Me

The Midnight KidTy's Triple TroubleThe Great Shape-Up

Mac & Cheese Pleeeeze!The Bay School Blogger


Coming in fall 2008: Keesha's Bright Idea
Coming in spring 2009: Who Needs It?
The Messiest Room on the Planet
(co-written with Monica Kulling)



Benchmark Education (as Nan Walker)


Animal FamiliesDay Camp

Our Nature ChartOld School, New SchoolRain Forest Food

Thanksgiving Then and NowWe Fish



Wright Group/McGraw Hill, commissioned by Trillium Publishing (as Nan Walker)

A Bridge of GrassWeavers of the WorldThe Aleutian Islands

All About Snakes



Reading A-Z (downloadable readers)

Ants, Ants, and More Ants

It's About TimeKatie's Forest FindsGlassblowing



Macmillan/McGraw Hill (as Nan Walker)

Sylvia Sweet, School Bus DriverChito Rodriguez-Gomez, Baker



Holt, Rinehart & Winston (contributing writer)

Famous Stories for PerformanceA World in TransitionUnited States: Change and ChallengeElements of Literature



K12 Inc. (contributing writer)

The Human Odyssey

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Pieces of Another World






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