Exciting books from Candlewick Press celebrate a historic inauguration, two bicentennial birthdays on February 12--Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin--and the 40th anniversary of the first lunar landing.
Moon Landing: Apollo 11
40th Anniversary Pop-up

by Richard Platt
design & paper engineering by David Hawcock
ISBN: 9780763640460
$29.99 Hardcover 
Candlewick Press (MA)

Trace the history of people's fascination with the Moon--and the scientific developments that led to a ground-breaking mission--in an out-of-this-world novelty book marking the first Moon landing.

Footprints on the Moon
by Mark Haddon
illustrated by Christian Birmingham
ISBN: 9780763644406
$16.99 Hardcover 
Candlewick Press (MA)

Bestselling author Mark Haddon recalls his boyhood fascination with the Moon and his pure wonder at witnessing the first lunar landing.

Also illustrated by Christian Birmingham:
The Snow Queen
by Hans Christian Andersen
retold by Naomi Lewis
ISBN: 9780763632298
$18.99 Hardcover 

Our White House
Looking In, Looking Out

created by National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance 
Introduction by David McCullough
ISBN: 9780763620677
$29.99 Hardcover 
Candlewick Press (MA)

This collection of essays, personal accounts, historical fiction, poetry, and original art from 108 leading authors and illustrators offers a multifaceted look at America's history through the prism of the White House.

One Beetle Too Many
The Extraordinary Adventures of Charles Darwin

by Kathryn Lasky
illustrated by Matthew Trueman
ISBN: 9780763614362
$17.99 Hardcover 
Candlewick Press (MA)
Pub Date: January

A lively text and captivating images tell the story of the ever-curious boy who grew up to make one of the most significant discoveries of our time.

Also by Kathryn Lasky:
A Voice of Her Own
A Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet

illustrated by Paul Lee
ISBN: 9780763628789
$7.99 Paperback 

John Muir: America's First Environmentalist
illustrated by Stan Fellows
ISBN: 9780763638849
$7.99 Paperback 

Lincoln and His Boys
by Rosemary Wells
illustrated by P.J. Lynch
ISBN: 9780763637231
$16.99 Hardcover 
Candlewick Press (MA)
Pub Date: January

Lincoln and His Boys is a warm, moving portrait of Abraham Lincoln told through the eyes of his children and captured in exquisite full-color illustrations.

Also available:
Mother Goose's Little Treasures
by Iona Opie
illustrated by Rosemary Wells
ISBN: 9780763636555
$17.99 Hardcover 

The Gift of the Magi
by O. Henry
illustrated by P.J. Lynch
ISBN: 9780763635305
$15.99 Hardcover