Available April 2012, wherever books are sold

These enlightening write-in quiz books offer a daily dose of self-discovery and intellectual challenges.

Each book comes with attractive rounded corners, an elastic closure, and is small enough to fit in a purse or bag for mental stimulation during your commute, in waiting rooms, or during any chance you can sneak a short break for self-discovery into your day. To top it all off, each book comes with an afforable price tag, but is attractive enough to give as a gift.

Who Are You? Test Your Personality is an enlightening collection of simple personality tests designed to answer who you are, how you got that way, and what, if anything, you can or should do to change.

Who Are You? Test Your Emotional Intelligence includes tests that will analyze your emotional intelligence from a variety of perspectives, help pinpoint your strengths and weaknesses, and reveal  hidden aspects of your personality.

How Smart Are You? Test Your IQ offers brain-stumping questions to help determine whether you are a logical thinker, numerical whiz, or spatially-inclined, as well as other strengths.

How Smart Are You? Test Your Math IQ collects challenging tests and puzzles to help you hone your math skills, which are used daily, from shopping to budgeting to bill paying, not to mention (shudder) tax season.

“It’s like seeing the movie all over again, but with Francis Ford Coppola sitting next to you on the couch.” —Daniel Okrent, Fortune Magazine

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The Annotated Godfather

The Complete Screenplay

By Jenny M. Jones

with commentary on every scene, interviews, and little-known facts

The illustrated and fully authorized edition of the complete screenplay of The Godfather.

“Jones offers a streamlined version of the backstory, highlighting the difficulties that swirled around the production. The beauty of The Annotated Godfather is that it puts all this in context…. It’s a delicate dance, but she pulls it off, allowing us to see it fresh after all these years.”

—David Ulin, The Los Angeles Times

The Godfather is one of the greatest movies ever made—celebrated for its brilliant cinematic innovations and unforgettable script to its magnificent cast. Yet the history of its creation is so chaotic, so turbulent, that one cannot help but marvel at the seemingly insurmountable odds that had to be overcome for the film to make it to the silver screen, let alone to become a cinematic masterpiece that continues to captivate viewers more than four decades after its release.

The Annotated Godfather presents all the little-known details and off-screen intrigue surrounding this landmark film, including:

• The complete screenplay (with scenes that didn’t make the cut)
• Technical details about filming and locations
• Interviews with former Paramount Pictures executives, cast, crewmembers, and director Francis Ford Coppola
• Tales from the set, including arguments, accidents, and practical jokes
• Profiles of the actors and how they were cast
• Goofs and gaffes that made it into the film
• More than 200 stills, behind-the-scenes photographs, and cutting room-floor gems
• and much more

Excerpt: Casting the Don

“The casting of the title character from the novel was quite contentious. A plethora of actors were interviewed for the part, including Ernest Borgnine, Anthony Quinn, and Raf Vallone. Every older Italian actor in existence was considered. Two actors who were in contention but then hired for smaller parts in the picture were Richard Conte (Barzini) and John Marley (Woltz), who had appeared in Paramount’s extremely successful Love Story. Evans had the idea of Sophia Loren’s husband, producer Carlo Ponti. Coppola pointed out that he spoke like an Italian, but not a New Yorker. Besides, he wasn’t well-known enough. George C. Scott was also at the top of the list. Even Frank  Sinatra was rumored to want to play him. Of course, Marlon Brando finally got the part, over strenuous Paramount objections. The role garnered him an Academy Award® and a firm place in film history.”

“It’s a Junior Ranger’s Dream!”

-TIME for Kids

National Parks

A Kid’s Guide to America’s Parks, Monuments, and Landmarks

By Erin McHugh with original art by Neal Aspinall

“During National Parks Week, we reaffirm our need to maintain connections to the natural world.”

—President Barack Obama

President Obama has shared his views that it’s important for all of our country’s citizens to acknowledge the value of the natural world around us. National Parks helps families explore that world—the diversity, beauty, and history found in our national park system.

Arranged alphabetically by state, this fun-filled book tours more than 75 U.S. parks, monuments, and landmarks, from the rocky shores of Maine’s Acadia National Park to the ancient redwood groves of Northern California. Also included is a removable, fold-out collector map to house the 56 America the Beautiful commemorative quarters!

Through fascinating text and hundreds of vintage-style illustrations and photographs, ranging from digitally restored WPA posters (by Brian Maebius and Doug Leen) to original illustrations from Neal Apsinall, kids (and their parents!) will be amazed by the history of the parks and landmarks, geographical and natural wonders, odd and interesting facts, and much more. National Parks will change a “boring” family road trip into an awe-inspiring fun educational tour of America!

Written by noted children’s book author Erin McHugh, National Parks: A Kid’s Guide to America’s Parks, Monuments, and Landmarks is both a handy reference and an insightful look at our natural world. Readers will discover:

• The General Sherman Giant Sequoia in Sequoia National Park is 2,700 years old, 275 feet high, and weighs 4,210,000 pounds!
• The deepest rock layer in the Grand Canyon is 2 billion years old!
• The molten lava at Mauna Loa at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is 2,150°F!
• 1,122 inches of snow that fell in one season on Mt. Rainier in 1971-1972!
• 12,000,000 immigrants came to this country through Ellis Island National Monument!

If you are one of the 13 million people who visit a national park or one of the 500,000 kids who join the Junior Rangers each year, this is the book for you.

About the Author/Artist

Erin McHugh is a former publishing executive and author of more then a dozen books, including The Little Road Trip Handbook. She is also the author of several of the books in Black Dog’s State Shapes series. She lives in New York City and South Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

Neal Aspinall is an illustrator whose work has appeared on t-shirts, patches, and mugs in National Park gift shops. He has also created art for an ad partnership between Amtrak and the National Park Service. His clients include Target, Pepsi, and Macy’s. He has received awards from Communication Arts, Graphis, Society of Illustrators, the Print Regional Design Annual, and has been inducted into the Institute of Art of Colorado’s Hall of Fame. He lives in Wauwatosa, WI.