uglesiches on emeril Live
Gail and Anthony Uglesich, proprietors of the landmark seafood eatery Uglesich’s, will join fellow New Orleans chef Emeril Lagasse on the Food Network on January 23. Their cookbook, Uglesich’s Restaurant Cookbook (9781589802094, $24.95), written by their son, John Uglesich, is already in its second printing and has received rave reviews. In their January issue, Playboy noted “this book seems like a memento of a transcendent dining experience” while Louisiana Cookin’ appreciates how “profiles of interesting customers and suppliers bring the human side of the business to light.”

History Book Honored
The American Library Association’s Choice magazine named The Influence of Air Power Upon History (9781589800342, $29.95) by Walter J. Boyne as an Outstanding Academic Title.
Mr. Boyne is an internationally recognized authority on aviation and the history of flight. He has written thirty-six works of nonfiction and five novels on the subject and has appeared on the New York Times bestseller lists for both fiction and nonfiction.

Additions to accelerated reader Program
This Side of Paradise (9781589800960, $15.95, 9781589802544, $8.95 pb) by Steven L. Layne is a new Accelerated Vocabulary selection chosen by Renaissance Learning. The Warlord’s Puppeteers (9781589800779, $15.95) by Virginia Walton Pilegard, illustrated by Nicolas Debon, is another new Accelerated Reader Selection. Now participating teachers can use these and forty-nine other Pelican titles to gauge students’ reading comprehension and vocabulary skills. For a complete listing, please visit our web site at http://www.pelicanpub.com/Category.asp and view the “Accelerated Reader Titles” category.

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Foreign Language Rights Sold
As reported in Publisher’s Lunch, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, working with the Daniel Doglioli Literary Agency, has purchased the Italian language rights to This Side of Paradise (9781589800960, $15.95, 9781589802544, $8.95 pb) by Steven L. Layne. The prize-winning suspense novel for young adults will be available in paperback this spring.

Groundhog Day is February 2
Celebrate with Andrew McGroundhog and his Shady Shadow  (9781565547117, $15.95) written and illustrated by Peter J. Welling. Using his distinctive artistic style and trademark wit, Mr. Welling creates an original mythology for this unusual holiday and even introduces young readers to some Gaelic words. Mr. Welling’s latest picture book, Joe Van der Katt and the Great Picket Fence (9781589802810, $15.95), about Labor Day, will be published in February.

Described by the New Orleans Times-Picayune as “the newest, and one of the most elaborate, light exhibits in City Park’s traditional Celebration in the Oaks holiday display,” the walking tour light show based on Pelican’s best-selling children’s picture book, Cajun Night Before Christmas (9780882899404, $15.95) was a rousing success. Please click here for photos.

The Jamlady Cookbook (9781589802353, $35.00) by Beverly Ellen Schoonmaker Alfeld:

“A cut above your usual preserves cookbook.”
--Midwest Book Review

Black Bart Roberts (9781589802339, $14.95 pb) by Terry Breverton:

“An interesting introduction to a pirate often neglected by writers.”
--Pirates and Privateers
 

Phoebe Clappsaddle for Sheriff (9781589801271, $15.95) by Melanie Chrismer, illustrated by Virginia Marsh Roeder:

“Chrismer has created a delightful character in Phoebe. . . . Strongly recommended.”
--Review of Texas Books

Sweetly Southern: Delicious Desserts from the Sons of Confederate Veterans (9781589801813, $22.50) edited by Lynda Moreau:

“Anticipate plenty of classic family treasures.”
--Midwest Book Review

Audubon Plantation Country Cookbook (9781589801318, $25.00) by Anne Butler:

“Anne Butler evokes southern hospitality in her glorious epicurean tour.”
--Bloomsbury Review

Walking Toward Home (9781589802261, $22.00) by James Everett Kibler:

“Waites’s watercolors are pleasingly old-fashioned, with romantic flair for the scenery and costume of the times.”
 --School Library Journal

Florida Almanac: 2004-2005

“A fine multi-faceted tool.”
--Midwest Book Review
 

CIA Spymaster (9781589802346, $26.95) by Clarence Ashley:

“There’s a lesson to be learned, still, from the great Cold War spy George Kisevalter”
--Weekly Standard
“A remarkable memento of a remarkable man.”
--Washington Times

Irish Legends for Children (9781589802780, $15.95) by Yvonne Carroll:

“Brilliantly retold . . . superbly illustrated. . . . Irish Legends for Children will prove an enduringly popular addition to any family, school, or community library.”
--Midwest Book Review

The Great Art for Kids Series, edited by Margaret E Hyde, was mentioned in the December issue of Foreword magazine.

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