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  • The Crystal Desert: Summers in Antarctica

    David G. Campbell

    eBook (Mariner Books, May 7, 2002)
    THE CRYSTAL DESERT: SUMMERS IN ANTARCTICA is the story of life's tenacity on the coldest of Earth's continents. It tells of the explorers who discovered Antarctica, of the whalers and sealers who despoiled it, and of the scientists who are deciphering its mysteries. In beautiful, lucid prose, David G. Campbell chronicles the desperately short summers on the Antarctic Peninsula. He presents a fascinating portrait of the evolution of life in Antarctica and also of the evolution of the continent itself.
  • If You Don't Know Where You're Going, You'll Probably End Up Somewhere Else: Finding a Career and Getting a Life

    David P. Campbell

    Paperback (Sorin Books, April 1, 2007)
    This updated edition of a widely successful book offers sound, practical guidance for attaining the best possible future for yourself. Written by David P. Campbell, co-creator of the popular Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory, this easy-to-read book urges you to do things you like, things that interest you, and things you can do well, emphasizing how the daily choices you make will bring you closer to your ideal future. Campbell offers a simple method for setting goals, followed by advice for prioritizing, pursuing, and ultimately realizing those goals as a means to securing the future you've hoped and planned for.
  • The Crystal Desert: Summers in Antarctica

    David G. Campbell

    Paperback (Mariner Books, May 7, 2002)
    THE CRYSTAL DESERT: SUMMERS IN ANTARCTICA is the story of life's tenacity on the coldest of Earth's continents. It tells of the explorers who discovered Antarctica, of the whalers and sealers who despoiled it, and of the scientists who are deciphering its mysteries. In beautiful, lucid prose, David G. Campbell chronicles the desperately short summers on the Antarctic Peninsula. He presents a fascinating portrait of the evolution of life in Antarctica and also of the evolution of the continent itself.
  • The Mermaid and the Shoe

    K. G. Campbell

    eBook (Kids Can Press, April 1, 2014)
    Each of King Neptune's 50 mermaid daughters boasts a special talent, except for little Minnow, who seems to be good only at asking questions. When she finds a strange object, Minnow follows her questions to a wondrous place and finds answers, including the answer to the most important question of all: Who am I? A gorgeously illustrated story about finding one's purpose.
  • Lester's Dreadful Sweaters

    K. G. Campbell

    eBook (Kids Can Press, Sept. 1, 2012)
    A fastidious fellow, Lester likes everything just so. So when Cousin Clara moves in and knits him truly dreadful sweaters as fast as he can surreptitiously dispose of them, Lester must think of a way to get rid of them for good — or be doomed to look like a clown forever.
  • The Crystal Desert: Summers in Antarctica

    David G. Campbell

    Hardcover (Houghton Mifflin, Dec. 1, 1992)
    Surveys the history of the Antarctica Peninsula, from its exploration and exploitation, to the researches of contemporary scientists, and examines its unusual animal life
  • The Mermaid and the Shoe

    K.G. Campbell

    Hardcover (Kids Can Press, April 1, 2014)
    Each of King Neptune's 50 mermaid daughters boasts a special talent, except for little Minnow, who seems to be good only at asking questions. When she finds a strange object, Minnow follows her questions to a wondrous place and finds answers, including the answer to the most important question of all: Who am I? A gorgeously illustrated story about finding one's purpose.
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  • If You Don't Know Where You're Going, You'll Probably End Up Somewhere Else: Finding a Career and Getting a Life

    David P. Campbell

    eBook (Sorin Books, Aug. 24, 2009)
    This updated edition of a widely successful book offers sound, practical guidance for attaining the best possible future for yourself. Written by David P. Campbell, co-creator of the popular Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory, this easy-to-read book urges you to do things you like, things that interest you, and things you can do well, emphasizing how the daily choices you make will bring you closer to your ideal future. Campbell offers a simple method for setting goals, followed by advice for prioritizing, pursuing, and ultimately realizing those goals as a means to securing the future you've hoped and planned for.
  • A Small Zombie Problem

    K. G. Campbell

    Hardcover (Knopf Books for Young Readers, June 4, 2019)
    In his fiction debut--and the start of a new series--celebrated illustrator K.G. Campbell brings a touch of Tim Burton to this singularly strange and wonderful story about a lonely boy whose life is about to get a whole lot more complicated when a zombie follows him home.August DuPont has spent his whole life inside a dilapidated house with his aunt Hydrangea. His lonely existence ends abruptly with the arrival of an invitation to meet an aunt--and cousins--he didn't even know existed. When Aunt Orchid suggests that August attend school with his cousins, it's a dream come true. But August has scarcely begun to celebrate his reversal of fortune when he is confronted by a small problem on his way home. So begins an adventure filled with a wild child, a zombie, a fabled white alligator, and an unimaginable family secret.
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  • Lester's Dreadful Sweaters

    K.G. Campbell

    Hardcover (Kids Can Press, Sept. 1, 2012)
    Picture Book Illustration Winner, 2013 Golden Kite AwardsA fastidious fellow, Lester likes everything just so. So when Cousin Clara moves in and knits him truly dreadful sweaters as fast as he can surreptitiously dispose of them, Lester must think of a way to get rid of them for good -- or be doomed to look like a clown forever.
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  • Dylan the Villain

    K. G. Campbell

    Hardcover (Viking Books for Young Readers, March 8, 2016)
    Dylan's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Snivels, have always told him that he is the very best and cleverest super-villain in the whole wide world. And Dylan's confident that it's true--until he starts school and meets Addison Van Malice. Sure, Dylan's costume is scary. But Addison Van Malice's is bone-chilling. And yes, Dylan's laugh is crazy. But Addison Van Malice's is bananas. And Dylan's inventions are certainly super-villainous. But Addison Van Malice's are demonic! When their teacher, Miss Slither, announces a Diabolical Robot Building Contest, Dylan sees his opportunity to prove that he really is the most evil villain of all. But Addison's not giving in without a fight. And so begins a competition of skill and wits that doesn't go the way anyone expected...
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  • The Ephemeral Islands: Natural History of the Bahamas

    D.G. Campbell

    Paperback (Macmillan Caribbean, March 15, 1982)
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