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Absey & Company


For almost ten years, Absey and Co., Inc. has contributed to the literary marketplace with award-winning titles in the areas of poetry and language arts. In 1998, two Absey books, Poetry After Lunch and Just People: Paper/Pen/Poem were named to the American Library Association's Best Books for Young Adults as well as The New York Public Library's Books for the Teen Age. In 1999, Absey title Where I'm From was nominated for the highest honor in young adult literature: the American Library Association's Michael Printz Award, the young adult equivalent of ALA's Newberry Award. It was also named to The New York Public Library's 1999 Books for the Teen Age. Numerous other Absey titles have received ALA nominations since then, and Absey and Co. has made a place for itself in the world of publishing with strong, literary works in the genres of fiction, poetry, and language arts. NY Office: 45 West 21st Street Suite 5 ,New York, NY 10010

Specifically interested in books with these subjects or themes: younger, middle and teenage fiction and non-fiction, mainstream fiction and non-fiction, poetry, educational, especially those dealing with language arts.

Main Address: 23011 Northcrest Drive
Spring Texas 77389 United States America
Phone: 1-888-412-2739 (NY) 212-277-8028
Fax: (281) 251-4676
Updated 7/22/2007

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Contact Information: Edward Wilson
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Absey & Company
23011 Northcrest Drive
Spring Texas 77389
United States America
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Fax:
888 - 412 - 2739

281 - 251 - 4676
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1. Where I'm From (Writers' & Young Writers' Series #2) (Paperback)
    Author: George Ella Lyon
Young Adult 09/01/1999
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13 Reviews  
2. Poetry After Lunch: Poems to Read Aloud (Paperback)
    Author: Joyce Carroll
(Unknown)  03/01/1997
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4 Reviews  
3. Just People & Paper/Pen/Poem: A Young Writer's Way to Begin (Paperback)
    Author: Kathi Appelt
    Illustrator: Kathi Appelt
(Unknown)  04/01/1997
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2 Reviews  
4. The Best of Dr. JAC (Paperback)
    Author: Joyce Armstrong Carroll
Ages 4-8 11/1998
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2 Reviews  
5. Miss Myrtle Frag, the Grammar Nag (Paperback)
    Author: LaWanda Bailey
    Illustrator: Brian Strassburg
Ages 4-8 06/2000
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4 Reviews  
6. The Legacy of Roxaboxen: A Collection of Voices (Paperback)
    Author: Alice McLerran
(Unknown)  04/1998
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3 Reviews  
7. The Legacy of Roxaboxen (Hardcover)
    Author: Alice McLerran
(Unknown)  03/20/1998
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3 Reviews  
8. Dragonfly (Paperback)
    Author: Alice McLerran
Ages 4-8 09/01/2000
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3 Reviews  
9. Saving the Scrolls (Hardcover)
    Author: Mary Kerry
(Unknown)  06/01/2005
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6 Reviews  
10. Selfless (Hardcover) (Unknown)  08/01/2009
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15 Reviews  
11. Dragonfly (Hardcover)
    Author: Alice McLerran
Ages 4-8 09/01/2000
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3 Reviews  
12. Borrowings: A Longitudinal Look at Three Student Writers (Paperback)
    Author: Claudia Brancato
(Unknown)  04/2002
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13. Out of the Valley (Paperback) (Unknown)  05/01/2006
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14. Suck (Paperback)
    Author: Lyla Verone
(Unknown)  06/2005
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15. Where I'm from (Writers and Young Writers Series) (Paperback)
    Author: George Ella Lyon
(Unknown)  06/2003
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12 Reviews  
16. Poetry After Lunch: Poems to Read Aloud [Paperback] (Unknown Binding)
    Author: Joyce Carroll
(Unknown)  /1997
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17. Regular Lu (Hardcover)
    Author: Robin Nelson
Ages 4-8 07/2005
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8 Reviews  
18. Hugs (Paperback)
    Author: Alice McLerran
    Illustrator: Jessica Schiffman
(Unknown)  Unknown
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1 Reviews
19. Kisses (Paperback)
    Author: Alice McLerran
    Illustrator: Jessica Schiffman
(Unknown)  Unknown
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1 Reviews
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