Maxine Rose Schur

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  • Bibliography:
    16 Books
  • First Book:
    August 1986
  • Latest Book:
    August 2024
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The American Girls Collection

Samantha's Surprise (Aug-1986)

American Girl: A Christmas Story

Samantha's Surprise (Aug-1986)

American Girl: Samantha

3 - Samantha's Surprise (Aug-1986)

Book List in Order: 16 titles

  • Samantha's Surprise: A Christmas Story

  • Samantha's Surprise

    American Girl: A Christmas Story
    American Girl: Samantha - 3
    The American Girls Collection

    Samantha has high hopes for the best Christmas ever. Things start to go wrong when her Uncle Gard announces he is bringing the beautiful Cornelia home for the holidays. The household goes into a dither, and in all the confusion, no one pays much atte...

  • The Circlemaker

    By Authority of Czar Nicholas, the families of Molovsk are to present their sons for induction into the military.Terms of conscription is 25 years.The Czar's soldiers are riding into villages throughout Russia, seizing boys for the military. Mendel k...

  • Day of Delight

  • When I Left My Village

  • The Marvelous Maze

    A clever but arrogant young prince orders a magnificent, intricate garden maze built, and declares that the first princess to find her way out will be his bride. But the 44th princess only sits in the middle, and teaches the prince a thing or two abo...

  • The Peddler's Gift

    When Shnook the peddler arrives in the sleepy town of Korovenko, young Leibush runs to meet him. Every peddler brings merriment to the village, but simple Shnook brings more laughs than any of them.On this visit Shnook's wares include beautiful, hand...

  • Sacred Shadows

    After the death of her father in World War I, Lena finds herself a German and a Jew in an unforgiving country. Her mother says conditions will improve but Lena suspects this belief is not only wrong it's dangerous. "Exquisitely Rendered" -The Horn Bo...

  • There's a Babirusa in my Bathtub

    Humorous rhymes and magical illustrations illuminate the lives and careers of little-known animals. There's a loris in your chorus? He's quite a singer! Care to play bingo with a dingo? Watch out, he's a sharp one. A babirusa in your bathtub? Bett...



  • Gullible Gus

    Cowboy Gus is cured of a bad case of gullibility by listening to three tall tales. Poor Cowboy Gus! He believes everything the other cowboys tell him, so he gets teased all the time. To cure his terrible case of gullibility, Gus visits Fibrock, a tow...

  • The Story of Ruth

    The popular biblical story of Ruth and her mother-in-law Naomi is retold in this beautifully illustrated picture book. As Ruth chooses to remain with Naomi with the famous words “Your people shall be my people,” she becomes the first convert t...

  • Marielle in Paris

    Winner of the 2019 Northern Lights Book Award for Picture Books, All Ages!

    Marielle the mouse has worked her dressmaking magic for nine days and nine nights to create nine beautiful dresses for Madame Sooree's nine daughters. Finished at last,...

  • The Word Dancer

    When the Ugsome traitors take over the kingdom of Wisland, the orphan, Wynnfrith must flee the court with Oliver, the five-year-old crown prince. Their flight becomes a treacherous journey that pits Wynnfrith against the cruel, grotesque Ugsome fa...

  • Brave with Beauty

    A 2020 Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young PeopleSeven centuries ago, when the great caravans journeyed to the edges of the world, there lived a girl who loved all things of beauty.Her name was Goharshad.This is the extraordinary story of Que...

  • Pigs Dancing Jigs

    All the animals from A to Z are just as busy as they can be. If you want to see all they do, then this book is just for you!Here's an alphabet book to delight young and old with animals as familiar to children as the cow and duck, and as unfamiliar a...

  • Star Brother

    Jason is a 16-year old science genius yet he's a lonely, emotionally-guarded kid. He has no friends and he wouldn't dare let his classmate Melanie know how much he loves her.Shunted from one foster home to another, Jason yearns for family. When he le...

Award-Winning Books by Maxine Rose Schur

The Peddler's Gift
1999 Sydney Taylor Book Award -- Younger Readers
When I Left My Village
1996 Sydney Taylor Book Award -- Older Readers


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Maxine Rose Schur has published 16 books.

The next book by Maxine Rose Schur, Star Brother, will be published in August 2024.

The first book by Maxine Rose Schur, Samantha's Surprise, was published in August 1986.

No. Maxine Rose Schur does not write books in series.
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