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Sal Murdocca

Sal Murdocca has illustrated more than 200 children's trade and textbooks. He is also a librettist for children's opera, a video artist, an avid runner, hiker, bicyclist, and a teacher of children's illustration at the Parsons School of Design. Sal lives and works in New York with his wife, Nancy.
Memories and Life Lessons from the Magic Tree House
Magic Tree House Survival Guide
Grover's Own Alphabet (Sesame Street)
Amazing Animals! Magic Tree House Fact Tracker Collection
World at War, 1944
Magic Tree House Incredible Fact Book
Night of the Ninth Dragon
Balto of the Blue Dawn
Shadow of the Shark
Magic Tree House Fact & Fiction: Knights
Magic Tree House Fact & Fiction: Horses
Magic Tree House Fact & Fiction: Charles Dickens
Magic Tree House Fact & Fiction: Thanksgiving
Magic Tree House Fact & Fiction: Penguins
Magic Tree House Fact & Fiction: Titanic
Magic Tree House Fact & Fiction: Soccer
Magic Tree House Fact & Fiction: Pirates
Magic Tree House Fact & Fiction: Ninjas
Magic Tree House Fact & Fiction: Mummies
Magic Tree House Fact & Fiction: Ghosts
Magic Tree House Fact & Fiction: Dinosaurs
Ninjas and Samurai
Soccer on Sunday
Soccer
Heroes for All Times
High Time for Heroes
Magic Tree House Books 9-12 Ebook Collection
Magic Tree House Books 5-8 Ebook Collection
The Knight at Dawn (Full-Color Edition)
Magic Tricks from the Tree House
Hurry Up, Houdini!
Horse Heroes
Stallion by Starlight
A Perfect Time for Pandas
Pandas and Other Endangered Species
Magic Tree House Books 1-4 Ebook Collection

Books

Memories and Life Lessons from the Magic Tree House
Magic Tree House Survival Guide
Grover's Own Alphabet (Sesame Street)
Amazing Animals! Magic Tree House Fact Tracker Collection
World at War, 1944
Magic Tree House Incredible Fact Book
Night of the Ninth Dragon
Balto of the Blue Dawn
Shadow of the Shark
Magic Tree House Fact & Fiction: Knights
Magic Tree House Fact & Fiction: Horses
Magic Tree House Fact & Fiction: Charles Dickens
Magic Tree House Fact & Fiction: Thanksgiving
Magic Tree House Fact & Fiction: Penguins
Magic Tree House Fact & Fiction: Titanic
Magic Tree House Fact & Fiction: Soccer
Magic Tree House Fact & Fiction: Pirates
Magic Tree House Fact & Fiction: Ninjas
Magic Tree House Fact & Fiction: Mummies
Magic Tree House Fact & Fiction: Ghosts
Magic Tree House Fact & Fiction: Dinosaurs
Ninjas and Samurai
Soccer on Sunday
Soccer
Heroes for All Times
High Time for Heroes
Magic Tree House Books 9-12 Ebook Collection
Magic Tree House Books 5-8 Ebook Collection
The Knight at Dawn (Full-Color Edition)
Magic Tricks from the Tree House
Hurry Up, Houdini!
Horse Heroes
Stallion by Starlight
A Perfect Time for Pandas
Pandas and Other Endangered Species
Magic Tree House Books 1-4 Ebook Collection

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On Monday, May 5, three Penguin Random House authors were honored with a Pulitzer Prize. Established in 1917, the Pulitzer Prizes are the most prestigious awards in American letters. To date, PRH has 143 Pulitzer Prize winners, including William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Josh Steinbeck, Ron Chernow, Anne Applebaum, Colson Whitehead, and many more. Take a look at our 2025 Pulitzer Prize

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