When the wonderful, smelly, scrumptious cheese made once a month out of the milk of a one-horned, two-eared, three-legged cowabunga is stolen from the dell, Sherlock Bones is enlisted to find out what
Ten-year-old Lula Bell Bonner of White House, Tennessee, tries to fade into the background to avoid a bully, but after her beloved grandmother's death Lula Bell understands about letting her light shi
A squeaking noise outside 11-year-old Nell's bedroom leads her to a baby squirrel abandoned in her yard, and soon she and her younger brothers find themselves saving and caring for two wild, orphaned
While trying to escape their apartment after the angels of the apocalypse descended to demolish the modern world, Penryn meets Raffe, an angel whose wings have been cut off by the angels who kidnapped
High school senior Stella Chavez's life centers on helping her mother raise her younger brother and sister, AP classes and soccer until a new student, Ruby Caroline, draws her into a dangerous friends
Tells, in separate voices, of a near future in which Winter Nomura has had a psychotic break, and her friend Velvet and cousin Aiden, who is visiting from his Swiss boarding school, try to uncover and
A beautiful, lonely doll without a name is passed from owner to owner, enduring a series of misfortunes, before she finally finds someone to love her. Originally published in 1983, the slightly shorte
Recounts the story of the albino elephant that the emperor Charlemagne received as a gift from the caliph of Baghdad, as told from the fictionalized point of view of a monk who set down the actual sto
Retells the 16th-century Mexican legend about the Virgin Mary, who appears to the peasant Juan Diego requesting that he appeal to the bishop to have a shrine built for her. By the Pura Belpre Award-wi
On the day he is supposed to retire as sheriff of Dog City, Ten-Gallon Bart learns that Billy the Kid--the roughest, toughest, gruffest goat in the country--is on his way into town.
Long ago in the town of Bethlehem, young Harold the rooster keeps failing to wake the other farm animals in the morning, but when a young woman gives birth to a very special baby in the stable, Harold
In a touching story about a granddaughter adjusting to her grandfather after he develops Alzheimer's, Rosa and Pop have been tap dancing together since before she could talk, but Pop has become very f
Eliza feels scared when her kindergarten classroom adopts a pet guinea pig, but when the guinea pig goes missing, Eliza overcomes her fears to help find the pet.
A truly comprehensive field guide to Earth's extraterrestrial visitors that includes profiles of more than 25 previously undocumented aliens and includes information about each alien's origin, diet, d
When Moose sees a road sign that reads, "Moose Crossing," he figures he must be very important indeed to have a sign dedicated to him, and when tourists arrive hoping to catch sight of him, Moose disc
Moose fancies himself an artist after his best friend, Hildy the pig, gives him art materials to help him while away the hours during hunting season as he waits for his beloved antlers to grow back af
After moving from Chicago to Dallas in the spring of her sophomore year, Ella finds that joining the softball team at her private school not only helps her make friends, it also provides unexpected op
Stuck inside during recess because of a rainstorm, a group of students take turns telling an increasingly sensational story about a tyrannosaurus that crashes through the window during breakfast.
Abandoned by her drug-addicted mother, 13-year-old Veronica (Ronnie) spent three years in nine different foster homes until she found Alison, a new foster mother and child psychologist, in a story tha
Sarah Simpson's family thinks she is extraordinary, but she feels ordinary and is anxious to find a special quality that sets her apart; devising a plan to solve her "problem," she jumps at an opportu
It's time for Big Bear to hibernate, so Old Man Winter tells him, "Sleep, Big Bear, sleep;" but Big Bear thinks Old Man Winter has told him to drive a jeep, to sweep, and to leap--finally, Old Man Win
Mr. and Mrs. Frank N. Stein love their son very much, but despite their best efforts and his, it seems he will never look or act as scary as a Stein should.
Members of a rabbit family visit an apple orchard, where they have fun picking and learning about apples, in a story that includes a recipe for applesauce, a song, directions for a craft activity, and
Hoping to earn a trip to an amusement park, the three Morgan children agree to take care of a chicken that their father plans to give their mother as a birthday surprise.
In the dark, a funky beat. / Something white with bony feet. / Skeleton dancing up the street, / Doing the Halloween Hustle.Skeleton is dancing his way to a Halloween party—but as he grooves across to
After sneaking into a museum, three tiny mice study various sculptures and discover that they come in all different shapes, sizes and textures, in a creative title which includes a craft activity and
