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Dave never thought he'd spend Christmas with three chipmunks. After all, they are not a regular family. But Alvin, Simon, and Theodore are ready to show Dave what family is all about!

What does it mean when a fictional hero takes a journey?. Shares a meal? Gets drenched in a sudden rain shower? Often, there is much more going on in a novel or poem than is readily visible on the sur

No one knows what Arthur’s funny-looking costume represents, but even his school principal calls it a winner!‘Arthur’s frustrations and hassles ring true, and kids will enjoy the constantly changing c

One of the 20th century's enduring works, "One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world, and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize- winning care

Leo isn’t reading, or writing, or drawing, or even speaking, and his father is concerned. But Leo’s mother isn’t. She knows her son will do all those things, and more, when he’s ready.

It's Thanksgiving, and Silly Tilly Mole is planning to make Thanksgiving dinner for all her friends. But where did she put the invitations? What happened to her recipes? And why is her house so full o

Conor Broekhart was born to fly. It is the 1890s, and Conor and his family live on the sovereign Saltee Islands, off the Irish coast. Conor spends his days studying the science of flight with hi

Tom is furious. His brother, Peter, has measles, so now Tom is being shipped off to stay with Aunt Gwen and Uncle Alan in their boring old apartment. There'll be nothing to do there and no one to play

Ten heists. Ten suspects. A murder mystery only Ernest Cunningham can solve in this delightfully clever and twisty new novel in Benjamin Stevenson’s bestselling series—perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Anthony Horowitz.I’ve spent the last few years solving murders. But a bank heist is a new one, even for me. I’ve never been a hostage before.The doors are chained shut. No one in or out. Which means that when someone in the bank is murdered, everyone is a suspect.THE BANK ROBBERTHE MANAGERTHE SECURITY GUARDTHE KIDTHE FILM PRODUCERTHE PRIESTTHE RECEPTIONISTTHE PATIENTTHE CAREGIVERMETurns out, more than one person planned to rob the bank today. You can steal more from a bank than just money.Who is stealing what? Are they willing to kill for it? And can I solve the crime before the police kick down the door and rescue us?

A handsome Perennial Classics edition of America's favourite play, Our Town, winner of the Pulitzer Prize. First produced and published in 1938, this Pulitzer Prize–winning drama of life i

In Writing Magic, Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine shares her secrets of great writing. She shows how you, too, can get terrific ideas for stories, invent great beginnings and endings, write s

A nightmarish danger threatens from the other side of reality . . . Armed with only a frying pan and her common sense, young witch-to-be Tiffany Aching must defend her home against the monsters of Fa

Set in industrial Pittsburgh in the mid-eighties, Michael Chabon's breakthrough coming-of-age novel chronicles the last summer of Art Bechstein's youth. Art meets the witty and beautiful Arthur Lecomt