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Complete with timeline and glossary, a picture book for young readers provides a collection of poetry that celebrates this uniquely American music and its many colorful players throughout its history.

The future Bard of Avon, Will Shakespeare, while carousing with his friends, wooing women, and sneaking off to see plays, finds himself torn between two women--Anne Whateley, with whom his best friend

Desperate for spring to arrive, Emily decides to help the groundhog with his task on Groundhog Day and so, with the help of her equally eager friend Harry, attempts to lure him out of his cave on that

Iguana is planning a big fiesta, but Iguana's friends Tortuga the tortoise, Conejo the hare, and Gulebra the snake don't want to help, in a retelling of the story of the Little Hen--with a Mexican twi

With an overview of the various types of owls living on most of the continents of the world, a picture book highlights the twenty-one most popular types living in North America with an in-depth review

Acclaimed writer Walter Dean Myers celebrates the people of Harlem with these powerful and soulful first-person poems in the voices of the residents who make up the legendary neighborhood: basketball

With the help of some spunky and humorous characters, provides children with ideas and simple directions for writing, illustrating, designing, and binding books.

The inspired voices of Sheila Hamanaka, Gloria Geuvara, and Margaret Mahy come together with traditional chants and sayings of the Inuit, Maori, and Chinese to make a buoyant anthology of lively poetr

As part of the Christmas tradition, his family and the neighbors decorate their lawns with scenes from The Twelve Days of Christmas, but when the pieces go missing night after night, young Alex become

Presents a collection of animal sayings with each one explained, including "I have butterflies in my stomach," "that will get his goat," and "bear hug."

When Willy Wilson leaves his very conventional life and heads off to the big city of Gloria to spend the summer with his Aunt Bridget, he never guessed that he would end up playing first base dressed

Arriving at the Healer's Keep to start her lessons in the mystic arts, Princess Sara, sensing the presence of a dark power, must join forces with a fellow student and a mysterious young woman to stop

T.P., a dog who has everything, finds his position as king of the household usurped when his family brings home a chocolate lab puppy that drives him absolutely crazy with her incessant whining and ba

Enhanced with full-color illustrations, this book introduces animal lovers to the world of pandas through a factual review of its birth weight, growth, diet, habitat, lifestyle, physical characteristi

Detailed illustrations enhance a colorful book about the landscape, plants, and animals of the North and South Poles, along with a review of their explorers and scientists.

The true story of Lore Baer who as a four-year-old Jewish child was placed with a Christian family in the Dutch farm country to avoid persecution by the Nazis.

Uses cheese slices, pretzel sticks, a slice of bread, graph paper, a pencil, and more to introduce various polygons, flat shapes with varying numbers of straight sides

Drawing from interviews with survivors and from meticulous research, a stirring chronicle of the bravery and dedication of the Danish Resistance during World War II discusses how many of Denmark's Jew

Teaching children the basics of money, a colorful concept book follows two friends as they impress the members of an exclusive club with their knowledge of financial management. By the author of Messa

When a boy dreams of becoming a fish, nothing is out of reach for him as he swims with the dolphins and sea turtles during his magical adventure, in a picture book that includes notes on the coral ree

When three pets, Chester, Leon, and Maury, refuse to sleep, the children must use their wits to get them to rest, in a colorfully illustrated math book with a collection of subtraction, addition, mult

An Iraqi version of the Cinderella story in which a kind and beautiful girl who is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsister finds a husband with the help of a magic fish

Enhanced with bold illustrations, this collection of poems celebrates the joys and traditions of holidays throughout year and the diverse beauty that comes with each of the four seasons.

With the help of her animal students, Miss Prime delves into the mysteries of addition, in an amusing mathematics book that teaches young readers how to make up word problems, add big numbers, and che

Bearhead, a creature with the head of a bear and the body of a man, succeeds in outwitting the witch Madame Hexaba and a frog-headed goblin

A visual biography of Louis Braille follows the life of a man, born sighted in Paris in 1809, who, after a debilitating accident with his father's tools, became blind and, in later years, created a co

A collection of forty-five calculator riddles explains how words can be formed with upside-down calculator digits and encourages young readers to solve such riddles as "When ghosts chew gum, what do t

Joel, a Cajun boy, describes the origins of the Cajuns and relates how his family joins with others in the community to celebrate Mardi Gras every year, explaining such traditions as the Children's Ma

Recalling the highlights of the Lewis and Clark expedition, a fascinating look at their journey includes information on the provisions they packed, their encounters with Native Americans, their arriva

Anansi the spider plans to trick Turtle into catching a fish for his dinner, but Turtle proves to be smarter and ends up with a free meal, in a tale that explains the origin of spider webs

Baxter the basset hound feels jealous and then protective of Eloise the cat's kittens, but one day the kittens disappear, and he must adjust and make peace with Eloise

An illustrated profile of sports superstar Jesse Owens describes his struggle to reach the pinnacle of the sports world, his triumphs at the 1936 Olympics, and his battle with prejudice in America.

Biographies of six Western Indian chiefs who led their people in a historic moment of crisis, when a decision had to be made about fighting or cooperating with the white pioneers encroaching on their

The popular Christmas poem is embellished with the watercolor-and-ink artwork of an internationally recognized illustrator who sets his pictures in the 1840s and uses borders based on designs from New

A Newbery Honor BookThree women narrate a perilous wagon journey westward that could set them free—or cost them everything they have—in this intergenerational verse novel that explores the history of the Black homesteader movement.1879, Mississippi. Young dreamer Lettie may have her head in the stars, but her body is on a covered wagon heading westward. Her father, Thomas, promises that Nebraska will be everything the family needs: an opportunity to claim the independence they’ve strived for over generations on their very own plot of land.But Thomas’ hopes—and mouth—are bigger than his ability to follow through. With few supplies and even less money, the only thing that feels certain is danger.Right after the war ended/and we were free/we believed/all of us did/that couldn’t nothing hurt us/the way master had when we were slaves/Couldn’t no one tell us/how to live/how to die.Lettie, her mother, Sylvia, and young teacher Philomena are free from slavery—but bound by poverty, access to op

There's nothing four best friends with a magical spyglass can't handle...well, except maybe a lost dog, a school election, and overprotective parents.Book Two of the Spyglass Sisterhood finds Ellie, Rachel, Kiara, and Alyssa back for another adventure. When the spyglass reveals an image of Rachel walking a dog, she knows it's pure fantasy. Her overprotective moms would never let her walk a dog alone, much less own one! To the dismay of her Spyglass Sisters, Rachel would rather avoid the whole thing all together. However, she can't avoid it for long when a lost dog follows her home.Meanwhile, Kiara has secretly nominated Rachel to run for class president. In order to win, Rachel must find her voice to advocate for the change her classmates deserve--and maybe even the changes at home she deserves.The New York Times best-selling author behind the Gifted series and the Replica books, Marilyn Kaye delivers a story filled with light magic and heart in this first book in the Spyglass Sisterho

It's Slumby the sloth's first day of school in the rainforest. Can he keep up with everyone and still be himself? An adorable Slumby poster is included!Everyone loves Slumby; he's kind, he's most always happy, and butterflies follow him everywhere. Slumby knows that the other students at school like him, except that he moves...so...very...slowly.When he is too slow to compete in the turtle race, or play boa rope, or play armadillo ball, what is he to do? It can be hard to be left out. Then again, when one of his classmates is in danger, Slumby might be the only one who can help.Acclaimed Italian duo author Chiara Carminati and illustrator Roberta Angaramo work together to create a sweet, heartfelt story about how people have different strengths.Backing the book jacket is a poster of Slumby.

改編脫北者的真實故事。韓戰爆發，對在北韓的Sora一家人來說正是逃往南韓的最佳時機，面對嚴寒、邊界重重警戒，也不能放棄。一場爆炸使Sora倆姐弟與家人分散，年僅12歲的她該如何帶著弟弟橫跨數百公里，穿越38度線？With war looming on the horizon and winter setting in, can two children escape North Korea on their own? Winner of the Freeman Book Award!North Korea. December, 1950. Twelve-year-old Sora and her family live under an iron set of rules: No travel without a permit. No criticism of the government. No absences from Communist meetings. Wear red. Hang pictures of the Great Leader. Don't trust your neighbors. Don't speak your mind. You are being watched. But war is coming, war between North and South Korea, between the Soviets and the Americans. War causes chaos--and war is the perfect time to escape. The plan is simple: Sora and her family will walk hundreds of miles to the South Korean city of Busan from their tiny mountain village. They just need to avoid napalm, frostbite, border guards, and enemy soldiers. But they can't. And when an incendiary bombing changes everything,

Children can learn animal names in both English and Chinese with this beautifully illustrated book!A tiger pounces across the sky.A ladybug takes flight from a leaf.Animal names and their significance

Fun facts and holiday cheer from the creator of Strega Nona and Quiet. While picking out their Christmas tree, a couple of curious kids start to wonder where Christmas trees came from. Who invented the first one? How did they become so popular? And how have they changed over the years? Celebrated children's author Tomie dePaola is here to tell you everything you ever wanted to know about Christmas trees--and everything you never even thought to wonder about. With bright illustrations and kid-friendly text, Tomie dePaola's Christmas Tree Book is full of facts, history, and legends. Instructions on making your own Christmas tree ornament are included