After Grandma gets sick, Christina must spend lonely days with her grumpy Uncle Ralph in a spooky, isolated Victorian mansion, but things change when she meets the ghost of a little boy, who may be li
Jessye loves living with her grandmother in a traditional Maori village, but when her free-wheeling mother comes back into her life, Jessye must decide whether to stay or move to the city.
When Ms. Wurtz leaves a blank book in the Writer's Corner with a note encouraging those who find it to "talk to each other" in its pages, the student's entries spark a classroom-wide battle.
Using her signature combination of a clear and informative text with plenty of illustrations, diagrams, and cross sections, a popular nonfiction author provides a wealth of information about produce a
After their mom becomes president and they are moved into the White House, sisters KayKay and Annie aren't thrilled with living in their new home, but when they start spying a ghost lingering about in
Three stories star Wilbur and Orville, the Riot brothers, as they rescue a dragonfly from a bully, get into an April Fools' Day joke contest with their mother, and invent make-in-your-mouth macaroni a
Animals of all shapes and sizes, from aardvarks to zebra, tell in their own words what it was like to be aboard Noah's ark during the great flood in this unique alphabet book with full-color illustrat
In a delightful companion to The Three Bears' Christmas, Baby Bear is out trick-or-treating with Mama and Papa Bear on Halloween night when, to their great surprise, they come upon a house that is the
Overweight, fifteen-year-old Tristan, who lives happily with his divorced mother and her boyfriend Frank, suddenly finds that he must deal with intensified criticism about his weight and other aspects
Not telling a soul about the secret, special gift she wants Santa to bring, Kari's brothers warn her that she may end up with a box of underwear under the tree, but Kari has faith that Santa will get
When her father begins a long-distance romance with a Washington, D.C. zookeeper, twelve-year-old Frankie sends fabricated email letters to the zookeeper in an attempt to end the relationship.
Using her signature combination of a clear and informative text with plenty of illustrations, diagrams, and cross sections, a popular nonfiction author provides a wealth of information about produce a
When her father tells her that she is going to spend time on a farm in Kentucky helping a sick grandfather she never met, Cassie Bell leaves the city with her brother full of curiosity and questions,
When Ms. Wurtz leaves a blank book in the Writer's Corner with a note encouraging those who find it to "talk to each other" in its pages, the student's entries spark a classroom-wide battle.
Provides an introduction to addition, subtraction, and multiplication through a collection of math riddles that are enhanced by amusing verse and colorful illustrations, complete with solutions and ta
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.
Overweight, fifteen-year-old Tristan, who lives happily with his divorced mother and her boyfriend Frank, suddenly finds that he must deal with intensified criticism about his weight and other aspects
Readers can journey to an unusual land where zebras play hockey and spiders dance amidst a magical environment filled with an eclectic array of wondrous things, enhanced with bright paper collages and
With his best friend Eddie as his partner for the science fair competition, Matt is certain they will win the big prize, yet when problems with working together begin to surface, Eddie fears that the
When she discovers that her father is involved in a long-distance relationship with a zookeeper in another state, jealous and overprotective Frankie decides to send emails to her to sabotage the relat
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
Having moved to a poor neighborhood in Puerto Rico, Luz is less than thrilled with the change in her life, but things get better as time moves along and Luz begins to understand her connection to the
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
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.
With her new shoes and shiny lunch box, young Ivy Green is excited about her first day at school, but as the day draws closer, she begins to get nervous about silly things and must calm herself down b
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
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 two unhappy mutts run away from their mean master, A. J. Grubbs, they are discouraged to learn that he is pursuing them to bring them back home, so Flats Brown and Caleb must come up with the per
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
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
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
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
