Olivia is having an identity crisis! There are too many ruffly, sparkly princesses around these days, and Olivia has had quite enough. She needs to stand out! She has to be special! She wants to do mo
In this beautiful tribute to the joy of reading, children will discover that each story begins with the opening of a book. Morris loves to read and is handpicked to take care of a marvelous library.
There are so many good reasons to read, and this one-of-a kind book presents 101 of them, supplied by children, in a lighthearted way. The illustrations add a touch of humor to the book's simple, ye
You wouldn't want to be a Viking explorer! You would have to travel long distances, pray to the gods for good luck and weather on your voyage (you'll sure need it), and always be ready for a fight.
A thirteen-year-old Jewish orphan reluctantly leaves her grandmother and immigrates to New York City, where she works for three years sewing lace and earning money to bring Grandmother to the United S
When Jack and Annie travel back to the Kansas prairie in search of "something to learn," they gain an understanding of how hard life was for pioneers and they experience the terror of a tornado.
The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to San Francisco in 1906, in time for them to experience one of the biggest earthquakes the United States had ever known.
At first everyone thought that Oscar was an ordinary cat until people began to realize he had the unique ability to predict when a resident of the geriatric center was about to die (even before the do
Why do the storks no longer come to the little DuTapa Durah fishing village of Shora to nest? It was Lina, one of the six schoolchildren who first asked the question, and she set the others to wonderi
In a Chinese folktale, the tiger, who is mocked by the other animals for his clumsiness and inability to hunt, asks the smaller, more agile cat, an excellent hunter, to teach him the skill.
Their magic tree house takes Annie and Jack to Pompeii just as Vesuvius is about to erupt, and they must find a Roman scroll before everything is covered with burning ash.
Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to ancient Greece, where they witness the Olympic games and are surprised to find what girls of the time were not allowed to do.
Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to a monastery in medieval Ireland, where they try to retrieve a lost book while being menaced by Viking raiders.
Tricia struggles in elementary school because she has difficulty learning to read. Her classmates call her dumb, despite her many talents. Finally, in fifth grade she is lucky enough to have a teacher
Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie use the magic treehouse to travel back to the Middle Ages, where they explore a castle and are helped by a mysterious knight.
The magic treehouse takes Jack and Annie to a moon base in the future where they continue to search for the fourth thing they need to free their friend Morgan from the magician's spell.
Jack and his younger sister take a trip in their treehouse back to ancient Egypt, where they help a queen's mummy continue her voyage to the Next Life.
While making pumpkin soup, three friends discover they have no salt and go to the city to buy some, but while Cat and Squirrel head straight to the salt store, Duck pauses at a pepper shop, then fears
Angry and upset when his pet mouse dies, a little boy learns that it is okay to be mad, and as he prepares to bury his friend, he discovers that memories and sadness are all part of the grieving proce
