Combines rhyming text and engaging illustrations in an introduction to the concept of alliteration that offers skill-reinforcing examples in colorful print surrounded by whimsical feline characters. S
When her mother remarries again, high schooler Clare has no choice but to spend time with her biological father, Richard, at his home on Cape Cod, where she begins to understand him and learn that she
During World War I, British and American ships were painted with bold colors and crazy patterns from bow to stern. Why would anyone put such eye-catching designs on ships?Desperate to protect ships fr
"Og the giant is a friend to many animals, but is otherwise grumpy because he can't find a bed big enough to support him. Noah enlists Og's help gathering animals for the ark, and in return, Og is rew
Alex has always identified herself as a baseball player, the daughter of a winning coach, but when she realizes that is not enough she begins to come to terms with her adoption and her race.
When Max's parents decide he is ready to give up his toy dog and take care of a real puppy, Max is thrilled to bring Monty home, but the first night the puppy behaves very badly and it seems nothing w
"Lenny the lion loves his grandpa, King Lion. But when King Lion starts to forget things, Lenny begins to worry. He can't understand why grandpa keeps getting muddled and doesn't want to play any more
After days of being in a cave with the rest of his herd due to torrential rains, Elmer the patchwork elephant is ready for some time alone, but first he must get help to rescue Young Elephant from an
Examines how a team of scientists and historians unearthed a Maryland homestead from the 1600s and details the painstaking work required to restore the ruin to its former glory.
After losing his virginity to an older girl who dumps him at the end of summer, Sean decides to join the Marines, but first he must get through his senior year of high school.
After a rockfall blocks the hippos' river and they move to the river where the elephants live, Elmer convinces the elephants to help move the rocks so that the hippos can return home.
"Awkward, unsocial eleven-year-old Martin knows he's going to have a terrible summer with his weird great-aunt Lenore, who lives on a tiny island called Beyond in the Maine woods. But nothing about Be
Explores the experience of immigrants who came to America in the twenty-first century, celebrating the diversity of the country and hope for the future.
Slug worries that the reason his mother never hugs him is that he is ugly, so he follows his friends' advice to be furry, with a beak, horns, and more, until his mother can no longer recognize him, bu
A sumptuously illustrated picture book account of how The Nutcracker ballet became an American holiday tradition traces the efforts of three vaudeville-performing siblings who staged their own product
Every year the Coal Man works hard to mine enough coal for Santa's naughty list, but this year Santa tells him that he has decided that he no longer needs coal.
The villagers cannot put on their legendary Winter Party when they are robbed of their tools, so Beast sets off to find who stole them, then befriends the snow beast criminal who returns the tools and
Love, music, and heartbreak take the stage in Len Vlahos's follow-up to The Scar Boys.Told as an interview with the band after they reach the pinnacle of success, readers will hear from Cheyenne, Harr
"April Sinclair has always looked forward to high school. But with a jealous BFF, fighting parents, and self-doubt about romance, ninth grade may be more than April bargained for"--
Assigned to a remote delpoyment during their mandatory time in the Oil Watch, Owen and his friends practice and turn their team into a rugged fighting unit, but things become dicey when they face off
Seventeen-year-old Sephora, a surfer and artist who loves fairy tales and mythology, struggles with a secret so horrible she cannot speak it aloud, especially not to her beautiful, single mother, alth
In an alternate world where industrialization has caused many species of carbon-eating dragons to thrive, Owen, a slayer being trained by his famous father and aunt, and Siobahn, his bard, face a drag
"April Sinclair would like to blame someone for her mostly miserable life, and since her parents won't take responsibility, she blames the stork. Her teenage years kick off with a humiliating 13th bir
Lark Ainsley has yearned to become an adult by having her magical energy harvested, but when she is finally chosen a special talent is revealed and, rather than become a human battery powering the dom
Through journal entries required by their social worker at a juvenile detention center, middle-schoolers Katie, Nate, and Renata relate how they came to kidnap their tormentor, Chase, a star athlete f
A Bar Mitzvah boy's kippah falls off his head and journeys around the world before finding its way back home; young readers are invited to follow the adventures of Josh's kippah from his Bar Mitzvah i
Once a year on Elmer's Day, all the elephants decorate themselves and have a parade, and this year Elmer comes up with a plan to include the other animals as well as the elephants.
