After the death of his father, Moon leaves their forest shelter home and is sent to an Alabama institution, becoming entangled in the outside world he has never known and making friends, a relentless
When Dodger, the big blue chimpanzee genie, magically portrays fifth-grader Willie one day at school, Willie finds himself running for student council president.
When clever Aunt Ant moves to the zoo, she describes the quirky animal behavior she observes by speaking in homophones, from the moose who loved mousse to the fox who blew blue bubbles.
After running away from his evil parents in the City, Ludlow Fitch meets Joe Zabbidou, a pawnbroker of secrets who enlists Ludlow as an apprentice to record the confessions of the townspeople of the r
JUST THE RIGHT MIX OF SWEET AND SCARY for the youngest trick-or treatersAt the edge of town lives a clever girl with a spooky problem: Her house is haunted! Luckily, she happens to be a witch and know
I can give it up any time I want . . .Sometimes maybe you need an experience. The experience can be a person or it can be a drug. The experience opens a door that was there all the time but you never
The evil nanny Miss Barmy, now a rat, has trapped five of her former charges, and when she uses them to steal jewels belonging to Emmy's parents, it is up to Emmy, Joe, and their rodent friends to sto
Jack discovers that the only way to protect the Earth from ecological disaster at the hands of the Dark Army is to lock time, and he must choose between staying in the present or returning to the futu
Uses a giant jar of jellybeans to introduce the concept of estimation to young readers and challenges them to use the lessons provided to make good estimations of their very own.
"Doctor De Soto, the dentist, did very good work." With the aid of his able assistant, Mrs. De Soto, he copes with the toothaches of animals large and small. His expertise is so great that his fortuna
Moomintroll encounters a mouth-organist, a moth collector, and a lovely maiden, and discovers the danger of a threatening comet when he takes a journey to seek advice from the Professor
The 65th anniversary of the beloved Moomintrolls series is being celebrated through a beautiful redesign of these timeless tales for a new generation of young readers who have never met the Moomins, a
Swimming with SharksRita’s times aren’t fast enough to swim for the Sharks with her friends. To improve she must learn flip turns, but every time she tries, she gets water up her nose! Jazz has an ide
Catherine "Cat" Royal, an orphan who lives at the Drury Lane Theater in 1790s London, rallies her friends to try to save Pedro from the clutches of Mr. Hawkins, a slavemaster who considers Pedro his p
Thirteen-year-old Nathaniel, aided by the famous magician Harry Houdini, plots to unmask a phony spirit advisor attempting to relieve the boy's great-aunt of her fortune.
Marvin lives with his family under the kitchen sink in the Pompadays’ apartment. He is very much a beetle. James Pompaday lives with his family in New York City. He is very much an eleven-year-old b
The author narrates her life during the Cultural Revolution when the Red Guards launched brutal assaults and forced confessions and describes how she found solace in a world of imagination when her fa
Earl Grubb's Pool Supplies plays Northeast Gas & Electric in the Little League championship game, while Sam, who has cancer and is in a wheelchair, has to call the play-by-play instead of particip
Jackson’s mom is dating. Gig’s dad is going to serve in the Middle East. Isaac might be going to a new school. Diego spends his spare time working. These four friends lead different lives, but on the
Simple text describes how Elizabeth Cady Stanton became an educated woman and worked to reform laws so that women would have just as many rights as men, including the right to vote.
Heartsick at losing her two dearest companions, Princess Aurelie finds comfort in the glorious music of the faeries, but the duties of the court call her, as do the needs of her friends.
Patrice dreams of a first-class education, but right now she’s just got to survive the walk to school. Standing Against the Wind is the 2007 winner of the Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe New Talent
Tate is overjoyed when a scrawny mutt turns up in the yard one day. She even persuades Mam and Pap to let her keep Sable, named for her dark, silky fur. But before long, the dog begins to cause troubl
All's fair in love and high schoolTaryn has found the guy of her dreams. Epp is tall, athletic, handsome, and best of all, he likes her, too. There's only one problem: He's dating someone else. Taryn
Far, far south, in the strange and beautiful land of Antarctica, it is dark both day and night all winter long. When at last spring comes, the penguins and seals raise their young. But, one year, loud
Two of the author's action-packed chapter books from the Gym Shorts series are combined into one volume, in which Henry helps Goose train for his soccer goalie tryout and the friends aspire to take th
Fifteen-year-old Camilla Dickinson gains deeper maturity through her relationship with her best friend's brother and the growing realization that her parents are fallible individuals. Reissue.
When the carnival comes to town, the world’s favorite fractious feline discovers the hilariously wrong way to victory before he gets it right. “Illustrated with Rubel’s deadpan pictures, this is a pri
Beginning in 1972 when she is nine years old, Ling, the daughter of two doctors, struggles to make sense of the communists' Cultural Revolution in China, which empties stores of food, homes of applian
Aided by her family and her creation, Nown, Laura investigates the powerful Regulatory Body's involvement in mysterious disappearances and activities and learns, in the process, the true nature of the
Ten stories trace the connections between four generations of one Louisiana family from 1939, when a young girl leaves school to help support her family, to 2006, when an eighty-year-old woman embarks
In the not-so-distant future, when synthetic bodies and brains are possible but illegal, Jenna Fox, who is recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling secre
The setting is England, 1939, on the eve of war. Nick and his sister, Kate, begin gathering vital information for Winston Churchill as he tries to warn England of the imminent Nazi invasion. But the N
I got a better look at some of my fellow patients in this freak hole, and they all look pretty close to my age. They come up to the check-in desk to get pills. After they take them, the desk people lo
Maybelle, a cockroach living in the house of a very neat family, ventures out to the kitchen and has adventures while attempting to steal the family's treats.
Born in the hospital on the same day, Gemma and Alice were destined to be best friends and have always appreciated each other for their unique qualities, but when Alice has to move away with her famil
See how Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse became friends and then soar above the city with Chester Cricket and Lulu Pigeon in these delightful companions to The Cricket in Times Square.
Do Unto Otters is a guide to manners that anyone would be delighted to follow. Here beloved children's author Laurie Keller brings the "Golden Rule" to life in the form of Mr. Rabbit and his new neigh
Presents a retelling of fifteen Greek and Roman myths from the point of view of the main protagonist, including those of Arachne, Callisto, Baucis and Philemon, and Sisyphus.
