It's late night in the city. From his father's shoulder, a sleepless baby watches the snow drift down from the sky onto the busy street below. What are all those noises? What are all those lights? His
This captivating collection is a condensed board book version of Mother Goose: A Sampler, first published in 1996 for the benefit of the Parent-Child Mother Goose Program, which uses Mother Goose rhy
Charlie and his family are taking another trip ? this time to spend a year in a tiny village in southern France. Typically suspicious and resentful at first (they're going all the way to France, and t
Noted Mexican poet Jorge Lujan and South Africa’s illustrious illustrator Piet Grobler have teamed up again to produce this exquisite celebration of color. As day turns into night, young readers see f
When they arrive at school, Shi-shi-etko reminds Shinchi, her six-year-old brother, that they can only use their English names and that they can't speak to each other. For Shinchi, life becomes an end
In this lyrical poem, author John Sobol and award-winning illustrator Cindy Derby bring us their imagined vision of a universal experience, that of being born.As she is born, the baby in this story go
When new teacher, Miss Shelby, arrives from Texas, students Mónica and Hannah invite her to join their homesick club where they find ways to make a new place feel like home.Mónica and Hannah are schoo
In this hilarious and charming story, a boy wishes his dad had a regular job instead of being Happy the Clown — but when his dad announces he is going back to his old job of being a lawyer, the boy so
Set in suburban America, this delightful novel in verse follows the adventures of a brother and sister around the neighborhood, and especially at the corner grocery store!Race you to our corner grocer
The Bird in Me Flies is a prize-winning, illustrated novel in verse about a young girl who dreams of being an artist, inspired by the life of Swedish artist Berta Hansson.What do you do when it feels
In this second book in the West Coast Wild series, readers will meet the baby animals born in the pristine wilderness of the Pacific west coast, including land and marine mammals, fish, birds and amph
War at the Snow White Motel is an insightful and funny new collection of short stories from award-winning author Tim Wynne-Jones that brilliantly captures many of the pivotal moments of adolescence.In
This is the story of real-life pirate queen Zheng Yi Sao, who took control of the South China seas in the early 19th century and became known as one of the most powerful pirates in history.The most po
Holiday! is a funny, offbeat story about how disruptive change can be — even if it’s a holiday!Early one morning, a strange visitor arrives — a visitor whose name is Holiday. “I’ll be taking over for
How to Bee is a beautiful, fierce and ultimately hopeful dystopian novel, set against an all-too-possible future where the bees are extinct and it is up to the quickest and bravest kids to pollinate t
In this thoughtful story with deceptively simple black-and-white illustrations, a boy ponders his place in the universe while dwelling on all the things that keep us up at night.One night, a little bo
A space adventure that culminates in discovering art painted millennia before by a human being just like our hero.Our hero travels all alone on a spaceship, through the universe, past galaxies, comets
With the unexpected help of a giant prehistoric sloth, ghostly grandfathers return to help a suicidal teenager.Winning a national high-school geography competition should be the high point of Jomon’s
With the help of her Catholic friend, an eleven-year-old Jewish girl creates a provocative local tourist attraction to save her family’s failing motel.Buying and moving into the run-down Jewel Motor I
With a Dickensian cast of characters and an improbable soap opera-style ending, this novel for young readers is delightfully droll, even as it deals with the difficult theme of social classes and pits
