By: M. I. McAllister
A baby girl has just been born to King Crispin and Queen Cedar. She is Catkin, the heir to the throne of Mistmantle. Everyone on the island gathers for the joyful celebration of the Naming Ceremony. But that night, the princess suddenly...
By: Douglas Rees
It doesn't take long for Cody Elliot to realize that his new high school is a little different. The other students are supernaturally strong, don't like the sunlight, and are always placing orders at the local blood bank. When his new friend shows...
By: Jill Paton Walsh
'A parcel of patterns brought the plague to Eyam. A parcel sent up from London to George Vicars, a journeyman tailor, who was lodging with Mrs. Cooper in a cottage by the west end of the churchyard.So begins Mall Percival's account of how...
By: Cynthia Voigt
Mina Smith, an African-American girl longing to be a ballerina, learns at ballet camp that she will never be a classical dancer and starts to confront her feelings about being black, in a continuation of the popular Tillerman family saga....
By: Lurlene McDaniel
Feisty 13-year-old Megan McCaffery is proud to be a tomboy, and she just can't relate to the 'southern belles' in her hometown of Charleston, South Carolina. Her older sister, Audrey, is driving her crazy with constant talk about her upcoming...
By: Whoopi Goldberg
Alexandrea Petrakova Johnson does not want to be a beautiful ballerina, and she does not want to leave her friends in Apple Creek. Unfortunately, that doesn't stop her ballet-crazy mother from moving them to Harlem, or from enrolling Al at the...
By: Jerry B. Jenkins
When a stranger visits his fathers bookstore, Owen Reeders ordinary life spirals out of control and right into a world he didnt even know existed. Owen believes the only gift he possesses is his ability to devour books, but he is about to be forced...
By: Janet Lunn
It looked like an ordinary root cellar--And if twelve-year-old Rose hadn't been so unhappy in her new home, where she'd been sent to live with unknown relatives, she probably would never have fled down the stairs to the root cellar in the first...
By: DyAnne DiSalvo
Brian Higman, also known as Big Hig, has a problem. He does not have his sloppy copy writing assignment ready to turn in, and his teacher, Miss Fromme, is not one to listen to excuses. But Brian has really good reasons this time. Between the antics...
By: Deborah Gregory
IN Catwalk, DEBORAH GREGORY creates a new YA series that takes her famously ueat urban voice and combines it with the appeal of Project Runway and America's Next Top Model. Catwalk follows Pashmina, Felinez, Angora, and Aphro, four best friends at...
By: Jeff Stone
For year, Ying hated his grandmaster for denying him the opportunity to train as a Dragon, and held a deep resentment for his five younger brothers–grandmaster's favorites. He took his revenge and burnt the Cangzhen temple to the ground, but the...
By: Mike Donahue
The elementary tale of the life cycle of a tree, from its beginnings as a sapling to its demise on the forest floor, where it decomposes and becomes 'a home for rabbits, and food for flowers.'.
By: L. Ron Hubbard
When Lee Weston's father writes him that an old enemy, Harvey Dodge, is back in town, Lee rides out in a hurry from Wyoming to Pecos, New Mexico only to find his father murdered and the family ranch burned to the ground. Certain that Dodge is to...
By: Jez Alborough
'Alborough's simplicity results in another gem.' —School Library JournalBobo needs a hug. But his friends don't seem to understand. 'Hug,' he implores, time and again. Time and again his puzzled pals—from the smallest chameleon to the...
By: Mickey Flodin
The author of Signing for Kids offers children their first glimpse at a whole new world. Starting with the alphabet and working up to everyday phrases, this volume uses clear instructions on how to begin using American Sign Language and features an...
By: Kate McMullan
Wiglaf, Erica, and Angus are representing DSA in the All-Schools Brain-Power Tournament! But what on Earth are they going to do about their know-it-all captain Bragwort? And how can they even stand a chance against the snobbish Knights Noble...
By: Julia Cook
Josh the Tattler doesn't have any friends. He tattles on his classmates, on his brother, and even on his dog! He tattles so much that he wakes up one night to find that his tongue is yellow, unusually long, and covered in bright purple spots! Will a...
By: Ruth Brown
Once upon a time there was dark, dark moor. On the moor there was a dark, dark wood. In the wood there was a dark, dark house'. Young listeners will be kept on the edge of their seats as the journey continues up dark stairways through hidden...
By: Rose Fyleman
A kindly fairy uses her purchases only for a short time, then releases them for their own good or the good of others.
By: Mike Lester
A is for what? A is for salad, and B is for Viking. Welcome to the wacky world of Mike Lester, where nothing is as it seems. Is A really for salad, or is it for the alligator eating a bowl of mixed greens? And maybe B is for the beaver wearing a...
By: Buddy Kaye
Children will be delighted by this clever romp through the alphabet where a lively company of children and assorted pets scamper across the bright pages and through the letters from A to Z. With warm and charming illustrations by Martha Alexander,...
By: Mercer Mayer
In this simple, sweet, and very human picture book, Mercer Mayer's popular Little Critter shows us all the things he can do by himself, from tying his shoes (almost) to pouring his own juice (and only spilling a little). The wry illustrations...
By: Cynthia Rylant
A lonely New York City resident finds companionship and good cheer at the Westway Cafe where dreams come true.
By: Lois Lowry
In the second of what has become a well-loved series, 12-year-old Anastasia attempts to cope with growing up and living in the suburbs.
By: Mitsumasa Anno
Told through brilliant illustrations, a colorful, wordless book takes young readers on a wonderous tour of northern Europe, seeing its landscape, geography, and architecture along the way. Reprint. PW. AB. H.
By: Nancy Krulik
Katie Carew, nicknamed Katie Kazoo by the class bully, had no idea what would happen when she wished that she could be anyone but herself. But now her wish has come true, and-switcheroo!-she keeps turning into other people and even animals! What is...
By: Phyllis Limbacher Tildes
A wonderful board book for any new born or infant.
By: Rosemary Wells
It's Grandma's birthday, and Ruby knows exactly what Grandma would love-a beautiful ballerina box. Max also knows what she'd love-a scary pair of ooey-gooey vampire teeth. Ruby has saved up a walletful of bills, but as unexpected mishap after mishap...
By: Robert McCloskey
Whenever Burt Dow, who lives in a snug little house on the Maine coast, sets out to sea, his pet giggling gull goes along. But this time, it will take all his might and some plain old ingenuity to save him and the gull from a raging storm.
By: John Schindel
Busy Monkeys John Schindel / Photographs by Luiz Claudio Marigo Full-color photos, 20 pages, 7 x 5 inches, Ages 1 to 3 Monkey oohing, Monkey chewing Glorious full-color photographs introduce young children to the monkeys of South...