Quick view Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo : Rescuing a squirrel after an accident involving a vacuum cleaner, comic-reading cynic Flora Belle Buckman is astonished when the squirrel, Ulysses, demonstrates astonishing powers of strength and flight after being revived. Novel... View Details
Quick view The Flint Heart: A Fairy Story by Katherine Paterson A robust and wildly entertaining fairy tale, freely abridged from Eden Phillpotts' 1910 fantasy and wryly retold by Katherine and John Paterson. This humorous, hearty, utterly delightful fairy tale is the sort for an entire family to savor together or... View Details
Quick view No More!: Stories and Songs of Slave Resistance by Doreen Rappaport Drawing from authentic accounts of African Americans, this collection of true vignettes and traditional verse spans the period from the early days of slavery to the Emancipation Proclamation. Ideal for Black History Month, this book makes an invaluable... View Details
Quick view Africa Is My Home: A Child of Amistad by Monica Edinger Presents a tale of a child who arrives in America on the slave ship Amistad describing her capture, her witness to a mutiny, and the Supreme Court trial that prompts her return to Africa. View Details
Quick view The Curse of the Buttons by Ann Ylvisaker When a steamboat arrives heralding the news that Iowa has been called up to represent the Union of the United States of America, Ike is beside himself with excitement. For months, the promise of war has enveloped small-town Keokuk like a grand game that... View Details
Quick view Dadblamed Union Army Cow by Susan Fletcher  Based on stories and newspaper reports from the Civil War and full of lively illustrations, this book tells a heartwarming tale of one wonderfully persistent cow who follows her owner into the Union army. Full color. View Details
Quick view Grandaddy's Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box by Michael S Bandy Life on the farm with Granddaddy is full of hard work, but despite all the chores, Granddaddy always makes time for play, especially fishing trips. Even when there isn't a bite to catch, he reminds young Michael that it takes patience to get what's... View Details
Quick view I Am Apache by Tanya Landman Taking readers on a sweeping and suspenseful journey through the 19th-century American Southwest, Landman tells a tale about a young woman who seeks to avenge her brother's death by becoming an Apache warrior. View Details
Quick view The Crimson Shard by Teresa Flavin During what seems like an ordinary museum visit, a tour guide lures Sunni and Blaise through a painted doorway, where they discover they've stepped into eighteenth-century London. View Details
Quick view Timmy Failure: Now Look What You've Done by Stephan Pastis He doesn t like to pull rank. To reveal that he s this guy: Timmy Failure, founder, president, and CEO of the greatest detective agency in town, perhaps the nation. But he is. View Details
Quick view Macadoo of the Maury River by Gigi Amateau When Macadoo is just a colt, he challenges his father a huge Belgian stallion in order to protect his dam. From that moment on, Mac knows that his purpose in life is to help others. From surviving a kill auction to learning how to be a vaulting horse to... View Details
Quick view Scream Street: Rampage of the Goblins by Tommy Donbavand Life on Scream Street is becoming unbearable, and Luke, Resus, and Cleo must speed up their quest to save the neighborhood. Destination number three: Egypt, land of the pharaohs. The trio's troubles, however, appear to be following them. With a shoal of... View Details
