Quick view Busybody Nora by Johanna Hurwitz Nora wants to make new friends and be like doorman Henry and know all the people in her building--all 200 of them! And one day she gets a great idea that will help her do just that View Details
Quick view Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes Lilly, the indomitable mouse-child from "Chester's Way" and "Julius, the Baby of the World, " returns in a story about school. Lilly loves everything about school: the pointy pencils, the squeaky chalk, the fish sticks and chocolate milk in the... View Details
Quick view Tornado by Betsy Cromer Byars When Pete was a young boy, a tornado struck his family farm, and brought with it a doghouse complete with a dog inside! Now another twister is on its way, and as a new family of farmers takes shelter from the howling winds, Pete passes the time... View Details
Quick view A Cheese-Colored Camper by Geronimo Stilton  My grandfather William Shortpaws -- also known as Cheap Mouse Willy -- was back at The Rodent's Gazette, and he was determined to torture me. He wanted to publish a guide book to Ratzikistan, the Siberia of Mouse Island. And he ordered *me* to go there... View Details
Quick view Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern are off to Alabama to visit their grandmother, Big Ma, and her mother, Ma Charles. Across the way lives Ma Charles's half-sister, Miss Trotter. The two half-sisters haven't spoken in years. As Delphine hears about her family... View Details
Quick view Clara Caterpillar by Pamela Duncan Edwards A carefree caterpillar named Clara becomes a common cream-colored butterfly and can't possibly compete with a conceited caterpillar named Catisha, who becomes a captivating crimson-colored butterfly. Or can she? Full color. View Details
Quick view The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo Rhodopis, a Greek slave in ancient Egypt, is given a pair of rose-red slippers by her kindly old master. When a falcon swoops down and soars away with one of them, she is heartbroken. Little does she know that the falcon will deliver her slipper to the... View Details
Quick view Alison's Zinnia by Anita Lobel Alison acquired an amaryllis for Beryl who bought a begonia for Crystal--and so on through the alphabet, as full-page illustrations are presented of each flower. View Details
Quick view Raft by Jim LaMarche With beautiful words and stunning illustrations, author/illustrator LaMarche tells the story of a boy who has an unexpectedly wonderful summer of discovery when he visits his grandmother. View Details
Quick view Caleb's Story by Patricia MacLachlan The third book in MacLachlan's popular series, which began with "Sarah, Plainand Tall" and was continued in "Skylark," spins a tale of love, forgiveness, and the ties that bind a family together. View Details
Quick view A Lion to Guard Us by Clyde Robert Bulla Left on their own in seventeenth-century London, three impoverished children draw upon all their resources to stay together and make their way to the Virginia colony in search of their father. View Details
Quick view Awful Ogre's Awful Day by Jack Prelutsky Awful Ogre is huge, hungry, horrible and totally lovable. Larger than life, Awful Ogre packs into one day enough excitement, imagination, emotion, and sheer ebullience to last most of us a lifetime. In his awful, irresistible way, he steals the heart of... View Details
