Sylvester can’t believe his luck when he finds a magic pebble that can make wishes come true. But when a lion jumps out at him on hi...

The award-winning translation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's classic novel of psychological realism.The Brothers Karamasov is a murder myste...

Critically acclaimed when it was first published, Natalie Babbitt's Tuck Everlasting has become a much-loved, well-studied modern-da...

Maurice Sendak's Caldecott Medal-winning picture book has become one of the most highly acclaimed and best-loved children's books o...

Mrs. Mallard was sure that the pond in the Boston Public Gardens would be a perfect place for her and her eight ducklings to live.  ...

All the Pretty Horses is the tale of John Grady Cole, who at sixteen finds himself at the end of a long line of Texas ranchers, cut ...

In this beloved modern classic, the author gives an account of three weeks spent on the Brazos River during the autumn of 1957. Part...

Family Pictures is the story of Carmen Lamas Garza's girlhood in Hinesville, Texas: celebrating birthdays, making tamales, picking ...

Based on the real-life adventures of Laura In galls Wilder, Little House in the Big Woods is the first book in the award-winning Li...

Grace loves stories, whether they are from books, movies, or the kind her grandmother tells. So when she gets a chance to play a ...

In this classic of children's literature, beloved by generations of readers and listeners, the quiet poetry of the words and the gen...

This book appeared on Mrs. Laura Bush's Family Favorites list, for intermediate and independent readers.

"The well-known author retells 24 black American folk tales in sure storytelling voice: animal tales, supernatural tales, fanciful a...

In these gems of reportage Truman Capote takes true stories and real people and renders them with the stylistic trio we expect from ...

Dear, little one. Do you know how special you are?Your smile is as bright as the morning sun.Your laugh is a delight to my heart.If ...

These collections of poems examines: What have you lost? A friend? A brother? A wallet? A memory? A meaning? A year? Each Night Imag...

You'll meet a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who eats a whale. The Unicorn and the Bloat live there, and so does Sarah Cyn...

Esperanza thought she'd always live a privileged life on her family's ranch in Mexico. She'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful ...

Officer Buckle and Gloria is a Alcott medal winning picture book by Peggy Rahman. In this delightful story, Officer Buckle gives spe...

With the memorable characters and plot twists she brings to her best-selling fantasies, acclaimed author Eva Ibbotson has written a ...

The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter compiles three books of her short fiction into one National Book Award and Pulitzer P...

An award-winning, moving, and timely story about the families of undocumented workers by renowned author Julia Alvarez. After Tyler’...

Terribly unhappy in his family's crowded New York City apartment, Sam Gridley runs away to the solitude-and danger-of the mountains,...

A coming-of-age classic, acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught in schools and universities alike, and transla...

Seth, the protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has so many memorie...

The sequel to Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, a National Book Award FinalistWhen Joey Pigza meets his dad for the first time in years,...

A masterpiece of Hispanic literature, this is the involving story of a boy facing the conflicts in his life between his Mexican and ...

For Lafayette and his brothers, the challenges of growing up in New York City are compounded by the facts that they've lost their pa...

In this Caldecort Medal winner, Mosquito tells a story that causes a jungle disaster. "Elegance has become the Dillon' hallmark. . ....