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...

Tommy is four years old, and he loves visiting the home of his grandmother, Nana Downstairs, and his great-grandmother, Nana Upstair...

This is the story of a little girl named Fern who loved a little pig named Wilbur - and of Wilbur's dear friend Charlotte, a beautif...

Since 1933, The Story About Ping has captivated generations of readers. No one can deny the appeal of the book's hero, Ping, the spi...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

The magic and wonder of winter’s first snowfall is perfectly captured in Ezra Jack Kept’s Alcott Medal-winning picture book. This ce...

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

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.  ...

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...

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 ...

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

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

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

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’...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...