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 ...

"My cat Barney died this Friday. I was very sad. My mother said we could have a funeral for him, and I should think of ten good thin...

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...

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

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

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

Originally published by Farrah, Strauss, and Giroud. On a stormy night, a strange visitor comes to the Murry house and beckons Meg M...

This beloved Newberry Medal–winning book is the first of five books in Patricia MacLachlan's chapter book series about the Witting ...

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

This National Book Award-winning novel chronicles the story of a young Indian woman who dares to defy fate when she is forced into a...

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...

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...

Jess Aaron's greatest ambition is to be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. He's been practicing all summer and can't wait to se...

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

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

One summer's day, ten-year-old India Opal Belong goes down to the local supermarket for some groceries--and comes home with a dog. B...

Mary Alice's childhood summers in Grandma Dowel's sleepy Illinois town were packed with enough drama to fill the double bill of any ...

Love That Dog shows how one boy named Jack finds his voice with the help of a teacher, a pencil, some yellow paper, and of course, ...

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

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

Tomás is a son of migrant workers. Every summer, he and his family follow the crops north from Texas to Iowa, spending long, arduous...

Since its beginnings as a series of stories told to Kenneth Grahame’s young son, The Wind in the Willows has gone on to become one o...

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...

Many Texans give Sarah Bradley Dodson credit for having made the first Lone Star flag. Of all the early Texas flags, her creation mo...

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

Meet Little Bear, a friend to millions of children. And meet Mother Bear, who is there whenever Little Bear needs her. When it is c...

If you give a pig a pancake, she'll want some syrup to go with it. You'll give her some of your favorite maple syrup, and she'll pro...

In this picture book classic that belongs on every reader's shelf, two lovable hippos impart funny lessons on the true meaning of f...

Frog and Toad are always there for each other -- just as best friends should be. From sledding in winter to eating ice cream on hot ...