Zoey is so excited to sell her designs at the outdoor market But will she compromise her vision for her crush? Includes "Sew Zoey" blog posts and fashion illustrations. In the thirteenth book in the Sew Zoey series, Zoey Webber is getting gifty...by selling her designs at an outdoor market Things get complicated when her new crush asks if he can display his paintings in her booth. Her friends Kate, Priti, and Libby think she'll be making a huge mistake if she doesn't jump at the chance to spend time with him, but is it worth changing her vision? Then her fashion idol, Daphne Shaw, offers to ... View More...
Winner of the Newbery Medal A New York Times Book Review Best of Children's Books A National Book Award Nominee Why is the land so important to Cassie's family? It takes the events of one turbulent year--the year of the night riders and the burnings, the year a white girl humiliates Cassie in public simply because she's black--to show Cassie that having a place of their own is the Logan family's lifeblood. It is the land that gives the Logans their courage and pride--no matter how others may degrade them, the Logans possess something no one can take away. "Taylor . . . writes not with rancor... View More...
Seek life. Chache Lavi. That's what Paulie's uncle says they must do. But to seek life, Paulie and her family have to leave Haiti-the only home that Paulie has ever known. Since forever, Paulie has run in and out of the little houses nestled under the palms, smelling cocoa-bread and playing on the beach with her best friend Karyl. But now the little houses are gone. Their wood has been made into boats-boats used to escape Haiti.Paulie wants to stay and fight-to change Haiti into a better place to live. She wants to talk to the reporters and bravely tell the truth, like Karyl's brother, Jean-De... View More...
The next trade release from the hugely popular book club series by Mike Thaler and Jared Lee. These fun-filled chapter books mix school, monsters, and common kid problems with hilarious results.Baseball fever is catching, but Hubie just feels sick Everyone is going batty because baseball tryouts are coming up. Too bad, last season, the only hit Hubie got was in the head when he missed catching the ball. Will Hubie knock one out of the park and make the team or will it be another strikeout? View More...
Tom is not your average tourist. When he sneezes, he blows the leaves off every tree in Central Park. When he walks downtown, he snarls traffic. And he sleeps on top of the Empire State Building But Tom loves the big city, and he's determined to land a job there. Can he find a way to fit in? Torres's snappy text and sleek, comic book-style illustrations reminiscent of Tintin and Where's Waldo? are sure to delight readers young and old. View More...
By P.L. Travers, the author featured in the movie Saving Mr. Banks. From the moment Mary Poppins arrives at Number Seventeen Cherry-Tree Lane, everyday life at the Banks house is forever changed. It all starts when Mary Poppins is blown by the east wind onto the doorstep of the Banks house. She becomes a most unusual nanny to Jane, Michael, and the twins. Who else but Mary Poppins can slide up banisters, pull an entire armchair out of an empty carpetbag, and make a dose of medicine taste like delicious lime-juice cordial? A day with Mary Poppins is a day of magic and make-believe come to life ... View More...
Felicity loves summertime on Grand father's plantation. She can be outside all day--riding horses, playing with Nan and William, and exploring the woods. One day Felicity finds a secret note. It is from Ben, her father's apprentice, and it asks for her help. Ben has broken his apprenticeship agreement and is running away to join George Washington's army. Felicity begins a dangerous adventure when she goes to help Ben. She must use all her strength, courage, and wisdom to try to save the day. View More...
"Just the sort of book that saves lives by igniting a passion for reading." --James Patterson "Reminiscent of Huckleberry Finn." --The Wall Street Journal A Michael L. Printz Honor Winner From the author of Newbery Medal winner Moon Over Manifest comes the odyssey-like adventure of two boys' incredible quest on the Appalachian Trail. When Jack Baker's father sends him from his home in Kansas to attend a boys' boarding school in Maine, Jack doesn't know what to expect. Certainly not Early Auden, the strangest of boys. Early keeps to himself, reads the number pi as a story, and refuses to ac... View More...
Middle school level. Tight, bright, clean, square. School stamp inside. Staple bound. Essays by: Russell Baker, LeRoi Jones, Whitney Smith, Arthur Hoppe, James Thurber, Peg Bracken, Paul R. Ehrlich, Robert Rodale, E.E. Cummings and 12 more. 76 pages. NOT KEPT AT STORE- order a day ahead of time for in- store pickup View More...
A critically acclaimed historical novel "that roars" (Kliatt), from the author of the National Book Award-winning novel Homeless Bird. Africa is the only home Rachel Sheridan has ever known. But when her missionary parents are struck with influenza, she is left vulnerable to her family's malicious neighbors. Surrounded by greed and lies, Rachel is entangled in a criminal scheme and sent to England, where she's forced into a life of deception.Like the lion, she must be patient and strong, awaiting the moment when she can take control of her own fate--and find her way home again at last. Named ... View More...
The delightful classic by E. B. White, author of Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, about overcoming obstacles and the joy of music. This edition features Fred Marcellino's gorgeous illustrations in full color Like the rest of his family, Louis is a trumpeter swan. But unlike his four brothers and sisters, Louis can't trumpet joyfully. In fact, he can't even make a sound. And since he can't trumpet his love, the beautiful swan Serena pays absolutely no attention to him.Louis tries everything he can think of to win Serena's affection--he even goes to school to learn to read and write. But nothi... View More...
As new except for faint shelfwear to top edge. 48 page, staple-bound. "An elective study for youth." NOT KEPT AT STORE- order a day ahead of time for in- store pickup View More...
Immerse yourself in Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved Little House series, now featuring Garth Williams' classic art in vibrant full-color While Laura Ingalls grows up in a little house on the western prairie, Almanzo Wilder is living on a big farm in New York State. Almanzo and his brother and sisters help with the summer planting and fall harvest. In winter there is wood to be chopped and great slabs of ice to be cut from the river and stored. Almanzo wishes for just one thing--his very own horse--but he must prove that he is ready for such a big responsibility.Based on the childhood of Laura'... View More...
Ruby Lavender used to have a good life. She and her grandmother, Miss Eula, were inseparable--they even drove the getaway car together for chickens rescued from the slaughterhouse But this summer, Miss Eula will be in Hawaii, and Ruby's sure it'll be a lonely, empty, horrible season without her. What happens instead? Ruby makes a new friend, saves the school play, writes plenty of letters to her favorite (and only) grandmother . . . and finally stops blaming herself for her grandfather's death.
