Francisco, a young Mexican-American boy, helps his grandfather find work as a gardener, even though the old man cannot speak English and knows nothing about gardening.

Four pairs of eyes stare from the blackness to watch fearsome creatures trick-or-treat.

What do leprechauns do? They bury a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, of course. But as Mrs. Bally Bunion's ox, Miss Maude Murphy's hen, and Old Jamie soon find out, they can't resist having a little fun along the way. For, besid...

When Matt and Abby go to live with Great-Aunt Gerda in Sierra Madre Canyon after their mother dies, Matt is put off at first by the life-size wooden dolls whom Aunt Gerda talks to and calls her "children." However, when some...

The Bicycle Man lends bikes to the neighborhood kids for free, and Lawrence and Brady ride them all summer long. But when a new kid takes advantage of the Bicycle Man, Lawrence and Brady discover that there's one thing that the Man li...

Irish teenager Barry O'Neill is journeying to New York on the Titanic's fateful maidenBRvoyage. He's homesick and worried about the Flynn boys traveling in steerage, whoBRhave threatened to throw him overboard. Little does Barry know ...

Jesse Harmon is tortured by guilt because he survived the hit-and-run accident that killed his brother, Bry. His guilt is compounded when he finds he is attracted to Bry's girlfriend, Chloe. Together Jesse and Chloe try to track down...

Follow the progress of a little girl and her father as they purchase 'a garden,' and board the bus to carry it home. The pansies, tulips, daffodils, geraniums, and daisies are lovingly planted in a window box, and the candles on the c...

Rooster is spreading the word: 'Hurry! Hurry!' The crowd gets bigger, faster, and noisier as all the animals follow Rooster, arriving at the peaceful barn just in time to greet the tiniest member of the farm family as he pecks his way...

By moonlight in the quiet forest, a young boy and his family decorate their favorite tree with popcorn, apples, tangerines, and sunflower-seed balls as a gift for the animals of the woods. "Sure to become a Christmas favorite, th...

A boy and his father visit the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington, D.C., in a work about memory and loss. Reprint. SLJ. H. AB. C. K.

In the late 1880s, a Cheyenne boy named Young Bull is taken from his parents and sent to a boarding school to learn the white man's ways. 'Young Bull's struggle to hold on to his heritage will touch children's sense of justice and lea...

When a violent ocean storm causes a crate holding assorted plastic tub toys -- including one resilient little duck -- to wash overboard, the course of Ducky's life alters drastically. This engaging story based on a real event includes...

The young narrator's best friend, Rudi, is very sick, and it's hard for her to understand. When Rudi dies, the narrator and the other children in school help to build a pond by the big knobby oak to remember him by. A hummingbird feed...

Mr. and Mrs. Bear have never celebrated St. Valentine's Day because they hibernate during the winter.

I'm taking you out for Father's Day,' Susie tells Dad. 'First we'll go for lunch.' 'Good,' Dad says. 'May I drive?' 'Certainly,' Susie says. She chooses the restaurant, and pretty soon Dad can see that she's filled this special day ...

It's naptime, but Susie isn't sleepy. Daddy tries everything to tire her out. They boogie, they bongo, and they do the creepy camel, but still Susie says 'No nap.

Thirteen-year-old Brodie Lynch was ready for the perfect summer of adventure along the awesome Blackwater River. That was before everything changed forever. When a harmless prank goes too far, the unthinkable happens. Brodie's lies ma...

At seventeen, Dru gets involved with the latest high school stunt-leaping between deadly cliffs into the ocean far below. Things get out of hand as manipulative relationships and resulting jealousies cause more students to risk their ...

In this stunning collaboration of two exceptional talents, the striking charcoal illustrations and nimble text reveal what happens at night when the gargoyles come to life.

During a night of rioting in Los Angeles, fires and looting force neighbors--who have always avoided one another--to come together. David Diaz was awarded the Caldecott Medal for his bold acrylic paint and photo-collage illustrations.

'Maybe that's one of the reasons people get dogs, to kind of close up the empty places inside them.'Eleven-year-old William never needed a friend more than now. After his parents' separation, his father's new engagement, and his grand...

Anna and Grandma are planning a surprise for Dad's birthday. Dad thinks he has received all his presents, but Grandma stands up and gives him the best one of all: she reads aloud the stories that Anna has taught her.

Jamie seeks a way to prove that he is not too young to march in the big St. Patrick's Day parade.

My father cuts a moon-counting stick that he keeps in our tipi. At the rising of the first moon he makes a notch in it. 'A new beginning for the young buffalo,' he says. 'And for us.' In this beautifully written story by acclaimed au...

A robot can do a lot of things. But what is the very best thing this robot can do?

After the police come, a family is forced to flee their Caribbean island and set sail for America in a small fishing boat.

In this rhythmic story, an unsuspecting brother and sister bring a toy skeleton home from the harvest fair. They name it Fred McFee and hang it from a sycamore tree. Soon, eerie things begin to happen. And then on Halloween night, Fre...

It's Mother's Day and the three mouse brothers, Biggest, Middle, and Little, have only a short time to get their presents.

Alice is dismayed when one day the leaves on the old oak tree start to fall. Although she can't save the tree, Alice remembers something that gives her hope: the acorns she collected when the tree was still healthy.