Celebrate the warm and loving bond between mothers and children -- of all kinds.

March comes in with a roar.He rattles your windowsand scratches at your door.In this exuberant, rhythmic story, March, personified as a lion, enters a boy's cozy home and leaves a trail of snow flurries and muddy footprints. The boy c...

The time is 1950. The place is a small town in the Midwest. The girl is Claire, and she has a new black friend. But in an all-white town, how open can the girls be about their friendship?Now Claire faces being the 'new girl' in school...

DEEP IN THE Minnesota forest, where only the strong survive, four regular-sized pups—Leader, Sniffer, Runner, and Thinker—are pushed into the world. Then one last, very small pup is born into the wolf pack. He is called Runt. From...

From all of the daddies, tall or small,mine is the best,the very best. . . .Some animal daddies comfort their babies, or hold them tight, or face every danger for them. But the narrator of this loving picture book knows his daddy does...

Liz is staying with her grandmother in her old house in the woods of northern Minnesota when one night a noise awakens her. It is someone calling her name, calling for Elizabeth. Liz opens her eyes. There is a blue ghost in her room! ...

Joel's best friend, Tony, is a daredevil. It was Tony's idea to make the long bike ride tothe Starved Rock state park, and Tony's idea to stop for a swim in the dangerous VermillionRiver. So why does Joel feel so much guilt when trage...

Original stories by C. S. Adler, Marion Dane Bauer, Francesca Lia Block, Bruce Coville, Nancy Garden, James Cross Giblin, Ellen Howard, M. E. Kerr, Jonathan London, Lois Lowry, Gregory Maguire, LeslÉa Newman, Cristina Salat, William ...

Say hello to Mr. Geo, everybody's favorite geography teacher! He loves to explore new places. Today he's visiting Washington, the Evergreen State. His first stop is Olympic National Park, to climb mountain trails, hike a rainforest...

From Newbery Honoree Marion Dane Bauer comes an "endearing tale…told with warmth and humor" (School Library Journal) that's a companion to the "wholly satisfying" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) Little Dog, Lost...

A "wholly satisfying" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) novel in verse starring a boy, a lost dog, and a lonely old man, from Newbery Honoree Marion Dane BauerMark is a boy who needs a dog. But he can't get his mom on board w...

Have you ever had the feeling a doll was watching you?Jenna finds the perfect gift for her sister at a neighbor's garage sale—a beautiful old doll dressed all in red velvet. Jenna can't believe her luck. Not only does Mrs. Tate seem...