Watch out for the road weenies!A town is overrun by road weenies--a.k.a. joggers--who never smile. A girl thinks she's too old for Halloween...until she finds a special pair of gloves. A boy takes a shortcut to an unexpected place. A ...

The Gold Medallion Award-winning team of the renowned ancient historian and the gifted illustrator make the story of Jesus death and resurrection come alive for children aged 5 to 10. Difficult questions are asked, reasonable answers ...

In this hilarious picture-book tale, the very popular Little Critter is forced to clean up his room in order to find his lost baseball mitt. His way of dealing with the mess is fast and funny -- and ultimately successful!

Little Critter's sister dreams about all the wonderful things she's going to do when she grows up. She imagines being a great ballet dancer, a world-famous doctor, a race-car driver, and more!

Illus. in full color. Brian finds a salamander and takes him home. 'Wherewill he sleep?' asks his mother. Her 'inquiries are answered with imaginativesolutions that will be familiar to all those who have tried to convince aparent to l...

The adventures of an ingenious Egyptian slave girl who undertakes a dangerous assignment as a spy in the royal palace of Thebes, in the days when Queen Hatshepsut ruled.

He's the coolest truck with the baddest attitude and the sharpest nose for the smelliest trash. His job? Eating your garbage and loving every stinky second of it! The award winning ode to the garbage truck is now the perfect board bo...

The Egg Tree

Anne begins her job as the new schoolteacher and the real test of her character begins. She is learning how complicated life can be when she meddles in someone's else's romance, finds two new orphans at Green Gables, and wonders about...

Drew Lawson knows basketball is taking him places. It has to, because his grades certainly aren't. But lately his plan has run squarely into a pick. Coach's new offense has made another player a star, and Drew won't let anyone disres...

Jack and Annie set off to find an original copy of an ancient Chinese myth.Armed only with their magic library cards, they must take on a book-burningemperor. But with the help of a scholar and a silk weaver, they triumph again.

Illus. in black-and-white. 'With an entertaining blend of fact, farce, and fantasy, Osborne tells the story of Jack and his sister, Annie, who take a trip in a magic tree house and land in a time 65 million years ago. They find dinosa...

In Monday with a Mad Genius, travel with Jack and Annie to Italy in the Renaissance, a time when every new morning brought with it the promise of artistic and scientific wonder. There, they meet none other than Leonardo da Vinci! Now ...

The Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie back to Colonial America. They arrive just as General george Washington is planning the crossing of the Delaware. Before they know it, Jack and Annie are in a boat with the Father of Our Coun...

All in the Family Who could be more zany than Amelia Bedelia, everyone's favorite literal-minded housekeeper? Her family, of course! Meet the wacky members of this very original and entertaining family!

t's Ricky Ricotta's birthday, and as a special treat, his parents are taking him and his Mighty Robot to see dinosaurs at the museum. Too bad they've also invited Ricky's little cousin Lucy - she's a real pest! When they get to the ...

/Poe/Edgar Allan This anthology includes thirteen stories of the supernatural from the master of the macabre. Some of Poe's most famous tales of terror are featured, including 'The Pit and the Pendulum', 'The Tell-Tale Heart', and 'Th...

I had freckles. I had sandy hair. I was too short. Would my feet even touch the ground if I sat on the throne? These are the words of lady Jane Grey, as imagined by celebrated author Ann Rinaldi. Jane would become Queen of England f...

Here are twelve deeply moving short stories from the perceptive pen of Cynthia Rylant. Each captures the moment when someone's life changes -- when an animal causes a human being to see things in a different way, and, perhaps, changes...

Henry (and of course Mudge) loves to visit Great Grandpa Bill. He lives in a house with a lot of other granpas who like to play with a little boy and his dog. But when Henry discovers a swimming pond near the granpas' house, he finds ...

Henry and his 180-pound dog Mudge are best friends forever. And in this third book of their adventures, they share summertime fun!

Illus. in black-and-white. Marvin Redpost has finally figured out why he doesn't look like anyone in his family. He's not really Marvin Redpost--he's Robert, the lost prince of Shampoon! 'The story is wonderfully logical and absurd, w...

Victor is forever trying to escape from locked trunks, walk through walls, and perform any number of Houdini's astonishing magic tricks...without success. Then -- amazingly -- he actually meets his idol, and begs Houdini to explain ...

Darren Shan is going home--and his world is going to hell. Old enemies await. Scores must be settled. Destiny looks certain to destroy him, and the world is doomed to fall to the Ruler of the Night....

The rhythmic text and the rich illustrations in Animals are Sleeping make it the perfect naptime story or bedtime book. Its short, lyrical text provides fascinating information, such as location, position, and duration of sleep of ani...

The popular children's song is brought to life with colorful pictures that capture the fun of the noisiest bus ride in town. Full color.

Ten-year-old Encyclopedia Brown and his partner Sally Kimball solve mysteries such as 'The Case of the Broken Vase,' 'The Case of the Brain Game,' and of course, 'The Case of the Disgusting Sneakers.' Includes 10 mysteries in all, wit...

Mafatu has been afraid of the sea for as long as he can remember. Though his father is the Great Chief of Hikueru - an island whose seafaring people worship courage - Mafatu feels like an outsider. All his life he has been teased, tau...

Just like other kids, Zinkoff rides his bike, hopes for snow days, and wants to be like his dad when he grows up. But Zinkoff also raises his hand with all the wrong answers, trips over his own feet, and falls down with laughter over ...

The sibling rivalry between twelve-year-old Megin and her older brother Greg intensifies after she ruins his science project and he retaliates by throwing her favorite hockey stick into the pond.