Kit Webster is hiding a secret. Carma, his best friend, has already figured it out, and pushes him to audition for the high school play, Talk. When he's cast as the male lead, he expects to escape his own life for a while and become a...

No, Layne,' Mom said in a tight voice. Her eyes met mine again. 'Not the bull riding. You know how I feel about that.' I knew all right. We'd been through this scene so many times it was like living in an instant replay. But this tim...

JANIE WHO? It's hard enough being the new kid in school. It's even tougher when all of your new classmates live in big houses and wear expensive clothes, while your parents have little and are risking everything just to give you a c...

IIt's okay to need some help.IIt's okay to be a different color.IIt's okay to talk about your feelings.IIt's okay to make a wish...IIt's Okay to Be Different cleverly delivers the important messages of acceptance, understanding, and c...

Gloria is thrilled when she goes to the store to buy an onion and meets Dr. Grace Street, an astronaut. It's there that Dr. Street tells Gloria to have confidence in herself and that the big things aren't always as big as they seem. B...

It's not so easy being Rosemary Goode and tipping the scales at almost two hundred pounds— especially when your mother runs the most successful (and gossipiest!) beauty shop in town. After a spectacularly disastrous Christmas break ...

Bradley Chalkers IS the oldest kid in the fifth grade. He tells enormous lies. He picks fights with girls. No one likes him—except Carla, the new school counselor. She thinks Bradley is sensitive and generous, and knows that Bradley...

Homesick Arthur is ready to run away from camp until he inadvertantly wins the scavenger hunt for his team.

Leo isn't reading, or writing, or drawing, or even speaking, and his father is concerned. But Leo's mother isn't. She knows her son will do all those things, and more, when he's ready. 'Reassuring for other late bloomers, this book is...

From Blue Spruce Award–winning author-illustrator Dave Whamond comes the story of Oddrey, a young girl who is a little bit different from everybody else. Every aspect of Oddrey's world is a study in playful curiosity. Her adventures...

Gerald the giraffe longs to dance, but his legs are too skinny and his neck is too long. At the Jungle Dance, the warthogs waltz, the chimps cha-cha, and the lions tango. 'Giraffes can't dance,' they all jeer when it's Gerald's turn t...

Praise for Labrador Retriever with the Block Head "This book is so timely and entertaining that PIXAR should contact Sabrina Fair Andronica immediately!" - Robert Davi (Goonies; License To Kill) "A graceful and famili...

"I, Emma Freke, am not a freak. Or maybe I am. I just don't know." What's in a name? I, Emma Freke is a charming search-for-identity story about Emmaâ€...

Words matter--we can use them to lift others up or break them down. Do you want your child to discover the powerful impact of their words? Help your child make mindful choices about the way they speak to others and about themselves ...

#1 New York Times bestselling authors Kristen Bell (Frozen) and Benjamin Hart are bringing their beloved characters from The World Needs More Purple People to Step into Reading! Get ready to adopt a dog in this Step 2 leveled reader! ...

Plaiting tells the story of a little girl who struggles daily with her perception of having a 'sombrero' hair, or 'bed hair'. She has difficulty in keeping her curly, tiny plaits, and 'bushy' hair under control. Just keeping it 'flat ...

Meet Sophie, a little girl with a big goal: to find the perfect title for herself. Look out --- here's Sophie the Awesome!Sophie Miller's life is boring. Average. Blah. She's not the oldest or the youngest, the tallest or the shor...

You are one of a kind! That's the message of this sweet book, which focuses on self-worth and loving who you are. Sloan the Sloth isn't good at sports like some of the other animals. He's too slow. But Sloan knows that's okay. Inst...

“Camp Famous expertly blends the joys of summer camp with the struggles of not fitting in. It's a fun and uplifting read!”—Janae Marks, author of From the Desk of Zoe Washington “Like the best camp friends, th...

One Bear + One Diary = 17 Happy Children... Millicent Withers is the owner of a teddy bear shop filled with a variety of unusual bears. When her granddaughter, Emily, is in need of a special furry friend to help her through a rough ti...

When Arthur and his friends go bike riding, Francine is embarrassed by her Father's hand-me-down bicycle. It's a real clunker. So when Francine reports that the bike is stolen, her friends rally to find the thief. Will Arthur and his ...

This is a story about accepting those who are different from you. It also deals with accepting children that might need physical aids in order to carry out daily life. The story reminds children that these aids help others be more pro...

Emma was born to run...or was she? Emma's sister, Bella, is the star runner on the high school track team. Her super athletic mom has been running for years. And her dad trains for marathons. Running is just what Emma's famil...

I Am Kind follows a little girl who sees kindness all around her. Her mother is kind when she volunteers in the community, and her neighbor is kind when he gives her strawberries from his garden. Even her nature troop is kind when the...

After having his lunch repeatedly stolen by a bully twice his size, Loudmouth George and his friend Harriet teach him a lesson he'll never forget.

Eunice is always being told that she is TOO MUCH! She uses too much whip cream on her waffles. She talks too much during movies or on the school bus. She dances too much in the hallway at school. But to Eunice, being too much is just ...

Middle graders will laugh and cry with thirteen-year-old Vanessa Martin as she tries to be like Vanessa Williams, the first black Miss America.In this semi-autobiographical debut novel set in 1983, Vanessa Martin's real-life reality o...

Colin is tired of school bullies and other students' refusal to speak up or "rat" on the real troublemakers. When Colin does speak out against a couple of school thugs, they post an embarrassing photo of him on a social netw...

Sometimes Fitz would look at himself in the mirror, an expression of pathetic eagerness on his face. He was a dog in the pound, wanting to be adopted. He'd smile. What father wouldn't want this boy?Fifteen-year-old Fitzgerald—Fitz, ...

This inspiring children's book tells the story of a young boy named Nick who faces challenges and failures while learning to roller skate but ultimately discovers the power of perseverance and the belief in oneself to overcome obstacl...