Books

Ten-year-old Jenny spends a quiet summer with her father, daydreaming about the secrets and lives hidden inside the gran

From racing for a train to training for a race, these clever wordplay pairs show how shifting a sentence can completely

The Fieldmouse family is having a day full of arguments and bickering until the simple magic of a shared pot of soup hel

Grandpa and Wainey take turns sharing their own hilarious, wildly different versions of the same events with Mary Ann an

Rhythmic verses follow a single drop of water as it tumbles from a cloud, flows across the earth, and finds its way back

Traditional Eskimo animal legends come to life in these brief, evocative retellings of ancestral stories.

A sunny stroll to a picnic turns into a battle of wits as two children trade increasingly silly and mean-spirited rhymes

For the child who loves short stories before bed, these simple global folktales offer gentle lessons and vibrant animals

Mrs. Gaddy discovers that having a ghost in the kitchen isn't so bad when you realize a spirit can be excellent company.

A crew of mercenaries on Mars must stand their ground against feral marauders to protect a mining community's survival a

For the child who loves to daydream about magical creatures, this collection of poems brings every kind of dragon to lif

Chris Crutcher shares the messy, funny, and honest reality of growing up in Idaho and finding his voice as a writer in t

Using rebuses and rhymes, children prepare a special morning surprise for their mother featuring a full tray of breakfas

One determined girl skips the usual royal expectations and finds her own clever, unexpected way to prove she has the hea

For children navigating the complex emotions of a parent's absence, this moving verse novel explores how two sisters lea

From splashing human toes to animal feet with nine digits, discover all the ways different creatures move along the shor

A first grader finds the confidence to embrace his own identity and accept himself exactly as he is.

Grandpa always has the same predictable reactions until a very unusual morning changes everything and proves things are

For children learning to welcome peers with different abilities. A gentle story about a first-grade class discovering th

Amelia Bedelia is helping plan a surprise party, but her literal-minded approach leads to some very unexpected and hilar

Rhythmic verses capture the thundering hooves of General Sheridan’s horse as he gallops through Virginia to rejoin his t

Schmuel the shoemaker is mocked by his fellow villagers, but this humble craftsman holds a secret identity in a legendar

Amelia Bedelia hits the road for a driving lesson, but her literal interpretation of every instruction leads to a series

Tonino lacks the family spell-making instinct, but his secret ability to talk to cats might be the only thing that can s