Quick view The Great Divide: A Mathematical Marathon by Dayle Ann Dodds Eighty people begin to race in the Great Divide, but each new challenge divides the number of racers in half. View Details
Quick view The Great Granny Cake Contest! by Tracey Corderoy  Can you keep a secret? Pandora's granny is a witch! She causes magical mayhem wherever she goes. In these stories, she brings comic chaos to a televised baking competition, delightful disaster to a... View Details
Quick view The Great War: Stories Inspired by Items from the First World War by David Almond Writers of this collection of short stories were inspired to write about the First World War by physical objects associated with the war. View Details
Quick view The High Skies Adventures of Blue Jay the Pirate by Scott Nash Blue Jay and his band of avian pirates sail the skies searching for ships laden with cargo, avoiding run-ins with the dastardly crows, dodging doldrums and bad weather, and evading the long arm of... View Details
Quick view The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz Fourteen-year-old Joan Skraggs, just like the heroines in her beloved novels, yearns for real life and true love. But what hope is there for adventure, beauty, or art on a hardscrabble farm... View Details
Quick view The History of Money: From Bartering to Banking by Martin Jenkins What can take the form of a stone with a hole in the middle, a string of shells, a piece of paper, or a plastic card? The answer is money, of course. But when did we start using it? And why? What... View Details
Quick view The Infamous Ratsos by Kara LaReau Louie and Ralphie Ratso's dad, Big Lou, always says that there are two kinds of people: those who are tough and those who are soft. Louie and Ralphie are tough, tough, tough, just like Big Lou, and... View Details
Quick view The Jolley-Rogers and the Cave of Doom by Jonny Duddle Matilda, Jim Lad, and the Jolley-Rogers are drawn to a mysterious cave and bewitched by a magical haul of treasure. View Details
Quick view The Jolley-Rogers and the Ghostly Galleon by Jonny Duddle Every full moon, a mysterious ship is seen off the coast of Dull-on-Sea. Then, the next day, gold and jewelry are missing from homes, shops, and museums all over town. Matilda needs the... View Details
Quick view The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story by Nicola Bayley First published over a century ago, these three unabridged stories from THE JUNGLE BOOK about the man-cub, Mowgli, have delighted adults and children ever since. The stories tell of Mowgli's... View Details
Quick view The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness Readers are in for a white-knuckle journey in this series that follows a boy and girl on the run from a town where all thoughts can be heard--and the passage into manhood embodies a horrible secret... View Details
Quick view The Lemonade Problem by Jennifer Oxley When life gives them a problem to solve, Peg and Cat make lemonade -- and get a lesson in bartering -- in a refreshing new math adventure. It's a hot day, so what could be cooler than setting up a... View Details