Quick view Smell My Elephant by Tina Ballon DeBord Everyone knows that stuffed elephants always smell like all places they've been, the laundry hamper, the sandbox, the foot of the bed. But when Fletcher smells his elephant this morning, he just... View Details
Quick view Stella Batts: Broken Birthday (Paperback) by Courtney Sheinmel Stella and her family have special plans to celebrate her ninth birthday but everything changes when Stella falls and breaks her leg at school. View Details
Quick view Stella Batts: Broken Birthday by Courtney Sheinmel What's the best day of the year? A birthday, of course! Stella Batts is turning nine, and she has big plans. Her family will be going to Pennsylvania to celebrate. That's where Stella's best friend... View Details
Quick view The Blue Spruce by Mario Matthew Cuomo When a storm knocks down the blue spruce tree in a boy's yard, he and his father work with all their might to right the tree again. View Details
Quick view The Boy Who Wanted to Cook by Gloria Whelan Ten-year-old Pierre dreams of being a chef at his parents' restaurant, La Bonne Vache, in the south of France and is told he is too young, but when an important guest comes Pierre sees a chance to... View Details
Quick view The Christmas Spider's Miracle by Trinka Hayes Noble A poor peasant woman who has no money for gifts or a special meal for her children gets help from a kindly mother spider on Christmas. Illustrations. View Details
Quick view The Christmas Tree Ship by Carol Crane On November 21, 1912, the schooner "Rouse Simmons" set sail from a small northern Michigan town across Lake Michigan. Affectionately dubbed the "Christmas Tree Ship," this was an annual trek from the... View Details
Quick view The Fat Boy Chronicles by Diane Lang Overweight and bullied by his classmates, teenaged Jimmy Winterpock relates in his English class journal the life-changing events of his freshman year in high school. View Details
Quick view The Handkerchief Quilt by Carol Crane After one holiday weekend, Parkland School suffers a devastating flood after pipes burst in the building. The school must close. Miss Anderson cannot bear to think of her beloved school closed. What... View Details
Quick view The Legend of the Teddy Bear by Frank Murphy While nearly everyone has a memory of their own favorite tattered teddy bear, the details of the day President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear have been lost to time. Now, nearly... View Details
Quick view The Lucky Star by Judy Young It is 1933 and the Great Depression has ravaged the nation. Millions of people are out of work; thousands of families are struggling to keep a roof overhead and food on the table. But Momma still... View Details