While thinking about life as a race, a child wonders whether it is most important to finish first or to have fun along the way.

When her mother becomes too ill to harvest tea on the nearby plantation, Shenaz is too small to fill in, but when she tells the monkeys she has b

Seventh grader Alice decides that the only way to stave off personal and social disasters is to be part of the crowd, especially the "in" crowd,

Max sails to the land of the wild things, where he becomes their king.

Caldecott Honor Book What happens when Sal and her mother meet a mother bear and her cubA beloved classic is born! Kuplink, kuplank, kuplunk! Sal

Presents eighteen simple stories from international folklore, grouped around six themes, such as "Runaway Cookies, " "Slowpokes and Speedsters, "

Sixteen-year-old Min Green writes a letter to Ed Slaterton in which she breaks up with him, documenting their relationship and how items in the a

Overview: A thoroughly modern, thoroughly charming retelling of the old favorite. Witty and direct both Granny and child are swallowed, then resc

In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship w

Her leg's in a cast, the power's out, and Serenity's bored stiff. Searching for answers and willing to risk everything, Serenity gets serious ab

Escaping work, Serenity parties all night at a rave. But the rave turns into a rant when an intimate conversation reveals some frank truths. And