The young narrator of this story is a little boy who idolizes his grown-up brother. When big brother... more

Based on a true incident that happened to one of the author s ancestors, Katie s Trunk gives an unus... more

Lucy’s frisky little puppy, Finn, gets into one scrape after another as Lucy and her family travel w... more

Fascinating true story of Koko the gorilla adopting and nurturing, All Ball, a Manx kitten. Koko the... more

Travelers and traders taking the Santa Fe Trail s routes from Missouri to New Mexico wrote vivid eye... more

The Performer s Companion provides musicians with tools and strategies for conquering performance an... more

What is it like to be sued for medical malpractice? Bad medical outcomes traumatize patients but the... more

Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, had long been considered the leader of American Catholicism and was so wi... more

the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Brigham Young University. Ronald Kil is a New Mexico cowboy and artist who has...... more

The literature on orphanages is heavily weighed with discussions of those caring for white whildren.... more

The delicious sequel to the bestselling Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is brought to life in this... more

Through poetry and art, this picture book captures the many voices--Spanish, Tejano, Texan, Mexican,... more

A little boy idolizes his older brother. So when his big brother leaves for the army, the boy has so... more

Baby is happy living in Mama s tummy and doesn t want to come out. Mama is worried, but no matter wh... more

With delicious poems by Robert Forbes and zany illustrations of each poem by master artist Ronald Searle, these wildly...... more

Anna is never picked for any team at school, so she is determined to be part of the wreath-laying te... more

Pure picture-book magic. A polar bear rides a whale to a tree rising out of the water. At the top of... more

John Adams was an American patriot and Founding Father, and Abigail, his wife, was his most trusted ... more

Layla, the new girl in first grade, is hesitant to participate in school-day activities because she ... more

realistic insight into the hearts and minds of a special group of first graders. Ronald Himler s new pencil-and-watercolor...... more

when they begin social interaction at school. Ronald Himler s new watercolor illustrations give the first graders...... more

This timely book, reissued with new art, goes right to the heart of the school testing issue. When t... more

When the first grade plans a costume party, Anna Maria decides to be a fairy princess, Willy a clown... more

When Jim returns to school after his dog Muffins death, the first graders try to share his loss and... more

Numerous books have dealt with the effect of a pet s death on a child, but few are as true to a chil... more

After her mother is killed by an explosion that also destroys her Vietnam village, four-year-old Kim... more

Featuring an outlandish menagerie of madcap rhymes and extraordinary animals, this book includes ove... more

Anna is never picked to be on any team at school. But she is determined to be chosen when Mrs. Randa... more

Freed slaves who headed West to start careers in the army after the Civil War were nicknamed buffalo... more

When Sam devises sneaker squares, he uses them to measure the area of the lawns he mows for his ne... more

A young boy deals with the loss of his beloved cat Charlie, eventually accepting the arrival of anot... more

For a young refugee living with loss and terror-filled memories, time is measured by the next bucket... more

Wash Day tells of a girl s recollection of her childhood in the South during the Depression. Every w... more

An introduction to the lives of Lewis and Clark and to the exploratory expedition they led from St. ... more