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A wandering cat brightens the lives of six lonely people--and persuades all of them to feed him until a near accident brings them all together....
Poor Coyote! What’s he doing, hanging upside down in the farmer’s house, next to a pot of boiling water? How’d he wind up underneath the jicara ...
After a move to a new home, comfort comes from a surprising place. Long ago, a young girl named Abigail put her beloved patchwork quilt in the attic. ...
First published in 1988, this gentle picture book set in Sardinia features refreshed illustrations by the beloved and award-winning Tomie dePaola and ...
A Novel of the Barrio
Los Angeles is a place of movie stars and fast cars and people who are too rich and people who are too poor....
My Childhood in China
Share in the joyful, adventure-filled shenanigans of a child growing up in a small mud hut in Inner Mongolia in this charming, illustrated memoir for ...
A Japanese Folktale
Stealing the young goblins' magic fan, a badger makes a fortune after using the fan to make a rich girl's nose grow....
From award-winning author Tony Johnston and David Walker comes the perfect book for first time First Graders! Kindergarten? Done! "I'm zooming off to ...
A classic Halloween story about a pumpkin gone missing is certain to delight readers of all ages! When a 700-year-old woman and an 800-year-old man wa...
A family sews their memories and love into a quilt for a child who is dying....
Standing tall above the tree line, Sequoia stretches his ancient arms and gathers clouds to him. He watches as days, seasons, years pass by. His branc...
A boy wins over an abused, stray dog with persistence and love in this heartwarming story. Thoughtful care goes into a child's efforts to help an abus...
When the Nazis invaded Poland, a family is split apart. The parents are sent to one concentration camp, their son to another. Only his father's gift, ...
The beauty and spirit of Christmas resounds in the melodic chimes of a church bell in this lyrical picture book by well-known author Tony Johnston wit...
Presents forty-two poems--some funny, some poignant and philosophical--about dogs and their attributes, including their loyalty to people, their love ...
Describes a Mexican family preparing for and celebrating the Day of the Dead....
A little rabbit cannot fall asleep because he finds the night dark and scary, but when he watches it with his grandfather he sees it full of stars and...
Two good friends, Possum and Alien, spend time together celebrating their birthdays, discovering their uniqueness, and hanging out together in a tree....
In this colorful, playful presentation of how letters and words can empower, a delightful rabbit character demonstrates the magic that letters can mak...
An imp, a goblin, and a scalawag get together to tell the scariest stories they can think of....
Loving hands lift, carry, hold, and give in a tender meditation on the everlasting bond between a parent and a child. Hands wave hello, hands hold, ha...
“Easily shareable with sibs of different ages, and they’ll be delighted to join in on the goofy brotherly song.” —Bulletin Center Children’s...
A child anticipates the arrival of an old man in red, smelling of pine, spreading crinkling presents late at night....
The great sculptor Gaston Pompicard creates a snow sculpture for his friends the children, and then later he receives a similar gift from them during ...
A pumpkin shimmering in the moonlight attracts the attention of an owl, a cat, crickets, a witch, and a group of boys and girls, who change it into a ...
In Beast Rider, award-winning author Tony Johnston and psychotherapistMaria Elena Fontanot de Rhoads “offer a sympathetic, illuminating portrait of ...
Science Fiction Film examines one of the most enduring and popular genres of Hollywood cinema, suggesting how the science fiction film reflects attitu...
“A lovely, beautifully illustrated story of a child's dream fulfilled.” —Kirkus Reviews “Beautifully illustrated with a strong conservation me...
An imp, a goblin, a scalawag, and a boy tell each other scary stories....
Two very good friends plan for Mother's Day, go to the beach, experiment with new shoes, and dig tunnels....
Case Studies in Travel to the Dark Side
Thanatourism is an important new overview of the growing field. It introduces more rigorous scholarship, new philosophical perspectives and a wealth o...
The poems in this brightly illustrated collection range in subject from the music of Nahuati to pet iguanas sold on the Taxco Road. Many different fac...
Twenty Years of Ramsay Street
Neighbours, 20 years on Ramsay Street, is an entertaining and comprehensive history of this very popular Australian television series, a favourite wit...
Story
Three episodes in which Odd Jobs does all sorts of jobs, the odder the better....
A Fairly Fabricated Story of a Pair of Pants
Retells, in tall-tale fashion, how Levi Strauss went to California during the Gold Rush, saw the need for a sturdier kind of trouser, and invented jea...
A rhyming story about ten turkeys sitting on a fence....
Amber's mountain is a beautiful but lonely place, until the day Anna arrives, bringing both her friendship and the will to teach Amber how to read. Su...
Lizzie and her mom go to the park. That's where Lizzie meets an elderly man and his companion, Cecile, a dog about her size. But Lizzie is afraid of d...
A little goblin has a series of frightening experiences while walking through the woods to his grandmother's house....
Sprinkled with Spanish and infused with love, "My Abuelita" is a glorious celebration of language, the love of a grandparent, and the power of story. ...