Marty will do anything to save his new friend Shiloh in this Newbery Medal–winning novel from Phillis Reynolds Naylor.When Marty Preston comes across a young beagle in the hills behind his home, it’s love at first sight—and also big trouble. It turns out the dog, which Marty names Shiloh, belongs to Judd Travers, who drinks too much and …
Favorites for nearly 100 years, these classic novels follow the adventures of the spirited redhead Anne Shirley, who comes to stay at Green Gables and wins the hearts of everyone she …
A Caldecott Honor BookMadeline truly needs no introduction. An enduring classic, Madeline continues to enchant readers more than seventy years after its first publication.Nothing frightens Madeline—not tigers, not mice, not even getting sick. To Madeline, a trip to the hospital is a grand …
A Giraffe and a Half is fifty! This special anniversary edition celebrates the milestone with vintage full-color jacket artwork. Shel Silverstein’s riotous rhyming picture book about a boy and his giraffe was published the same year as his famous tale The Giving Tree.If you had a giraffe . . . and he stretched another half . . . …
“Besides the beguiling story, the affable illustrations of the smiling Gloria, the accidental mayhem in the background, and the myriad safety tips — such as ‘always pull the toothpick out of your sandwhich’ and ‘never lick a stop sign in the winter’ — add to the enjoyment. A glorious picture book.” — The Horn Book”Rathmann is a …
Classic / British English (Available February 2008) Winston Smith lives in a society where the government controls people’s lives every second of the day. Alone in his small, one-room apartment, Winston dreams of a better life. Is freedom from this life of suffering possible? There must be something that the Party cannot control something like love, perhaps?NOTE: Item …
In this Newbery Honor Book from beloved author Beverly Cleary, eight-year-old Ramona Quimby’s zest for life is infectious as ever. Whether speaking her mind to her third-grade teacher, or befriending her schoolyard bully, Ramona can’t be kept down!Then one day an embarrassing incident in the classroom leaves Ramona completely humiliated. Can she bounce back from this one? …
HatberryShoeberryIn my canoeberryUnder the bridgeAnd over the damLooking for berries Berries for jamThey’re off…a boy and an endearing, rhyme-spouting bear, who squires him through a fantastic world of berries. And their adventure comes to a razzamatazz finale under a starberry sky.Children will want to feast again and again on Bruce Degen’s exuberant, colorful pictures and his rollicking, berryful …
Here are the two great storybooks chronicling the adventures of Christopher Robin and all the inhabitants of the Hundred Acre Wood, as well as the two charming volumes of poems. Bright in color and true in spirit, these are books for giving—To Pooh fans of all …
This box set contains paperback editions of three beloved classics by E. B. White: Charlotte’s Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan.Charlotte’s WebSome Pig. Humble. Radiant. These are the words in Charlotte’s web, high up in Zuckerman’s barn. Charlotte’s spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig named Wilbur, who simply wants a friend. They …