Product Description: This Newbery Medal winner classic story is about Leigh Botts, a young boy who lives with his divorced mother and misses his father. The book is a collection of letters written from Leigh to Mr. Henshaw, his favorite author. The letters show increasing emotional and literary complexity as Leigh grows...read more

Product Description: The classic, Island of the Blue Dolphins is based on the true story of a woman marooned on San Nicholas Island during the early 1800s. Karana, her family and her people are living on the island when the Aleuts (Russians) arrive to hunt the sea otters...read more

Product Description: A sensitive and dramatic story about a young girls escape from slavery. Julilly is taken away from her mammy by a ruthless slave trader and is sold to the Riley Plantation. Sims oversees all the slaves and is very abusive toward them...read more

Product Description: This is one of Farley Mowats funniest books about a boy and two rescued owls named Wol and Weeps. Billy loves all animals. He has rats, mice, over thirty gophers and two dogs. It only seems natural that Billy and his friends search the sloughs and bluffs to find owlets...read more

Product Description: This is the story of Princess Elizabeth who is in love with Prince Ronald and they plan to soon marry. One day, a terrible dragon smashes Elizabeths castle, burns her clothes and disappears with her Prince Ronald. Everything is burnt, so she wears a paper bag and sets off to go get him...read more

Product Description: This is the delightful story of a caterpillar's growth and change as he moves through his life cycle from egg to butterfly. The story begins with the first stage in his life cycle — an egg on a leaf. When the egg hatches, the tiny caterpillar emerges, and he is very hungry...read more

Product Description: The classic folk tale of three soldiers who feast on soup made from just water and stones. On their way home from war they stop at a village however the locals did not share their food. The soldiers discovered that from three round stones they made soup of salt, pepper, carrots, cabbages, potatoes, beef, barley and milk...read more

Product Description: Ramona is a typical eight-year-old, but growing up is not easy! For instance, a new fad begins at school where the children cracking hard-boiled eggs on their eggs before they eat them. Unluckily for Ramona, she accidentally ends up wearing raw egg on her head this is not her favorite day! She also must deal with the challenges of being with a four-year-old after school, her older sisters moods, her father quitting his job and studying full time, the family car breaking down, and her familys financial troubles...read more

Product Description: A Humorous and entertaining fairy tale about the adventures of a boy named James and his insect friends. An old man gives him green magical crystals that do magical wonders on the peach as it grows bigger than a house. With his insect friends, James flies from England to New York City with the help of 502 seagulls and lands on the pinnacle of the Empire State Building...read more

Product Description: A touching and humorous story about a Ten-year-old boy on the run! Foster child Bud Caldwell, during the height of the Great Depression in 1936 leaves Flint, Michigan on a humorous adventure where he meets many interesting characters...read more

Product Description: Prince Brat and Jemmy are out on the loose! Jemmy, who once made a living catching rats in the sewers, is now living in the kings castle as the whipping boy for Prince Horace, commonly known to the citizens of the kingdom as Prince Brat...read more

Product Description: Meet Ralph, the perky and reckless mouse that lives at Mountain View Inn. Vacationing boy Keith Gridley brings out his motorcycle and through the mouse hole, Ralph falls in love with it. They become friends and share the motorcycle...read more

Product Description: A well-loved story about a curious little monkey, named George, who is caught in his home land of Africa by a man in a yellow hat. Inspired by his curiosity for the world around him, George has one adventure after another from the time he leaves Africa to the time he finally arrives at the Zoo...read more

Product Description: A Story of a special mouse who is on a dangerous quest to rescue the princess. Despereaux falls in love with a princess even though mice and humans are not supposed to! Caught, Despereaux is sentenced to the dungeon however He escapes and goes looking for his beloved princess...read more

Product Description: A Dramatic and fascinating story of friendship! Jesse Aarons a fourth grader loves to run; once the fastest and best runner at Lark Creek Elementary School in Virginia, until he was challenged by a girl, Leslie Burke! Leslie and her parents were new to this community and they soon became best friends; their relationship was a strong one...read more