At the beginning of time, a spider named Nobb, floating on a long soft thread, sets out to find a place to safely set her ready-to-hatch egg and weaves a net that she hangs across the sky, in a lyrical, original creation tale. By the author of
Little Beaver s search for a friend he thinks he hears across a pond is perfect for every child who's ever felt lonely."Children old enough to long for friends of their own will nestle right into this appealing story....Ideal for reading aloud at the...
A wild and funny celebration of individuality!
Eleven-year-old Simon is mortified to discover that his eccentric Aunt Mattie -- with her mismatched shoes, huge flowered hat, and incorrigibly rude parrot, Runcible (whose favorite phrase is "Shu...
A sly rhyme about the pitfalls of being too bad â€" or good!
Quentin Fenton Herter III . . .
remembered always to say “Please,â€
to wash behind his ears and knees.
He never ran but always walked,
and sat quite still whe...
Full of sly wit and the vibrant colors and rhythms of Haiti.
"My toes are suffering," says Malese as he stretches out in his hammock. "They need new shoes, that's what they need." Malese has not a penny to his name and nothing to trade, but do...
Cousin Ruth’s tooth is missing and no one can find it -- even after looking everywhere imaginable. The Queen and little Ruth herself finally solve the rollicking mystery in a fittingly funny conclusion to this galloping ride in rhyme....
Readers will flip for Aunt Mattie!
This two-in-one flip book contains two novels in their entirety. In No More Nice, eleven-year-old Simon meets his eccentric Great Aunt Matilda and Uncle Philbert, who have very different ideas about what good...
When his parents go on vacation, twelve-year-old Parker is palmed off on his eccentric Great-aunt Mattie and Great-uncle Philbert, along with his asthma inhaler and a mile-long list of dos and don’ts. He thinks his laptop, iPod, cell phone, and Gam...
King Argentocoxos of Caledonii, one of the last Northern Pict tribes to yield to the Romans, reluctantly offers his daughter's hand in marriage as a last, desperate act to negotiate peace with the Empire. Caracalla, the eldest son of the aged and ail...