It's hard to be a "Black Sheep Baxter," at least for 12-year-old Polly. From a poor white family, Polly's best friend, Timbre Ann Biggs, is black, making them the only "salt-and-pepper" friends in town. But in that fall of 1959, life in quiet Holcolm...
Lots of families have secrets. Little-Known Fact: My family has an antebellum house with a locked wing--and I've got a secret of my own. I thought getting kicked out of the Gifted & Talented program--or not being "pegged," as Mama said---was the ...
The countdown to bedtime has begun. If you want to snooze, you can't lose in this football/bedtime mash-up! It's Sunday night, football night, and the countdown clock to bedtime is winding down. Will the Dream Team be able to get to bed on...
A playful, baseball-themed first-day-of-school adventure!Wake up, Sluggers. It’s time to . . .Batter up for the first day of school!It’s the first day of school at Grand Slam Elementary, and there is much to do before the Twins can step up to the...