When twelve-year-old Ben moves with his family to a town on the shore of Lake Ontario he finds a friend who seems to be a witch and who helps him meet the problems associated with his moving and with his stormy relationships with his father and big s...
Mrs. Pennywort''s hen, Pauline, can''t seem to lay eggs like the others. . . . Until she finds some inspiration, and a strange talent.
When she nests outside to get away from the noise and teasing of the others, Pauline manages to lay...
Summers with my family were almost perfect...
That's when we'd go out to Whitmarsh Point, where my grandparents and aunts and uncles and cousins lived. We'd swim and have lobster bakes, and I'd spend all my time with my best friend, my cousin Juli...
Starstruck by her dream of becoming a famous ballerina, Poulette the hen is nearly taken in by a slick talent scout (a fox) who offers her the lead in his production of "Peeping Beauty."...
In a companion volume to
In the spring of 1815, Remembrance “Mem” Nye and her family set off in a covered wagon from their farm in Connecticut to the wilderness of western New York. Mem and her mother see it as a journey to nowhere, since there won't be any houses or nei...
It sure is handy having Brian the Brain for a best friend -- how else would Josh have a shot at first prize in the science fair and winning tickets to Wonderland Lake? But when Brian plans to hypnotize his dog, Arfie, into thinking he’s a cat, Josh...
In 1815 Remembrance "Mem" Nye and her family pack up their covered wagon and head for the Genesee Country in western New York for a better life. But their first summer in their new home proves more difficult than they ever imagined. Papa's crops are ...
When Lester the aardvark, not knowing that Noah is choosing the animals in alphabetical order, arrives too late to be taken on the ark, he determines to get aboard anyway by trying to disguise himself as some other creature...
When one little duck becomes too eager to wait for the Christmas surprise, she sets off on her own into the wood to find out the secret, yet after a grand adventure, she returns home just in time for the Christmas party....
Thirteen-year-old Remembrance “Mem” Nye has had much more than her share of responsibility since her mother died. It’s too hard caring for her younger brother and baby sister, and Mem looks forward to returning to the family fold at her grandmo...
Believe it or not -- and you better believe it -- Josh's dog Arful can talk! This is very useful to Josh and his pals who want to win the school talent contest. First the boys have to find out what the girls are planning for the contest. That's when ...
It's tough to be an out-of-work princess.
After her royal father decides to retire and become a wood carver, Princess Paulina has no idea what to do with herself. She can't survey the kingdom from her leaky cottage roof, and no one waves bac...
Whoooooo! A tall ghostly being is frightening the farm animals right out of the barn. It could only be the legendary "Poultrygeist." The animals are terrified to sleep inside the barn, but they're freezing out in the yard. What shold they do? It's up...
The honest and compelling story of a young girl's newfound independence, from her entrance into a new country to her frightening involvement in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911.My heart filled with fear and hope at the same time. I had th...
Chickerella by Mary Jane Auch (who, PW said, earns a feather in her cap for her deadpan presentation of absurdity and triumph for Bantam of the Opera), illus. by Mary Jane and Herm Auch, stars the titular white feathered bird. When her widower fat...
Beauty and her friends think Lance is the most conceited bird in the hen yard. From the moment the turkey arrives on the farm, he spends his time swaggering around the Chic Hen beauty shop, boasting that he is the only bird invited to a special feast...
Henrietta loves to read. When she clucks buk, buk, buk at the library, the librarian knows exactly what to recommend. Then Henrietta decides to write a book. With the help of her three aunties, she hatches a plot. But when Henrietta publishes her sto...
Not even losing his hand can keep Norm from trying out for the baseball team What would life be like with only one hand? That's exactly what eleven-year-old Norm finds out when he loses his left hand in an accident at his family's store. It's July 4,...
A funny and moving middle-grade novel for dog lovers by popular author Mary Jane Auch. Other dogs are K-9s. But K-10 is a cut above other dogs, and his mother gave hime the name to prove it when he was a puppy. Now K-10 is grown up and all on his own...
Travis Tacey doesn’t have it easy: his mom’s in the hospital suffering from brain trauma after a terrible car accident, and his father has lost his good sense in the aftermath and kicked him out. Homeless, penniless, and only fourteen years old, ...
Twelve year-old Basil knows he’s special -- he’s been associating numbers with colors since he was a kid. His gift (or curse) has turned him into somewhat of a loner, but his world begins to change when he meets Tenzie, the new girl in school who...
Feathers fly and humor abounds as the literary adventures continue for Henrietta, the talented chicken from THE PLOT CHICKENS. Thrilled to have her picture book published, Henrietta is all aflutter with excitement when she's invited to a local boo...