Fiction

Kit Tyler is marked by suspicion and disapproval from the moment she arrives on the unfamiliar shores of colonial Connecticut in 1867. Alone and desperate, she has been forced to l… More

It's 1945 and Tommy lives in the tough multi-ethnic neighborhood of Lowertown, Ottawa, where someone who hates Jewish people has attacked his best friend's father. Adopting the per… More

Winner of the 1982 IRA Children's Book Award

London is poised on the brink of World War 11. Timid, scrawny Willie Beech--the abused child of a single moth… More

The Kingdom of Brass Cobweb has many remarkable treasures, including a peppermint lake and a great shining web of brass for a gate. But what is a kingdom without a king? When the c… More

Swan Song

Like the rest of his family, Louis is a trumpeter swan. But unlike his four brothers and sisters, Louis can't trumpet joyfully. In fact, … More

Carmen got the jeans at a thrift shop. They didn’t look all that great; they were worn, dirty, and speckled with bleach. On the night before she and her friends part for the … More

Chad finds a whole new summer occupation—he wants to be the Bozo, the clown who sits inside the dunk tank and goads people into taking a shot. What could be better than using… More

Best Friends

Frog and Toad are always together. Here are five wonderful stories about flowers, cookies, bravery, dreams, and, most of all, friendship.

The young narrator's best friend, Rudi, is very sick, and it's hard for her to understand. When Rudi dies, the narrator and the other children in school help to build a pond by the… More

When Peter, Archie, and Louie see the pile of wood, they think it's just a big mess. After all, it's just a pile of old junk sitting by a fence. But when Amy and Lily look at it, t… More

Everyone needs at least one friend, and Dinky Dinosaur discovers that fact early in life. This delightful book will make readers giggle. Children will like it too!