Cyrus Fisher An American boy visits his uncle in France and discovers a mystery, and learns some French along the way. Publish Date1993 PublisherScholastic Inc.

Author: Francesca Simon In this collection of four stories Horrid Henry behaves as appalingly as ever. The stories are equally appealing to boys and girls over a wide age group....

Joan W Blos A Gathering of Days is Joan W. Blos' novel that serves as a fictional version of a New England girl's journal.The journal of a 14-year-old girl, kept the...

VM Hillyer While Mr. Hillyer was preparing this book to succeed his enormously popular 'Child's History of the World,' a child came up to him and said he wished there...

Janice VanCleave How are mountains formed?What makes the air we breathe?What causes the ocean waves?Now you can learn the answers to these and other questions aboutthe earth, sea, and air...

Steve Otfinoski An introduction to money management for young readers covers such areas as saving for large purchases, following the stock market, understanding cumulative value, avoiding rip-offs, and selecting a...

Sam Campbell A porcupine and his pals offer some highlights on happiness! "Inky the porcupine--I hardly know whether to bless him or curse him!" the author writes. January 1, 2003...

Charles J Finger Atmospheric woodcuts illustrate this Newbery Award–winning collection of 19 South American folktales. Charles J. Finger heard the tales firsthand from native storytellers, whose fables of talking animals,...

Gertrude Chandler Warner When the Boxcar Children visit a neighbor’s house, a mysterious old wedding photo and a riddle lead them on a “spy game” devised long ago by the...

Daisy Meadows   By Daisy Meadows Follow a fairy to the end of the rainbow. These keep Fairyland dazzling and bright until the evil Jack Frost threatens them. May 29,...

Sarah Orne Jewett A rich collection of classic American literature potraying the beauty of a 19th-century New England town.A female writer comes one summer to Dunnet Landing, a Maine seacoast...

Corneila Meigs Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, the four famous March sisters in Little Women, were more than just storybook characters. The author, Louisa May Alcott, based that book on...