Memphis, Tennessee, 1936. The five Foss children find their lives changed forever when their parents leave them alone on the family shantyboat one stormy night. Rill Foss, just twelve years old, must protect her four younger siblings as they are wrenched from their home on the Mississippi and thrown into the care of the infamous Georgia Tann, director of the Tennessee Children's Home Society. South Carolina, Present Day. Avery Stafford has lived a...

In The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, a squirrel Timmy and his wife Goody are collecting nuts for the winter. But when a passing flock of birds suspect Timmy of raiding the birds' stores, they stuff him through a hole in a tree. Will Timmy escape? What will Goody do? The seventeenth of Beatrix Potter's 22 charmingly illustrated tales of animals in amusing situations, The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes has delighted children and adults alike since its release in 1911....

In The Tale of Mr. Tod, the Flopsy Bunnies have been kidnapped by Tommy Brock the Badger and removed to a house owned by Mr. Tod, a fox and Tommy's archenemy. Benjamin Bunny and his cousin Peter Rabbit set out to rescue them, but when Mr. Tod arrives home to find Tommy asleep in his bed, a fight ensues. Will the Flopsy bunnies be rescued? The eighteenth of Beatrix Potter's 22 charmingly illustrated tales of animals in amusing situations, The Tale...

In The Story of Miss Moppet, a kitten who is teased by a mouse bumps her head on a cupboard. The kitten feigns illness by sitting by the fire and wrapping her head in a duster. Will this ruse be enough to lure the curious mouse? The tenth of Beatrix Potter's 22 charmingly illustrated tales of animals in amusing situations, The Story of Miss Moppet has served children as a general introduction to books and to the Peter Rabbit series since its release...

In The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding, Tom Kitten is a young cat who lives with his mother and sisters in a house overrun with rats. When Tom Kitten stumbles into the home of a rat, Samuel Whiskers, and his wife Anna Maria, Tom Kitten faces the unsettling prospect of getting turned into a their dinner pudding. The thirteenth of Beatrix Potter's 22 charmingly illustrated tales of animals in amusing situations, The Tale of Samuel Whiskers...

The little house stood in the counrty... One day a steam shovel pushed by the front door and dug a new road close by the little house. Then the city drew nearer and nearer until the little house was surrounded. After a long time the great-great-grandchildren of the people who built the house found it, put it onto wheels and moved it to the country where it was happy again.

A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.

This humorous retelling of a favorite folktale recounts how the Chinese came to give their children short names. Beautifully illustrated, this perfect read-aloud storybook is one adults and children will enjoy sharing together again and again. When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names....

Here are more poems bursting to be listened to, chanted, laughed over, and remembered. It would be hard to find a school-age kid who has not read or heard a Prelutsky poem and who does not want to hear another. He plays with the language and encourages listeners to revel in the game. Puns, jokes, wordplay and shape play, wit, silliness, slapstick, and joy abound. Some of the poems are about people, some are about animals. And some are about things...

One of the most popular stories of all time, Where the Wild Things Are brings to life the wild imagination of a young boy who finds himself on an island inhabited by "wild things."

This iconic story has inspired a movie, an opera, and the imagination of generations. When Max dresses in his wolf suit and causes havoc in the house, his mother sends him to bed. From there, Max sets sail to an island inhabited by the Wild Things, who name him king...