It isn't easy being a pioneer in the state of Washington in1899, but it's particularly hard when you are the only girl everborn in the new settlement. With seven older brothers and a love ofadventure, May Amelia Jackson just can't seem to abide her family'sinsistence that she behave like a Proper Young Lady. Not whenthere's fishing to be done, sheep to be herded, and real livemurderers to be captured! May is sure she could manage better ifonly there were at least one other girl living along the banks ofthe Nasel River. And now that Mama's going to have a baby, maybethere's hope.

Whittington is a roughneck Tom who arrives one day at a barnfull of rescued animals and asks for a place there. He spins forthe animals—as well as for Ben and Abby, the kids whose grandfatherdoes the rescuing—a yarn about his ancestor, the nameless cat whobrought Dick Whittington to the heights of wealth and power in16th-century England. This is an unforgettable tale about thehealing, transcendent power of storytelling, and how learning toread saves one little boy.

Winner of a 2016 Newbery Honor, ECHO pushes the boundaries of genre, form, and storytelling innovation. Lost and alone in a forbidden forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and suddenly finds himself entwined in a puzzling quest involving a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica. Decades later, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California each, in turn, become interwoven when the very same harmonica lands in their lives. All the children face daunting challenges: rescuing a father, protecting a brother, holding a family together. And ultimately, pulled by the invisible thread of destiny, their suspenseful solo stories converge in an orchestral crescendo. Richly imagined and masterfully crafted, this impassioned, uplifting, and virtuosic tour de force will resound in your heart long after the last note has been struck."

If there's one thing Georgie Hall has always been, it'sdetermined. So when her stepcousins Eleanor and Eddy tell her that she can'tfly, Georgie doesn't get discouraged -- she just tries harder Shefeels a peculiar lightness when she leaps from the top of thestaircase, and is even more certain of her seemingly impossibleability when she jumps from the porch and soars to the rooftopbefore landing safely on the ground. And now that a mysteriousCanada goose is visiting Georgie's window on a nightly basis, theHall family begins to wonder just what Georgie is capableof....

In this fourth title featuring Ramona, Mr. Quimby is out ofwork and everyone in the house is grumpy. Ramona tries to cheer upthe family as only Ramona can—by rehearsing for life as a rich andfamous star of television comercials, for instance—but her bestefforts only make things worse. Everything works out in the end,though, when Mr. Quimby tells Ramona that he wouldn’t trade her fora million dollars. Ramona and Her Father explores serious issuesthat real families face, but is levened by Beverly Cleary’strademark humor and warmth.

In this classic frontier adventure, Lois Lenskireconstructsthe real life story of Mary Jemison, who was captured in a raid asyoung girl and raised amongst the Seneca Indians. Meticulouslyresearched and illustrated with many detailed drawings, this noveloffers an exceptionally vivid and personal portrait of NativeAmerican life and customs.

Why do the storks no longer come to the little Dutch fishingvillage of Shora to nest? It was Lina, one of the sixschoolchildren who first asked the question, and she set the othersto wondering. And sometimes when you begin to wonder, you begin tomake things happen. So the children set out to bring the storksback to Shora. The force of their vision put the whole village towork until at last the dream began to come true.

Written to be read aloud by two voices--sometimes alternating,sometimes simultaneous--here is a collection of irresistible poemsthat celebrate the insect world, from the short life of the mayflyto the love song of the book louse. Funny, sad, loud, and quiet,each of these poems resounds with a booming, boisterous, joyfulnoise. In this remarkable volume of poetry for two voices, Paul Fleischmanverbally re-creates the "Booming/boisterious/joyful noise" ofinsects. The poems resound with the pulse of the cicada and thedrone of the honeybee. Eric Beddows′s vibrant drawings send eachinsect soaring, spinning, or creeping off the page in its ownunique way. A clear and fascinating guide to the insect world--from chrysalidbutterflies to whirligig beetles-- and an exultant celebration oflife.

A Newbery Honor Winner. An ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book. A Bankstreet Best Book of the Year. A BookPage Best Children's Book. For fans of To Kill a Mockingbird, The King's Speech, and The Help. A boy who stutters comes-of-age in the segregated South, during the summer that changes his life. An 11-year-old boy living in Memphis in 1959 throws the meanest fastball in town, but talking is a whole different ball game. He can barely say a word without stuttering, not even his own name. So when he takes over his best friend's paper route for the month of July, he knows he'll be forced to communicate with the different customers, including a housewife who drinks too much and a retired merchant marine who seems to know just about everything. The paper route poses challenges, but it's a run-in with the neighborhood junkman, a bully and thief, that stirs up real trouble--and puts the boy's life, as well as that of his family's devoted housekeeper, in danger. "[Vawter

A delightful and distinguished book of seven tales from middleEuropean folklore by the winner of the 1978 Nobel Prize forLiterature.