Enthralled by her grandmother's story of seeing and hearingwhales singing in the sea long ago, Lilly hopes to see them herselfand to hear their mysterious songs.

This is the third heartwarming book about red-haired AnneShirley. As her childhood friends get married and move away, Annetoo leaves Prince Edward Island for college in Kingsport. AlthoughPriscilla Grant and Gilbert Blythe are there, too, she feels lonelyand out of place. But Anne soon makes new friends, one of whom isrich, handsome Roy Gardner, whose attentions to Anne make Gilbertvery jealous.

The course of true love never did run smooth...A magicalretelling of Hermia, Helen, Demetrius and Lysander's classic story- and of the impish fairy Puck, who meddles in their tangled web oflove with hilarious consequences...With notes on Shakespeare andthe Globe Theatre, and Love and Magic in A Midsummer Night'sDream.

When Bessie Coleman was a child, she wanted to be in school --not in the cotton fields of Texas, helping her family earn money.She wanted to be somebody significant in the world. So Bessie dideverything she could to learn under the most challenging ofcircumstances. At the end of every day in the fields she checkedthe foreman's numbers -- made sure his math was correct. And thiswas just the beginning of a life of hard work and dedication thatreally paid off: Bessie became the first African-American to earn apilot's license. She was "somebody."

Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch ofits children's classic novels (240,000 books in print todate),comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts . The stories areabridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats theworld's beloved tales (and children) with the respect theydeserve--all at an incomparable price. Pirates, buried treasure, and action aplenty--that's what'sserved up in this fine story, mates, and kids will eat it up. AfterJim Hawkins finds the map to a mysterious treasure, he sets sail insearch of the fortune. Little does he realize he's boarded a pirateship, and that surprises and danger await him...including a meetingwith the inforgettable Long John Silver

How do volcanoes erupt? What is lava and what happens when itcools? Where are the worldOs biggest volcanoes? Just stay cool--andlet Volcano Vulcan, Dragon Explorer, take you around thehot-spots!

“We said there was no home like a raft. Other places doseem so cramped up and smothery…but you feel mighty free and easyand comfortable on a raft.” Sail down the Mississippi with HuckFinn and the runaway slave, Jim. Twain’s beloved tale, with itsfolksy language, creates an indelible image of antebellum Americawith its sleepy river towns, con men, family feuds, and colorfulcharacters.

Winner of the 2013 Newbery Medal and a #1 New York Times bestseller, this stirring and unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Applegate celebrates the transformative power of unexpected friendship. Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this illustrated novel is told from the point of view of Ivan himself. Having spent twenty-seven years behind the glass walls of his enclosure in a shopping mall, Ivan has grown accustomed to humans watching him. He hardly ever thinks about his life in the jungle. Instead, Ivan occupies himself with television, his friends Stella and Bob, and painting. But when he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from the wild, he is forced to see their home, and his art, through new eyes. In the tradition of timeless stories like Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, Katherine Applegate blends humor and poignancy to create an unforgettable story of friendship, art, and hope. This paperback edition includes an author's note highlighting th

When Nicki loses the mitten that his grandmother had knitted for him, the woodland animals find it and crawl inside, each one larger than the last, but as the mitten stretches and grows, grandmother's knitting holds fast, until a tiny mouse proves to be too much.

“Some pig.” These are the words in Charlotte’s web, high inthe barn. Her spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pignamed Wilbur, as well as the feelings of a little girl namedFern...who loves Wilbur, too. Their love has been shared bymillions of reade

6年级的米兰达和她好的朋友萨尔，他们知道如何在纽约市中游荡。他们知道哪儿是安全的，比如当地的杂货店，他们也知道哪儿是危险的，要避开，比如角落里的那个疯子。 但是，事情开始发生变化了。一天，萨尔在街角不知何故被一个孩子打了，从此以后，萨尔就拒绝米兰达再出现在他的生活中。米兰达妈妈公寓的紧急备用钥匙被偷，一个神秘的纸条随之而来，上面写着： 我来拯救你朋友的生命，和我自己的。 我要你帮两个忙。：你必须给我写一封信。 纸不断地来，米兰达慢慢意识到留这张纸条的人一定知道一个不为人知的秘密。她越来越相信只有她能避免悲剧的死亡。直到后一个纸条，她才觉得她太迟了。 这部伟大的小说发生在真实的世界里，但是却在心底保留着一个神奇的谜题。《当你到达我》是一个原创的、夺目的、和深刻的作品。