Synopsis: Depicts a variety of baby animals, many with their mothers.

Synopsis: Simple text about animals that live in the sea.

Synopsis: Shocked by the teenage violence she witnessed during the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles, Erin Gruwell became a teacher at a high school rampant with hostility and racial intolerance. For many of these students–whose ranks included substance abusers, gang members, the homeless, and victims of abuse–Gruwell was the first person to treat them with dignity, to believe in their potential and help them see it themselves. Soon, their loyalty towards…

Synopsis: A classic of 20th-century fiction, The Berlin Stories inspired the Broadway musical and Oscar-winning film Cabaret. First published in the 1930s, The Berlin Stories contains two astonishing related novels, The Last of Mr. Norris and Goodbye to Berlin, which are recognized today as classics of modern fiction. Isherwood magnificently captures 1931 Berlin: charming, with its avenues and cafes; marvelously grotesque, with its nightlife and dreamers;…

Synopsis: Describes the cyclical visitations of elephant seals to Ano Nuevo Island in the Pacific Ocean and relates the experiences of a male pup from birth to early adulthood.

Synopsis: On April Fool's Day in 1856, a shape-shifting grifter boards a Mississippi riverboat to expose the pretenses, hypocrisies, and self-delusions of his fellow passengers. The con artist assumes numerous identities — a disabled beggar, a charity fundraiser, a successful businessman, an urbane gentleman — to win over his not-entirely-innocent dupes. The central character's shifting identities, as fluid as the river itself, reflect broader aspects of…

Synopsis: "Negi," as the author's family affectionately calls her, leaves rural Macun in 1961 to live in a three-bedroom tenement apartment with seven siblings, an inquisitive grandmother,…

Synopsis: - Some of the modern world's most devastating disasters are profiled- The reforms and improvements that grew out of these tragedies are explained and put in perspective- Historically accurate, compelling accounts.

Synopsis: Discusses motorcycle choppers, their main features, and how they are built.

Synopsis: Count your way to Christmas with your friends in the Sesame Street gang. This holiday board book is the perfect gift this season! What does a Sesame Street Christmas celebrate? How about: Three French friends, two yummy cookies, a red monster up in a tree! Toddlers will sing and laugh along with this hilarious Sesame Street version of the favorite Christmas carol.

Synopsis: In the jungles of India Mowgli, a human boy, grows up under the protection and tutelage of a pack of wolves, Shere Kan the tiger, Bagheera the panther, Baloo the bear, and others, but must choose one day between humans and his animal family.

Synopsis: Finalist, Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award; Finalist, Texas Institute of Letters 2001 Friends of the Austin Public Library Young Adult Book Award; Named to The New York Public Library's 2002 Books For The Teen Age: Finalist, ForeWord Magazine's "Book of the Year" Young Adult category; and Finalist, Writer's League of Texas' Teddy Children's Book Award.

Synopsis: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • How much do we owe the people we love? Is it a sign of strength or weakness to walk away from someone in need? These questions lie at the heart of Ann Packer’s intimate and emotionally thrilling novel.“Packer knows just how to make a story build: the novel reveals a sure sense of pace and pitch, a brilliant ear for character . . . a searching emotional generosity.” –The New York Times Book ReviewAt the age of twenty-three…

Synopsis: When curious little Penguin finds a lost pinecone in the snow, their friendship grows into something extraordinary!

Synopsis: In the movies, there's Indiana Jones, but in the real world, there was Roy Chapman Andrews. From 1910 to 1930, Andrews led countless expeditions for the American Museum of Natural History, facing such dangers as killer pythons, man-eating wild dogs, marauding bandits, blinding sandstorms and imprisonment by corrupt officials.

Synopsis: The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde, is part of the Barnes…