Synopsis: Alicia Receives Greetings From Her Hispanic Neighborhood As She Walks To Her Birthday Party.

Synopsis: The tooth fairy performs her duties over the course of a night.

Synopsis: "Find out how Florida grew from a state with a tiny population to a place where people from all over the world come to live, work, and enjoy the warm climate and beautiful scenery"--Page 4 of cover.

Synopsis: Grade 1–3—As in Punctuation Takes a Vacation (2003) and Nouns and Verbs Have a Field Day (2006, both Holiday House), Pulver and Rowe tackle another grammar lesson with humorous examples and whimsical illustrations. The students in Mr. Wright's class have decided that they have had enough of silent letters; they can't be heard and they make spelling too tough. After listening to their complaints, their teacher urges them to email the local…

Synopsis: New York Times bestselling author-artist Rob Scotton is back with another story about Splat the Cat, and this time your favorite frazzled cat is running for office.Splat is thrilled to be elected student-body president, until he discovers not everyone likes his plans. So he thinks big. Real big. So big that pretty soon he’s making promises he cannot keep. Can Splat please everyone and also make a difference?Read about Splat’s biggest role yet in…

Synopsis: What better way to fancy Mom up for her birthday than to treat her to a super-deluxe beauty day created by Fancy Nancy herself? It's a pampering paradise, and right in the backyard! With relaxing music, fragrant lotions, colorful nail polish, and foamy mousse, Nancy gives her mom a total makeover. She even treats her to sumptuous refreshments and special entertainment. But when the pampering suddenly goes too far, has Nancy ruined her mom's big…

Synopsis: 8" x 11"

Synopsis: Clayton Feels Most Alive When He's With His Grandfather, Cool Papa Byrd, And The Band Of Bluesmen -- He Can't Wait To Join Them, Just As Soon As He Has A Blues Song Of His Own. But Then The Unthinkable Happens. Cool Papa Byrd Dies, And Clayton's Mother Forbids Clayton From Playing The Blues. And Clayton Knows That's No Way To Live. Armed With His Grandfather's Brown Porkpie Hat And His Harmonica, He Runs Away From Home In Search Of The Bluesmen…

Synopsis: Donovan Curtis has never been what anyone would call "gifted." But his genius friend Noah Youkilis is actually supergifted, with one of the highest IQs around. After years at the Academy for Scholastic Distinction, all Noah dreams of is the opportunity to fail if he wants to. And he's landed in the perfect place to do it--Donovan's school. Almost immediately, Noah finds himself on the wrong side of cheerleading captain Megan Mercury and alpha…

Synopsis: The first book in a funny, heartfelt, and irresistible young middle grade series starring an unforgettable young boy on the autism spectrum, from acclaimed author Elana K. Arnold and with illustrations by Charles Santoso.For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), life tends to be full of surprises—some of them good, some not so good. Today, though, is a good-surprise day. Bat’s mom, a veterinarian, has brought home a baby skunk, which she needs to…

Synopsis: Key Features Description Samuel, 13, spends his days in the forest, hunting for food for his family. He has grown up on the frontier of a British colony, America. Far from any town, or news of the war against the King that American patriots have begun near Boston. But the war comes to them. British soldiers and Iroquois attack. Samuel's parents are taken away, prisoners. Samuel follows, hiding, moving silently, determined to find a way to rescue…

Synopsis: With the help of his instrument-playing friends, Farmer Joe has his hens clucking, his pigs dancing, and his cows mooing to a country music show.

Synopsis: Pearl collects everything. When she loses her first tooth, she wants to start a tooth collection and doesn't want the tooth fairy to take the tooth.

Synopsis: Uses rhyming text to introduce young children to everyday manners in a story featuring the adventures of four busy children.

Synopsis: Follows the story of a single tree through the changing of the seasons from fall to winter, as people, animals, and vehicles pass in front of the tree, celebrating holidays, playing in the leaves, and building nests. Includes blended words.