Award Winning Books

From the best-selling author of Cosmic and Millions comes an evocative immigration tale about two brothers trying to survive-- a daring story that miraculously defies belief. When two Mongolian brothers inexplicably appear one morning in Julie's sixth grade class, no one, least of all...

In a first-time creative pairing, two of the world's most treasured picture book creators offer a truly delightful book for new-siblings-to-be. When is the new baby coming? What will we call it? What will he do? We don't really need a baby, do we?...

Mysterious and utterly mesmerizing, this graphic-novel-within-a-novel pairs the extraordinary prose of David Almond with the visual genius of Dave McKean. Blue Baker is writing a story -- not all that stuff about wizards and fairies and happily ever after -- a real story, about...

"Another day finished, gracias a Dios." Seventeen-year-old Marisa's mother has been saying this for as long as Marisa can remember. Her parents came to Houston from Mexico. They work hard, and they expect Marisa to help her familia. An ordinary life--marrying a neighborhood guy,...

Marie Bostwick weaves the unforgettable story of four very different women whose paths cross, changing their lives forever... It's a long way from Fort Worth, Texas, to New Bern, Connecticut, yet it only takes a day in the charming Yankee town to make Evelyn...

Winner of the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Health Title If you think yoga is only for skinny young things, you need to think again. To expert Meera Patricia Kerr, yoga can and should be used by everyone--especially plus-size individuals. In her new...

2007 Audie Award Finalist for Classics Originally published in 1926, The Sun Also Rises is Ernest Hemingway's first novel and a classic example of his spare but powerful writing style.​ A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation,...

A richly illustrated reevaluation of Caravaggio from one of today's leading art historians This is a groundbreaking examination of one of the most important artists in the Western tradition by one of the leading art historians and critics of the past half-century. In his...

Hebrew culture experienced a renewal in medieval Spain that produced what is arguably the most powerful body of Jewish poetry written since the Bible. Fusing elements of East and West, Arabic and Hebrew, and the particular and the universal, this verse embodies an extraordinary...

What happens when a very little girl makes a bet with a very LARGE giant?Author: Margaret WilleyPublisher: Atheneum Books for Young ReadersPublished: 09/01/2004Pages: 40Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 8.96h x 10.52w x 0.13dISBN: 9780689870682Audience: Ages 4-8Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 3.8Point Value: 0.5Interest Level: Lower GradeQuiz #/Name:...

Day is done. For Widdle, Waddle, Piddle, Puddle, and Little Quack that means time for B-E-D But there's blinking, hooting, and swaying in the night that's keeping everyone awake Mama wants to know when it will finally be BEDTIME? Find out in this timeless...

Ted Hammond loves a good mystery, and in the spring of his fifth-grade year, he's working on a big one. How can his school in the little town of Plattsford stay open next year if there are going to be only five students? Out...

Do not get to know me. Do not ask me out. Do not love me. Be warned I am Jinx. Jinx doesn't start out as Jinx -- at first she's dull, safe, boring Jen. Jen who always hands her homework in on time, Jen...

His name was Theodore, but he is remembered as Teddy. As a young boy, he was a dreamer and a reader and had a curiosity about life he could never satisfy. As the youngest man to ever be president, he led a nation to...

On her first day of school, who will be her friend? Raise your hand if it's you. You'll meet someone -- and something -- surprising. Author: Jacqui RobbinsPublisher: Atheneum BooksPublished: 07/01/2006Pages: 32Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.10h x 10.10w x 0.50dISBN: 9780689864681Audience: Ages 4-8Accelerated Reader:Reading...

A fancy hat. A hat that's plain. A hat for keeping off the rain. A glowing hat. A hat with fruit. A hat for that new dress or suit. All herein have hats, it's true -- fantastic, magnificent hats Do you? What do Spanish...

The slightly true narrative of how a brave pioneer father brought apples, pears, plums, grapes, and cherries (and children) across the plains. Apples, ho When Papa decides to pull up roots and move from Iowa to Oregon, he can't bear to leave his precious...

What good shall I do today? How Ben Franklin answered that question -- through his work as a writer, printer, statesman, and inventor -- forever established him as one of America's greatest figures. On one day in 1729 he published the first edition of...

Coretta Scott King Award winner A young girl's beloved uncle is a talented barber without a shop who never gives up on his dream in this richly illustrated, stirring picture book. Everyone has a favorite relative. For Sarah Jean, it's her Uncle Jed. Living...

This is Iris. And this is her family: Shorty the Fortune-teller, Mami the Busy, Papi the Clever, Carmen the Beautiful, plus the Wise Old People, Don Joe the Grocer, and, of course, El Exigente, the Dog (who's very good at sleeping). Everyone, especially El...