Stories in Verse

Celebrate the little moments that make each month special in this Caldecott Honor book, featuring twelve poems about a family and the turn of the seasons. From the short, frozen days of January, through the light of summer, to the first snowflakes of December, Updike's poems rejoices in the familiar, wondrous qualities that make each part of the year unique.

When Lonnie was seven years old, his parents died in a fire. Now he's eleven, and he still misses them terribly. And he misses his little sister, Lili, who was put into a different foster home because "not a lot of people want boys-not foster boys that ain't babies." But Lonnie hasn't given up...

I Love You Like a River features music and special effects. Listen along and enjoy the fun! Love's all around us, as wide as the wind in this wonderful world that we find ourselves in. Run though the grass...feel the love in your toes! Smell a gardenia...the love in your nose! It's there...

Emric’s favourite sleep companion is a stuffed animal called “Moose,” and it’s on the loose! He cannot sleep without it! Follow Emric, Gramma, and Dad as they try to find out where Moose is hiding.

Anna-Jane couldn’t wait for camp. But when the outside world goes dark, she and her friends soon realize they’re in for the adventure of their lives this summer—and maybe even beyond. "A nail-biter of a survival story." -Megan E. Freeman, New York Times bestselling author of Alone and Away...