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My Uncle Emily

by Yolen, Jane

In 1881 Amherst, Massachusetts, six-year-old Gilbert finds it both challenging and wonderful to spend time with his aunt, the reclusive poet Emily Dickinson, w...

Scaredy-Cat Catcher (Gym Shorts)

by Hicks, Betty & McCauley, Adam

The latest book in the Gym Shorts series is a grand slam with new readers. Rocky was the best catcher in the league until an out-of-control runner broke his ar...

Teedie

The Story of Young Teddy Roosevelt

by Brown, Don

An introduction to the work and early life of the twentieth-century physicist whose theory of relativity revolutionized scientific thinking.

Mr. Wolf Bounces Back (After Happily Ever After)

by Bradman, Tony

Stories about what happens at the end of the fairytale. Do they really live happily ever after? What does the big bad wolf do when he's fed-up with being, big ...

Pippo the Fool

by Fern, Tracey E. & Estrada, Pau

The Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence was a marvel of art, architecture, and engineering. But it lacked a finishing ornament, a crowna dome! The c...

Calvin Coconut

by Salisbury, Graham

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Trouble Magnet

by Salisbury, Graham

Fourth-grader Calvin lives near the beach in Oahu with his mom and little sister. Mom says: “You’re the man of the house.” But Calvin’s not great at be...

One Giant Leap

by Burleigh, Robert & Wimmer, Mike

The words are instantly recognizable: “That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.” Spoken by Neil Armstrong moments after he became the f...

Ron's big mission

by Naden, Corinne J. & Tate, Don & Blue, Rose

One summer day in 1959, nine-year-old Ron McNair, who dreams of becoming a pilot, walks into the Lake City, South Carolina, public library and insists on check...

Friend or fiend? with the Pain & the Great One

by Blume, Judy & Stevenson, James

First-grader Jake "The Pain" and his sister, third-grader Abigail "The Great One" have more adventures, including visiting their cousins in New York and celebr...