On September 28, 1983, the discovery of a previously unknown tale by Wilhelm Grimm was reported on the front page of The New York Times. "After more than 150 years," the Times noted, "Hansel and Gr…
Russell is worried when his pet rabbit and his pet frog return to The Wild, the forest that surrounds the house, and persuades his family to search for them.
My Father's Dragon is a children's novel by Ruth Stiles Gannett about a young boy, Elmer Elevator, who runs away to Wild Island to rescue a baby Dragon. The narrative mode is unusual, in that th…
Charlie has always wanted his own pet and the tiny lizard he and Emma find climbing out of a hole in the road seems ideal. But the strange thing is, no one else can see it and the children suddenly…
The narrator of this story thinks that there’s nothing to do on his little round island, which he shares with a wolf, two cats, three ants, and a bat. But all around him, fantastic events are tak…
This biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton is as spirited as the women's rights pioneer herself. Who says women shouldn't speak in public? And why can't they vote? These are questions Elizabeth Ca…
From DreamWorks, the studio behind the megahit SHREK 2, a movie that proves that it's a jungle out there! What happens when four New York zoo animals-a lion who's used to being the center of att…
Charlotte is looking forward to spending the summer in her new home-she has her own bedroom, a nearby pool, a friendly neighbor, and there's a big block party coming up. Then her little brother sud…
In this third and final installment of the classic My Father's Dragon trilogy, Boris, the baby dragon, is excited to be heading home to Blueland and looks forward to reuniting with his family.