Publisher: HarperCollins
Zucchini is Billy's pet and his best friend. When biologists at the ASPCA think that Zucchini is a rare black-footed ferret, Billy is in a quandary. He loves animals and does everything he can to help the ecology, but realizes that he can't keep an endangered animal as a pet. Can Billy do the right thing and risk losing Zucchini forever?
Award-winning author Cynthia Rylant's best-selling Henry and Mudge books are favorites of children of all ages. Henry and his big dog Mudge are very excited-Valentine's Day is coming! This year, Henry's parents are going to a Sweetheart Dance for Valentine's Day. While they are away, Henry and Mudge will stay across the street with Mrs. Hooper in her big and scary stone house.Show book
While Ming plays outside one summer day, the smell of delicious food fills the air. It is coming from greedy Fu Wang’s house. “What is he up to?” wonders Ming. To his alarm, Fu Wang demands that all the neighbors pay him for the pleasant smells. When the neighbors refuse, the case goes to court. How will the judge rule in this unusual case and will justice be served? Can Fu Wang make money from the neighbors’ sense of smell? A wise judge makes use of another sense to close the case with clever and convincing logic.Show book
The Sports Pages, the third volume in Jon Scieszka's Guys Read Library of Great Reading, features ten short stories guaranteed to put you in the ring, under the basket, and right behind home plate. From fiction to nonfiction, from baseball to mixed martial arts and everything in between, these are a collection of stories about the rush of victory and the crush of defeat on and off the field. Authors include Dustin Brown, James Brown, Joseph Bruchac, Chris Crutcher, Tim Green, Dan Gutman, Gordon Korman, Chris Rylander, Anne Ursu, and Jacqueline Woodson, with illustrations by Dan Santat.Show book
Presents an illustrated version of the traditional song along with some discussion of its folk origins. Includes music and words to seven verses.Show book
A National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Walter Dean Myers is also a three-time National Book Award finalist and the recipient of the Michael L. Printz Award. In All the Right Stuff, Paul DuPree is spending the summer working at a Harlem soup kitchen. There, Elijah the soup man tries to teach Paul about life- but Paul's more interested in hanging out with Keisha, a teen mom who shares his love of basketball. Before long, Paul realizes this summer is about more than just getting by- it's about taking charge of his life.Show book
