Geography & Cultures

Meet the most heroic chickens in town! On Monday, Farmer Greenstalk dropped his watch down the well. . . . On Tuesday, Mrs. Greenstalk was too tired to ...

Pepper Is Sad About Moving From Baltimore To New York City, Until He Meets A Neighbor Who Thinks The Biggest City Anywhere Is Also The Best City When You're...

“Young women looking for inspiration will surely find it” (Booklist) in these profiles of forty-six movers and shakers who made their mark before they ...

Charlie And His Family Are About To Embark On Another Trip, To Another Out-of-the-way Place Off The Beaten Path. This Time They Are Heading To An Island In ...

What is just around the corner?ImaginationDelightLaughterAmazementFunSee for yourself!Categories: Literature & Fiction United StatesPoetry

Examines The Land, People, And History Of China And Discusses Its Current State Of Affairs And Place In The World.Categories: Children's Books Geography &am...

As Everything In The House Winds Down, Daddy Carries A Sleepy Child To Bed.Categories: Children's Books Geography & Cultures Where We LiveHouse & Ho...

Ella Fitzgerald began her life as a singer on the stage of the Apollo Theater when she was just seventeen years old. Her rich voice and vocal innovations br...

This Year, Juice Faulstich Is Back Again In Miss Hamble's Third Grade Class. Letters And Numbers Still Don't Make Sense To Her. But When An Important Lette...

A Young Girl Watches As The Activities Across The Street From Her Bus Stop Become A Circus.Categories: Children's Books Activities, Crafts & GamesActivi...

Melvin’s trip to the big city is not turning out as he hoped. Instead of hot-dogs, baseball and tall buildings, his Aunt Rose drags him to the opera, mus...

Charlie can’t wait for school to be over. But he’s wondering what particular vacation ordeal his parents have lined up for the family this summer. Canoe...

Helping in the opening of a new dance studio, Ernestine and Amanda are on the case when the studio is vandalized and consider putting aside their difference...

Internationally recognized artist Barbara Reid reveals her secrets for turning lumps of modeling clay into fun, fantastic pictures and characters of all kin...

These are no ordinary princesses--they're Rescue Princesses!Princess Emily sometimes wishes that being a princess meant more than wearing fancy dresses and ...

An original novel based on the award-winning (2 Emmys) Netflix show! The riders of Bright Fields Stables are playing a game of Truth or Dare – or rather,...

Inuit author Michael Kusugak (A Promise is a Promise, Baseball Bats for Christmas) again demonstrates that he is a masterful writer. A mythological figure ...

Children will leap through the pages of this fascinating guide to frogs, tadpoles and other amazing amphibians. This National Audubon Society reference is ...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic poem, Evangeline, tells the story of two young people deported from beautiful Acadie just before they are to be married a...

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Princess Sofia Enjoys Her Busy Day At Royal Prep Academy Where She Takes Classes In Etiquette, Dancing, Art, And Music.Categories: Children's Books Activiti...

Different Aspects Of Princess Sofia's Life Are Represented With Each Letter Of The Alphabet, From Her Amulet Of Avalor To Prince Khalid Of Khaldoun And Prof...

"This delightful book will inspire children to write their own declarations of independence complete with ‘alien’ rights and the ‘purse’ of happine...

who Knew That Fear Could Be So Much Fun? With Wacky Humor And Childlike Curiosity, Jeff Szpirglas Explores What People Are Afraid Of And Why, And What Fea...

yearning For Freedom And Schooling For Himself And The Other Children Who Toil In A Carpet Factory In Pakistan To Repay Loans From The Factory Owner To The...

Eight-year-old Margaret Pokiak has set her sights on learning to read, even though it means leaving her village in the high Arctic. Faced with unceasing pre...

In this book, simple text and full-color photographs describe the fascinating life of Carey Price! Carey is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender who plays for t...

Unlike some handicrafts, crocheting doesn't take weeks or months — in fact, some projects can be completed in just a few hours! By following the illustrat...

Blue sea and red oil; green fields and GreenGables; potatoes and lobster; the CharlottetownConference and the Confederation Bridge: thereis so much to learn...

Even though Valli spends her days picking coal and fighting with her cousins, life in the coal town of Jharia, India, is the only life she knows. She’s fi...

Join Thea Stilton And The Thea Sisters On An Adventure Packed With Mystery And Friendship! The Thea Sisters Are Off To Save The Rainforest In Malaysia.Categ...

Anna Hibiscus lives in amazing Africa with her mother, her father, her baby twin brothers, and lots and lots of her family. Join her as she splashes in the ...

"A political heist page-turner set in middle school? Is that even possible? Varian Johnson shows us how it's done." - Gordon Korman, author of SWINDLE "Do y...

eleven-year-old Isabelle Is A Lacemaker In The Town Of Versailles. one Day As She Delivers Lace To The Palace, She Is Almost Trampled By A Crowd Of Court...

This Paperback Edition Features Extra Content Including Deleted Scenes From Book One, A Chat With Soman Chainani, And A Sneak Peek At The School For Good An...

The #1 bestselling Laugh-Out-Loud Jokes for Kids series reaches hilarious new heights with jokes, puns, and gut-busting gags for every adventure. Rob Ellio...

on A Cold, Clear Winter Night In Newfoundland, Granny Frets That Christmas Just Isn't The Same Without The Mummers. Questioned By Her Two Young Charges, S...

Examines the clothes and accessories worn by 19th century men, women, and children in North AmericaCategories: Children's Books Geography & Cultures Cul...

A heartwarming story about learning to love cats (and friends) of all stripes!When Natalia Flores finds a lost cat with a litter of newborn kittens, she is ...

Describes life in colonial times, including family life, education, religion, transportation, leisure activities, and childhoodCategories: Children's Books ...

Describes crafts made by early settlers, including quilts, candles, clothing, soap, and leather goods.Categories: Children's Books Geography & Cultures ...

An American sailor courts a young Japanese woman and each tries, in secret, to learn the other's way of eating. An American sailor...

Little Antoinette is on an adventure of a lifetime to Africa. Lions and elephants are jolly to see but where could all the giraffes be? Will she see her fav...

a Best Friend. A Lost Tooth. A First Day Of School. These Moments Are Milestones Of Childhood That All Boys And Girls Experience. Every Child. Everywhere.l...

A Mother Visiting Paris Brings Back To Her Daughter All Her Best Memories, Of The Beautiful Fountains, The Sparkling Seine, Parks Like Paintings, And Painti...

Today Is Princess Magnolia's Birthday Party, And She Wants Everything To Be Perfect. But Just As Her Guests Are Arriving ... Brring! Brring! The Monster Ala...

Explore the world with Princess Truly!Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are lea...

Recounting a Jewish child's experience of Christmas in the 1950s, an eloquent story speaks of what it is like to be a minority in a dominant culture and eve...