"English anthropologist Andrew Banson has been alone in the field for several years, studying the Kiona river tribe in the Territory of New Guinea. Haunted by the memory of his brothers' deaths and increasingly frustrated and isolated by his research, Bankson is on the verge of suicide when a chance encounter with colleagues, the controversial Nell Stone and her wry and mercurial Australian husband, Fen, pulls him back from the brink. Nell and Fen...

"Maisy and her friends can't wait to play soccer! Maisy puts on her uniform, laces up her sneakers, and heads to the field. Charlie, Tallulah, and Dotty are on the blue team, while Maisy, Cyril, and Eddie are on the red. Let's play! Soon enough the game heats up, with plenty of action, excitement, and suspense. Who will be the first team to make a goal? Whatever the score, it's all in good fun, and everyone is still the best of friends at the end!"...

On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with almost everyone else, only one white man chooses to stay behind: the eccentric Mr. Watts, object of much curiosity and scorn, who sweeps aout the ruined schoolhouse and begins to read to the children each day from Charles Dickens' classic Great Expectations.

Maisy the mouse and her friends spend a night camping under the stars.

Sam the library mouse and his friend Sarah leave the library and go to a museum so that Sam can make sketches in his explorer's journal. While there, they see different kinds of artwork and make friends with another artist.

One night in the library, Sam meets fellow mouse Sarah. Sam learns that Sarah is quite the explorer. She loves to scurry to the tops of shelves and explore the darkest corners of the building. Sam never climbs far up-he's too afraid! He prefers to research subjects-such as exploration-and write about them. Sarah doesn't know much about writing or research, but could reading and research help her learn more about the places she wishes to visit? Together...

The celebrated author and illustrator brings to life the joys of reading, writing, and sharing in this tale of a boy's discovery of the library mouse. Sam the library mouse loves to write, and the children love his little books, which he leaves on the library shelves for them to find. But no one at the library has ever met him. When Tom can't find a partner for a book-making assignment and finds Sam's secret hole behind the children's reference section,...

Alberto, Wanda y su primo Perico van de viaje al bol del frutas en la Cocina de la Gente. Alberto es pequeñísimo, así que se lleva una fruta pequeñísima. Pero Alberto sueña con llevarse la fruta grandísima que está en la cocina -¡si pueden eludir al gato!

Albert, Wanda, and Cousin Pete are sneaking into the People Kitchen for food. Albert is the smallest mouse, so he gets the smallest bag . . . and the smallest piece of fruit. But Albert dreams of bagging the biggest piece of fruit in the whole kitchen-if only he can avoid the cat! (Math Concept: Comparing Sizes: Big /Small).