Miss Hunnicutt is determined to wear her new hat adorned with a live chicken for the Queen's visit despite the disapproval of the other townspeople.

"Zahra loves spending time with Kyle at school, but when her other classmates start teasing her for helping him she starts making choices she regrets"--

"Everyone knows that minnows and sharks can't be friends! Can Nugget and Fang be different?"--

Groundhog wants to please all the animals, but half of them want spring to come quickly and the other half do not--and all of them think he controls the seasons, so what is a poor groundhog to do on Groundhog Day?

A teenager discovers that it's better to be himself. Contains a short autobiography of the author and questions and answers.

Koliwe's life is turned upside down when her father dies and she is sent to Limpopo to live with the mother she thought was dead. She is determined to make her mother pay for abandoning her as a baby. Her new friend Siwela encourages her destructive plan, but will Koliwe get burnt when the fire she starts gets out of control?

Shelby the Cat is not a typical cat. He is kind and caring and looks out for all those who are smaller than he is. He loves to read and tell stories. He makes friends with mice and birds and bugs. This makes the alley cats in the street angry and jealous because Shelby is making them look bad. They try to force Shelby to be like them, but he refuses. Shelby knows who he is and what he wants to be and doesn't let anyone pressure him to be different....

Wander Back to Saskatchewan for a taste of farm auctions, a day at the fair and a "go" at Saskatchewan farm life in the 1940s and '50s. This is the story of Maggie Andersen whose abusive childhood contributes to hopelessness and anxiety. She stops talking when she is nine years old. A life-changing event causes Maggie to understand how important her voice actually is. She realizes she can make a difference. We need each other, and we all have "something...

Selected as one of the New York Times Book Review's Best Books of the Year and honored worldwide, Edgar Allan was an immediate sensation when it was first published. "This is not a novel about prejudice or race relations or brotherhood, or anything too simple. It is about parents and children, young people and older people, about love and failure, loss and discovery, coming to terms with our self and others. Edgar Allan... is a work of Art." Its value...

"En esta tercera historia de la gallina Cocorina, se aborda el tema del acoso escolar. Nuestra protagonista, tan despistada como siempre, pero no menos chispeante e ingeniosa, resolverá el conflicto con la ayuda de un caldero mágico que simboliza la mejor de las actitudes en estos casos: la dialogante. Actitud que, además, ha de servir de modelo a nuestros hijos el día de mañana, fomentando así el respeto, la convivencia y la aceptación de...