Feeling ignored by her parents who foster dozens of children, Andrea wants nothing more than to switch places with the perfect Joules Adams, who is dating Andrea's crush, but when she finally gets the chance it is more than Andrea bargains for.
A sweetly offbeat adoption story ... Boris is a normal kid: he goes to school and rides his bike and climbs trees, just like all the other children. It doesn't matter that he has scales and gills, or that his parents found him in a swamp when he was just a baby. But one day Boris catches the scent of his old home, and suddenly he's not quite sure where he belongs. He journeys to the swamp, filled with questions, and eventually discovers the only answer he needs.
Blessing Baby and the Heart as Big as the Sky
by Jennifer Czarnota
Once again blending multiple story strands that transcend time and place, Grasshopper Jungle author Andrew Smith tells the story of 15-year-old Ariel, a refugee from the Middle East who is the sole survivor of an attack on his small village. Now living with an adoptive family in Sunday, West Virginia, Ariel's story of his summer at a boys' camp for tech detox is juxtaposed against those of a schizophrenic bomber and the diaries of a failed arctic expedition from the late nineteenth century. Oh,...
Fans of photographic picture books like William Wegman's and Naptime with Theo and Beau will love this adorable look into the friendship of a little girl and her pet piglet-now available as a board book, with chunky pages just right for toddlers! Follow the charming real-life adventures of two unlikely pals in Lindsey Bonnice's Libby and Pearl. Lindsey created an Instagram feed of her adopted daughter, Libby, and their family pig, Pearl-and the photos immediately went viral. They were covered on...
This story of a woman who travels to China to adopt a baby girl, based on the author's own experiences, is a celebration of the love and joy a baby brings into the home. Full color.
Our pets are special animals that form a part of our lives. They deserve all of our love and respect. But unfortunately, the number of animals who are abandoned and mistreated continues to grow. "Chocolate's dream" is the tale of a little dog who is looking for a home. This is a story to help make children and adults aware of the need to respect our pets, and to be responsible and care for animals that give us all of their unconditional love and loyalty. Lexile Level 860L Guided Reading Level...
I Love how we don't even need to say it out loud that I'm your favorite stepchild
by Booki Nova