Secret on the Thirteenth Floor (Boxcar Children Mysteries, #152)
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Black cats? Broken mirrors? The number thirteen? The owner of the art deco apartment building in nearby Silver City believes in all kinds of superstitions. The Aldens aren't so sure about most of them, but there's one thing they do know: something strange is going on on the thirteenth floor. Are they just coincidences, or is the building manager onto something?
Paddington Here and Now (Paddington Bear, #2008) (Paddington)
by Michael Bond
Paddington - the beloved, classic bear from Darkest Peru - is back in this fantastically funny, long-awaited, brand new illustrated novel from master storyteller Michael Bond! 'I'm not a foreigner,' exclaimed Paddington hotly. 'I'm from Darkest Peru.' Paddington Bear always manages to find himself in tricky situations, sometimes extraordinary situations. Like the time he had a difficult encounter with a policeman or when he found himself in deep water with a newspaper reporte...
When a family goes for a stroll one morning and encounters an adorable little creature with no collar or tag (who just happens to be sitting in the wreckage of an unidentified crash-landed object), they happily adopt the lovable stray. They name him Grub and set about training him, but that works surprisingly... poorly. Taking him for a walk is an unexpected adventure, too. As hard as they try to make Grub feel at home, it’s just not working. Could he already have a family of his own? Maybe he i...
Anne of Green Gables is a bestselling novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery published in 1908. It was written as fiction for readers of all ages, but in recent decades has been considered a children's book. Montgomery found her inspiration for the book on an old piece of paper that she had written at a young age, describing a couple that were mistakenly sent an orphan girl instead of a boy, yet decided to keep her. Montgomery also drew upon her own childhood experiences in rural Prince E...
Cassie Pup Takes the Cake (Cassie's Marvelous Music Lessons, #1) (Cassie Pup Series (2020 B.R.A.G. Medallion Award)), #2)
by Sheri Poe-Pape
The Mysterious Benedict Society (Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)
by Trenton Lee Stewart
ARE YOU A GIFTED CHILD Looking for special opportunities? When this peculiar ad appears in the newspaper, dozens of children enroll to take a series of mysterious, mind-bending tests. (And you, dear listener, can test your wits right alongside them.) But in the end just four very special children will succeed. Their challenge: to go on a secret mission that only the most intelligent and resourceful children could complete. To accomplish it they will have to go undercover at the Learning Institu...
The birth of a child is an occasion for joy, and when Jesus was born the whole world rejoiced. This unique Christmas story lyrically evokes for children the excitement of the day they were born, and the wonder of the miraculous birth at the centre of the Nativity story. Lush illustrations echo the simple poem in a dazzling celebration of birth and of the baby born that very first Christmas.
Based on Lois Duncan's 1971 children's book, Hotel for Dogs, this live-action movie is a comedic adventure that shows how far love and imagination can take you. When 16-year-old Andi and her younger brother, Bruce, find themselves in a foster home with a strict 'no pets' policy, the siblings have to find a new home for their dog, Friday. The kids stumble into an abandoned hotel and begin transforming it into something truly magical: a home for their dog, as well as all the stray dogs in the neig...
This moving picture book about open adoption shares all parents’ wish for a child’s life to be full of love and family. One birth mother is pregnant with a baby and wants to find parents to adopt the child. Eventually she finds two dads who will be just the right parents, because they, too, share her same wishes of love and happiness for the baby. Author Dano Moreno drew from his and his husband's experience with adopting their son to write a gentle, universal story about all the hopes, dreams,...
Across North America, people in four different homes prepare for a special trip to China, while four baby girls in China await their new adoptive parents.
Tangle of Thorns (Tangle of Thorns, #2)
by Ahmed Hassan and Wes Erwin
Gumper's Circle of Love (The Gumper the Rabbit, #2)
by Cherie Okonski