Discusses the geography, history, industries, and famous citizens of the "Treasure State." With many color photos, this introduction to Montana includes material on people, industries, & principal cities.
Antoinette and the Story of the Invisible Giraffes
by Alison McGregor
The Legend of Capitán Calavera (Santiago of the Seas) (Pictureback(r))
by Melissa Lagonegro
Set sail for adventure with Santiago and his pirate crew from Nickelodeon's new animated show Santiago of the Seas in this full-color storybook with a card game! A day at the beach becomes magical when Santiago from Nickelodeon's Santiago of the Seas discovers the lost treasure of the legendary Capitán Calavera. It turns him and his friends Tomás and Lorelai into the new Pirate Protectors of their home, Isla Encanto-but can they protect the treasure from selfish pirate Bonnie Bones? Children ag...
Better Than Picture Perfect (Sharp Sisters, #2)
by Stephanie Perry Moore
Seventeen-year-old aspiring photographer Ansli Sharp, the adopted daughter of a mayoral candidate, learns that her boyfriend is one of the twenty homeless students in her school and decides to reach out to them.
Oxford Children's Myths and Legends bring you the greatest stories ever told, from around the world and long ago. Heroes and villains, witches and wizards, warriors and royalty - there's something here for everyone. This lively collection brings to life the very best English traditional fairy-tales and stories. From Johnny Gloke the giant killer and the frog prince at the World's End, to the better-known characters of Dick Whittington and Tom Thumb, this magical collection is full of adventure a...
Join Poetino Piccolino as he rescues his amici (friends) in Rome. Meet the feroce leone (ferocious lion). Run and play in the Coliseum and Forum ; enjoy the Fontana di Trevi (Fountain of Trevi), gelato (ice cream) and biscotti (cookies). Discover how Poetino Piccolino saves the day and becomes the best topolino (little mouse) ever!
In their small town of Monroeville, Alabama, in 1930, misfits Tru and Nelle strike up a friendship and find a mystery to solve when someone breaks into the drugstore and steals some candy and a fancy brooch.
Pinmei's gentle, loving grandmother always has the most exciting tales for her granddaughter and the other villagers. However, the peace is shattered one night when soldiers of the Emperor arrive and kidnap the storyteller.Everyone knows that the Emperor wants something called the Luminous Stone That Lights the Night. Determined to have her grandmother returned, Pinmei embarks on a journey to find the Luminous Stone alongside her friend Yishan, a mysterious boy who seems to have his own secrets...
The Baboon King (Readers Circle (Laurel-Leaf))
by Anton Quintana
An extraordinary experience of life in the wild at the extremes of physical and psychological endurance...The baboons jumped up and down, screeching and gesticulating. Only the king had not yet moved. His silver-grey mane stood out. He pulled back his black lips repeatedly, baring his long yellow teeth, but that was all. Slowly Morengaru began to understand what this meant. He was being challenged - not by the whole group, but by the leader. Morengaru did not fire his deadly arrows at the king...
During the Vietnam War, Captain Anne Donovan's aid station is pinned down by a sniper near the front lines, and the doctor performing a life-threatening surgery is critically wounded. Donovan must take control of not only the operating room, but her emotions as well.
A collection of over sixty stories from around the world about gnomes, dwarfs, leprechauns, fairies and wee folk from Ireland, Russia, Germany, Scotland, Spain, France, Switzerland, England, Flanders and Scandinavia.
A potent, powerful and timely thriller about migrants, drug lords and gang warfare set on the US/Mexican border by PRINTZ MEDAL winning and CARNEGIE MEDAL, COSTA BOOK AWARD and GUARDIAN CHILDREN'S FICTION PRIZE shortlisted novelist, Marcus Sedgwick. Anapra is one of the poorest neighbourhoods in the Mexican city of Juarez. Twenty metres outside of town lies a fence, and beyond it, America - the dangerous goal of many a migrant. Faustino is one of them, trying desperately to escape from the gang...
Anansi the Spider is one of the great folk heroes of the world. He is a rogue, a mischief maker, and a wise, lovable creature who triumphs over larger foes. In this traditional Ashanti tale, Anansi sets out on a long, difficult journey. Threatened by Fish and Falcon, he is saved from terrible fates by his sons. But which of his sons should Anansi reward? Calling upon Nyame, the God of All Things, Anansi solves his predicament in a touching and highly resourceful fashion. In adapting this popular...