Collection: Children

A New York Times Bestseller

In this third book in New York Times bestselling, Newbery Honor-winning author Shannon Hale's Princess Academy series, Miri goes from student . . . to teacher!

Miri has spent a year at the palace, learning all about being a proper princess. But before she can return to her beloved Mount Eskel, the king has a task for her: Miri must travel to a distant swamp to start a princess academy for three sisters, cousins of the royal family. Unfortunately, Astrid, Felissa, and Sus are more interested in hunting and fishing than royal rules.

As Miri spends more time with the girls, she realizes the king and queen's interest in them hides a long-buried secret. Relying on her own strength and intelligence, Miri must unravel the mystery while protecting the sisters--and maybe then she can finally make her way home.

Don't miss the other books in the Princess Academy trilogy!
Princess Academy
Princess Academy: Palace of Stone
Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters

Should a girl have to choose between a passion for fashion and prospecting for fossils? Not in 40 billion years!

The iconic #1 New York Times bestselling chapter book series that "makes reading fun" (Dav Pilkey, author of Dog Man), with over 80 million copies sold--now available in this complete collection of all 28 books in the series! The perfect gift for Junie B. fans of all ages!

Laugh yourself silly with Junie B. Jones in this complete collection of all 28 paperback chapter books in the hilarious bestselling series! With this fun boxed set, readers can store the entire Junie B. collection in their very own Stupid Smelly Bus! It's the perfect gift for birthdays, kindergarten and first grade graduation, holidays, and more!

This boxed set includes:
#1: Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus
#2: Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business
#3: Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth
#4: Junie B. Jones and Some Sneaky Peeky Spying
#5: Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake
#6: Junie B. Jones and That Meanie Jim's Birthday
#7: Junie B. Jones Loves Handsome Warren
#8: Junie B. Jones Has a Monster Under Her Bed
#9: Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook
#10: Junie B. Jones Is a Party Animal
#11: Junie B. Jones Is a Beauty Shop Guy
#12: Junie B. Jones Smells Something Fishy
#13: Junie B. Jones Is (Almost) a Flower Girl
#14: Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentine
#15: Junie B. Jones Has a Peep in her Pocket
#16: Junie B. Jones Is Captain Field Day
#17: Junie B. Jones Is a Graduation Girl
#18: Junie B. Jones: First Grader (at last!)
#19: Junie B. Jones: Boss of Lunch
#20: Junie B. Jones: Toothless Wonder
#21: Junie B. Jones: Cheater Pants
#22: Junie B. Jones: One-Man Band
#23: Junie B. Jones: Shipwrecked
#24: Junie B. Jones: Boo... And I Mean It!
#25: Junie B. Jones: Jingle Bells, Batman Smells (P.S. So Does May)
#26: Junie B. Jones: Aloha-ha-ha!
#27: Junie B. Jones: Dumb Bunny
#28: Junie B., First Grader: Turkeys We Have Loved and Eaten (And Other Thankful Stuff)

Awesome adventures inspired by the best-selling new Pokémon Sun & Moon video games set in the tropical Alola Region!

Sun dreams of money. Moon dreams of scientific discoveries. When their paths cross with Team Skull, both their plans go awry...

Will Sun ever learn to master the Z-Move? Several obstacles stand in his way! Trial Captain Kiawe might be able to teach him, but first Sun and Moon have to rescue Kiawe from a Team Skull attack. Then Sun has to get his hands on a Z-Ring. And if he manages all that, he still has to prove his mettle to Island Guardian Tapu Lele!

And will Sun deliver his special order of berries?

Join Nate as he befriends the Yo-kai of the hit video game Yo-kai Watch!

Nate Adams is just an average kid until the mysterious Whisper gives him the Yo-kai Watch. Now he can see what others cannot: Yo-kai of all shapes and forms!

Nate Adams is just an average kid until the mysterious Whisper gives him the Yo-kai Watch. Now he can see what others cannot: Yo-kai of all shapes and forms!

Help 3rd graders meet core standards with this collection of quick and engaging reproducible practice pages that reinforce important writing skills. Students identify and write different types of sentences, distinguish between fact and opinion, sequence events in a story, check capitalization, spelling, and punctuation, and so much more! Perfect for independent practice or homework.

Just in time for her 60th anniversary, Eloise fans are sure to adore this Ready-to-Read boxed set that includes six beloved stories!

Ever since Eloise burst onto the scene at the Plaza Hotel in 1955, fans young and old have been charmed by her many heartwarming and hilarious adventures. Now young readers can take home Eloise's touching and time-honored adventures like never before! This beautiful carry-along boxed set is filled with six favorite Ready-to-Read tales including Eloise Breaks Some Eggs, Eloise Has a Lesson, Eloise at the Wedding, Eloise and the Very Secret Room, Eloise and the Snowman, and Eloise's New Bonnet.

The Gift Is in the Making retells previously published Anishinaabeg stories, bringing to life Anishinaabeg values and teachings for a new generation. Readers are immersed in a world where all genders are respected, the tiniest being has influence in the world, and unconditional love binds families and communities to each other and to their homeland. Sprinkled with gentle humour and the Anishinaabe language, this collection of stories speaks to children and adults alike, and reminds us of the timelessness of stories that touch the heart.

Also available as an audiobook narrated by Tiffany Ayalik. Find it through your favourite audio retailer!

"An unforgettable historical, high-octane adventure." -- Dav Pilkey, author-illustrator of the Dog Man series

It's 1863 and dinosaurs roam the streets of New York as the Civil War rages between raptor-mounted armies down South. Magdalys Roca and her friends from the Colored Orphan Asylum are on a field trip when the Draft Riots break out, and a number of their fellow orphans are kidnapped by an evil magistrate, Richard Riker.Magdalys and her friends flee to Brooklyn and settle in the Dactyl Hill neighborhood, where black and brown New Yorkers have set up an independent community -- a safe haven from the threats of Manhattan. Together with the Vigilance Committee, they train to fly on dactylback, discover new friends and amazing dinosaurs, and plot to take down Riker. Can Magdalys and the squad rescue the rest of their friends before it's too late?

This volume contains books 9 to 12 - two unmissable two-parters that represent a turning point in the story of our agents, and which are widely considered by critics and readers alike to be the pinnacle of the series. Characterised by a return to 20th century Earth, these two stories are suffused with incredible melancholy and poetic charm, and force Valerian, the action man, to face his limitations. As the real date neared 1986, final year of our world according to the authors, Pierre Christin reconciled fiction and reality with consummate skill and daring, sweeping aside the status quo and sending his heroes down a completely new path. This book is introduced by several articles of the recently departed Stan Barets.

In their third uproarious oral history, the Tapper Twins take their sibling feud to the political stage as they race to become class president!

Told as a series of interviews, screenshots, text messages, and social media bursts, The Tapper Twins Run For President tops the antics of the real 2016 elections! Claudia Tapper wants to become President of the United States someday. She's the sixth grade class president, and has every reason to presume she'll get reelected. Reese Tapper could not care less about student government--until he learns becoming class president is his best shot at overturning a hated new rule. And thus, the greatest political rivalry in Culvert Prep history is born! In a tangle of evil-genius advisers, meddlesome best-friends, negative campaign attacks and outrageously funny missteps, Claudia and Reese duke it out to see who will rule the school.

Behold the power of women! These are the inspirational real-life stories of female superstar athletes Serena and Venus Williams, Simone Biles, Carli Lloyd, and more -- role models all. For sports fans, aspiring athletes and readers of sports biographies.

Growing up in a crime-plagued, gang-infested neighborhood, Venus and Serena Williams were led to believe their environment was not a place where dreams could come true. It took a relentless determination, a burning desire to be the best, and a willingness to conquer racial barriers for them to emerge as tennis legends. Simone Biles was raised by a single mother with addiction issues, forcing her grandparents to intervene. But Simone soon discovered balance beams and gymnastics mats, setting her on a path toward Olympic greatness. Carli Lloyd, meanwhile, believed her youth soccer career was really starting to take off, only to be cut from her team. Instead of quitting the sport she loved, Carli rebuilt her confidence from the ground up, ultimately becoming one of the leaders on the World Cup Champion US Women's Soccer team.

The athletes featured in this book met earth-shaking challenges head on, and through hard work and perseverance, went on to conquer the sports world. This collection of mini biographies, complete with first-hand content drawn from interviews, is a source of inspiration and self-empowerment for kids and sports fans of all ages.

Also included in the book: Wilma Rudolph (track and field), Mo'ne Davis (Little League baseball), Swin Cash (basketball), Elena Delle Donne (basketball), Bethany Hamilton (surfing), Ronda Rousey (mixed martial arts), and Kerri Strug (gymnastics).

Praise for Rising Above: Inspiring Women in Sports

"An inspiring, empowering collection of true stories of perseverance and resolve." --Kirkus Reviews

"This is a good choice for libraries where biographies about current newsmakers are in demand." --School Library Connection

"What will inspire athletes of any ability or gender is how these women turned to help when needed and learned to accept themselves inside and out." --Booklist

"A varied and inspiring collection of sports biographies." --School Library Journal

Jack was eleven when the berserkers loomed out of the fog and nabbed him. "It seems that things are stirring across the water," the Bard had warned. "Ships are being built, swords are being forged."
"Is that bad?" Jack had asked, for his Saxon village had never before seen berserkers.
"Of course. People don't make ships and swords unless they intend to use them."
The year is A.D. 793. In the next months, Jack and his little sister, Lucy, are enslaved by Olaf One-Brow and his fierce young shipmate, Thorgil. With a crow named Bold Heart for mysterious company, they are swept up into an adventure-quest that follows in the spirit of The Lord of the Rings.
Other threats include a willful mother Dragon, a giant spider, and a troll-boar with a surprising personality -- to say nothing of Ivar the Boneless and his wife, Queen Frith, a shape-shifting half-troll, and several eight foot tall, orange-haired, full-time trolls. But in stories by award-winner Nancy Farmer, appearances do deceive. She has never told a richer, funnier tale, nor offered more timeless encouragement to young seekers than "Just say no to pillaging."

A new generation of children love Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, inspired by the classic series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood!

Daniel Tiger feels left out when his friends have a play date without him in this Pre-level 1 Ready-to-Read story based on a popular episode of Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood!

Daniel and Dad are on their way home from the neighborhood grocery store when they run into Daniel's friends, O the Owl and Katerina Kittycat, who have been playing together all day. Daniel wants to play too, but he has to go home for dinner. He feels left out because they are playing without him. Can Mom and Dad Tiger help Daniel feel better?

This relatable story includes tips at the end for how to help your little one if they ever feel left out!

(c) 2015 The Fred Rogers Company

Fancy Nancy's little sister, JoJo, stars in her My First I Can Read debut!

From bestselling author-illustrator team Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser comes JoJo, Fancy Nancy's little sister. JoJo adores making messes, but when her pillow fight gets too messy, Daddy is unhappy. After everything is cleaned up, JoJo thinks of the perfect gift for Daddy...it's the best mess of all!

Beginning readers will love joining JoJo in this My First I Can Read adventure--the perfect stepping stone to the Level 1 Fancy Nancy readers.

New York Times-bestselling team Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton invite readers to come hang out with them in their 91-Story Treehouse--the seventh book in the illustrated chapter book series filled with Andy and Terry's signature slapstick humor!

Andy and Terry live in a 91-story treehouse. (It used to be a 78-story treehouse, but they keep getting ideas for new stories!) It has a submarine sandwich shop that serves sandwiches the size of actual submarines, an air-traffic control tower, a human pinball machine, a spin-and-win prize wheel, a giant spider web--with a giant spider!-- and a big red button, which they're not sure whether to push or not because they can't remember what it does.

Good thing there's so many fun things to do in the treehouse, because Andy and Terry get stuck babysitting Mr. Big Nose's three grandchildren for the day.

After all, how much trouble could they possibly get into in just one day?

Praise for Andy Griffiths and the Treehouse series:

"Anarchic absurdity at its best. . . . Denton's manic cartooning captures every twist and turn in hilarious detail." --Publishers Weekly, starred review, on The 13-Story Treehouse

"Will appeal to fans of Jeff Kinney and Dav Pilkey. . . . The wonderfully random slapstick humor is tailor-made for reluctant readers. . . . A treat for all." --Booklist on The 13-Story Treehouse

"Twice the treehouse, twice the fun? You bet. . . . Denton's furiously scrawled line drawings milk the silly, gross-out gags for everything they're worth. Kids should be flipping pages faster than a pair of inflatable underpants can skyrocket the young heroes to safety." --Publishers Weekly, starred review, on The 26-Story Treehouse

Read the whole series!
The 13-Story Treehouse
The 26-Story Treehouse
The 39-Story Treehouse
The 52-Story Treehouse
The 65-Story Treehouse
The 78-Story Treehouse
The 91-Story Treehouse
The 104-Story Treehouse
The 117-Story Treehouse
The 130-Story Treehouse
The 143-Story Treehouse
The 156-Story Treehouse
The 169-Story Treehouse

Also by Andy Griffiths
The Treehouse Fun Book
The Treehouse Joke Book
Tales from the Treehouse
Adventures Unlimited: You and Me and the Land of Lost Things