Jasper Rabbit loves carrots—especially Crackenhopper Field carrots. He eats them on the way to school. He eats them going to Little League. He eats them walking home. Until the day the carrots start following him...or are they?
When hard times hit Swallow Falls, its townspeople can only afford to eat sardines. Flint Lockwood, a failed inventor, thinks he has the answer to the town's crisis. He builds a machine that converts water into food, and becomes a local hero when tasty treats fall from the sky like rain. But when the machine spins out of control and threatens to bury the whole world under giant mounds of food, Flint finds he may have bitten off more than he can chew.
Mowgli, an abandoned child raised by wolves, has his peaceful existence threatened by the return of a man-eating tiger. Facing certain death, Mowgli must overcome his reluctance to leave his wolf family and return to the "man village." But he is not alone on his quest: He has Bagheera the panther, and the carefree bear Balloo, as he braves the jungle's many challenges.
In a moving picture book, Katherine Applegate tells the true story of the gorilla who inspired her Newbery Award--winning novel, The One and Only Ivan.
Captured as a baby, Ivan was brought to a Tacoma, Washington, mall to attract shoppers. Gradually, public pressure built until a better way of life for Ivan was found at Zoo Atlanta. From the Congo to America, and from a local business attraction to a national symbol of animal welfare, Ivan the Shopping Mall Gorilla traveled an astonishing distance in miles and in impact.
The Birchbark House is about a little indian girl named Omakayas and her family. Omakayas' little brother Neewo dies from small pox. Her whole family gets sick except for her because she had already been exposed to it. Two other people in her town died. How did Omakayas survive? Read the book to find out!
In the summer of 1916, ten year-old Chet Roscow is captivated by the local news: a Great White shark has been attacking and killing people up and down the Atlantic Coast, not far from Chet's hometown of Springfield, New Jersey.
Then one day, swimming with his friends, Chet sees something in the water. . .
This summer, third grader Judy Moody is planning the most super-duper, double-rare summer vacation ever with best friends Rocky and Amy. Except that it turns out Rocky is going to circus camp to learn to tame lions, and Amy is headed off to Borneo with her mom to save a lost tribe while Judy stays home with her pesky little brother Stink and second-best friend Frank Pearl.
Just when she thinks things are as rotten as they can be, her parents announce that they will be going to California and Judy will have to stay behind with her Aunt Opal, who she's never even met! It looks like Judy's best summer ever has just become her way worst summer ever....Or is it?
Award winning author and illustrator David Shannon talks about his creative process. This interview also includes David’s advice to young authors and a cameo by the real-life Fergus!
Robert Muncsh is most known for his way of storytelling with expression and using different voices. He has written dozens of entertaining books for children. How many can you name?
After a deadly earthquake destroys his home in the rainforest, a young bear makes his way to England in search of a new home. The bear, dubbed "Paddington" for the London train station, finds shelter with the family of Henry and Mary Brown.
Although Paddington's amazement at urban living soon endears him to the Browns, someone else has her eye on him: Taxidermist Millicent Clyde has designs on the rare bear and his hide.
In this hilarious video, Bad Kitty herself interviews her author and creator, Nick Bruel! Find out what makes Nick tick... from his favorite food to his favorite game on www.badkittybooks.com!
