Black Beauty

The story is told by the horse himself, named Black Beauty—beginning with his carefree days as a colt on an English farm with his mother, to his difficult life pulling cabs in London, to his happy retirement in the country.

If you love horses, this is a classic story for you.....

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

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.

Jungle Book

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.

Ivan: the Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla by Katherine Applegate

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 by Louise Erdrich

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!

The Book With No Pictures

This simple yet imaginative book, The Book With No Pictures inspires laughter every time it is opened....let's meet the author and find out why!

I Survived the Shark Attacks...

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. . .

Meet Jane Yolen

The author of Owl Moon, Jane Yolen, explains to her readers how books can transport you to new places in your imagination and why she loves to write books for children.

Trouble With Chickens by Doreen Cronin

Meet the award winning author and illustrator of Click, Clack, Moo - Cows That Type, Doreen Cronin, as she talks about her book Trouble With Chickens.

Meet Eric Carle

Author and illustrator Eric Carle talks about the 40th anniversary of his famous book The Very Hungry Caterpillar.