Students at a whimsical school for children of busy parents
learn silly lessons about manners, friendship, and going far in
life, in book two of the series that’s tailor-made for a new
generation of Mary Poppins fans
Great Rapscott School for the Daughters of Busy Parents is not your typical boarding school.
Great Rapscott School for the Daughters of Busy Parents is not your typical boarding school.
Kate DiCamillo meets Lemony Snicket in this darkly comic novel
about two sisters who learn they are each others' most important
friend.
Imagine two twin sisters, Arabella and Henrietta--nearly identical yet with nothing in common. They're the best of friends .
Imagine two twin sisters, Arabella and Henrietta--nearly identical yet with nothing in common. They're the best of friends .
Read by a cast of award-winning narrators, this collection
contains some of the most timeless and enchanting folk and fairy
tales collected by the Brothers Grimm.
The Brothers Grimm collected the original fairy tales that Americans are most familiar with today.
The Brothers Grimm collected the original fairy tales that Americans are most familiar with today.
A charming Dutch classic that withstands the test of time
worldwide and will appeal to readers young and old—and dog
and cat lovers alike.
“A charming, refreshing, and funny treat.”
—Kirkus Reviews, Starred
Shy reporter Mr.
An outrageously stylish, wickedly funny novel of fashion in the
digital age, The Knockoff is the story of Imogen Tate,
editor in chief of Glossy magazine, who finds her
twentysomething former assistant Eve Morton plotting to knock
Imogen off her pedestal, take over her job, and reduce the
magazine, famous for its lavish 768-page September issue, into an
app.
Fans of Mary Poppins will love this whimsical tale of a
boarding school for children of very busy parents, where an
extraordinary headmistress teaches them life lessons about courage,
adventure, friendship . . . and the importance of
birthday cake.
For fans of Shannon Hale, Adam Gidwitz, and Michael Buckley
comes a luminous new twist on a tale readers only thought they
knew. . .
Once upon a time, there was a girl with golden locks. But that’s just the beginning of this tale.
Once upon a time, there was a girl with golden locks. But that’s just the beginning of this tale.
Will Sparrow, liar and thief, is running away—from the father
who sold him for beer, from the innkeeper who threatened to sell
him as a chimney sweep, from his whole sorry life. Barefoot and
penniless, without family, friends, or boots, Will is determined to
avoid capture and, of course, to find something to eat.
Tired of dodging fishwives’ brooms and carriage wheels, alley
cat Skilley yearns for the comfort of Ye olde Cheshire Cheese, a
popular London inn. When he hears that the innkeeper is in need of
a mouser, he hatches a scheme so audacious it will surely set him
up for the rest of his nine lives.
A legendary theatrical curse...A rune-engraved blade, a mysterious
mirror, and an ancient cauldron...And a ritually murdered body laid
out in the manner of ancient pagan burials.Kate Stanley, Jennifer
Lee Carrell's dauntless Shakespearean scholar- turned-director,
made a memorable-and New York Times bestselling-debut in Interred
with Their Bones.
Fans of Karen Cushman's witty, satisfying novels will welcome Meggy
Swann, newly come to London with her only friend, a goose
named Louise. Meggy's mother was glad to be rid of her; her father,
who sent for her, doesn't want her after all. Meggy is appalled by
London,dirty and noisy, full of rogues and thieves, and difficult
to get around in—not that getting around is ever easy for
someone who walks with the help of two sticks.
It’s been several months since Lina and Doon escaped the
dying city of Ember and, along with the rest of their people,
joined the town of Sparks. Now, struggling through the harsh winter
aboveground, they find an unusual book. Torn up and missing most of
its pages, it alludes to a mysterious device from before the
Disaster, which they believe is still in Ember.
