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An illustrated collection of well-known stories including "How the Camel Got His Hump," "How the Leopard Got His Spots," and "The Elephant's Child."

Two friends set off for a picnic together, but by the time they are ready to eat, they have lost one another.

Ramona's year in third grade is highlighted by the arrival of Howie's rich uncle, a change in her after-school situation, a surprise wedding, a death and a new arrival in the family, and her father's getting a job.

A collection of humorous poems and drawings. This special edition contains twelve new poems.

Different ways to say I love you, using Haiku.

Left alone to guard the family's wilderness home in eighteenth-century Maine, a boy is hard-pressed to survive until local Indians teach him their skills.

Dad is bringing his daughter to bed, when she suddenly says "I can do this myself. I'm a big girl now." As the dad stands and watches his daughter climb the stairs his life begins to flash before his eyes: growing up, driving, getting married, it all comes at him so fast. Dad is standing there, lost in thought when his daughter reaches the top of the stairs, turns back to him and says, "Well, aren't you going to come tuck me in?" Includes lullabies...

After seven members of their family are kidnapped by a organization called the Vespers, Dan and Amy Cahill must race against time to track down an ancient map to pay as ransom to bring the hostages home.

The extraordinary -- and extraordinarily powerful -- follow-up to Hey, Kiddo. When Jarrett J. Krosoczka was in high school, he was part of a program that sent students to be counselors at a camp for seriously ill kids and their families. Going into it, Jarrett was worried: Wouldn't it be depressing, to be around kids facing such a serious struggle? Wouldn't it be grim? But instead of the shadow of death, Jarrett found something else at Camp Sunshine:...