Any day now Jacob and Gabriel Stein will be big brothers! The yearlong adoption process has finally come to a fruitful end. “Is today the day?” they wonder, fully aware that their mother’s suitcase has been packed for several weeks... Read More

“Hail taxi! Hey taxi! Ho taxi! Yo taxi!” begins a madcap ride around New York City in a taxicab. “Where to, Miss? Where to, Mister? Where to, Brother? Where to, Sister? All around our New York town!” Whimsical illustrations of... Read More

Bespectacled Grandma Cat knowingly glances over her shoulder at the Cat family, Mouse family, and Ant family, who are already thinking about how much they will enjoy sharing—down to the last bite—the delicious apple pie she has... Read More

It’s Christmas Eve, 1914, on the Western Front during World War I. British forces are lined up in trenches on one side of a battlefield in occupied France; German forces on the other. “No Man’s Land” stretches in between. A... Read More

Eleven-year-old Mariangela had been asking for a piano for as long as she can remember. She wants one just like her cousin Gigi’s. Imagine her shock and disappointment when her Nonna presents her with her grandfather’s old, bulky,... Read More

A paddle across a lake, time to watch rare birds on the water, a frantic attempt to stop a “bad moment” in the woods—through the pages of this delightful book,[i][b][/i][/b] these events on a summer day are the recipe for a young... Read More

This is a kaleidoscopic, prismatic, bee-bopping, hip-hopping look at the day in the life of one of the most taken-for-granted creatures in a city—the pigeon. From the first line, this poetic tale jogs along until the last page when the... Read More

Instead of playing basketball with the kids who tease him, D.J. runs home to the seclusion of his backyard tree house. What may appear to be innocent playground joking may actually be quite malicious, and cause serious emotional harm. In... Read More