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Author E.B. White's heartwarming classic about the friendship between a little girl, a selfless spider and "the world's greatest pig."

First in a classic series about a kind-hearted boy and his lovable friends in late '50s middle America.

Gooney Bird dazzles (and inspires) her classmates with "absolutely true" stories, while they learn what makes a story good or bad.

A teacher from England connects with the hearts and minds of students in a one-room Athabascan school in Alaska in 1948.

Award-winning author illustrator recounts the hilarious adventures of a small town boy in middle America during the early '50s.

Seven ancient Roman boys become entangled in a fast-paced and humorous, though apparently deadly-serious mystery.

The only boy in a Chinese family, Little Pear has greater latitude for mischief than others.

Welcome to the hilarious adventures of Wol and Weeps, two of the most lovable pets you'll ever meet. The great horned owls shake up a whole Saskatchewan neighborhood, outsmart Mutt the dog, and turn a house topsy-turvy.

An inventive scientist lands on Krakatoa only days before the volcano blows.

Newbery Medal-winning story of the crippled son of a medieval lord.

Handsome, full-color, oversize reprint of the 1919 classic "The Aesop for Children."

The mountainous island of Capri has a mystery and it takes the innkeeper's son, Michele, and three foreigners to get to the bottom of it.

Chester, a cricket from Connecticut, moves into the Bellinis' Newspaper Stand in New York City.

Eight action-packed tales recount the most exciting exploits of Robin Hood and his band of followers.

12-year-old Natalie Nelson writes a novel that her best friend, Zoe, thinks is good enough to be published. Natalie isn't so sure.

Newt is just your average overlooked kid. But when he dons a makeshift superhero outfit for Halloween, he discovers what confidence feels like. He keeps wearing the costume and finds small ways to be a true hero in his town. But Newt's brother is in the hospital. Will Newt's new abilities help him save the one person he cares about most?

Richly layered with mystery and intrigue, Sticks Across the Chimney tells a captivating story of two Danish children and their widowed mother struggling to survive on a dilapidated farm. The children's wit, compassion and creativity influence events and touch everyone around them.

This delightful collection features outstanding poems in the English language: fun, thoughtful, interesting, unexpected, delightful, inspiring. Enjoy works by the superb artists Wordsworth and Whitman, Sandburg and Stevenson, Dickinson and Donne, Blake and Bronte, Yeats and Keats, and many others.