Throughout their father’s twenty-two month campaign for president, Malia and Sasha Obama begged their parents for a dog. Finally, when their father became the 44th President of the United States, he rewarded their patience and good behavior in his victory speech: "Malia and Sasha will get their new puppy."Would the girls choose a Foxhound like President George Washington’s? Or a chocolate Labrador Retriever like the Clintons’? Maybe a shelter dog? Finally, on February 25, 2009, they decided to look for a Portuguese Water Dog to move into the White House. Art rendered in watercolor, gouache, and pencil.

Product Description: Rock-a-bye, little one, bedtime is soon. Rocking horse waits in your rock-a-bye room. A mother soothes her daughter before bed as they say good night to all the things in her room—a rocking horse, dolls, blocks, and even the pictures on the wall—until it’s time to share a story and a kiss good night...read more

Product Description: When a teddy bear is lost by the child who loves him, the bear begins an amazing journey to get back home again. From swimming in the ocean with the fish, to flying in the sky with the gulls, to being found by a sailor, and then being carried off by the wind, the bear meets new friends and travels to many places he never dreamed of...read more

Product Description: Beloved author Bebe Moore Campbell?s last book shines light on childhood obesity. Once Nikki starts eating, it?s hard for her to stop. She snacks when she is upset, angry or bored. But when her teacher, Mrs. Patterson, is taken to the hospital because of her weight, Nikki realizes that she wants to live a healthier lifestyle...read more

Returning home from overseas a paraplegic with a withdrawn attitude, Donavan is saddened to see the changes in his favorite uncle and begins to worry what his classmates may say about his condition if he shows up for the biggest event of the school year in this moving story about acceptance, courage, tolerance, respect, and love.

Product Description: A brief, simplified retelling of the episode in Tom Sawyer in which Tom whitewashes a fence.

Product Description: A brief, simplified retelling of the episode in Tom Sawyer in which Tom skips his piano lesson and goes swimming instead.

A brief, simplified retelling of the episode in 'Tom Sawyer' in which Tom cheats during the spelling bee, but later realizes he must make things right.

When Aunt Polly orders Tom Sawyer to whitewash her huge fence before he can go fishing, Tom's wily idea and his friends' gullibility add up to a job well done with no effort on Tom's part. Original.

Product Description: Unlike most girls of her time, Susan B. Anthony received an education. And besides reading and writing, her schooling taught her that women should have the same rights as men, above all the right to vote. So from the time she was a young woman until the day she died, Susan worked very hard to change America and make her dream reality...read more