Product Description: A girl makes her own dollhouse in this picture book that celebrates creativity and imagination!   A little girl proudly walks the reader through her handmade dollhouse, pointing out the bricks she painted on the outside, the wallpaper she drew on the inside, the fancy clothes she made for her dolls, and the little elevator she made out of a paper cup...read more

Product Description: A little English, a little Russian, and a lot of heart make a birthday celebration you won't want to miss! When Sara's grandma, Catherine the Great, suddenly announces, "This year for my birthday, I want no presents! I have music in my Russian bones, and laughing in my heart...read more

A dwarf girl goes to the circus where she meets another dwarf and realizes that she is not alone.

Do you want to be in a band? Well, here's how! First, bug your two older sisters to start a band, and then beg them to join. (It helps if they already know how to sing and play guitar.) Then there are some tricky parts, like getting over STAGEFRIGHT and practicing until the tips of your fingers ache and playing gigs at not-so-big-time music clubs. At least, that's the way our little sister narrator explains it in her "guide" on how to start a band, based on the real-life experiences of author Suzzy Roche.From the Hardcover edition.

Sara, her Russian-American grandmother, her mother, and some neighbors try to drive to the beach on a very hot day and wonder if they will ever get there thanks to the many delays along the way, in the sequel to Three Cheers for Catherine the Great!

Product Description: These are the best things that happened to me the year I didn't go to school: Traveled around Italy with my family's theatre troupe.Performed in a theatre outside. (I was a monkey, a panda, and a lion!)Ate spaghetti with fried egg on top...read more