Product Description: An extravagant man creates a legendary wedding. For one of the wealthiest men in Louisiana's Petit Paris, a regular affaire wasn't enough for his daughters' double wedding. Based on a true story from 1800s St. Martinville, this tale reveals how one creative man used gold dust and 1 million spiders to stage an event still talked about more than 100 years later...read more

Product Description: If you ask a group of five-year-olds what they want to be when they grow up, one of the first responses you get is "a policeman." This exciting picture book goes through the ABCs of policing for young children, including A is for academy and D is for detective.

Using simple text and illustrations, presents the life and accomplishments of the famous surveyor who demonstrated the American ideals of freedom, hard work, and independence.

Relates the experiences of a girl who follows her lighthouse-keeper father's advice to 'be a light for others any way we can,' and becomes world-famous for waving at every boat passing Elba Isle, off the coast of Savannah, Georgia.

In this retelling of a Native American tale, the Moon weaves a blanket of clouds around a mother and her children who are freezing atop a cypress tree, having sought shelter from a flood.

Product Description: Winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award, Parent's Guide to Children's Media Award, National Parenting Publications Award, and Parent's Choice Award. The authors of Tell It Again! have once again drawn on the expertise of outstanding storytellers and teachers for this eagerly awaited new volume...read more

As she rushes to get her little boy into bed, a busy mother realizes how precious her time with him is and tells him just how special he is to her.

Three separate stories describe the experiences of a six-year-old boy living in West Virginia in the 1950s.

Five friends with various disabilities, who have always been pushed aside because they are not 'perfectly perfect,' leave their town Icant, find self-esteem at the flying frog circus in Ican, and return home.