family

Pa's homestead thrives, Laura gets her first job in town, blackbirds eat the corn and oats crops, Mary goes to college, and Laura gets into trouble at school, but becomes a certified school teacher.

Twelve-year-old Charles experiences many difficulties in adjusting to a new stepfather, stepsister, and stepbrother.

Zamora, 13, lives in the country, has chores in the morning, and attends school in the afternoon. She shows us how the homes in her village are built around a common courtyard to help protect them from the elements. Twelve-year-old Madina lives in Kabul. After school and the midday meal she shares with her family, Madina helps with household chores like vacuuming and ironing, then enjoys an afternoon snowball fight.

After beating up Maurice on the playground, Butterball is forced to see the school therapist.

"Gigi tries natto, a traditional Japanese food. But will she like it as much as peanut butter?"--Back cover.

Bronwyn and her father move to rural Hillwoods to be with her grandmother after she suffers a stroke, so they can make some final memories together. But Bronwyn feels like an outsider, her grandmother isn't getting better, and she's stuck in Hillwoods with nothing to do. She can't even go swimming despite there being a gorgeous lake nearby and a pool at the abandoned rec center, as well as another in the high school basement. Bronwyn can't help but be intrigued by the town's strange aversion to swimming, and as her cousin, Anais, attempts to protect Bronwyn, Bronwyn begins to uncover the truth surrounding Hillwoods's mysterious past.

Perfect for reading aloud with its rhyming, rhythmic text, this picture book finds two mommies sharing a perfect day with their little one, from visiting animals on a farm to bedtime snuggles.

Teenagers discuss the influence of family, community, and school on their self-esteem, personal codes of morality, and ability to function socially.

An adaptation of the Jane Austen novel in which a spirited young woman in early nineteenth-century England must cope with the courtship of a snobbish gentleman, as well as the romantic entanglements of her four sisters.

When second-graders Bryce and Juli first meet, Juli knows it's love. Bryce isn't so sure. Beginning that day, and for the next six years, young Bryce does everything he can to keep his outspoken wannabe girlfriend at arm's length, which isn't easy since they go to the same school and live across the street from each other.