brothers and sisters

"Chirton Krauss is a good child--the very goodest. He does everything he is told, when he is told. He even does good things without being told. He eats his broccoli, he goes to bed on time, and he never, ever sticks his finger up his nose. Meanwhile, Chirton's sister, Myrtle, is not quite as good. She stays up late, she never cleans out the rabbit's pen, and she drops her cocoa puffs all over the rug. But what will happen when Chirton Krauss decides that being the goody isn't always so good after all?"--Provided by publisher.

"An epic love story and heart-pounding journey across WWI-era Russia, about a brilliant young scientist racing against Einstein to solve one of the greatest mysteries of the universe"--Provided by publisher.

"Wherever the Boxcar children go, they discover haunted havens, spooky sights, and mysterious old legends come to life! Here are three of their ghostliest adventures"--Back cover.

"Bigfoot wants a little brother, so when he gets a little sister, Bea, he builds a robot brother, Brobot; but Brobot does not work at all--until Bea steps in and Bigfoot learns that having a sister can be as much fun as a brother"--OCLC.

Join a young boy and girl as they head to the farmers market with their grandmother and gather loads of fresh ingredients. Then, follow them back to the kitchen where they cook, bake, and, most importantly of all, spend time together.

Soon after meeting her eighteen-year-old brother, Dustin, for the first time, thirteen-year-old Molly learns their shared inheritance, a mortuary business, serves monsters.

"When a massive fire breaks out in 1871 Chicago, twelve-year-old orphan Ollie and his young charge Leo scramble to escape the burning city, but before they find shelter they must search for Ollie's lost sister Eliza among the wreckage"--OCLC.

Just when you thought it was safe...Big Shark and Little Shark return in this funny new Step 1 Reader, pursued by...Baby Shark! Big Shark and Little Shark may be opposites, but they agree on one thing--neither wants to play with Baby Shark. Baby Shark is too small and slow to be any fun...right? What happens when Mommy Shark, Daddy Shark, Grandpa Shark, and Grandma Shark find out that Baby Shark is being snubbed? Dun dun dun dun dun dun! All's well that ends well in this easily decodable and oh-so-familiar story of big kids and little kids resolving their conflicts. The book conveys a great social-emotional lesson about apologizing and inclusion in a funny way! Look for these other funny stories: Big Shark, Little Shark and Big Shark, Little Shark Go to School. Step 1 Readers feature big type and easy words for children who know the alphabet and are eager to begin reading. Rhyme and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story.

The haunting story of a family of dreamers and tale-tellers looking for home in an unwelcoming world. Traces one girl's migration from war to peace, loss to loss, home to home. Firuzeh and her brother Nour are children of fire, born in an Afghanistan fractured by war. When their parents, their Atay and Abay, decide to leave, they spin fairy tales of their destination, the mythical land and opportunities of Australia. As the family journeys from Pakistan to Indonesia to Nauru, heading toward a hope of home, they must rely on fragile and temporary shelters, strangers both mercenary and kind, and friends who vanish as quickly as they're found. When they arrive in Australia, what seemed like a stable shore gives way to treacherous currents.