juvenile fiction

Sam and his classmates dread Friday, the day they are to take the infamous Big Test.

Jomar greets his neighbors using slang, but his grandfather wants to hear some more traditional words.

Twelve-year-old Sam, a passenger on the Titanic's maiden sea voyage, volunteers to help care for the dogs in the ocean liner's kennel and becomes fast friends with the Irish setter of J. Bruce Ismay, the ship's owner.

Pigasso, a talented pig, and Mootisse, an artistic bull, live across the road from one another, but when conflicts arise they build fences that ultimately become modern art masterpieces. Includes biographies of the real-life artists, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso.

Twelve-year-old Alfa Merryfield, his older sister, and their grandmother struggle for rent money, food, and their dignity as they participate in the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott in the summer of 1956.

Vera cannot wait for the day when she starts school, but the first day does not go exactly as she has anticipated.

Rollo, the new troll king, must find an ancient treasure in order to prevent the evil wizard Stygius from taking over the land of Bonespittle.

The top cat in a household is reluctant to accept the arrival of a new kitten but decides to share various survival secrets with it.

In the style of a classic cumulative rhyme, the children undo all of Dad's hard work cleaning the family car.

Steve and Ginny are frustrated because their father ignores her talent as a tennis player while pushing him harder and harder to win at the sport.