Every town has a story. Experience small-town life and American history with this nearly wordless picture book. A magical newspaper takes a young boy on a journey through the history of a beloved hometown, from the 1860s to present day. Striking illustrations celebrate main-street Americana as the boy discovers the past and its importance.

David Henry Hwang has created an extraordinary body of work over the last twenty years: the Tony Award-winning play, M. Butterfly; the OBIE Award-winning and 1998 Tony nominated Golden Child; the libretti to The Voyage (included here) and 1000 Airplanes on the Roof (both for composer Philip Glass); and the book to Aida, which he coauthored. He has received fellowships from the Rockefeller and Guggenheim foundations, the National Endowment for the...

Un voyage tendre plein de rebondissements et d'aventures ! Léo refuse d'accepter l'attitude de ses parents envers son grand-père Hippolyte. En effet, ces derniers ne s'adressent plus à lui que pour le réprimander pour ses frasques ou lui reprocher son dernier oubli en date. Parce que, de fait, à 79 ans, Hippolyte est clairement en train de perdre les pédales... mais Léo préfère l'aimer ainsi que se prendre la tête. Quand ses parents décident...

The Matrimonial Flirtations of Emma Kaulfield is an often laugh-out-loud comedy of conflicting manners, values, and customs, set against the backdrop of a Russian immigrant family's struggle to assimilate, their newfound love of capitalism, and their insistent push for their children's tangible success. Emma Kaulfield escaped the Soviet Union in the 1980s when she was 10-hers was one of the last Jewish families to be let out. Now a gorgeous young...

A New York Times and USA Today bestseller from the hit How to Catch series! Do YOU have what it takes to snatch a Halloween witch? It's Halloween night and something doesn't seem quite right... When the How to Catch Kids head out to trick-or-treat, there are ghosts, goblins, and ghouls everywhere! Our heroes discover a witch on a broom has opened a magical portal that let out spooky creatures all over the neighborhood. Follow along in this frightfully...

When Sandro Zapote finds out his little sister needs heart surgery, he is determined to help his parents raise the money they'll need to help her get better. Sandro's dad is in the states illegally and must work two jobs to support the family. For one, he picks up roadkill for the department of streets and sanitation and gets paid by the carcass. For the other, he collects scrap metal to recycle for cash. Sandro helps his dad with some of the scrap...

Jalynn Neffin has always been an overweight girl from a young age. She's tried losing the extra pounds through exercising many times but usually gives up before she even begins. Regardless of what other students said about her size, she was madly in love with Horatio Caruso, the most handsome and popular guy at Clamingtun High, who's also the childhood friend, whom she dreamed of being with. He invites her to a party at a lake, with the promise of...

Sam and Mousey are best friends, and Mousey is always looking up to Sam and following his lead. They do everything together and share everything, too. So when Sam surprises Mousey with a big chocolate chip cookie, they can't wait to split it. Unfortunately, Sam really has to go and he has to go NOW! "Watch the cookie. I'll be right back," he tells Mousey. Mousey diligently watches the cookie, but it turns out that he isn't the only one. Pigeons come...

Sila, a young, bewitching Cherokee, flees a marriage to a brutal drunk in the dead of winter and finds herself knocking on the door of a mill office, destitute and looking for work. There, she meets the handsome Charley Barkley, the owner and a married father of ten. Despite the fact that they have virtually nothing in common-and thirty years between them-a spark ignites. For Charley, once their passionate love affair intensifies, there is no going...

The center of attention wherever she goes, Storm Novelo is hiding a secret. Convinced no one would like her inner brainiac, she hides behind her public airhead persona-and quits every project she starts before anyone can get too close. What will it take to convince her she's playing to the wrong audience?