Albert Whitman Company: 464 books

Cover of Lulu and the Duck in the Park
by Hilary McKay, Priscilla Lamont
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012

Lulu loves animals. When Lulu finds a duck egg that has rolled out of its nest, she takes it to class to keep it safe. Lulu isn't allowed to bring pets to school. But she's not really breaking the rules because it's just an egg. Surely nothing bad will happen... A fun-filled new series for early readers and animal lovers alike.
Cover of The Big Cowhuna
by Mike Litwin
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015

When Chuck and Dakota find a magic seashell complete with a wish-granting genie inside, their first wish is for a never-ending supply of chocolate-covered bananas. But when Dakota wishes to become a REAL cow so he doesn't have to wear his cowmouflage anymore, things get messy and the residents of...
Cover of Sarah Gives Thanks

Sarah Gives Thanks

How Thanksgiving Became a National Holiday

by Mike Allegra, David Gardner
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012

During the nineteenth century, Sarah Josepha Hale dedicated her life to making Thanksgiving a national holiday, all while raising a family and becoming a groundbreaking writer and women's magazine editor. Sarah Hale's inspiring story, accompanied by luscious watercolor illustrations, tells the tale of one woman who wouldn't take no for an answer.
Cover of The Basketball Mystery
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1999

Greenfield's famous basketball stars, Tipper and Buzz Nettleton, coach a community team that the Boxcar Children join. Then someone steals Tipper's MVP trophy and the Alden's investigate.
Cover of The Home Run Mystery
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000

While visiting Pikesville, New York, the Boxcar Children join the exciting last games of the season in a strange old ballpark. The Pikesville Half Moons are playing the Eagles, but the Eagles seem to be hitting far too many home runs.
Cover of Night on Fire
by Ronald Kidd
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015

Thirteen-year-old Billie Simms doesn’t think her hometown of Anniston, Alabama, should be segregated, but few of the town’s residents share her opinion. As equality spreads across the country and the Civil Rights Movement gathers momentum, Billie can’t help but feel stuck--and helpless--in a...
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Anybody's Game

Kathryn Johnston, the First Girl to Play Little League Baseball

by Heather Lang
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018

In 1950, Kathryn Johnston wanted to play Little League, but an unwritten rule kept girls from trying out. So she cut off her hair and tried out as a boy under the nickname "Tubby." She made the team—and inspired future generations. An inspiring and suspenseful story about what it means...
Cover of The William Hoy Story

The William Hoy Story

How a Deaf Baseball Player Changed the Game

by Nancy Churnin, Jez Tuya
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016

Winner: 2017 Storytelling World Resource Award Honor Book 2017 Bank Street College, Best Children's Books of the Year, Five to Nine Nominee: 2017 Texas 2x2 Reading List 2017 Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List 2018 Illinois Monarch Award Master List All William Ellsworth Hoy wanted to...
Cover of A Funeral in the Bathroom

A Funeral in the Bathroom

and Other School Poems

by Kalli Dakos, Mark Beech
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017

"My teacher's pretty slick, Has a hundred teaching tricks. Even in the bathroom stalls, She hangs poetry on the walls, And while I'm there all alone I can't help but read a poem." From "Gross" and "Flushophobic" to "There's a Sock in the Toilet," these poems will have kids laughing all the way to "The Bathroom Dance!"
Cover of The Mystery of the Secret Message
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1996

A photograph of the statue of a Revolutionary War hero contains a secret message.
Cover of Kelsey the Spy
by Linda Joy Singleton
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016

Kelsey can't resist collecting secrets in her spy notebook—just like her hero, Harriet the Spy. When she learns Leo has been hiding something from the group, she writes his secret in her notebook as well. But Kelsey accidentally brings her Notebook of Secrets to school and loses it. Everything she's...
Cover of The No-Dogs-Allowed Rule
by Kashmira Sheth, Carl Pearce
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012

Ishan Mehra wants a dog, but his mother has a rule about dogs. (Guess what it is?) Ishan figures if he's helpful enough and does enough things right around the house, he can change her mind. Somehow, though, the right things seem to come out all wrong. whether it's making paratha for breakfast or...
Cover of Mary Walker Wears the Pants

Mary Walker Wears the Pants

The True Story of the Doctor, Reformer, and Civil War Hero

by Cheryl Harness, Carlo Molinari
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013

Mary Edwards Walker was unconventional for her time: She was one of the first women doctors in the country, she was a suffragist, and she wore pants! And when the Civil War struck, she took to the battlefields in a modified Union uniform as a commissioned doctor. For her service she became the only...
Cover of Five Pages a Day

Five Pages a Day

A Writer's Journey

by Pet Kehret
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2002

Peg Kehret, who told of her childhood battle with polio in Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio, now shares the story of her writing career. It began at the age of ten when she wrote and sold the Dog Newspaper. The paper was supposed to feature the tales of local dogs, but mostly it was about her own...
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