Henry Holt And Co Byr: 874 books
by David McPhail
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
All her life, Beatrix Potter loved to paint. From a young age, she painted the bunnies, mice, and other pets who populated her family home. These characters later populated her stories, which are beloved the whole world over. With beautiful scenes rich in detail, David McPhail transports us to the charming, English countryside and the wonderful world of Beatrix Potter.
Elvis
The Story of the Rock and Roll King
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
An only child, a mama's boy-Elvis was a shy kid who struggled to make friends and found comfort singing in church and learning guitar. While in high school, he continued his music but was often ridiculed by students. On a whim, he recorded a song for his mom's birthday at Sun Record Studios as part...
The Day the World Went Nuclear
Dropping the Atom Bomb and the End of World War II in the Pacific
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe, but in the Pacific, American soldiers face an enemy who will not surrender, despite a massive and mounting death toll. Meanwhile, in Los Alamos, New Mexico, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and his team of scientists are preparing to test the deadliest...
Riding Out the Storm
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
Zach is riding the Greyhound bus through a snowstorm to visit his older brother Derek, whom he hasn't seen in seven months. That's when their parents finally went broke paying Derek's doctor's bills and had to give him up as a ward of the state. Nothing—not drawing in his sketchbook, not basketball—lets...
by Eric Knight, Ann M. Martin
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Lassie is Joe's prize collie and constant companion. But when Joe's father loses his job, Lassie must be sold. Three times she escapes from her new owner, and three times she returns home to Joe, until finally she is taken to the remotest part of Scotland—too far a journey for any dog to make alone.
But...
by Jill Wolfson
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2006
The new novel from Jill Wolfson—an exciting, fresh voice in middle-grade fiction
Whitney has been in so many foster homes that she can give a complete rundown on the most common varieties of foster parents—from the look-on-the-bright-side types to those unfortunate examples of pure evil....
Kennedy's Last Days
The Assassination That Defined a Generation
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
On a sunny day in Dallas, Texas, at the end of a campaign trip, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy is assassinated by an angry, lonely drifter named Lee Harvey Oswald. The former Marine Corps sharpshooter escapes briefly, but is hunted down, captured, and then shot dead while in police custody.
Kennedy's...
Little Author in the Big Woods
A Biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Many girls in elementary and middle school fall in love with the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. What they don't always realize is that Wilder's books are autobiographical. This narrative biography describes more of the details of the young Laura's real life as a young pioneer homesteading...
Vivid
Poems & Notes About Color
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018
Playful poems and facts celebrate the colors of the rainbow in this beautiful nonfiction picture book.
Orange you sweet? Orange you plump and juicy? Orange you my favorite fruit?
Hey - you’re a tangerine!
B-lime-y.
With information about the science of sight and perception, pigment...
by Paul Fleischman
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
When sixteen-year-old Brent Bishop inadvertently causes the death of a young woman, he is sent on an unusual journey of repentance, building wind toys across the land.
In his most ambitious novel to date, Newbery winner Paul Fleischman traces Brent's healing pilgrimage from Washington State...
Missing!
Mysterious Cases of People Gone Missing Through the Centuries
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2019
In Missing!, a photo-illustrated middle-grade nonfiction book, Brenda Guiberson explores the stories of six individuals who have disappeared mysteriously throughout history.
Panda Math
Learning About Subtraction from Hua Mei and Mei Sheng
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Learn about subtraction with the San Diego Zoo's famous baby pandas in Panda Math
Hua Mei was the first giant panda cub born in the United States that survived more than a few days. She was born at the San Diego Zoo, and four years later her mother had another baby, Mei Sheng. Hua Mei and her...
Who Wants to Be a Princess?
What It Was Really Like to Be a Medieval Princess
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
Did you ever wish to be a princess? Have you ever wanted to wear a pretty pink gown, sing to your forest animal friends, and attend a fancy fairy-tale ball?
Then meet Beatrice—she represents what being a princess in the Middle Ages was really like. Pink gown? More like itchy wool! Sing to...
Throwing Stones
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2006
Can Andy live up to his brother's basketball legacy?
When Andy Soaring's older brother, Pete, died in World War I, Andy's life changed forever. Now, five years later, Andy is fourteen and beginning to feel the weight of his brother's legacy, especially when he holds Pete's basketball in his...