Houghton: 1009 books

In “luminous moments told in lovely language,” the poems of the Newbery Medal–winning author of Boris bring a rural woman to vivid life (School Library Journal).   Cynthia Rylant returns to her home state of West Virginia with this powerful and evocative collection of poems. In a heartbreaking...

“It’s a grand experience, this set of poems, this rumination on the cat and the human condition” (School Library Journal).   Boris is a big gray cat who loves sleeping and playing and exploring and hunting. And his owner loves him for all of his simple cat ways.   But Boris, typical as he...

This adorable ebook follows George and his beloved teddy as they adventure together. The sweet and engaging story encourages babies to follow along and discover all of George’s favorite things—from soft, warm blankets to fresh bananas to his yellow duckie. At the end they will discover George’s most favorite thing of all!

This concept ebook takes toddlers all over George’s world and theirs. Each page features a different concept: counting, shapes, opposites, emotions, family, jobs, homes, transportation and lots of new words! From morning to night, city to country, home to town and back again, little readers can...

Readers learn the alphabet along with George as the man in the yellow hat teaches the curious monkey how to read.

A celebration of canine companions in poems, prose, and pictures: “The selections are funny, adoring, exasperated, and most of all grateful” (Booklist).   There’s no relationship quite like the ones we have with our dogs—dogs who befriend us; dogs who annoy, perplex, and accept us. This book...

This story of two girls trying to banish a witch is “full of wonderful fun, excitement, and humor” (Library Journal). Old Witch likes nothing better than to fly around on her broomstick, crying “Heh-heh!” and casting abracadabras. But now she has been sent away . . . by two young girls. Amy...

This illustrated look at nineteenth-century New England architecture was named a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. This book, from the award-winning author of The Way Things Work, takes readers of all ages on a journey through a fictional mill town called Wicksbridge. With words...

The amazing true story of the free African American scientist who exchanged letters about slavery with Thomas Jefferson.   In the 1700s, Benjamin Banneker was troubled by the fact that not all blacks were free like he was. And so, in 1791, he wrote to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, who had...

The classroom rat from Malcolm at Midnight returns to race through “the twists and turns of a fast-paced roller coaster of a plot” (Kirkus Reviews).   Now that Snip the cat is gone (but hardly forgotten), the classroom animals of the Midnight Academy are ready for things to get back to normal...

“A perceptive, poignant novel of middle-school identity and friendship” from the author of Prettiest Doll (The Horn Book).   Sarah promised Marjorie when they were five years old that they would be best friends forever. But that was before seventh grade, when everything changed—everything except...

Discover the nineteenth-century woman who became one of America’s first investigative journalists in this “lively” biography (Booklist, starred review). A YALSA-ALA Finalist for Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Born in 1857 and raised in oil country, Ida M. Tarbell became widely...

A collection from the Pulitzer Prize–winning American poet with “a sharp lively wit and a tender approach to the human condition” (The Philadelphia Inquirer).   Though he was also renowned as a biographer of Abraham Lincoln, Carl Sandburg was first and foremost a poet—upon his death, President...

“Extremely interesting . . . Young people interested in medicine or scientific discovery will find this book engrossing, as will history students” (School Library Journal).   [He had] a fever that hovered around 104 degrees. His skin turned yellow. The whites of his eyes looked like lemons....