Howie is Maple's older brother. That means there are all sorts of fun, new things that Howie can teach Maple. Today, Howie is teaching Maple how to build a sandcastle. But when it comes to sandcastle building, maybe Maple knows a little something that she can teach Howie! Downloadable Teacher's Notes available.

Howie is Maple's older brother. That means there are all sorts of fun, new things that Howie can teach Maple. Today, Howie is teaching Maple how tell a joke. But when it comes to joke telling, maybe Maple knows a little something that she can teach Howie. Downloadable Teacher's Notes available.

"A modern saga that could only have come from South Africa, written in gorgeous prose by the Booker Prize-shortlisted author Damon Galgut. Haunted by an unmet promise, the Swart family loses touch after the death of their matriarch. Adrift, the lives of the three siblings move separately through the uncharted waters of South Africa; Anton, the golden boy who bitterly resents his life's unfulfilled promises; Astrid, whose beauty is her power; and the...

While Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny help a friend fix up an old mansion filled with skeletons belonging to the doctor who once lived there, statues begin disappearing from the mansion grounds and a walking skeleton may be the culprit.

Dream Days (1898) is a collection of children's stories by Kenneth Grahame. It was published as a sequel to The Golden Age (1895), a collection of semi-autobiographical stories reflecting on the nature of childhood and the strange, distant lives of adults. Although less popular than The Wind in the Willows (1908), which would go on to become not only a defining work of Edwardian English literature, but one of the most popular works of children's fiction...

Is there a new baby coming to your home? One who will sleep and cry and demand attention and...poop? Well, welcome to the...big kids club! This book will teach you what every big kid needs to know about their baby: What your baby can see, why your baby cries, when your baby will be able to talk, how your baby knows you love them, and so much more (including why your baby poops so much!).

Threatened with life in separate orphanages when their aunt dies, two children run away to search for their uncle who works for a circus and find that they can become a part of the hard work and colorful performances of the tenting season.

Having run away with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order in their new home and to become a changed person and a heroine to herself.

Two estranged siblings go to their late scientist father's farmhouse to make sense of his incomplete work. They soon discover an evil entity, buried in time and space for millions of years, has been released and begun wreaking havoc on the locals.

"Asher isn't happy when his parents go out of town and leave his older brother, Clayton, in charge. After all, Clayton is no fun. To liven things up, Asher and his little sister play a prank. When their joke goes horribly wrong, they soon realize they're not just in trouble . . . they're in danger! An eerie mix of science fiction, mystery and drama, these stories will be sure to keep the reader thinking long after finishing each book. Created for...