Juvenile

Who Was Daniel Boone?

by Sydelle Kramer

Called the "Great Pathfinder", Daniel Boone is most famous for opening up the West to settlers through Kentucky. A symbol of America's pioneering spirit Boone was a skilled outdoorsman and an avid reader although...

The Wild, Wild Southwest!: Junior Explorer Series Book 3

by Jeff Corwin

It?s a fascinating adventure with nature?this time in New Mexico! Budding naturalists Lucy, Benjamin, and Gabe are back and camping in the Gila National Forest in New Mexico! Readers can join the fun as these...

Boo Boo Stewart

by Sean Thomas

Adorable 15-year-old Boo Boo, whose real name is Nils, stars as werewolf Seth Clearwater in the third installment of the Twilight Saga: Eclipse, out June 30, 2010. But the buzz is already building for this hot...

Who Was Jim Henson?

by Joan Holub & Nancy Harrison

Jim Henson broke into television with a five-minute puppetry segment when he was only a freshman in college. He created puppets like none ever seen before, with expressive fabric faces and rod-controlled arms....

Ashley Tisdale: Life Is Sweet!: An Unauthorized Biography

by Grace Norwich

You've seen her ham it up on the set of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and heard her belt it out in High School Musical. Now get the behind-the-scenes scoop on the Disney Channel's hottest star-Ashley Tisdale!...

Amelia Earhart: Courage in the Sky

by Mona Kerby

As a child, Amelia Earhart wondered why there were no heroines in her favorite adventure stories. She resolved to change that when she grew up. And so she did, becoming one of the pioneers of aviation. Not only...

The Great Alaska Adventure!: Junior Explorer Series Book 2

by Jeff Corwin

This is the second book in Jeff Corwin?s young middle-grade fiction series, which shows kids that no matter where you live, you can have fun discovering the plants, animals, and natural life around you.

Vanessa Hudgens: Breaking Free: An Unauthorized Biography

by Grace Norwich

Vanessa Hudgens is burning up the charts with her debut album, V, and has admiring fans the world over, thanks to her starring role as Gabriella Montez in Disney Channel's smash hit High School Musical. With...

Who Was Franklin Roosevelt?

by Margaret Frith, Nancy Harrison & John O'Brien

Although polio left him wheelchair bound, Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office during the Great Depression and served as president during World War II. Elected four times, he spent thirteen years in the White...

Who Was William Shakespeare?

by Celeste Davidson Mannis

The beloved plays of Shakespeare are still produced everywhere, yet the life of the world's most famous playwright remains largely a mystery. Young Will left the town of Stratford to pursue theater in London,...

Who Was Queen Elizabeth?

by June Eding

Our bestselling series is fit for a queen! The life of Queen Elizabeth I was dramatic and dangerous: cast out of her father's court at the age of three and imprisoned at nineteen, Elizabeth was crowned queen...

Who Was Abraham Lincoln?

by Janet Pascal

Born to a family of farmers, Lincoln stood out from an early age-literally! (He was six feet four inches tall.) As sixteenth President of the United States, he guided the nation through the Civil War and saw...

Jim Thorpe: 20th-Century Jock

by Robert Lipsyte & John Hite

A biography of the American Indian known as one of the best all-round athletes in history for his accomplishments as an Olympic medal winner and as an outstanding professional football and baseball player.

A Writer's Notebook

by Ralph Fletcher

Writers are like other people, except for at least one important difference. Other people have daily thoughts and feelings, notice this sky or that smell, but they don't do much about it.

Not writers. Writers...

Asking About Sex & Growing Up

by Joanna Cole & Bill Thomas

What do you want to know about sex?

Information about sex is everywhere. But what you learn from TV, movies, the internet, and friends is not always a healthy or accurate view of sexuality.

Now revised and updated...

The Diary of Ma Yan

by Ma Yan & Pierre Haski

Wednesday, November 7

My father gave me and my brother a little money. My stomach is all twisted up with hunger, but I don't want to spend the money on anything as frivolous as food. Because it's money my parents...

Robert Pattinson

by Isabelle Adams

Here's everything you need to know about gorgeous Robert Pattinson. From his early days in amateur theater . . . to landing the role of Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire . . . to the amazing...

Dogs Have the Strangest Friends (And Other True Stories of Animal Feelings)

by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson & Shirley Felts

The author of the adult best-sellers When Elephants Weep and Dogs Never Lie About Love has reached into his treasure trove of stories about the emotional lives of animals to tell fifteen fascinating stories...

The Minstrel in the Tower

by Gloria Skurzynski

In this gripping medieval page-turner, Roger and his sister Alice are kidnapped and held for ransom in an ancient tower. To escape and find their uncle, the children must summon all their courage and imagination....

The Magic of Merlin

by Stephanie Spinner & Valerie Sokolova

In the days of knights and castles, one man knew all the secrets of magic. His name was Merlin. Merlin saw the future. He cast powerful spells. He brought King Arthur to the throne and helped him rule England....