Stories play a vital role in the growth and development of children. The books they read and the characters they get to know can become like friends. It's also

Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal When a young boy embarks on a journey alone . . . he trails a colony of penguins, undulates in a smack of jellyfish, clasps h

Gerald tells of the very unusual animals he would add to the zoo, if he were in charge.

In her own singularly beautiful style, Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech intricately weaves together two tales, one funny, one bittersweet, to create a heartwa

The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his ch