Barbara McClintock

When Adèle and Simon visit their Aunt Cécile in New York City, she takes them on a train trip around the United States, but from Boston to San Francisco to Washington, D.C., Simon keeps losing his belongings, despite his sister's reminders. Includes facts about the places they visit.

When Adele walks her little brother Simon home from school he loses one more thing at every stop: his drawing of a cat at the grocer's shop, his books at the park, his crayons at the art museum, and more.

Molly's fairy godmother gives her a magic fishbone that will grant one wish, which the resourceful girl saves until she really needs it.

A simplified retelling of the fate of Sara Crewe who, after her father's death leaves her penniless, loses her privileged status at Miss Minchin's London boarding school and endures many hardships and cruel treatment until she is helped by a mysterious benefactor.

Even though her photographer father urges her to try a more practical form of art, a young artist in turn of the century Paris finds that her talent for drawing can be useful.

The little red hen finds none of her lazy friends willing to help her plant, harvest, or grind wheat into flour, but all are eager to eat the bread she makes from it.

When the soldiers in Luke's cardboard theatre come to life, he and his cat Rags help them defeat the evil Longnose.

After being abandonned by her husband, a young nineteenth-century French lady cat becomes a writer.

The true story of eighteenth-century mathematician Sophie Germain, who solved the unsolvable to achieve her dream.

"Fabletown's top agent must stop illegal trafficking in supernatural artifacts. But can Cindy foil the dark plot before Fabletown is exposed to the mundy world?" -- from publisher's web site.

A little girl conjures increasingly destructive animals using Chinese martial arts poses in this new Barbara McClintock picture book.

Dahlia Lenox is tired of the rules and restrictions of ranch life. The poker table is her domain and the only place she yields to no one. The biggest win of her life—a prize that could free her from her small town—is calling and she can't wait to claim the prize. But taking the next stagecoach west means leaving the only man who ever made her ache to be his, the ever handsome Garrison Lee. Surrendering to him is not an option. Garrison's been patient. He's been courteous. And he's been a damn gentleman. All that's gotten him is a brush off from Dahlia each of the three times he's proposed. When Dahlia risks everything to escape him forever, Garrison raises the stakes in a single hand of poker... winner to take all.

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cmAD480L Lexile

Tobias and Charlotte Eggers are not on vacation. Well, I suppose they are on a vacation from everything they once knew. Locked within the walls of Witherwood, high upon a mysterious mesa, they are still looking for a way out. There are distractions, however. The very ground is shaking, and the creatures that protect the school are revolting. When one of their only friends goes missing it leads to a devastating secret. But there is hope. There are other students who have clear minds and are also fighting to get out. Luckily for everyone, Tobias has a plan. It's a dangerous one, but if it works, it could forever change their fate and Witherwood's future.