N. H. Kleinbaum

When his colleague Long Arrow disappears, Dr. Dolittle sets off with his assistant, Tommy Stubbins, his dog, Jip, and Polynesia the parrot on an adventurous voyage over tropical seas to floating Spidermonkey Island.

Doctor Dolittle travels to Africa to save the sick monkeys, and there he encounters the rarest of all animals, the pushmi-pullyu.

A shortened version of the story of how Doctor Dolittle met his young assistant, Tommy Stubbins.

A shortened version of the adventures of a kind-hearted doctor, who is fond of animals and understands their language, as he travels to Africa with some of his favorite pets to cure the monkeys of a terrible sickness.

When a busy doctor who likes his ordinary life very much gets a bad bump on the head, he discovers that he can understand what animals are saying and that he can talk back to them.

Todd Anderson and his friends at Welton Academy can hardly believe how different life is since their new English professor, the flamboyant John Keating, has challenged them to "make your lives extraordinary!" Inspired by Keating, the boys resurrect the Dead Poets Society--a secret club where, free from the constraints and expectations of school and parents, they let their passions run wild. As Keating turns the boys on to the great words of Byron, Shelley, and Keats, they discover not only the beauty of language, but the importance of making each moment count. But the Dead Poets pledges soon realize that their newfound freedom can have tragic consequences. Can the club and the individuality it inspires survive the pressure from authorities determined to destroy their dreams?

When Jamal knocks over a dusty old book, he doesn't know it holds more than words. Ghostwriter has been let loose. What is that strange glowing light? And is it really possible that this ghost is lonely? There are a lot of unanswered questions. For now the kids will have to trust Ghostwriter. Something weird and scary is happening in the neighborhood, and they need his help. There are masked backpack thieves on the loose. Soon the team is on to the thieves, but what will happen when the thieves are on to the team?

"A LIFE WITH YOU JUST ISN'T POSSIBLE." Heather Johnson had never intended to return to Whitehorn, Montana. But restoring an inherited ranch seemed the perfect way to pass the summer with her three kids. The moment she hired carpenter Mitch Fielding, though, his motherless twin daughters in tow, those short-term plans suddenly went awry. Mitch was the first man in her life who truly seemed to notice her. And as his skillful hands restored the ranch and ignited a passion she'd never known, her fragile heart began to heal, as well. For once in Heather's life everything seemed magnificent. And that scared her. Because the future she wanted -- and the past she'd run from -- were forever in Whitehorn...