Ten-year-old Lanie of Cambridge, Massachusetts, who loves nature and the outdoors, wants to go camping with her family but her favorite aunt teaches Lanie to find the wonders of nature anywhere, even in her own backyard.

When Chris expresses doubt about the existence of Santa Claus, his older sister Sophie reveals that their aunt is really Santa's sister and helper and then sends him on a strange journey.

"Bienvenidos de nuevo al divertido mundo de Gustavo y Rita. Preparados para vivir las aventuras mas delirantes? Gustavo es un cerdo un poco tonto, optimista y muy entusiasta. Su mejor amiga es Rita, una perra pragmatica, sensata y esceptica. Quizas ya los conoces por su libro anterior en el que se aventuraban para encontrar la pieza perdida de un puzle o exploraban juntos una isla desierta. Gustavo y Rita siempre estan viviendo una excepcional aventura....

"A memoir of Karachi through the eyes of its women. Rafia Zakaria's Muslim-Indian family immigrated to Pakistan from Bombay in 1962, feeling the situation for Muslims in India was precarious and that Pakistan represented enormous promise. And for some time it did. Her family prospered, and the city prospered. But in the 1980s, Pakistan's military dictators began an Islamization campaign designed to legitimate their rule--a campaign that particularly...

Thirteen-year-old Araminta Robicheaux, Cinderella's daughter, embarrassed by her family, seeks to make her own fairy tale come true by showing her shoe designs to boy-band mega-star Theo Downey.

During the summer before fifth grade, Ferris Wilkey has her hands full with her little sister terrorizing the town, her Aunt Shirley moving into their basement and her grandmother seeing a ghost--one who has wild, impractical and illuminating plans.

Gavin wants to make a good impression at Carver Elementary, where no one knows he excels at soccer and skateboarding, but an annoying big sister, a bully, and his great aunt's Pomeranian are not helping.

"Every night, my Ametti Fatma sings the sounds of Egypt to me as I fall asleep. This is the Nile, that flows through the city. Swish, swoosh, swish. This is the boat, that glides on the Nile, that flows through the city. Swish, swoosh, swish. Each night, a young girl's Auntie Fatma puts her to bed, singing a lullaby filled with rich imagery of her home in Egypt. As Auntie Fatma sings, we are given a glimpse of modern Cairo, from boats making their...