The Dancing Turtle is a vibrant children's picture book that retells a classic indigenous Brazilian folktale about a music-loving turtle captured by a hunter. To escape becoming turtle stew, the clever protagonist must use her wit and the help of the hunter's children to find her way back to the rainforest.

Little Maya has a special blanket that Grandma stitched with her own two hands. As Maya grows, her...

Your name is Fidge and you’re nearly eleven. You’ve been hurled into a strange world.

You have...

Do you believe in angels? Bert and Betty Brown do, because Bert discovered one in his shirt pocket...

A day at a county fair provides a colorful setting for an in-depth, accessible lesson on the...

A young reader's introduction to champion athlete Wilma Rudolph follows her development of polio at...

A mysterious old man puts a curse on young Logan, and soon he's uncontrollably spouting puns. "An...

Describes the history, geographic features, plant and animal life, and sights of Yellowstone...

A bilingual biography of the Dominican slugger whose spirit and home runs propelled the Red Sox to...

A fun and accessible way to make the concepts of a million, a billion, and a trillion not quite so...

The country's "addiction" to oil is described and alternative energy potential from hydrogen is...

The famous fairy detective agency, Wings & Co., has a big problem. Well, quite a few of them...

RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 2014. The poignant memoir of a young girl who lost her hearing due to spinal meningitis and must now wear a Phonic Ear, or large hearing aid. Poor Cece stands out in the crowd when all she wants is to fit in and make friends.

This book describes in an eloquent and matter-of-fact manner what was happening during the 1992 Los...

In amusing and caricature-like illustrations, this book sketches the perks and annoyances of being...

Eleanor Roosevelt started out as a quiet, shy girl, but she grew up to become someone who cared deeply about people everywhere. She married Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1904, and later became America’s First Lady when he was president from 1932 to 1945.

The story of Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her seat to a white person in Montgomery, Alabama...

Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants her life to be normal, and she has tried to get her brother...

Mr. Factor loves fractions! When a prized fraction up for auction goes missing, it is up to Mr...

Iggy Peck loves to build things and solve problems, sometimes out of the strangest materials. His...