Nancy Carpenter

Presents an illustrated biography of Abraham Lincoln, describing how his lifelong love for reading led him to become the sixteenth president of the United States.

A family finds a way to preserve the feeling of Christmas into the new year by filling a basket with the pine needles from the Christmas tree.

In 1881 Amherst, Massachusetts, six-year-old Gilbert finds it both challenging and wonderful to spend time with his aunt, the reclusive poet Emily Dickinson, who lives next door.

When Little Bear can no longer fit into his boat he finds someone else who can use it.

A pioneer father transports his beloved fruit trees and his family to Oregon in the mid-nineteenth century. Based loosely on the life of Henderson Luelling.

"The story of Mother Jones, an Irish immigrant who was essential in the fight to create child labor laws. Well into her sixties, Mother Jones had finally had enough of children working long hours in dangerous factory jobs, and decided she was going to do something about it. The powerful protests she organized earned her the name 'the most dangerous woman in America.' And in the Children's Crusade of 1903, she lead one hundred boys and girls on a glorious...

"This is a most joyful and clever whimsy, the kind that lightens the heart and puts a shine on the day," raved Kirkus Reviews in a starred review.
Is it possible to eat snowballs doused in ketchup—and nothing else—all winter? Can a washing machine wash dishes? By reading the step-by-step instructions, kids can discover the answers to such all-important questions along with the book's curious narrator. Here are 12 "hypotheses,"...