Deborah Hopkinson
Critically acclaimed nonfiction author Deborah Hopkinson pieces together the story of the TITANIC and that fateful April night, drawing on the voices of survivors and archival photographs.
Scheduled to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the tragic... (read more)
Celia Straus
More than 150 prayers in this book encourage pre-teen girls to look inward for the strengths to heal hurts, calm fears, and reconcile with family and friends. Each prayer is a loving act of faith, providing a safe space in which a girl can simply be and... (read more)
Casey Scieszka
Casey and Steven met in Morocco, moved to China then went all the way to Timbuktu. This illustrated travel memoir tells the story of their first two years out of college spent teaching English, making friends across language barriers, researching... (read more)
Margaret Muckenhoupt
By exposing the sickening conditions people with mental illness endured in jails, almshouses, and basement cells, Dorothea Dix (1802-1887) single-handedly transformed the U.S. system of mental health care in the 19th century. Dix traveled from state to... (read more)
Norman Floyd
This book reaches the adolescents, the leaders of tomorrow, to show them how to manage their time, attitude, friendships, and learn the formula to assess what is important for them to maximize their short-term and long-term goals. This message is that... (read more)
