"Mark Twain's classic The Adventures of Tom Sawyer has been enjoyed by generations of readers across the world since its publication in 1876. With its humorous glimpses into life in nineteenth-century, small-town America, this novel has provided unique social commentary that continues to be discussed in classrooms today. Tom Sawyer, a mischievous boy growing up in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri, is constantly getting in and out of...

Summary: On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days too.

A prayer shawl is handed down from grandfather to grandson in this story of Jewish tradition and the passage of generations.

Isolated on her mountain, Amber meets and befriends a girl from the city who gives her the determination to learn to read and write.

A collection of acrostic poems with accompanying factual texts describing prime characteristics of a wide variety of animals grouped by habitat.

Describes the autumn season, with its animals, rain, cold winds, and harvested food. When read vertically, the first letters of the lines of text spell related words arranged alphabetically, from "acorn" to "zero."

A boy spends a long day helping his father dismantle a nineteenth-century barn so that the pieces can be used in other barns and houses to live another one hundred years.

When a settler's young daughter learns that soldiers will force the Nez Perc e off the nearby land, she uses a doll to warn her Indian friend of the impending danger.

A young girl is soothed by her grandmother's wisdom and tortillas after having a bad day.