Showcasing everyday moments of love between mother and child, this adorable rhyming board book, filled with animal characters, helps little ones learn their ABCs while celebrating Mom.

A five-year-old narrates a story about his life growing up in a single room where his mother aims to protect him from the man who has held her prisoner for seven years since she was a teenager.

Pregnant for the second time by her father and abused by her mother, Harlem teenager Precious Jones finds hope through a counselor and a teacher at her new school.

This wonderful compilation brings together the beloved first three Bear books - Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?; Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?; and Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? -and includes the newest addition, Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?

Gauche Suede, a member of the Letter Bees, a corp of messengers who risk their lives to keep the lines of communication open in the dark, giant insect-infested world of Amberground, is surprised to find his last task of the day is to deliver Lag Seeing, a young boy whose mother has been abducted, to his aunt, on a dangerous journey that inspires Lag to become a Letter Bee.

"With only two months before Elizabeth sets sail for London to marry a British lord, she resolves to live a lifetime of adventure. Lucian Griffin, her dearest friend's brother, intends to protect Elizabeth from letting her adventures forever sully her reputation. Soon his earnest fondness gives way to deep affection."--

When Frank and Joe are assigned to safeguard the children of a visiting dignitary as they go on a visit to the National Library of Education, they look to their librarian mother for aid.

Padre Padrone: Gavino is six when his father hauls him out of school to keep watch over sheep on a barren countryside, huddled in a makeshift hut night and day. The child is constantly abused by his father who treats him as his own father treated him. When the illiterate Gavino is commanded by his father to join the army, he learns a trade and a new concept of life, discovering the outside world and his own identity within it. Night of the shooting...

When fourteen-year-old Mattie Sullivan asks Spenser to look into her mother's murder, he's not completely convinced by her claim that the police investigation four years ago was botched. Mattie is gruff, street-smart, and wise beyond her years, left to care for her younger siblings and an alcoholic grandmother in a dilapidated apartment in South Boston. But her need for closure and her determination to make things right hit Spenser where he lives,...

"Heartwarming photographs of mother and baby animals from the farmyard and the wild are complemented by endearing text about what children love about their moms, from their loving cuddles to the feelings of comfort and safety that accompany them"--