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The Little Engine That Could
by Watty Piper, Bridget Joyce
A bunch of toys and good food is trying to get over the mountain to the good little boys and girls when their train breaks down. They get out and flag down engines that are passing by. The first few engines refuse to help the toys and food. Then comes along the little blue engine and she agrees to help the toys and food even though she has never been over the mountain. The whole time she is towing she says "I... (more)
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Dancing with Max
A Mother and Son Who Broke Free
by Charles W. Colson, Emily Colson
Meet a remarkable young man. Max doesn't communicate like we do. But he communicates better than we do about the most important things. Max doesn't think like we do. But his actions reflect deep spiritual truths. With candor and wit, Emily Colson shares about her personal battles and heartbreak when, as a suddenly single mother, she discovers her only child has autism. Emily illuminates the page with... (more)
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The Last Resort
A Memoir of Zimbabwe
by Douglas Rogers
Thrilling, heartbreaking, and, at times, absurdly funny, The Last Resort is a remarkable true story about one family in a country under siege and a testament to the love, perseverance, and resilience of the human spirit. Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Douglas Rogers is the son of white farmers living through that country’s long and tense transition from postcolonial rule. He escaped the dull future mapped out... (more)
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Welcome Home: Our Family's Journey to Extreme Joy
by Kimberley Woodhouse
Thanks to being featured on the hit TV show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition , the Woodhouse family of Colorado Springs is known across the country. Their poignant, heart-touching story of having a child with a rare medical disorder, which led to a mountain of hospital bills and the loss of their home—and their need for a home that would be safe for daughter Kayla—has put them in the public spotlight and kept them... (more)
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John Philip Duck
by Patricia Polacco
Edward loves his pet duck more than anything. He raised it from a baby, and now it follows him everywhere&150even to the big fancy hotel in Memphis where he works with his father. Everyone at the Peabody loves to watch that little duck do tricks; why, it can even waddle up and down in time to a John Philip Sousa march, which is why Edward decides to name it John Philip. But one day the hotel owner finds John... (more)
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Amos Fortune, Free Man
by Elizabeth Yates
"It does a man no good to be free until he learns how to live." These were the words of Amos Fortune, born the son of a king of the At-mun-shi tribe in Africa. When Amos was only fifteen years old, he was captured by slave traders and brought to Massachusetts, where he was sold at auction. Although his freedom had been taken, Amos never lost his dignity and courage. He dreamed of being free and of buying... (more)
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The Undaunted
The Miracle of the Hole-in-the-Rock Pioneers
by Gerald N. Lund
The journey was impossible. But they had no other choice. At the call of their prophet, they left well-established farms and businesses to strike out yet again into the untamed wilderness. A small band of men, women, and children formed the 1879 pioneer company. Their mission: stand as a buffer between lawlessness and civilization. Their road: only what they created themselves, blasting out a perilous... (more)
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John Henry
by Julius Lester, Jerry Pinkney
The stunning 1995 Caldecott Honor Book John Henry is stronger than ten men, and can dig through a mountain faster than a steam drill. Julius Lester's folksy retelling of a popular African-American folk ballad has warmth, tall tale humor, and boundless energy. Jerry Pinkney illustrates the story with "rich colors borrowed from the rocks and the earth, so beautiful that they summon their own share of smiles and... (more)
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Alex
The Life of a Child
by Frank Deford
Alexandra Deford, a precious and precocious girl, was just eight years old when she died in 1980 following a battle against the debilitating effects of cystic fibrosis, the number-one genetic killer of children. Her poignant and uplifting story touched the hearts of millions when it was first published and then made into a memorable television movie. A new introduction contains information on the latest... (more)
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Jigsaw Jones Mystery: Book 12
The Case of the Class Clown
by James Preller
Clever, funny detectives Jigsaw Jones and Mila Yeh solve mysteries in shool and out.
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Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
Life of Pi is a fantasy novel about a boy stranded in a lifeboat with a 450-pound Bengal Tiger after a shipwreck. Pi Patel's father runs a zoo in Pondicherry - a former French colony in India - but decides to migrate to Canada along with his family and assorted zoo animals due to political tensions. However, their voyage is abruptly cut short when Tsimtsum - their Japanese cargo ship - sinks in the Pacific during... (more)
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Speak
by Laurie Halse Anderson
Melinda Sordino busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops. Now her old friends won't talk to her, and people she doesn't even know hate her from a distance. The safest place to be is alone, inside her own head. But even that's not safe. Because there's something she's trying not to think about, something about the night of the party that, if she let it in, would blow her carefully constructed disguise to... (more)
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The Wainscott Weasel
by Tor Seidler
While other young weasels dance under the pines, Bagley thinks about Bridget, the mesmerizing fish who lives in a pond down the brook from his den. Only a true hero can save Bridget from the gruesome death that awaits her'and this is exactly what Bagley, much to his own surprise, proves himself to be. Notable Children's Books of 1994 (ALA) 100 Books for Reading and Sharing 1993 (NY Public Library) 1993 "Pick of... (more)
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True Strength
My Journey from Hercules to Mere Mortal and How Nearly Dying Saved My Life
by Kevin Sorbo
On television, as the star of the popular Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Kevin Sorbo portrayed an invincible demigod. He relished living the part-putting in 14-hour days on set, doing his own stunts, and relentlessly working out at the gym. Until one day it all came to an abrupt end. Now, for the first time, Sorbo shares what viewers didn't know: he suffered three strokes from an aneurysm in his shoulder... (more)
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STONE FOX By Gardiner, John Reynolds (Author) Paperback on 22-May-1992
by John Reynolds Gardiner
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Traveling a Rocky Road with Love, Faith, and Guts: Bladder Cancer, COPD, Caregiving, Polio and More
by Sylvia L. Ramsey
First imagine a small child who triumphs over polio at the age of four. Has a mother with mental issues, survives a rocky marriage and then, ends up being a caregiver of a husband with COPD, and then both get a diagnosis of cancer on the same day. The husband diagnosed with prostate cancer, and the wife diagnosed with invasive bladder cancer. There is loss, grief, but it has a happy ending. Travel the road... (more)
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Mountain to Climb: The Quest for Everest and Beyond
by David Lim
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The Very Busy Spider
by Eric Carle
Various farm animals try to divert a busy little spider from spinning her web, but she persists and produces a thing of both beauty and usefulness.
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Twenty-eight Artists and Two Saints
Essays
by Joan Ross Acocella
From one of our most admired cultural critics (“A marvelous, canny writer”––Terry Castle, London Review of Books ), thirty-one essays on some of the most influential artists of our time––writers, dancers, choreographers, sculptors––and two saints of all time, Joan of Arc and Mary Magdalene. Among the people discussed: Italo Svevo, Stefan Zweig, Simone de Beauvoir, Marguerite Yourcenar, Joseph Roth, Vaslav... (more)
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What a Treasure!
by Jane Hillenbrand
Mole has a new shovel and he is digging for buried treasure. But what he finds are treasures for everyone else! He finds a stick and gives it to Bird for his nest. He finds a shell and gives it to Snail for a home. An acorn he gives to Squirrel for his dinner. Finally, he finds a treasure for himself, a friend

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