When the music of a banjo stirs the soul of wealthy, cultivated young Jeremiah he is determined to learn how to play it -- even if he has to make one himself.

The remarkable and gritty life story of Nicholas Herrera, a noted Santero -- an artist who creates images of saints and other religious figures.

In this hilarious chapter book mystery, meet a girl whose parents have been kidnapped by disreputable foxes, and a pair of detectives that also happen to be bunnies!

When his family rents out part of their house to Mr. Karp, young Randolph is astonished to learn that this man is a collector of water -- historically significant samples that he keeps in glass containers, each one carefully labeled.

A story-telling, tattooed, often-absent father gives his young son a gift -- the life of the imagination, which is always with his son, even when his father is not.

The sequel to Travels With My Family takes place in a village in southern France, where Charlie and his brother make some new friends, see the running of the bulls and find other adventures large and small.

Husband-and-wife team Marie-Louise Gay and David Homel create a sequel to the enormously popular Travels with My Family and On the Road Again! — but with a twist: this time Charlie and his family stay home, and find adventure in their own Montreal neighborhood.

Ken Roberts is at his quirky best in this novel for beginning readers, starring Leon, his friend Susan, and their village New Auckland, a place with a heart every bit as big as its magnificent scenery.

In search of a bad guy to make life in tiny New Auckland more interesting, Thumb and Susan conduct a stakeout.

Thumb and Susan love their remote fishing village of New Auckland. Wedged between the sea and the mountains, it is beautiful, and a little boring. They wouldn't mind seeing something different -- a big city, for instance.