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.

With a long hot summer ahead, Ellen Fremedon decides that she is going to write a book -- a long one, with chapters. She doesn't need to look far to find characters, for the village of Partridge Cove is full of interesting ones.

Eleven-year-old Primrose learns more about herself and what her future will be in this humorous and tender novel, a Newbery Honor Book.

A family car trip across Canada brings Megan and her dad face to face with how sad and happy growing up can be.

Harley Hare and Hugo Hound would be friends if only their families could stand one another, and when a terrible thunderstorm forces them to work together, they become heroes of the day.

A compelling multi-voiced verse novel about four orphaned children struggling to survive in a hidebound prairie town in the early 1940s.

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 Spud blows the whistle on a polluter, he loses his job. Enlisting the help of his buddy, Dink the Thinker, and Connie Pan, Spud thinks he has a chance of making things right.

A timeless and poignant story about a boy's first summer at camp, told with humor and wit.

Winner of the Governor General's Award, The Crazy Man is a moving and unforgettable story of a period of crisis in a young girl's life.