Ten-year-old Lea Clark takes a family trip to Brazil where she learns to overcome her fear of the ocean and meets a new friend who inspires her to embrace the thrills and beauty of Brazil.

During a hike with her brother through the Amazon rainforest, fifth-grader Lea discovers a badly injured baby sloth.

During a family trip to Brazil, Lea must prove to her brother that she is brave; while in the Amazon rain forest, she finds an injured baby sloth; and when her friend Camila visits St. Louis, she makes a mysterious discovery.

When she invites her friend Camila to St. Louis for spring break, Lea rescues a stray kitten and makes a mysterious discovery while visiting a crumbling mansion that makes her forget to be a good host.

From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! "She Was Graceful"Karen and her little brother Andrew are getting new pets--goldfish! Karen names hers Crystal Light. Andre’s is called Goldfishie. Karen and Andrew love to watch their fish swim around and around. Then something happens to Crystal Light, and Karen is so sad. Nothing can make her feel better... until Karen’s witchy neighbor saves the day!

A guy walks into a bar car and... From here the story could take many turns. When this guy is David Sedaris, the possibilities are endless, but the result is always the same: he will both delight you with twists of humor and intelligence and leave you deeply moved. Sedaris remembers his father's dinnertime attire (shirtsleeves and underpants), his first colonoscopy (remarkably pleasant), and the time he considered buying the skeleton of a murdered Pygmy. With Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls, David Sedaris shows once again why his work has been called "hilarious, elegant, and surprisingly moving" (Washington Post).

From Lisa Yee and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat, a hilarious sequel to Bobby vs. Girls (Accidentally). In his last adventure, Bobby Ellis-Chan got stuck to a stinky tree, had underwear attached to his back, and faced down a whole wolfpack of girls. What could be scarier or more humiliating than that? Oh, how about playing sports with his football-hero dad ... a cat with 27 toes ... an asthma attack in public ... dancing on stage in the school musical ... And the list goes on! Bobby will have to overcome his fears if he's going to come out on top.