A little girl is missing. Her parents are hiding something. Who will pay the price?

Secret Keys, a multi-cultural storybook, contains new stories that instill positive values and success principles in young children. Each author writes with the unique perspective of his or her ethnic background, and every page opening features beautiful new color illustrations.From the lives of well-known people, Bible characters, and children like themselves, young readers will discover the secret keys to successful happy living. Keys such as responsibility, commitment, kindness, and integrity open to them lifes richest reward.At the end of each chapter children will find a "key box" that helps them understand and use the secret key with thought-provoking questions and practical applications. Three activity sections reinforce the lessons learned in Secret Keys and provide hours of enjoyment with family and friends.

Read the series that's sold more than 2 million copies--if you dare! Warning: this description has not been authorized by Pseudonymous Bosch. As much as he'd love to sing the praises of his book (he is very vain), he wouldn't want you to hear about his brave 11-year old heroes, Cass and Max-Ernest. Or about how a mysterious box of vials, the Symphony of Smells, sends them on the trail of a magician who has vanished under strange (and stinky) circumstances. And he certainly wouldn't want you to know about the hair-raising adventures that follow and the nefarious villains they face. You see, not only is the name of this book secret, the story inside is, too. For it concerns a secret. A Big Secret.

The author of "Crossing Paths" takes on the defining subject of the arid west: water. His odyssey of risk and adventure follows the search for the secretive water of the desert where flows are hidden, ephemeral, sudden, and violent. Line drawings throughout.

Six years ago she walked out on me without a word, taking the remnants of my heart with her. Had I known then what else she was stealing from me, she would've never made it past the state line. Now she's back with a secret, one that will shake my very foundation from out under me. Where once there was love, there's now only hate, and now that I know there's even more reason for that hate, I will stop at nothing to exact my vengeance.

This beautifully illustrated children's book sensitively broaches the subject of keeping children safe from inappropriate touch. It is an invaluable tool for caregivers and educators to broach the subject of safe and unsafe touch in an age-appropriate way. The discussion questions support both reader and child when discussing the story. Ages 3-12

In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke, an illegal third child, has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm in this start to the Shadow Children series from Margaret Peterson Haddix. Luke has never been to school. He's never had a birthday party, or gone to a friend's house for an overnight. In fact, Luke has never had a friend. Luke is one of the shadow children, a third child forbidden by the Population Police. He's lived his entire life in hiding, and now, with a new housing development replacing the woods next to his family's farm, he is no longer even allowed to go outside. Then, one day Luke sees a girl's face in the window of a house where he knows two other children already live. Finally, he's met a shadow child like himself. Jen is willing to risk everything to come out of the shadows—does Luke dare to become involved in her dangerous plan? Can he afford not to?