Category Archives: 4-7

Balto and the Great Race (Stepping Stone)

Balto and the Great Race (Stepping Stone)
Overall Rating:
Total Customer Reviews: (9)
List Price: $3.99
Sale Price: $1.03
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Balto has a quiet life as a sled dog—until tragedy strikes. Dozens of children in Nome become sick with diphtheria. Without antitoxin serum, they will perish—and the closest supply is 650 miles away! The only way to get the serum to Nome is by sled, but can the dogs deliver it in time? Heading bravely into a brutal blizzard, Balto leads the race for life.

A Kansas City Children’s Book Award for Grades 1–3

Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos

Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos
Overall Rating:
Total Customer Reviews: (53)
List Price: $6.99
Sale Price: $2.47
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Ever wonder where inventors get their ideas? As it turns out, the great inventor Benjamin Franklin got his best ideas from a mouse named Amos! Funny, interesting and wise, this classic tale has been a favorite for generations. Once you’ve met Amos and read his account, you’ll never think of Ben Franklin-or American history-quite the same way.

Explore this historical time period even further in this new edition of award-winning author Robert Lawson’s classic tale, with additional bonus material, including a map of Ben Franklin’s travels!

Bound for Oregon

Bound for Oregon
Overall Rating:
Total Customer Reviews: (25)
List Price: $15.25
Sale Price: $10.14
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Nine-year-old Mary Ellen Todd, filled with the pioneer spirit, treks cross country in 1852 with her family in search of a better life. The Todds survive Indians and swollen rivers, but what will happen when mother has a new baby and winter arrives? Jean Van Leeuwen has written highly acclaimed book for both children and young adults, including Dear Mom, You’re Ruining My Life.

The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends)

The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends)
Overall Rating:
Total Customer Reviews: (150)
List Price: $6.99
Sale Price: $2.63
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Tucker is a streetwise city mouse. He thought he’d seen it all. But he’s never met a cricket before, which really isn’t surprising, because, along with his friend Harry Cat, Tucker lives in the very heart of New York City—the Times Square subway station. Chester Cricket never intended to leave his Connecticut meadow. He’d be there still if he hadn’t followed the entrancing aroma of liverwurst right into someone’s picnic basket. Now, like any tourist in the city, he wants to look around. And he could not have found two better guides—and friends—than Tucker and Harry. The trio have many….

[Read More]

The Grand Escape (Cat Pack)

The Grand Escape (Cat Pack)
Overall Rating:
Total Customer Reviews: (27)
List Price: $6.99
Sale Price: $3.09
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
It’s a scary world out there. If only Marco hadn’t read a newspaper article about a ranch and become determined to see one. If only Polo hadn’t found himself longing for the mother he barely remembered as a soft-warm-wiggle-purr-milk-tongue. Then the two tabbies might have been content to remain pampered house cats forever. But when their owners leave a door open, Marco and Polo can’t resist the temptation to escape to the outside world. Their search for food and a dry place to sleep leads them to Texas Jake and the cats of the Club of Mysteries. Life….

[Read More]