Lincoln Jones is always working on the latest story he's got going in his notebook. Those stories are his refuge. A place where the hero always prevails and the bad guy goes to jail. Real life is messy and complicated, so Lincoln sticks to fiction and keeps to himself. Which works fine until a nosy girl at his new school starts prying into his private business. She wants to know what he's writing, where he disappears to after school, and why he never...

A half-Chinese, half-Caucasian girl's book about being biracial, sharing her best friend, and learning to be a flower girl.

Discusses how to write fiction, exploring such aspects as character, plot, point of view, dialogue, endings, and revising.

When her beloved father dies, thirteen-year-old Emily Starr, orphaned and lonely, is sent to live with her mother's relatives at New Moon Farm, but despite her stern Aunt Elizabeth and malicious classmates, Emily's quick wit and lively imagination help her to form friendships and begin to feel at home.

Rather than discussing their possible vocation, discussions of children tend to center on their rights or duties. Does God have intentions for their young lives -- before they grow up and become "real" people? Distinguished jurist Patrick McKinley Brennan has gathered sixteen authors to approach this idea in various ways, from historical to psychological to theological. The authors explore throughout whether it is possible for adults to either squander...

Every parent wants the best possible education for their child -- one that fits their child's unique needs, challenges them to grow, and equips them to succeed. But there are so many options -- public, private, and charter schools, plus homeschooling and online schooling -- that it's easy for parents to feel overwhelmed and, well, undereducated about the choices. What's more, while one schooling option may be right for one child, it may be challenging...

A beautifully illustrated anthology of poetry celebrating babies, children and childhood—from the magical times and memories of childhood, through to the unconditional love a parent has for a child. Some of our best-loved poets are featured, such as William Blake, John Betjeman, Robert Louis Stevenson, Adrian Mitchell and W. H. Auden. The poems begin in infanthood, with the joys that babies and toddlers bring as they learn to move and speak, and...