GREAT READS

Well known for their wildly popular Eyewitness series, DK Publishing can be counted on to pack lots of color, fresh ideas, and good solid information into their highly appealing non-fiction books for children.

This vivid gem is subtitled, "Grow plan...

When Kit's beloved grandfather dies and leaves her orphaned, the lovely, high-spirited English girl raised in Barbados is forced to seek family and security in the austere Colony of 17^th century Connecticut.  She stands out like a bright, tropic...

This post-apocalyptic story is set in the dim and dying underground city of Ember, which was founded and stocked with supplies 241 years ago by "The Builders" to save humanity.  There is no sun, no moon, nothing but electric light. . . and in th...

In this graphic novel for younger readers, a book-reading, solitude-seeking guinea pig in a pet shop becomes a reluctant private eye when the "G" falls off the word "PIG" on his homemade nameplate.  Kids will love the zaniness of this detective ...

You would never know that the three exuberant little girls in pink tights on the cover of this book share more than the dream of being ballerinas.  They also share the reality of physical disabilities.  Through hard work, determination, and...

When it comes to decorating the Christmas tree, "there is no such thing as too much tinsel!" says Fancy Nancy.  But she is devastated when her new spinning, flashing, tree topper suffers a mishap.  Grandpa arrives in the nick of time to tea...