Kate DiCamillo

The friendship of tall Gollie and short Bink is tested by Gollie's queenly airs, a lack of pancakes, and their shared profile in a book of record holders.

Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree about an unforgettable family on a road-trip during one of the most important times in the civil rights movement. When the Watson family--ten-year-old Kenny, Momma, Dad, little sister Joetta, and brother Byron--sets out on a trip south to visit Grandma in Birmingham, Alabama, they don't realize that they're heading toward one of the darkest moments in America's history. The...

Follows a singing girl's fruitless search for a friend in her world, until one night when her song is finally heard by someone who understands. This almost wordless picture book is a gentle reminder of how powerful we can be when we dare to reach out to one another.

A stouthearted chicken named Louise sets out into the world to find adventure. A sea voyage ends with a pirate attack and shipwreck. A life in the circus ends with a narrow escape from a hungry lion. A trip to a bazaar in a faraway land ends with a daring escape from prison. When she tells her friends in the henhouse about her adventures, Louise finally realizes that there really is no place like home. Includes a conversation with the author, and...

Mercy Watson thinks like a pig: After Mercy Watson follows the delightful scent and delicious taste of the pansies her thoughtful neighbors plant to beautify their yard, animal control officer Francine Poulet is called out to handle the case, which brings unexpected results. Something wonky this way comes: Mercy Watson goes to the movies and she's on a mission-for true buttered popcorn.

Una mañana, temprano, Rob se pone a caminar sin rumbo fijo a través del bosque que se encuentra en los alrededores del motel donde él y su padre viven, cuando de repente se encuentra con un imponente tigre encerrado en una jaula. Pero ésta no es la única sorpresa extraordinaria que le deparaba a Rob ese día. También conoce a Sixtina Bailey, una chica que acaba de llegar a la escuela, y que muestra sus sentimientos con la misma facilidad con...

"Jake volunteers at a nursing home because he likes helping people. He likes skating and singing, playing Bingo and Name That Tune, and reading mysteries and comics aloud to his teachers. He also likes avoiding people his own age . . . and the cruelty of mirrors . . . and food. Jake has read about kids like him in books -- the weird one, the outsider -- and would do anything not to be that kid, including shrink himself down to nothing. But the less...