In this novel set during the Great Depression, 15-year-old Mary Alice is sent to live with her grandmother in Illinois after her father loses his job. This is a sequel to A LONG WAY FROM CHICAGO, but here Mary Alice’s brother, J...

Each year, city kids Joey and Mary Alice travel from their home in Chicago to spend part of the summer with their grandmother in rural Illinois. In eight short stories, one for each visit, Joey and Mary Alice come to appreciate their ...

In the beloved tradition of The Borrowers, The Tale of Desperaux, and The Cricket in Times Square, here is an irresistible adventure story of the tiny individuals who secretly live among us humans.Helena is the oldest of four mouse si...

When 15-year-old Russell Culver's mean old teacher drops dead shortly before school starts in August of 1904, he thinks it could be an opportunity for him to leave his Indiana farm and ride the rails out west for rollicking adventure....

Fourteen-year-old tomboy Peewee would rather tinker with cars than wear dresses or go to school, but she's in for the ride of her life when a quartet of spunky librarians arrive in her tiny Indiana town to re-open the library and tran...

The return of one of children's literature's most memorable characters is a gift indeed. The eccentric, forceful, big-hearted Grandma Dowdel is the star of the Newbery Medal–winning A Year Down Yonder and Newbery Honor–winning A L...

Newbery Award-winning author Richard Peck is at his very best in this fast-paced mystery adventure. Fans of The Tale of Desperaux, A Little Princess, and Stuart Little will all be captivated by this memorable story of a lovable orphan...