Almost to Freedom
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Lindy and her doll Sally are best friends — wherever Lindy goes, Sally stays right by her side. They eat together, sleep together, and even pick cotton together. So, on the night Lindy and her mama run away in search of freedom, Sally goes too. Sally vividly narrates her enslaved family's courageous escape through the Underground Railroad.
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Millions to Measure
written by David Schwartz, illustrated by Steven Kellogg
Your favorite wizard is back — and ready to explore the invention of length, weight, and volume measurements. How tall is Moonbeam, the unicorn? How long are the whiskers of Jello, the cat? And just how heavy is that darling hog? Tons, and teaspoons, and ounces, and feet, and yards, and miles...what a headache! With millions to measure, wouldn't one standard system be simpler? Measuring has never been such a blast.
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There's a Frog in My Throat!
Loreen Leedy & Pat Street
Hot dog! Readers will go "hog-wild" over this imaginative and amusing collection of sayings about animals. From "lucky ducks," to "odd ducks," to "sitting ducks," to just plain "quacks," this compilation presents a wealth of sayings alongside fun-filled art bursting with color and energy. Each expression is explained, so no reader feels like a "silly goose." The index of animals will help readers "ferret out" their favorite sayings. Get ready to "go ape" over this collection because it really is "the cat's pajamas."
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The Ravenmaster's Secret
Elvira Woodruff
The year is 1735 at the Tower of London, England's most fortified castle. When 11-year-old Forrest befriends Mattie, a young Scottish prisoner, they form a friendship that can cost them their lives. Escape is all but impossible. Or is it? Cross the drawbridge of time for this harrowing adventure!
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Riding the Flume
Patricia Curtis-Pfitsch
During the summer of 1894, the giant sequoia trees — the oldest living things on earth — are being felled for lumber in northern California. Francie finds a mysterious note hidden within a stump — one written six years earlier by her sister, before her accidental death. When her search for the truth turns dangerous, she is faced with riding the terrifying 33-mile log flume to get the help she needs.