The author of Brown Bag Bedtime Books hopes that parents will judge a book by its cover … or lack thereof. Sauer’s series of apparently handbound storybooks are printed, without pictures, inside and out with brown ink on plain brown... Read More

The men and women at Firehouse One are trying to make the best of working on Christmas Eve, when they would rather be home with their families. They’ve played Santa for children in the town, police officers have stopped by to check on... Read More

Children should never go off with a stranger in the middle of the night, unless, of course, the stranger is a large, pleasant gorilla that has just appeared at the foot of the bed. Hannah’s father, who is too busy to pay much attention... Read More

Anyone who has marveled at humans’ ability to bore through mountains or build a network of subways and roads under cities and rivers, or even service areas under theme parks, will enjoy digging into some of the more amazing tunnels in... Read More

As haunting as a campfire ghost story, the legend of two Cree Indians is told in poetry evocative of oral tradition. Readers (or listeners) are cautioned that if they are out on the prairie as the sun is falling, and they hear a voice... Read More

Sometimes, like the wrong wallpaper pattern for a small room, the idea for a children’s book can go awry and be, well, too busy or too cute. Happily, this is not the case with this story, which focuses on the pattern on a boy’s... Read More

In an age when war is often high-tech and the enemy impersonal, the events of September 11 put terrorists and victims face to face in the narrow confines of four doomed airplanes. Fear, the brutal murders of people begging for mercy, and... Read More

The story of the explorer La Salle shows that dreams are not always achieved in a lifetime. One man’s “failure” may actually pave the way for someone else’s success. As a young Frenchman, La Salle became a Jesuit because he... Read More