Koala gets to spend the weekend with his favorite person in the whole world.... Grandma! No one snuggles, bakes treats, plays games, or read stories like she does. Find out Grandma's special secret to helping Koala knows he's loved even when they're apart.

Grandpa Pig is building a surprise for Peppa and George. It looks like a toy train.... But it's not a toy-it's a real train! Grandpa's little train chugs as it carries Peppa and her friends all through the town, with a stop at the playground. But what's this? Miss Rabbit's bus is stuck in the mud! Can Grandpa's little train save the day?

One summer, a boy named Thomas visits his grandmother at her seaside cottage. She gives him a magnifying glass that once belonged to his grandfather, and with it Thomas explores the beach, turning grains of sand into rocks and dark clam shells into swirling mazes of black, gray, and white. When his grandmother shows him a piece of sea glass, Thomas is transfixed-and that night he dreams of an old shipyard and the breaking of a bottle. Could the very...

Overview: Everybody is in such a hurry these days--mothers and fathers and sisters and brothers. About the only people who aren't in a hurry are grandfathers. With them there is always time to stop and look just as long as you like. This gentle story about the warm, happy relationship between the oldest and youngest ones in the family was originally published in 1959 with illustrations by Paul Galdone. Now freshly reillustrated by the internationally...

A young boy comes to recognize his own power and ability to change the future. When a friend at school creates a hurtful drawing, the boy turns to his family for comfort. He realizes that his eyes rise to the skies and speak to the stars, shine like sunlit rays, and glimpse trails of light from those who came before—in fact, his eyes are like his father’s, his agong’s, and his little brother’s, and they are visionary. Inspired by the men...

Strange things are afoot at Fablehaven. Someone or something has released a plague that transforms beings of light into creatures of darkness. Seth discovers the problem in its infancy, but as the infectious disease spreads, it becomes clear that the preserve cannot hold out for long. In dire need of help, the Sorensons question where to turn. The Sphinx has always given sound advice--but is he a traitor? Inside the quiet Box, Vanessa might have information...

When Mona McNeil returns to visit her grandparents' farm as an adult, she recalls the summer she spent there raising Kiki, a lion cub she got as an eighth birthday gift from her uncle Matthew--an experience that led her to open Rainbow Street Animal Shelter.