Kirsten and her family celebrate their first Christmas in their new home on Uncle Olav's farm in mid-19th-century Minnesota

Tío Alex is joining the Garcia family for a cookout, and he's bringing a surprise. A big green surprise. At first, Carlos and Carmen are disappointed in the lumpy green surprise. But with their mom's help and a few poles and stakes, the lump becomes a green surprise filled with fun. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Calico Kid is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.

Ten-year-old Kirsten finds a bee tree full of honey.

A tough Minnesota winter brings many changes to Kirsten's frontier life, including the new responsibility of helping her brother Lars set his traps and a move into a new house for her family.

Merkitty has lived at the castle for a while now. He loves helping the King and learning at school, but he misses his parents.When King Olgan tells Merkitty that his parents are coming to see him, Merkitty learns that a messy room doesn't allow you to have fun.Merkitty also discovers that his parents have a surprise for him. Can you guess what it is?

When Kathleen Ramsey's eldest son is unexpectedly assigned to Fort Moultrie following his graduation from West Point, she is forced to relive the painful memories of the day she fled her childhood home in Charleston, South Carolina. Will she recognize the sovereign hand of her loving Heavenly Father faithfully guiding her son's every step?

This critical account of the American Girl brand explores what its books and dolls communicate to girls about femininity, racial identity, ethnicity, and what it means to be an American. Emilie Zaslow begins by tracing the development of American Girl and situates the company’s growth and popularity in a social history of girl power media culture. She then weaves analyses of the collection’s narrative and material representations with qualitative research on mothers and girls. Examining the dolls with both a critical eye and a fan’s curiosity, Zaslow raises questions about the values espoused by this iconic American brand.