Families with new babies and older siblings will see themselves reflected in this ever-so-sweet story of sibling rivalry as a young elephant gets frustrated with all the attention his baby sister is receiving. Toby is no longer a little elephant. He's a big boy now, much bigger than baby sister Iris. He can do exciting things all by himself. He can pour his own milk, read his own bedtime stories (sort of), and even reach the snacks high on the shelf that he's been told are "just for mamas." But sometimes it feels that Toby has to do everything by himself because Mama is too busy with Iris. And some things are really hard even for a big boy. Toby ends up with spaghetti on his nose, rain boots that don't match, and toilet paper everywhere! He is mad. Luckily, Mama is there to remind Toby of the perks of being a toddler--and that no matter how big he gets, he'll always be her baby.

Toby is a Big Boy now, but sometimes even when you're big the tricky things are still a bit tricky...

National Book Award Winner The red words painted on the trailer caused quite a buzz around town and before an hour was up, half of Antler was standing in line with two dollars clutched in hand to see the fattest boy in the world. Toby Wilson is having the toughest summer of his life. It's the summer his mother leaves for good; the summer his best friend's brother returns from Vietnam in a coffin. And the summer that Zachary Beaver, the fattest boy in the world, arrives in their sleepy Texas town. While it's a summer filled with heartache of every kind, it's also a summer of new friendships gained and old friendships renewed. And it's Zachary Beaver who turns the town of Antler upside down and leaves everyone, especially Toby, changed forever. With understated elegance, Kimberly Willis Holt tells a compelling coming-of-age story about a thirteen-year-old boy struggling to find himself in an imperfect world. At turns passionate and humorous, this extraordinary novel deals sensitively and candidly with obesity, war, and the true power of friendship. When Zachary Beaver Came to Town is the winner of the 1999 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. This title has Common Core connections.

Toby, the mouse, adjusts to the family's new baby and discovers the joys of being a big brother.

Mpreg Romance! These feelings of attraction I’m having for Luis are so different from anything I've felt before. Alpha Daniel Jones is still trying to find his place in life. He’s twenty-six, but unable to find a girl who lights him on fire. He reassures himself the problem is he travels so much for work, but when he gets laid off, he doesn’t have any more luck in the romance department than before. While there are plenty of girls he can sleep with, no one makes him eager to take the next step of claiming them. Omega Luis Brighton has known Daniel for years as a work acquaintance. In fact, Daniel even set him up on a blind date with his dad, Sharky. Unfortunately, Sharky was already in love with someone else. Luis is forty-four and ready to settle down, but he’s very picky and the right alpha just hasn’t come along yet. He feels pressure to take an omega before he gets any older, since he’s already pushing it when it comes to having kids. Most alphas are looking for a much younger omega to breed with, but is it his fault he can’t find the right guy? When they step over a line neither one of them is comfortable crossing, they need to figure out what comes next. Daniel is shocked to discover he’s sexually attracted to a man and Luis is mortified he’s hot for a guy eighteen years younger than him. Things really spin out of control when Luis discovers he’s pregnant with Daniel’s child. This 73,000 word story is book eight in Beau's Red Sky, Texas Mpreg Series. It's filled with older men in love with younger men, angst, male pregnancy, smexy times and all of the warm fuzzy feelings you expect from an Mpreg romance by Beau Brown.

Translated into twenty-two languages. Toby Lolness may be just one and a half millimeters tall, but he’s the most wanted person in his world -- the world of the great oak Tree. Toby’s father has made a groundbreaking discovery: the Tree itself is alive, lowing with vital energy, and there may even be a world beyond it. Greedy developers itch to exploit this forbidden knowledge, risking permanent damage to their natural world. But Toby’s father has refused to reveal his findings, causing the family to be exiled to the lower branches. Only Toby has managed to escape -- but for how long? And how can he bear to leave his parents to their terrible fate?

The story of a little boy who really does run away to join the merriment and miseries of circus life.