A Caldecott Honor book from the highly acclaimed author and illustrator of Corduroy! Sid the pigeon is very choosy about finding just the right home in the magnificent city of san Francisco. And find it he does, in the loop of a huge b in an electric sign high up on a skyscraper. Sid's view of San Francisco is without equal. So Sid asks the lovely dove Midge to share his home. But one morning, while Midge is taking her turn sitting on two eggs, disaster strikes. A truck comes and workers take down the letters on the skyscraper one by one. Winner of a Caldecott Honor, Fly High, Fly Low is a heartwarming story of two birds making a home--and then making another one--in one of America's great cities.

The Hawk and the Dove is historical fiction with threads of magical realism and romance. It develops over six wartime periods: the Viking era, the Peninsula War, the US Civil War, World War II, and the killing fields of Rwanda and Vietnam. A hawk and dove flow through these times, influencing characters in their struggles.

A hidden door. A magical staircase. Discover the world of Droon! Galen is back, and the kids are going to need his help. But first, they have to find him! Eric and his friends soon learn that the old wizard is trapped in the city of Parthnoop, on the dark side of the moon, and only Queen Zara's flying chariot will take them there. But with genies, urn-riders, and secrets around every turn, can they reach Galen in time? Or will they be trapped in Parthnoop, too?

This study takes five of the Grimm brothers' best-known tales and argues that the Grimms saw them as Christian fables. The author examines the arguments of previous interpreters of the tales, and demonstrates how they missed the Grimms' intention.

One stolen kiss. Two hearts from different worlds. When war and time threaten to keep them apart, will love be enough? Virginia, 1860. For Leigh Alexandra Travers, life at her family's Virginia plantation is a paradise of summer picnics and sweet tea. The daughter of a wealthy Southern horse breeder, Leigh has no interest in the outside world. Until she meets Neil Braedon... Young and beautiful, Leigh catches the sharp eye of Neil Braedon, raised to manhood by Comanches, not by the Braedons of Royal Bay Manor. Their stolen kiss inflames a life-altering passion. As war storms across the divided land, Leigh's family fights to preserve their fading Southern heritage, even as Neil joins the Union army. Against all odds, in tumultuous times, can Leigh and Neil forge a new future in the untamed West? Praise for Laurie McBain: "Wonderfully romantic."—Romantic Times "Lush and evocative."—Publishers Weekly

Mo Bao was originally an ordinary girl, but ever since he picked up a meaty white ball and returned home, his life had undergone a tremendous change ...Every morning when he woke up, he would find himself at home in a large supernatural accident scene.Eh? Why is the refrigerator gone?Ah? Where was the bed in the bedroom?What? Had it been eaten by his beloved pet?That day, when the white ball sleeping in his arms had turned into an incomparably handsome man, Mo Bao's breathing had become unstable, and he had thrown himself into the man's embrace.As long as one's looks were good, race wasn't important.In the future, she could even brag about it while dancing in the plaza. Back then, she was someone who had slept with the Taotie before ...