Dave Keane

A poignant, gorgeously-illustrated story about a girl's bond with her grandfather and how it evolves after his death. Searching for treasures with her grandpa is this young girl's favorite thing to do. Every week they examine the items in her secret box and go on walks to find more--a broken robin's egg, rusty spring, even a snakeskin that makes Grandpa squirm and make funny faces. But then Grandpa is too sick to come. She leaves him a few treasures in the hospital, but when he dies, she can't bring herself to even open the treasure box. When Grammy brings her some treasures Grandpa wanted her to have, they open the box together and continue the tradition, showing that memories of time together are the greatest treasures of all. This poignant, gorgeously-illustrated story celebrates the special bonds kids have with grandparents, even after they are gone.

Could there be any better pet than a puppy? One young girl is about to find out. From beloved author Dave Keane and acclaimed illustrator K.G. Campbell, a laugh-out-loud story of unexpected friendship When the spunky, loveable narrator receives a "tortoise" for her birthday, instead of the cuddly puppy she s longed for her entire life, she s more than a little disappointed. But while her new lump of a pet isn t what she dreamed of, it doesn t take long between tortoise-on-skateboard walks, sparkly shell makeovers, and a lemonade stand selling chances to hold a real life tortoise for the little girl to change her mind sort of. But when her pet goes missing, all she wants is to be reunited with her new best friend."

Norm is just plain normal until he finds himself in a new school where all his classmates are monsters When his school hosts a sleepover, Norm is nervous that he'll be too scared to fall asleep. But it's not the monsters that he's scared of--it's sleeping away from home Join Norm in this wacky, easy-to-read I Can Read story about learning to fit in. Reluctant readers, boy readers, girl readers, monster readers--any beginning readers--will enjoy the wonderfully silly story and the fun illustrations. This is a level two I Can Read book geared for kids who read on their own but still need a little help.

Norm is just plain normal--until he finds himself in a new school, where all his classmates are monsters Suddenly Norm isn't normal anymore