Primary Education

Princess Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo may seem like she's the luckiest girl ever. She's a princess, for starters. And while she's no supermodel...

Spat out by the sea, the boy lay on the rocks, as still as death. Even if he survived the day, he had no home. No memory. And no name...

Arthur doesn't think he will ever have to return to the strange house that nearly killed him on Monday, the house that contains an entire world....

The students in class 6B become nervous when their teacher receives an anonymous note claiming someone in the room is a witch....

The Dark is rising in its last and greatest bid to control the world. And Will Stanton, last-born of the immortal Old Ones...

For years, 16-year-old Hattie's been shuttled between relatives. Tired of being Hattie Here-and-There, she courageously leaves Iowa to prove up on her late uncle's homestead claim....

Strega Nona unleashes a torrent of pasta which threatens to engulf their little Italian town....

Betsy hopes that whoever moves into the house across the street will have a little girl just her age....

Charlie hopes that the new term at Bloor's Academy will hold no nasty surprises. But then Henry Yewbeam appears, twisted through time from the icy winter of 1916....

Three clever soliders devise a plan to get food and lodging from the selfish inhabitants of a French village....

This folktale explains why Chinese people no longer choose long names for their children....

Puppies and more puppies! How will they escape the evil Cruella de Vil...

When Ralph and his pesky cousins accidentally make a mess at the Mountain View Inn, Ralph decides that he'd better take his motorcycle and leave....

Beatrix Potter's amazing universe of animals dressed in human clothing has taught and entertained children for nearly a century....

There is a Welsh legend about a harp of gold, hidden within a certain hill, that will be found by a boy and a white dog with silver eyes; a dog that can see the wind....

Nita and Kit return from their wizardly holiday and are looking forward to getting back to their everyday routine. But there's trouble brewing....

A charming tale of the peddler whose stolen caps mean all kinds of monkey business....

Big diesel machines threaten to run Mike Mulligan and his little old steam shovel, Mary Anne, out of business....

Rest and relaxation: that's what Nita thinks she's going to get when her little sister, Dairine, signs her up for a wizardly "cultural exchange" program....

In this dazzling debut, Carla Shalaby, a former elementary school teacher, explores the everyday lives of four young "troublemakers"....