Annabel never thought it was strange that she had Gloria instead of real parents. Until one day a wicked, wicked cat named Belinda comes to tell her the truth -- she's not just a little girl, she's a half-fairy! And she can do lots of things that other kids can't do, such as kiss her own elbow and fly around the house. But being a fairy isn't all fun and games, and soon Annabel must make a choice. If she chooses to be a fairy, she'll have to say good-bye to Gloria forever. How can she decide between her newly found magic and her dearest friend?

    

    But Ivy was not a typical Carson. There was something wonderful about her. Ivy explained it by saying that she was a changeling, a child of supernatural parents who had been exchanged for the real Ivy Carson at birth. This classic book was first published in 1970. It was awarded a Christopher Medal and named an outstanding book for young people by the Junior Library Guild.

    B. White's classic novels. One of his best-loved books, The Trumpet of the Swan, about a cygnet who finds his voice, is now a full-length animated film from Sony. Now younger readers can experience the joy of reading about Louie the trumpeter swan and his friends in these adorable readers with original full-color illustrations. Louie is very popular. Who wouldn't love a swan who can read, write, and play the trumpet? When Louie goes to camp, he meets a boy named A.G. who doesn't like birds, and since Louie is a bird, that means he doesn't like Louie. When A.G. pulls a dangerous stunt out on the lake, he realizes that Louie is a hero, after all.

    With every turn of a page, adventure unfolds to create memories that will last a lifetime.

    Sheep, Lambert finds growing up difficult.

    A lowly apprentice witch seeks a promotion in witchdom by becoming Resident Witch for a children's amusement park.

    The teddybears decide to spend a rainy day indoors.

    

    Where will he find her?

    A biography of the author's grandmother, a nineteenth-century English girl who married one of the richest men in Russia.

    But as the play opens, she can'tresist the chance to join in the fun--and make a grand entrance as the play'snew star. Illustrated.

    The police thought Julie had amnesia when they left her in the custody of the Suttons, but twelve-year-old Barney Sutton soon discovers she knows perfectly well who she is and where she is from.

    And in the process of teaching them, readers learn to count.

    Fourteen-year-old Byron and the disturbed boy he is baby sitting form a close friendship that helps them through several crises in the following four years.

    What hidden secrets lie behind the green walls that line the rivers? Since the explorer Faucett disappeared, the theory of a lost city has been advanced frequently. Follow Steve Collins, a missionary kid, down the Amazon River, further into the jungle, into leper colonies . . .

    

    Setting out to find the tardy Gladys (""When people are lost, it's terrible if nobody looks for them""), Irving reflects on her selflessness and her staunchness. But as time passes, he wavers--""Maybe she won't show up until next winter. . . . And she'll find me stuck inside a big icicle. Then she'll be sorry."" And remembers his own unselfishness--""I let her name my goldfish Barbara even though it's a boy."" ""Say, maybe Gladys is looking for me right now. . . . Gladys will offer a reward for finding me. . . . I think I'll go back to where I was supposed to meet Gladys""--who's waiting with an outstretched popsicle. In their own words, Marjorie Sharmat's small fry are all there--and in Edward Frascino's Central Park they could be anywhere too busy to notice them. - Kirkus Review

    

    It's part of an alien spaceship's radio...and what's more, they must return it. But how?How do you keep a date with a man from outer space? And when your father asks where you think you're going at 12 midnight, how do you explain?

    

    Erec, the new knight of the Round Table, hunts the White Stag in the Forest of Adventure.Adapted and translated from Chretien de Troyes' Erec et Enide.

    Protected from the worst horrors of slavery because his mistress favors him, the boy nonetheless seeks a way to return to his family.

    A brother and sister play games with a new friend who turns out to be the man from the North Star.