Bookends

Do you ever feel like your kid is being a smarty-pants? Is this a good thing? For Princess Smartypants—who must avoid all the suitors who want to...

Billy Miller had a spectacular accident just before school started. He hit his head and got a big lump on it.  He’s worried that now he won’t be...

Cress is a young rabbit whose father doesn’t come home one night. Her mother must move her and her brother Kip to a new home and Cress is not happy...

“Ruthie Simms didn’t have a dog.  She didn’t have a cat, or a brother, or a sister.  But Jessica was the next best thing.” Jessica is five-year old...

Twelve-year-old Carol is not happy about spending the summer before middle school, in New Mexico, on a sheep ranch with her family.  She’s come to...

Have you ever been told you were too wild? If so, this book is for you. If I Were a Lion starts with a young girl telling us: “I’m sitting in the...

Trees are a wonder of nature.  Trees stand still and silent year after year. But there’s a lot going on under the surface.  When I look up at the...

Harvey Milk had a dream.  He wanted people to be treated equally.  He wanted people to be able to love who they loved.  He dreamed that gay people...

All of us need to be cuddled and loved.  And surrounded by friends.  When Alexander the mouse meets Willy the wind-up mouse, he is so happy to find...

A young woman in 1883 had a vision—a green, leafy vision.   She had a passion for trees and she made a difference.  “Kate felt the trees were her...

When was the last time you went for a silent walk—a walk where you simply listen to your surroundings? “On a Listening Walk I do not talk. I listen...

In a world that can feels upside down, it’s important to remember what it means to be human. As humans, we are each unique.  We learn, and dream and...