A Cache of Jewels

A Cache of JewelsBy: Ruth Heller "Highly informative and lushly illustrated. An unbeatable combination for pleasure and learning." Children's Book Review Service "The illustrations and the vocabulary will delight small eyes and ears." School Library Journal Q&A Ruth Heller A Paperstar Profile Ruth Heller Profile How did you become interested in writing books for children? I loved reading to my own children, and when they started school, I became the P. T. A. library

Caldecott Honor winner Rachel Isadora celebrates each of the four seasons with a diverse cast of endearing kids

Melvyn Kinder redefines the notion of settling for less—whether the commodity be money

and ability to present pitch-perfect real-life dialogue

and agrees to help her check off all the boxes on her lesson plan—from foreplay to more-than-missionary position

and Margery Benson

her husband is killed in a biking accident

to govern the local population

As Nitro was adjusting to his new home

By: Neil Degrasse Tyson     In this thought-provoking follow-up to his acclaimed StarTalk book

and even makes her first best friend

Match the brooms

By: Franz Wright  The haunting collection of poems that gathers the first four books of Pulitzer winner Franz Wright under one cover