When 11-year old Thomas Spencer and his family move to the Appalachian Mountains of Western North Carlina for the summer to help his mom recuperate after a lengthy bout with cancer, the last thing he expects to discover is a fantastic hidden world in the woods behind their house. As Thomas explores the woods, he finds a mysterious stone tiger that comes to life when he sings. Thomas and Shalomar, the tiger, forge an unlikely bond while exploring the wonder and wildness of the woods.

In a hidden kingdom where dinosaurs roam freely, Carthus is trapped. The thirteen-year-old orphan guards a stegosaurus herd for an uncaring relative, and trusts only himself.

Balter (verb): “To dance artlessly, without particular grace or skill but usually with enjoyment.”

Ashton Harper has three problems and two of them are his sisters. First Drusilla, the oldest, who has decided that all she cares about is muslin and courtship. Second Zizi, the youngest, a stubborn optimist who is constantly pushing her brother outside his comfort zone, whether it’s in their dancing lessons or his disbelief in magic.

In Hargrove Settlement, nobody dreams.
Those few who do, like 12-year-old Aster Temple, are banished through a mysterious portal to an unknown fate or forced to flee into the dangerous wilderness lands. Aster is determined not to get caught, but then she begins having strange waking Dreams.

For Marivel Jiménez, life in her big family is full of chaos. Feeling overlooked by her parents and overshadowed by her eight siblings is frustrating, especially considering that the only one who pays attention to her is her annoying, mischievous three-year-old sister, Susana.

“A story so real…it was.”

What would it be like to enter the world of our story books? This is a question many children have dreamed about, but have you ever considered what would happen if the characters in story books entered our world?

A collection of new fairy tales…

Throughout his career, the scholar and professor Zao Cadmus did extensive research on international mythology, ethnic fairy tales, and folklore. The primary collection of his work, An Anthology of Fairy Tales from Around the World, includes such classics as “Chang and the Dragons,” “The Swan Princesses,” and “The White Buffalo.”

Goblabet is a curious collection of twenty-six goblins who are under trial for the mysterious murder of their king. Can you crack the code and find the three guilty characters who committed the crime?

When her wheelchair basketball team's uniforms go missing, Joey Jacobs takes the lead to solve the mystery with the help of her friends and family. In the process, she catches the perpetrator of a city-wide crime spree and learns how to be a better team player on and off the court.

Smuggins stands every day ready and waiting in the King's courtroom in the castle. It's the center of all the kingdom, perched high in its city, rising from the plains around it. The King's people love him, but there are rumors of unrest at the edges of kingdom