The summer cabin still has the lake, the cookies, the lemonade, and the places where happy memories used to happen. But this year Grandma is gone, and everything feels quieter and harder to understand.
As a young child remembers the special visits she shared with her grandmother, the cat next door becomes a gentle link to the past. The familiar animal seems to remember, too, turning grief into something a child can hold a little more safely.
The Cat Next Door is a tender illustrated story about loss, memory, and the small comforts that help when someone beloved is missing. With a warm, quiet tone, it offers young readers a thoughtful way to explore sadness, family love, and the healing power of remembered moments.
6-8 Years
9-12 Years
40 Pages
America's favorite Sherlock Holmes in sneakers is back and ready to sniff out the truth! Ten-year-old Leroy Brown is the smartest kid in Idaville, using his computer-like memory to solve the mysteries that leave the adult police force completely stumped. With his tough and trusted partner, Sally Kimball, Encyclopedia is always prepared to protect the neighborhood kids from sneaky thieves and local bullies. In this fun-filled collection of ten interactive mysteries, you get to play the role of the detective. You will need to investigate the strange incident of a shattered vase, figure out a tricky brain game, and, of course, uncover the smelly truth behind a pair of truly disgusting sneakers. Every case challenges you to read the suspects' stories carefully and spot the one impossible detail that proves they are lying. The clues are right in front of you, waiting to be discovered. If you cannot quite crack the case, the brilliant solutions are always waiting in the back pages to show you how Encyclopedia closed the case!
6-8 Years
9-12 Years
92 Pages
David Bernstein still prefers being called Ali Baba, and fourth grade gives him plenty of reasons to keep the name. Ordinary days have a way of turning unusual when Ali Baba is involved.
In these further adventures, he faces the kind of problems that are funny only after they happen: finding someone who might be the real Santa Claus, staying home alone for the first time, and making the sort of mess that seems to grow faster than he can fix it. Through each episode, Ali Baba’s lively imagination and honest mistakes make everyday childhood feel full of possibility.
Hurray for Ali Baba Bernstein is a cheerful chapter book for readers who like realistic stories with humor, personality, and quick-moving situations. Johanna Hurwitz keeps the tone light and friendly while showing how one memorable kid learns his way through small adventures at home, school, and beyond.
6-8 Years
9-12 Years
99 Pages
