Through the words of the storyteller and their own imagination, a group of slaves dreams that they have the ability to fly back to their native land where a life of freedom and dignity await them amidst the people they know and love.[...]

Seattle p.i. Leo Waterman knows the city like no one else. And he knows how to stretch the limits of the law, when necessary, to accomplish what needs to be done—a very useful talent Leo acquired from his late, larger-than-life father, once one of the region's most powerful and colorful politic[...]

Deep in the sea lives a happy school of fish. Their watery world is full of wonders, but there is also danger, and the little fish are afraid to come out of hiding . . . until Swimmy comes along. Swimmy shows his friends how--with ingenuity and team work--they can overcome any danger.
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From sunup to sundown, winter through fall, Leo Lionni's signature illustration style and a toddler-friendly text ask a simple question: "When" is time of day/season? One of four board books that celebrates the art and imagination of Leo Lionni, this book is a perfect introduction to the concepts of[...]

Leo Lionni's Caldecott Honor-winning story is now available as a Step 3 Step into Reading book--perfect for children who are ready to read on their own.""
Winter is coming, and all the mice are gathering food . . . except for Frederick. But when the days grow short and the snow begins to fall, [...]

Here is a comprehensive collection of writings on music, spanning the ages from ancient Greece to the close of the twentieth century. All seven sections boast introductory essays in which the period editors present new perspectives on the music of their separate eras. A headnote for each reading pro[...]

Forty-five years after the appearance of the first edition, Oliver Strunk's monumental anthology of writings about music has been thoroughly revised and extended by a team of scholars working under the direction of musicologist Leo Treitler. For this new edition, seven specialists in music history h[...]

Deep in the sea there lives a happy school of little fish. Their watery world is full of wonders, but there is also danger, and the little fish are afraid to come out of hiding . . . until Swimmy comes along. Swimmy shows his friends how--with ingenuity and team work--they can overcome any danger. W[...]

Illus. in full color. A modern fable of a minnow who wants to follow his tadpole friend--who becomes a frog--onto land.



"A superior book, simple, but eye-catching."--School Library Journal.[...]

The co-author of Natural Woman, Natural Menopause provides a comprehensive and timely guide to hormone replacement therapy, explaining how to use natural/bio-identical hormones (instead of synthetics) to relieve PMS, headaches, depression and anxiety, and the problems of menopause and to protect one[...]

Most research and policy agendas relating to young people are dominated by adult concerns about young people's health; rarely are the issues looked at from a young person's perspective. Numerous public health campaigns target young people's drinking, smoking, drug-taking and sexual behavior, despite[...]