Yuma Public Library

Children can be assured that their parents would be able to recognize them no matter where they go or what they do, even if they imagine themselves to be a different animal every day.

As her son grows up from little boy to adult man, a mother secretly rocks him each night as he sleeps. A mother holds her baby and sings him a lullaby, and continues to love him unconditionally as he grows up and becomes an unconditionally loving father and caregiver to his elderly mother.

Rhyming text celebrates the unique, supportive, and loving relationship between parent and child while encouraging individuality.

After his last run-in with the fairies, Artemis Fowl's mind was wiped of memories of the world belowground and any goodness grudgingly learned is now gone, with the young genius reverting to his criminal lifestyle.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text reveal a parent's musings about what a child will become, knowing that the child's kindness, cleverness, and boldness will shine through no matter what, as will the love they share.

"Keith Evans is a talented player on Peabody's basketball team. His father was a great player too. When Keith stops applying himself on the court, his father scolds him. Is Mr. Evans pushing Keith to achieve just to relive his glory days? Or is it something else?"--

"Dory just keeps swimming as she tries to figure out how she got separated from her parents"--

For nearly a century, Scribner has exemplified the very best in publishing by pairing classic texts with the illustrative giants of the time, such as N. C. Wyeth and Maxfield Parish. With the same commitment to the high standards established by the series' founders, Athenaeum Books for Young Readers is expanding the Scribner Illustrated Classics line over the next several years to include such modern-day classics as Jack London's The Call of the Wild...

"When his son Nemo is kidnapped, Marlin teams up with Dory to cross the ocean to get his son back"--

Show your little one they fuel your days with loads of love in this adorably punny book about things that go! The perfect gift to share with someone wheely special.