Albert Whitman & Company

A young girl who loves animals brings an abandoned duck egg to school, even though her teacher has banned her from bringing animals to school ever again.

"Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden are orphans looking for a place to live together as a family. Could a boxcar in the woods be their new home?"--

When the Alden children accompany their grandfather on a trip to Seattle, they discover clues throughout the city, seemingly planted just for them.

When the Aldens help a friend of their grandfather's to build the world's largest yo-yo, they soon discover that more than one person is trying to prevent them from finishing the job--and for more than one reason.

Grandma tells the story about her first trip alone into town during the days when segregation still existed in Mississippi. An elderly African American tells her granddaughter about her childhood in the segregated South. There was a "White's Only" sign on a nearby fountain, but that didn't bother this child--after all, she was wearing her clean white socks. Evelyn Coleman combines memories of her Southern childhood with magical realism to create a...

A mother-child conversation introduces the topic of sexual abuse and ways to keep one's body private.

The Alden children, who are on vacation on a deserted South Seas island, discover clues that suggest that they may not be alone.

On a vacation to Padre Island, the Aldens help the endangered sea turtle--and solve a mystery.

Grandpa Alden and the Alden children encounter danger, excitement, adventure, and mystery in a quiet island fishing village.