Best Selling Books by Ann McGovern

If You... series.

There is nothing more pleasing than discovering a secret. In the simplest of texts by award-winning author Ann McGovern and with beautiful, sensitive drawings by Nola Langner, this book reveals some of the very best secrets the world holds, and reveals them in such a way that the very youngest child can share their mystery. Parents of children age three to six will agree with the New York Times: "Fine for the youngest reader."

"Ann McGovern is a writer who keeps her eyes open in every direction, letting in equally the light of lived-through grief and lived-through joy."--Jane Hirshfield.

Spooky poems, limericks, games, stories, and tricks for Halloween or year-round scares.

Tells how a Seminole, a Shawnee, and an Apache chief waged separate wars against the white man''s efforts to steal their homelands.

It is wintertime in the city and freezing cold, but not everyone is inside and warm. Ben and his sister Lizzie know that there is a lady who lives outside in a box over a warm air vent. The children worry about the kind-looking lady, and begin sneaking food and clothes out of their apartment for her. Gently told and powerfully illustrated in rich hues, The Lady in the Box deals candidly with the issue of homelessness.

This book tells what it was like to live in the days of the knights during the Middle Ages.

Relates in rhyme the utter mess made by a child''s eating eggs.

A lonely, thin man searches for just the right companion to share the narrowest house in the city.

Organized by Lexile, this 20-book collection contains age-appropriate content-area trade books that students at different levels can read successfully and enjoy. This collection features high-interest science and social studies titles.

This novel is written in the style of a diary. The study is suitable for Grade Three and Four students and could be used with older students as well.

"Osceola, Tecumseh, and Cochise are Native American heroes who each fought to protect his tribe and to defend his people''s right to live on their own lands. Osceola led the Seminoles into battle in Florida. Tecumseh and the Shawnees faced their enemy in Indiana Territory. Cochise led an Apache uprising in the Southwest."--Backcover.

The old man and his son try to please everyone they meet on the road but they please no one, least of all themselves.

Describes the life of a humpback whale from the time of her birth when she weighs almost a ton to adulthood five years later.

This is the story of Harriet Tubman, a runaway slave who risked her life to lead other slaves to freedom.

This is the story of Little Wolf, who even though he will not hunt, proves his worth to his tribe in another way.

SUMMARY: Describes a day in the life of a family of fourteen gorillas in the Virunga Mountains in central Africa. Describes how they look after themselves and each other; how they feed, sleep and protect themselves.

Brief biographies of three Indian chiefs who struggled to save their people from the white man''s oppression.

Describes how the colonists aboard the Mayflower founded New Plymouth and celebrated their first harvest with a feast of thanksgiving. Book includes punch out figures to create a 3-D display.

Ghost stories, games, magic tricks, questions and answers, word puzzles for Halloween or year-round scares.