Best Selling Books by Catherine Stock

This study of class during the Great Depression is the first to examine a relatively neglected geographical area, the northern plains states of North and South Dakota, from a social and cultural perspective. Surveying the values and ideals of the old midd

A child and her parents enjoy the last-minute activities to prepare for Christmas.

Tommy is reluctant to dress up and go out on Halloween until his mother convinces him that there are no real monsters, ghosts, or witches.

Although he is not pleased with his mother''s choice of gift for him to take to a birthday party, a little boy attends and experiences a pleasant surprise.

A child makes valentines for her family and then adds a special name to her list. On Valentine''s Day she receives a secret valentine in return.

Kukamba loves helping her grandmother decorate her mud home in a dusty Zimbabwe village, but when the annual rains partially destroy all her art work, Kukamba learns to see the goodness of the rains.

A brother and sister spend Easter with their mother in a little cabin on the lake.

Join one special family as they get together to create some tasty Thanksgiving treats in this charming holiday story. With Thanksgiving just around the corner, everyone is very busy. Grandma is stuffing the turkey. Dad is chopping firewood. The cousins are shucking corn. But the youngest member of the family fells left out. He has nothing to do! Until Grandpa has an idea, and invites him along to share in the most special Thanksgiving treat ever!

While visiting his aunt and uncle in the little South African village of Kalk Bay, Armien stows away in his uncle''s fishing boat and becomes an unexpected hero.

Summer transforms a quiet island as visitors arrive for swimming, playing on the beach, card games, soccer, hide-and-seek, and dancing in the evening.

Monsieur Monmouton and his dog Cabot fly from France to New York City in pursuit of his farm animals, who are taking a vacation to see such sights as Blooming Dells and MOOMA.

A festive collection of cut-out-and-color angels, based on works of art from around the world. Children will enjoy creating their very own angel ornaments for the Christmas tree.

Monsieur Monmouton takes his farm animals to Paris, France, for a holiday.

Sophie accompanies her parents on an overnight hike to Purple Cloud Rock.

A little elephant''s midnight snack grows into a feast composed of a different food for each letter of the alphabet.

A child living near the Limpopo River in Zimbabwe encounters several wild animals on her way to school.

Chronicles the life of Vinnie Ream, her apprenticeship as a sculptor and how, after Abraham Lincoln''s assassination, she fights prejudice for the honor of sculpting the statue of Lincoln in the Capitol rotunda.

"Monsieur Monmouton décide de répondre enfin aux invitations des vacanciers qu''il rencontre chaque été dans sa ferme et de se rendre à Paris. Mais comme il ne peut pas laisser ses animaux seuls, il part avec ses chèvres, ses cochons, ses moutons, etc

En parcourant la montagne, une marmotte rencontre un ours, un bouquetin, un vautour et un loup qui, comme elle, espèrent trouver quelque chose d''incroyable, d''exceptionnel, d''extraordinaire !