At Seventeen, Sammie Vance Adds Author to a Growing List of Roles

Sammie Vance is seventeen years old, but the project behind her new book has already been part of her life for nine years. Vance began the Buddy Bench Project at eight after wanting a buddy bench at her school so children would not have to sit alone. Today, she continues that work as a kindness ambassador, speaker and podcast host. Now she can add author … Continue reading At Seventeen, Sammie Vance Adds Author to a Growing List of Roles

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

This edition of New York Times bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author Neil Gaiman’s modern classic, Coraline—also an Academy Award-nominated film—is enriched with a foreword from the author, a reader’s guide, and more. “Coraline discovered the door a little while after they moved into the house….” When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous. But there’s another … Continue reading Coraline by Neil Gaiman

World So Wide by Alison McGhee

A celebration of a child’s wonder-filled first experiences, and the love between parents and child, from a Pulitzer Prize–nominated, New York Times bestselling author and a talented illustrator. Somewhere in the world the world so far the world so wide someone is the youngest person alive. What will be the first sights they see? Sun and moon and sky… the love in someone’s eye? From the magic … Continue reading World So Wide by Alison McGhee