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A heartwarming story about two children, Anna and Caleb, whose lives are changed forever when their widowed papa advertises for a mail-order bride....

Cassie spends her days watching Grandfather and Caleb in the barn, looking out at Papa working the fields, spying on Sarah feeding the goslings....

From Newbery Medal winner Patricia MacLachlan comes a poignant story about two children, a poet, and a dog and how they help one another survive loss and recapture love....

Before they were the Boxcar Children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden lived with their parents on Fair Meadow Farm....

Newbery Medal-winning author Patricia MacLachlan paints a moving portrait of what it means to be a family, the power of love, and the importance of bringing the truth out into the light, in this beautiful and profound story about adoption....

Cool summer mornings begin with the rose orange sun and the smell of earth, and fade into hot summer nights with a yellow moon, covered in a quilt of stars. There are wagon rides, farm dogs, trips into town, and games of kick the can. These are prairie days....

Sarah came to the prairie from Maine to marry Papa. But that summer, a drought turned the land dry and brown....

Jake is part of a very special family. A rowdy bunch of siblings and an incredible mom and dad....

Meet Barkus. Barkus is loyal. Barkus is generous. Barkus is family....

Meet Barkus. Barkus is well-trained. Barkus is loyal. Barkus is generous. Barkus is family....

Barkus is back! With new tricks, new friends, and lots more fun. The lovable Barkus and his lucky young owner romp through this delightful series from Newbery Medal-winning author Patricia MacLachlan. Listen for more....

When Louisa is sent to stay with her grandparents for the summer, she’s not looking forward to it. While her brother is determined to find a way to stay on Deer Island forever, Louisa would rather be off having adventures with their globetrotting ornithographer parents....

Grace’s aunt is a writer. She works with words every day and teaches Grace interesting words like “melancholy” and “delirious”. But Lily is often “flummoxed” by her writing. Her stories don’t go anywhere, her desk is a mess, and her writer’s group can’t help....

Declan O’Brien always had a gentle word to share, odd phrases he liked to repeat, and songs to sing while playing basketball. His favorite song was "Dona Nobis Pacem", “Grant Us Peace”. His family loved him. But a terrible accident one day changes their lives forever....

Every school day feels the same for fourth graders Lucy and Henry and Evie and Russell and May....

"It's your job now," Anna says as she hands Caleb her journals, asking him to continue writing the family story. Caleb fears there will be nothing left to write about....

He wants a litter of puppies. But instead his parents have a different surprise. Jacob will be an older brother soon. And there won’t be only one new baby. There will be three! When the triplets are born, Jacob thinks puppies are cuter....

Lucy’s father is a minor league baseball player, a professional pitcher hoping to get called up to the majors, and Lucy inherited his passion for the game. But she’s never played pitcher. She worries her skills would be compared to her dad’s and she’d never measure up....