Matt King is an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family's land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries.

An illustrated collection of twenty-six poems and excerpts from longer poems by the renowned nineteenth-century poet.

Author Yolen offers a well-deserved tribute to Honus Wagner, a poor coal miner from Pennsylvania who became the greatest shortstop of all time and set records for the Pittsburgh Pirates. But life wasn't always easy for Wagner. He was forced to leave school at an early age to support himself by working in the coal mines. In his free time, Wagner played the game he loved, and before long, it loved him back. Years later his baseball card sold for nearly...

In a compelling and beautifully illustrated story, the bestselling author of "Old Turtle" tells of the teacher who had led him to love reading, in spite of his ADHD.

Matt King is an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family's land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries.

Matt King is an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family's land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries.

Determined to earn some money, ten-year-old Sarah Ida gets a job at a shoe shine stand and learns a great many things besides shining shoes.