Central Kansas Library System

Devastated when her parents are killed in a car accident, sixteen-year old Jackie moves from New York City to Colorado to live with her mother's best friend, who has twelve children, including two boys who start to show an interest in Jackie that goes beyond brotherly. Jackie's goal include perfect grades, the perfect look, getting into the perfect school. If she can achieve that, then maybe her too-busy mom and dad will take notice. When her parents...

In this story based on the author's life, a young homeless girl finds a different kind of home in the library.

"A fictionalized account of the early years of Donaldina Cameron's work with the Occidental Mission Home for Girls in San Francisco, California, which worked to rescue Chinese girls and women from slavery conditions in the late 1800s through the early 1900s"-- Donaldina Cameron arrived at the Occidental Mission Home for Girls in 1895 intending to teach sewing skills to young Chinese women immigrants. She discovers that the job is much more complicated...

Time and distance have not taken the edge off Kase McCasker's preoccupation with June Bell, the daughter of his father's rival. Years ago Kase McCasker's father nixed the sale of the McCasker farm to expand the grounds of the Bell's grand hotel. Now that Kase is back home for good, June Bell might be the only person who can persuade him to reconsider the abandoned plan. Leaving Falls Edge for college allowed Kase to bury his pain; now he's back in...

Summer is over and Dad begins his important position at an Indiana hospital. Like it or not, Bloomington is the Baxter Familys new home. As school starts, everyone finds reasons to be excited about the move. Everyone, that is, except Ashley. Ashley desperately misses the home and friends she left behind. As she realizes her siblings have their struggles, too, she cant help but wonder if unlikely friends can be the best friends of all? And could time...

"Bee, Ladybug, Beetle, and Dragonfly are looking for a good place to live. And they each want something different. Every time they find what seems like the perfect spot, they soon discover it's underfoot, near traffic, or otherwise not safe. How will these four friends ever find a good place?"--

"Life is meant to be savoured, but that's not easy with no family, limited prospects and a past you'd rather not talk about. Still, Callie Smith doesn't know how to feel when she discovers she has a brother and a sister-- Malcolm, who grew up with affection, wealth and privilege, and Keira, a streetwise twelve-year-old. Callie doesn't love being alone, but at least it's safe. Despite her trepidation, she moves into the grand family home with her siblings...

A little frog is washed away from his pond during a storm.

Bear family was getting ready for their long winter nap. Little bear isn't ready to go to sleep for the winter, and he goes out while mother bear is sleeping. He gets lost, and a little wolf cub offers to help him find his way home.

Darla doesn't want a dirty dog around her Dairy Delight, but Duke patiently tries every tactic to convince her that her shop is his home.