Books from Walker Childrens

  • Pumpkin Day, Pumpkin Night
    By Anne Rockwell

    And so begins this timeless story of a treasured childhood tradition.

  • Humpty Dumpty Egg-Splodes
    Humpty Dumpty Egg-Splodes
    By Kevin O'Malley

    With hilarious illustrations and clever wordplays, Kevin O'Malley stands Mother Goose on her head, creating a world of nursery rhyme characters never seen before.

  • Valentine Surprise
    Valentine Surprise
    By Corinne Demas

    Which one will be the perfect valentine surprise for Mommy? Young readers will enjoy this sweet, simple story that introduces the days of the week, as well as the special tradition of creating handmade valentines.

  • Rise of the Heroes
    Rise of the Heroes
    By Andy Briggs

    Toby, Pete, Lorna, and Emily are just average kids—until they stumble upon a Web site called Hero.com and download powers that turn them into superheroes.

  • Dancing to Freedom: The True Story of Mao's Last Dancer
    Dancing to Freedom: The True Story of Mao's Last Dancer
    By Li Cunxin

    In a poor village in northern China, a small boy named Li Cunxin was given the chance of a lifetime. Selected by Chairman Mao's officials from among millions of children to become a dancer, Li's new life began as he left his family behind.

  • Seababy: A Little Otter Returns Home
    Seababy: A Little Otter Returns Home
    By Ellen Levine

    After a baby sea otter is separated from his mother during a storm, he washes up on shore where he is rescued by a human who takes him to an aquarium to recover.

  • Growing Up Indian
    Growing Up Indian
    By Evelyn Wolfson

    Uses question and answer format to describe life for Indian children long ago, as they learned to preserve their culture and prepared for adulthood.

  • Taking Off
    Taking Off
    By Jenny Moss

    Bringing in her experience as a NASA engineer, Jenny Moss weaves a moving story that recaptures the inspiration teens must have felt years ago as they watched Christa McAuliffe reach for the sky.

  • Being Caribou: Five Months on Foot with a Caribou Herd
    Being Caribou: Five Months on Foot with a Caribou Herd
    By Karsten Heuer

    Karsten Heuer and his wife, Leanne Allison, are the only humans ever to become part of a caribou herd and join it on its arduous journey.

  • The Twilight Zone: The Midnight Sun
    The Twilight Zone: The Midnight Sun
    By Mark Kneece, Rod Serling

    This new graphic novel series re-imagines the show's most enduring episodes, in all their original uncut glory, originally written by Rod Serling himself, and now adapted for a new generation—a generation that has ridden Disney's Twilight ...

  • Papa Pride
    Papa Pride
    By Kathy Mallat

    Papa Pride is the companion to her most recent title, Mama Love, which School Library Journal called "a wonderful choice for storytimes." Kathy's Just Ducky won a 2002 Maine Lupine Honor Award.

  • Duel of the Ironclads: The Monitor vs. the Virginia
    Duel of the Ironclads: The Monitor vs. the Virginia
    By Patrick O'Brien

    On March 9, 1862, two unusual-looking iron-clad warships faced each other inbattle and changed naval warfare forever.

  • The Adventures of Marco and Polo
    The Adventures of Marco and Polo
    By Dieter Wiesmuller

    With stunning, impressionistic illustrations, Dieter Wiesmller takes young readers on a delightful journey of discovery.

  • Don't Worry, Be Happy! Or Else!
    Don't Worry, Be Happy! Or Else!
    By Françoize Boucher

    Neon-bright and full of laugh-out-loud funny illustrations, this book will help readers discover that every cloud has a silver lining.

  • So You Want to Be a Rock Star
    So You Want to Be a Rock Star
    By Audrey Vernick

    Sign your autograph for tons of fans? Then this is the book for you! Perfect for young fans of Rock Band or the Disney pop stars, So You Want to Be a Rock Star is the essential primer on everything rock 'n' roll.

  • The Toolbox
    The Toolbox

    An easy-to-read description of the basic tools found in a toolbox.

  • Penguin and Pinecone
    Penguin and Pinecone
    By Salina Yoon

    Prolific author/illustrator Salina Yoon's spare text and bright, energetic illustrations bring to life this endearing story celebrating friendships lost and found, and overcoming the odds to be with the one you love.

  • A Friend Like Ed
    A Friend Like Ed
    By Karen Wagner

    Mildred accepts her best friend Ed even though he is sometimes eccentric.

  • The How Cool Are Your Parents? (Or Not)
    The How Cool Are Your Parents? (Or Not)
    By Françoize Boucher

    This neon-bright guide, packed full of laugh-out-loud illustrations, will finally give kids a glimpse into the crazy, cluttered minds of the people who raise them.

  • The Twelve Bots of Christmas
    The Twelve Bots of Christmas
    By Nathan Hale

    Take one robotic Santa, nine cyber reindeer pulling his techno-sleigh, and twelve days of Christmas circuitry wizardry-and this is one holiday offering, guaranteed to add up to every gear-head's delight!