Wasatch County Library

Mark Twain's beloved classic gets a charming easy-to-read version. Simply told and beautifully illustrated, it transports kids to the banks of the Mississippi and introduces them to Twain's irrepressible, irresistible hero. Whether clever Tom is fooling his friends into painting a fence for him or making mischief in school or at a birthday party, his antics will delight young readers.

Pulled to a desert island by a wild black stallion he has freed during a shipwreck at sea, then rescued by a southbound freighter, a seventeen-year-old boy befriends the horse, trains him by night, and rides him to victory in a match race.

A family is shipwrecked on an island and must quickly adapt in order to survive their new surroundings. The Swiss Family Robinson, by Johann David Wyss highlights the importance of family, faith and self-sufficiency.

In a fantasy world of anthropomorphic rabbits, an unnamed bard entertains his young companion Rue with the story of Podkin, who, after finding a new Gift, is able to jump in and out of shadows and, with his siblings Paz and Pook, leads a mission to acquire the hammer of Applecross which will help them defeat the Gorm rampaging across the Five Realms.

Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, bravely faces the dangers of Picket Canyon to unravel the mystery surrounding an unusual cat.

`Tis the season to be jolly, but Charlie Brown, feeling that the Christmas message is lost amid all the seasonal glitter, has the blues. Psychiatrist Lucy suggests a cure: get involved with the Christmas play! When our hapless hero sets out to find a Christmas tree to use as a stage prop, he unknowingly takes a step toward discovering the holiday's true meaning. The scraggly tree that thrives on a "little love" and a timely assist from Linus make...

After a family tragedy, Jacob feels compelled to explore an abandoned orphanage on an island off the coast of Wales, discovering disturbing facts about the children who were kept there.

"Two families, generations apart, are forever changed by a heartbreaking injustice in this poignant novel, inspired by a true story, for readers of Orphan Train and The Nightingale. Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family's Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge--until strangers arrive...

Jessie becomes frightened after being separated from her mother while shopping, but she asks a security guard for help and he takes care of Jessie until her mother can be found.

Laura Frye has everything a woman could ask for. She and her husband, Jeff, a CPA, have been happily married for twenty years. Her two teenage kids are terrific. And her catering business is a success. But then Jeff mysteriously disappears, and that picture-perfect life is shattered. Laura insists that the Jeff she knows would never leave on his own. But as the days go by, she learns there was much more to her husband than she had ever suspected....