Johanna Hurwitz

Lucas Cott, the most obstreperous boy in the third grade, finds it very hard to turn over a new leaf when he decides to become the perfect student.

A biography of the blind and deaf girl who overcame both handicaps with the help of her teacher, Annie Sullivan.

Because Adam hopes that the "big surprise" awaiting him at home has two wheels and pedals, he is unprepared for the unusual additional to his Vermont family.

Julio hides his own leadership ambitions to help another candidate win the nomination for class president.

First-grader Montgomery Gerald Morris enjoys an exciting year as his class acquires a pair of parakeets as pets, he loses his first tooth, and he becomes a big brother.

Award-winning author Johanna Hurwitz is back with a new addition to the charming Park Pals Adventures series. Squirrels Lexington (Lexi) and Lenox decide to visit the New York City streets they were named after. Lexi is worried about leaving Central Park, but Lenox is confident that their streets will be beautiful places, maybe even better than the park! When the twosquirrels venture into the city, they soon realize that the human world is strangerand...

A guinea pig in Central Park? PeeWee, once a boy's dear pet, has been secretly released into the wilds of Central Park. But instead of relishing his freedom, PeeWee is at first a stranger in a strange land-until he meets Lexi, a city-wise squirrel who gives his new stubby-tailed friend some tips as well as some confidence. A series of eye-opening adventures-from the search for PeeWee's former owner to his discovery of the power of reading-turns a...

It stinks that Curtis' parents have gotten divorced and he has to share a room in his new apartment with his little brother. The only good thing to come from all the changes in Curtis' life is that his mom feels so guilty that she's agreed to get him the dog he's always wanted. Sammy is a friendly puppy with perfect white teeth. Curtis promises he'll do all the work, but taking care of a puppy is hard. Sammy likes to chew on Curtis' sneakers. Even...

A yard sale, ice skating, class pictures, and a surprise party are a few of the things that make fourth grade fun for Julio and his friends, but they must get serious about studying as the statewide end-of-year test approaches.