When Claire Chastain seeks him out to tell him that the son he never knew he had has been kidnapped, former Navy SEAL Ben Slocum works with Claire to locate and rescue his son and finds himself falling in love with her.

"A growing tadpole loves his frog dad so much he never gives him a moment's peace"-- Provided by publisher.

"After he's forced to sell the family farm he's labored on his whole life, 63-year-old Gerrit Laninga doesn't know what to do with himself. He sacrificed everything for the land--his time, his health, his family--with nothing to show for it but bitterness, regret, and two grown children who want nothing to do with him. Fifteen-year-old Rae Walters has growing doubts and fears about The Plan--the detailed blueprint for high school that will help her...

It's been thirty years since Antoine's and Mélanie's mother died. But when a visit to the sea at Noirmoutier Island triggers painful memories of their haunting childhood--and Mélanie lies in the hospital recovering from a near-fatal accident--Antoine must confront his past and also his troubled relationships with his own children.

Abandoned by the alcoholic father who idealized the natural world without imparting any survival skills to his children, three siblings in 1970s New York embark on difficult adult lives before their father attempts a reconciliation.

Sharing a last game at the end of a lovely day filled with laughter and fun, little Bunny and Big Daddy Rabbit are joined by their woodland friends until little Bunny tires of all the hullabaloo, prompting a special lullaby by Big Daddy Rabbit.

Whole Phonics Early literacy, decodable reader. Target sound: short a Summary: All the characters are excited to sit on Dad's lap to listen to him read, until the chair breaks from their weight. Read to find out how the characters make the best of the situation.

Three children describe how they feel when one of their parents is away.

At the height of his career, a British surgeon has found success in both the hospital and at home. He and his wife have everything they want out of life, except the child she longs for, the child Dr. Woodruff secretly believes he may never be ready to parent. Suddenly, the delicate equilibrium of their relationship is blown apart by the arrival of shocking news. Deep in the desolate sub-Arctic wilderness of Canada where Woodruff lived and worked years...