Madeline, smallest and naughtiest of the twelve little charges of Miss Clavel, wakes up one night with an attack of appendicitis.

Rhyming text and illustrations introduce a variety of animals with different ailments.

On Cape Cod in 1972, eleven-year-old Naomi, known as Chirp for her love of birds, gets help from neighbor Joey as she struggles to cope with her mother's multiple sclerosis and its effect on her father and sister.

Artist Sakumat and eleven-year-old chronically ill Madurer forge a beautiful friendship as the painter brings landscapes to life in the boy's windowless rooms.

Pinkalicious gets to be Principal for a Day because she has perfect attendance! Pinkalicious can't wait to be in charge, but when she wakes up sick on the big day, will her dreams of being Principal Pinkalicious be--ACHOO!--blown away? Beginning readers will love seeing how Pinkalicious turns a sick day into a special day in this I Can Read adventure! This is a Level One I Can Read book that is perfect for children learning to sound out words and...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the smash bestseller Orphan Train, a stunning and atmospheric novel of friendship, passion, and art, inspired by Andrew Wyeth's mysterious and iconic painting Christina's World.

""Later he told me that he'd been afraid to show me the painting. He thought I wouldn't like the way he portrayed me: dragging myself across the field, fingers clutching dirt, my legs twisted behind. The arid moonscape

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Certain that no one has even been as sick as he is, Bear resists Mouse's efforts to cheer him and cure his cold.

On a rainy day when Baby Duck is sick with a cold, her grandfather cheers her up by showing her family photographs.

In an effort to fulfill their dying father's last request, nine-year-old Ben and his brother and sister construct a barn on their land in the Oregon Territory.

"Amid a starkly beautiful but uncanny landscape in New Mexico, a married couple from Cambridge, MA takes residency at a distinguished academic institute. When the husband is stricken with a mysterious illness, misdiagnosed at first, their lives are uprooted and husband and wife each embarks upon a nightmare journey. At thirty-seven, Michaela faces the terrifying prospect of widowhood -- and the loss of Gerard, whose identity has greatly shaped her...