This first picture book in nationally renowned librarian Nancy Pearl's new Book Crush Rediscoveries series for children and young adults is now available for a new generation of readers. Herman has made plans to visit his aunt Gert, so he sets out in his fur coat for her house. But on his way, a passing bear mistakes Herman for the Bear family's cousin Julius. The bear invites Herman home for a visit, and all the bears think Herman is Cousin Julius Can Herman convince the Bear family that he is definitely not their cousin and most definitely not a bear? Bernice Myers's classic picture...

For eighteen-year-old Shannon Lightley, life s been an endless parade across Europe, following either her actress mother or her renowned journalist father. Paris, Milan, London Shannon has been everywhere, but somewhere along the way, she realizes she s really nowhere.

Having graduated from high school and about to board yet another flight for yet another destination, Shannon is offered an alternative: stay in Portland, Oregon, with her parents close friend and help his law firm investigate a group of strangers living near the local university. A will with a substantial inheritance...