Best Selling Books by Monica Kulling

Even though their father is away at war and the family does not have much money, the four March sisters manage to have a wonderful Christmas.

Examines the mysterious disappearance of the world-famous woman pilot who was lost over the Pacific Ocean while on an historic round-the-world flight in 1937.

Describes the physical characteristics, hunting and feeding behavior, habitat, life cycle, methods of communication, and endangered status of alligators.

Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, family life, and eating habits of both African and Asian elephants.

Edgar Badger and his best friend Duncan Bear have a squabble when they go on a fishing trip.

Edgar Badger finds a way to keep his neighbors happy even though they complain about the ever-growing pile of junk in his backyard.

"Fairy Tale: A True Story" tells the tale of two little girls who set out to prove the existence of fairies. Starring Peter O''Toole as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Harvey Keitel as Harry Houdini, "Fairy Tale: A True Story" is sure to become a family favorite.

Because he''s sad and can''t face the end of summer, Edgar Badger escapes by going to bed and staying there until his friends come around to cheer him up.

Lump the dachshund, who lives with a photographer and a larger dog in Italy, travels to the south of France to meet Pablo Picasso, who promptly names him "Lumpito," in a story based on actual events.

It’s Alice’s birthday! A beautiful spring afternoon in Paris — what could be better? Little does she know that her friend has arranged some surprises! It’s Alice’s birthday! But her friend Gertrude seems to have forgotten. No matter, Alice goes out and enjoys her day just the same. A beautiful spring afternoon in Paris — what could be better? Little does she know that her dear friend has a few surprises up her sleeve. While Alice spends the day walking around Paris — riding a carousel in the park and watching a puppet show — Gertrude turns her attention to the kitchen. She is determined to make a lavish dinner with all of Alice’s favorite things and write a poem to match the occasion. But the lure of the perfect poetic line proves to be too distracting, and just as Alice’s day takes an exciting and unexpected turn, Gertrude’s big dinner falls all to pieces. The poem turns out beautifully, of course, but the house is a bit of a mess. It’s a good thing Alice doesn’t mind cleaning up. And that she has such a good brownie recipe for their guests. Inspired by the lives of artist Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, Monica Kulling’s warm and whimsical narration is perfectly balanced by Qin Leng’s bright and energetic illustrations. This is a sweetly joyful story of love, friendship and creative inspiration. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3 Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

Profiles the first wife of a president to have a public life and career of her own, devoted to helping others and working for peace.

Contains eighteen cartoon stories, originally published in the 1990s, featuring Archie Andrews and his friends in Riverdale.

Queen Amidala''s handmaidens are trained to protect her if she is in danger. But Queen Amidala wants to learn to defend herself. She joins the training disguised as Padmé so her handmaidens won''t worry. Can she handle the training? Read this colorful fully-illustrated beginner reader and find out!

Dorothea Lange’s Depression-era “Migrant Mother” photograph is an icon of American history. Behind this renowned portrait is the story of a family struggling against all odds to survive. Dust storms and dismal farming conditions force young Ruby’s family to leave their home in Oklahoma and travel to California to find work. As they move from camp to camp, Ruby sometimes finds it hard to hold on to hope. But on one fateful day, Dorothea Lange arrives with her camera and takes six photographs of the young family. When one of the photographs appears in the newspaper, it opens the country’s eyes to the reality of the migrant workers’ plight and inspires an outpouring of much needed support. Bleak yet beautiful illustrations depict this fictionalized story of a key piece of history, about hope in the face of hardship and the family that became a symbol of the Great Depression.

Anxious to enter a contest for turning a messy room into a clean one, Jon and Lucas work hard to clean Jon''s very messy room but lose the contest form in the process.

Describes how the young Hungarian immigrant Ehrich Weiss worked to become the great magician, Harry Houdini.

In 1815 in Scotland, having realized that the corpses he and his peers examine in anatomy class are stolen from fresh graves, a young medical student finds that he must procure the next specimen.

In 1818, seven-year-old Elisha was fascinated by farm machinery. As a young man, he tried a variety of ways to make a living, but nothing fired his imagination more than the job he found in a bed-frame factory. Soon he invented a machine that made frames four times faster than ever before. In 1852, while overseeing the construction of a new factory, he had to find a way to move heavy machinery to the second floor. He didn''t trust the hoisting platform, so he invented a safety brake. It was so successful that rather than lift machine parts, Elisha decided to build "people-hoisting machines." In 1857, Elisha Otis installed his first successful passenger elevator in a five-storey department store in New York City. Before Elisha''s invention, buildings were never higher than six stories. At last it was possible to build skyscrapers!"

Shares the inspirational story of African-American inventor Garrett Morgan, whose incredible safety hood became a forerunner to the gas masks that saved thousands of soldiers during World War I.