Meet a beastly boy with a dastardly plan that could ruin Christmas! Bradley Bartleby is bad. Very bad. To avoid Bradley's wrath, his wealthy parents buy him whatever he wants. All the adults in Bradley's life are running scared—except for Santa Claus, who refuses to give him anything but socks. But Bradley vows to get what he deserves. If Santa won't give him the gifts he wants, Bradley will just have to steal them...Launch date: October 2012.
Awards: 2012 Publishers Weekly, starred review; 2012 Kirkus Reviews, starred review.

Evie has been homeschooled by her counter-culture mother her whole life, but it's the beginning of her senior year and she's going to public school for the first time. Evie maks friends, but is puzzled by the new system of authority she encounters in her teachers, who she is shocked to see abusing their power and discriminating against their students. She and her friends start an anonymous blog to speak out against the injustice she sees, but it gets taken over and turned into a forum for online bullying- the last thing Evie wanted. The book examines freedom of speech, friendship, authority, and independence, as Evie navigates her new school and the blogosphere she helped to create. Hardcover, 315 pages. Launch date: May 2011

During his hard-earned vacation time, Santa likes to have fun, just like everyone else.  In this uproarious tale by popular author and “Simpsons” writer Mike Reiss, Santa recovers from a hectic December by embarking on a hilarious campaign of adventure and self-improvement—from sumo wrestling, to international espionage, to continuing education.  But no matter where he goes or what he does, he’s still our beloved Santa Claus, as Michael Montgomery’s illustrations reveal.  Launch date: September 2007.

It is Christmas Eve and Little Rabbit sees the perfect gift in a shop window: a lovely red sled.  “All I really want is a sled.  Then I would be very happy,” he tells his parents before bed.  On Christmas morning the sled is waiting for Little Rabbit.  Little Rabbit cannot wait to try it out.  When his friends want a turn, however, Little Rabbit goes off in a huff to sled alone.  A fast hill and a frozen stream spell trouble for Little Rabbit, and it is then that he quickly learns the value of friendship. Launch date: September 2007.

An unscheduled holiday from school.  Piling under warm blankets.  Sipping hot chocolate in snowman mugs.  Building a snow fort. These are just a few of the possibilities the narrator envisions when the television weatherman predicts a big snowfall.  In scene after snowy scene, from sunrise to sundown, a pair of siblings, with their father in tow, shows how they would make the most of their day off.  But when the family wakes up the next morning, are they in for a disappointment?  Launch date: September 2007.

Written by Susan Heyboer O'Keefe, this novel for young readers follows troubled Alexandra Canarsie as she investigates the mysterious death of a young boy. Though she has found herself strangely drawn to funerals of strangers in the new town her parents and her recently moved, this death strikes her as something different and oddly important. As she helps solve the mystery, she also becomes attuned to how to alleviate her own sense of isolation and confusion. Paperback. A hardcover version is avilable for $14.95.