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The Willoughbys

by Lois Lowry

"Shouldn't we be orphans?" one of the Willoughby children suggests one day. The four are, after all, part of an old-fashioned kind of family, and their parents - well, their parents are not all that ... Read More

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by Andrew Sean Greer

"You are a failed novelist about to turn fifty. A wedding invitation arrives in the mail: your boyfriend of the past nine years is engaged to someone else. You can't say yes--it would be too awkward. ... Read More

P Is for Potty!

by Naomi Kleinberg, Christopher Moroney (Illustrator)

Elmo tells little ones all about how to use the potty in this sturdy board book with more than 30 flaps to lift. It's the perfect mix of fun and learning for potty-training toddlers, especially as ... Read More

The Swiss Family Robinson (1960)

directed by Ken Annakin
featuring John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur, Janet Munro, Sessue Hayakawa

None of the many cinemadaptations of Johan Wyss' The Swiss Family Robinson are as relentlessly enjoyable as this 1960 Disney feature. The film wastes no time getting down to business, with the ... Read More

Avatar (2009)

directed by James Cameron
featuring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore

A paraplegic ex-marine finds a new life on the distant planet of Pandora, only to find himself battling humankind alongside the planet's indigenous Na'vi race in this ambitious digital 3D sci-fi epic ... Read More