Helen Plum Library

For the past forty years, doctors at the University of Virginia Medical Center have conducted research into young children's reports of past-life memories. Dr. Ian Stevenson, the founder of this work, has always written for a scientific audience. Now, in this provocative and fascinating book, Dr. Jim B. Tucker, a child psychiatrist who currently directs the research, shares these studies with the general public. Life Before Life is a landmark work-one...

"Play a matching game, build a puzzle, or do both! Vibrant illustrations encourage color recognition and building a giant puzzle adds to the fun. With three different levels of play Match Up games are perfect for all ages. Make learning colors fun! There is the perfect theme for everyone in the family."--Publisher's description

When children start to go missing in the local woods, eighteen-year-old Wendy Darling must face her fears and a past she cannot remember to rescue them in this novel based on Peter Pan It's been five years since Wendy and her two brothers went missing in the woods. When the town's children start to disappear, the questions surrounding her brothers' mysterious circumstances are brought back into light. She runs into Peter, a boy she thought lived...

Crafted from select hardwood and accented with child-safe dyes, Peek-a-Boo Barn features four friendly farm animals, hiding behind barn doors that flap open and click-clack back into place. It's ideal for young toddlers developing hand-eye coordination and concepts of object permanence. And with lots of visual detail and a peek through window in the hayloft, it will keep older toddlers busy developing vocabulary and counting skills, playing memory...

A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries