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Joining the bestselling Paint by Sticker Kids sticker-activity series is Paint by Sticker Kids: Fairytale Magic, packed with brightly colored storybook worlds, including five foil sticker images. The Paint by Sticker Kids series has sold more than 10 million copies to date, and the reasons are obvious: stickers, stickers, and more stickers! Plus, it's a craft that delivers hours of screen-free, mess-free fun. Paint by Sticker Kids: Fairytale Magic is full of brightly-colored scenes from classic storybook tales. Kids will delight in stickering a Snow White's poisoned apple, Rapunzel's tower, Cinderella's glass slipper, the Frog Prince, and more--one sticker at a time. The happily-ever-after edition includes five images that feature foil stickers for an extra touch of magic and fun. Painting by sticker is easy, mess-free, and portable (plus, all the pages are perforated so multiple kids can create at the same time!). The stickers are designed to be easy for small hands to maneuver, and n

Move the slider mechanism to answer funny questions about baby farm animals and lift five flaps to find hidden creatures! Explore farm life in this interactive and playful board book, which places the child at the centre of the action. Each spread is packed with fun and includes an engaging question about the scene. Decide and slide to choose your answer! Inside you’ll discover: Six multiple choice questions explore different farm scenes.Vibrant, bold and funny illustrations from Susie Hammer will keep little ones entertained and engaged. A multi-sensory reading experience, with a slider and flaps to lift. Spot the Quizzy Bean characters on each spread and lift the flaps to find out who’s hiding. Encourages active engagement and interaction, and helps children to express their knowledge and preferences. Each title in the series explores key Early Years concepts across the questions, for example: shape, colour or size. From Rebecca Atkinson – best known for pre-school series Mixmups, wh

Move the slider mechanism to answer funny questions about the home and lift five flaps to find hidden creatures! It's bedtime in this interactive and playful board book, which places the child at the centre of the action. Each spread is packed with fun and includes an engaging question about the scene. Decide and slide to choose your answer! Inside you’ll discover: Six multiple choice questions explore different rooms in a house.Vibrant, bold and funny illustrations from Susie Hammer will keep little ones entertained and engaged. A multi-sensory reading experience, with a slider and flaps to lift. Spot the Quizzy Bean characters on each spread and lift the flaps to find out who’s hiding. Encourages active engagement and interaction, and helps children to express their knowledge and preferences. Each title in the series explores key Early Years concepts across the questions, for example: shape, colour or size. From Rebecca Atkinson – best known for pre-school series Mixmups, which airs

Read and learn about feelings with Pip and Posy in this chunky, lift-the-flap book!With multiple flaps to lift, engaging scenes and beautiful images, this book has lots to name, discover and talk about. Every page has a thumb-tab to make turning the pages easy and the chunky pages are designed to withstand even the most enthusiastic of toddlers. Each page explores a different feeling, offering examples from Pip and Posy's world, as well as a question to encourage readers to think about when they felt that emotion too. This helps show that these feelings are normal, healthy and important to us all.Includes a FREE Nosy Crow Stories Aloud® audiobook! Scan the code, hear the story.Look out for other titles in the Pip and Posy series, including Pip and Posy Felt Flaps: In the Garden, At the Seaside, At Christmas, In the Park and At the Party.

Conmemoramos el 50. aniversario de la publicaci鏮 de la segunda novela de Stephen King con un homenaje a la primera edici鏮, traducci鏮 revisada y acabados metalizados. El autor Ben Mears regresa a Salem's Lot para escribir un libro sobre la casa que le atormenta desde que era solo un ni隳. Sin embargo, al llegar se encuentra su aislado pueblo invadido por vampiros. Y, conforme las criaturas sedientas de sangre reclaman m嫳 v獳timas, Mears se hace cargo de convencer a un peque隳 grupo de creyentes para oponerse a los no muertos. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION We celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of Stephen King's second novel with a tribute to its first edition, a revised translation with metallic finishes. NOW A NEW FILM STREAMING ON MAX - #1 BESTSELLER - Ben Mears has returned to Jerusalem's Lot in hopes that exploring the history of the Marsten House, an old mansion long the subject of rumor and speculation, will help him cast out his personal devils and provide inspiration for his ne

★ 圖像小說結合氣候科學與真實行動案例★ 從野火、洪水到全球氣候遊行，帶你看見問題全貌★ 青年視角出發，理解氣候變遷如何影響當代世界★ 不只解釋現象，更指出可行的改變方向氣候變遷不再只是抽象議題，而是正在發生的現實。本書以四位青年氣候行動者為主軸，串連全球氣候運動的重要時刻，從紐約街頭的大規模抗議，到各地極端氣候的第一現場，呈現氣候變遷如何影響不同地區與人群。作者結合新聞現場經驗與圖像敘事，將科學知識與個人故事並置，使複雜議題變得清晰可感。本書不強調口號，而是帶領讀者理解問題的來龍去脈，並思考個人與社會可以採取的行動。A Junior Library Guild selectionA comprehensive and hopeful graphic novel guide on climate change and what you can do about it.Climate chaos--it may be a more apt description than "climate change" for the progressive warming the planet experiences year after year, which leads to extreme heat waves, devastating droughts, and intense storms. It can seem hopeless, but a better world is possible. In their stunning graphic novel, New York Times best-selling illustrator Danica Novgorodoff and award-winning environmental journalist Meera Subramanian demystify climate change while highlighting the brave progress youth activists are making today. Novgorodoff and Subramanian share stories from their lives and the lives of four activists f

Tilt and slide to make cute and colourful bugs race across the page in this fun and interactive slider book.Tilt the book to make the colourful bugs race across the page with this innovative, interactive slider book. Are you ready to join in the fun? Ready . . . steady . . . RACE!From eye-catching beetles and beautiful butterflies to adorable bumblebees, help all the bugs get ready for the Big Bug Race. Who will win this time?Ready, Steady, Race! Bugsis an interactive slider book with a difference, and is sure to keep little ones busy for hours. With bright, bold illustrations from preschool favourite, Teresa Bellón, and a different ending every time depending on how you move the book!If you like this tilt and slide book, look out forReady, Steady, Race! Things That Go!

★ 17歲科技創業家 Samaira Mehta 親身經歷啟發，寫給新世代孩子的 STEM 圖像橋梁書！★ 把函式、佇列、平行處理等程式概念，巧妙融入校園友情與自我突破故事。★ 適合喜歡程式、科學、發明與圖像小說的孩子，也鼓勵女孩勇敢走進科技世界！Sama 熱愛解決問題，也喜歡用資料和程式讓世界變得更好。升上中學後，她滿心期待加入 Tech Club，卻發現大家似乎都比她更懂 coding。她提出幫忙公車司機設計省時路線的點子，卻被認為「不夠複雜」；她想參加 Code Crusher 錦標賽，卻開始懷疑自己是否真的有資格站在那裡。直到新鄰居 Zoe 出現——這個會自己打造氣墊船的女孩，讓 Sama 重新燃起信心。兩人互相啟發，Sama 想出一款以兔子為主角、邊玩邊學程式的桌遊。這一次，她能用自己的方式證明：科技不只是寫出很難的程式，更是發現問題、幫助他人，並讓更多人加入創造未來的行列。推薦給喜歡《Click》《Real Friends》以及 STEM、校園友情、圖像小說的讀者。也適合親子共讀或課堂延伸討論，用來引導孩子認識程式邏輯、創意解題與科技中的性別平等。Big-thinking Sama loves coding, but is she skilled enough to fit in at Tech Club? This is a playful and STEM-rich story inspired by the real life of its seventeen-year-old author. Sama's starting middle school! Maybe Tech Club will be a good place to fit in. She's into solving problems, building clever machines, and collecting beautiful data, plus her friend Nancy has given her a cool book on coding. But everyone at Tech Club is already so good at coding--will Sama's contributions be enough for her to be inc

The teachings of Stoic philosophy began and thrived in the Greek and Roman world until the 3rd century AD, and has since experienced multiple revivals right up to the modern day.

Language is integral to human doing, being, becoming and belonging, and its acquisition is naturally distributed in and across activity spaces over time. Different learning experiences form 'a dialectical unity', where one brings the others into existence, and the capacities fostered in one inform and transform those in the others. Thus, connected learning across time and space is fundamental to the coherence, relevance, and meaningfulness of language learning, yet is not given sufficient attention in second language education. Connected learning is particularly relevant in the GenAI era where learner-driven lifelong and lifewide learning is much emphasized. This Element hence conceptualizes the framework of connected language learning with technology, and discusses how the framework could be operationalized and implemented in teaching and learning. It further foregrounds four concepts in this learning framework - agential literacy, interest development, self-regulation support, and id

Multiple-time New York Times-bestselling sewer-surfing super-sleuths Mango and Brash are back in the ninth volume of the mega-smash-hit InvestiGators series! The InvestiGators' latest case is a dairy disaster! The city's water supply has been replaced with milk and the newest feline agents, the InvestiGatos, don't seem to be complaining. What's with the simian scientists and why is the rain green?! All will be revealed in this sticky volume of InvestiGators!

The development of minimally invasive approaches to screen for multiple tumor types at one time could potentially improve health outcomes; however, the clinical utility of multicancer detection (MCD) testing has yet to be established. The National Academies National Cancer Policy Forum held a workshop in October 2024 to explore the current scientific understanding and clinical use of MCD testing, as well as implications for cancer care and outcomes for all patients.

Duck kicks the ball but it flies over the net--where's it gone? BOOM into the tree, SPLAT in the puddle, DOOGA DOOGA under the bench. Duck runs, Owl runs, Spider runs, Dog runs--they all run after the ball. Until KERSPLASH it lands in the pool. Uh-oh, there's a crocodile in the water. It's too late to stop the ball! Or is it?Susanne Strasser's snowballing animal stories that children love are bestsellers in multiple languages. This funny, energetic game takes an unexpected turn after the ball lands in the pool--and ends with a goal, of course.

An intimate, contemporary Gothic novel about family secrets, unsolved murders and ill-fated love - by multiple Sunday Times bestselling sensation Olivie Blake.From No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller Olivie Blake comes Dreamland, a hauntingly seductive gothic mystery where the glitz of Los Angeles collides with the dark shadows of the Hollywood elite.Fame makes monsters of us all . . .Summer winds sweep a feverish energy through Los Angeles as girls are found murdered. Yet despite wildfire warnings and the rising body count, Anya Morris finds her mind elsewhere. Her Hollywood break fell through – and after losing out, she’s ready to risk it all.Enter actor William de Witt, an aging icon with a cryptic bargain. If Anya spends time with his son Jude, a man sequestered by mysterious health issues, William will grant her access to Hollywood’s inner circles. Yet within the de Witt estate, the air is heavy with old blood and unspoken secrets.Drawn to Jude’s dark magnetism, Anya wonders if the hous

This book presents Encounter Theory; an approach grounded in engagement with difference and the principle of nonviolent conflict transformation. It offers scholars, peacebuilders, and students a comprehensive way to understand and practice violence transformation by drawing on diverse frames, concepts, and pedagogies from multiple disciplines. Schmitz, Standish, and Sloan, who work across personal, interpersonal, community, and international contexts, aim to create a platform for addressing violence in society, culture, and the self in the twenty-first century. At its core, Encounter Theory calls for meeting others and their deeply held beliefs within a space that is non-dominatory and non-discriminatory, fostering recognition and appreciation. Through such encounters, individuals move toward relationality, building bonds of understanding and re-humanization. The book argues that creating a nonviolent world requires tools that allow us to continually and relentlessly engage with differ

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTTHE NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2025THE NEW YORK TIMES “The Best Historical Fiction Novels to Read Right Now”PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 2025 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR‘A novel of epic scope that resonates powerfully while wars of tragic loss continue to be fought on multiple fronts, including in Europe. Daanje exhibits brilliant powers of reconstitution in her descriptions of the war’s aftermath and the blighted landscapes that it left behind.’ Tobias Grey in The Financial TimesAn extraordinary love story and a captivating novel about the power of memory and imagination.Flanders 1922. After serving as a soldier in the Great War, Noon Merckem has lost his memory and lives in a psychiatric asylum. Countless women, responding to a newspaper ad, visit him there in the hope of finding their spouse who vanished in battle. One day a woman, Julienne, appears and recognises Noon as her husband, the photographer Amand Coppens, and takes him home against medical advice. But

Play with Pip and Posy in this big slider book with 36 sliders and three games to play on every page!Pip and Posy’s world of play is full of fun and games, from making a jigsaw puzzle and building a sandcastle, to dressing up and playing pretend!This big sturdy board book has multiple sliders to have fun with as readers can play matching pairs, hide and seek and search and find. They can build book confidence and develop their vocabulary as they explore new words and labels on each page.Pip and Posy has sold over two million copies in the UK and over 30 million around the world. There are many books to collect, including Where are you? On the Farm, Pip and Posy A Sliding Story The Super Scooter and Pip and Posy’s Big Book of Feelings.

Step carefully - the old ways still hold power...The Faery Rules revives long-forgotten customs for navigating the hidden realm of the Fae. This essential guide unveils ancient protections, age-old etiquette, and long-silenced folklore to help readers understand, respect, and avoid the mischief and dangers of the faery world. Presented as both a reference and a practical manual, this unique volume explores faery folklore from multiple angles. Whether you're a scholar of myth, a lover of cozy fantasy, or someone who believes the veil is thin, this handbook offers an enthralling, grounded path to faery knowledge. Every chapter features rules and rituals - from warding off changelings to rewarding brownies - rooted in authentic tradition and delivered with care and clarity. - The first book to gather the folklore rules for living alongside the fae in one place- Practical guidance meets folkloric storytelling across themed, easy-to-follow chapters- A perfect companion to romantasy trends a

From the bestselling author of This Book Kills comes a deadly new YA thriller of murder, mystery and mind-blowing twists. Perfect for fans of Holly Jackson and Karen M. McManus.When the most popular girl at Myra's new school is found frozen to death in a walk-in chiller, wannabe journalist Myra is sure of two things:1. Scarlett was murdered.2. One of Scarlett's friends is to blame.So she infiltrates the popular clique's world of envy and backstabbing to prove it. But then a strange boy holds her up at gunpoint in the woods, claiming he's killed the killer. Who is he, who did he kill...and who will die next?Praise for Ravena Guron:"For fans of Holly Jackson and Karen M McManus." The Observer"A treat for crime fiction fans." Sunday Express"A crisp, Christie-esque detective story told in lively multiple voices, perfect for Holly Jackson fans." The Guardian

Explore a colorful home in this interactive and playful board book, which places the child at the center of the action. Move the slider mechanism to answer funny questions about the home, and lift the flaps to find hidden creatures!Each spread is packed with fun and includes an engaging question about the scene. Decide and slide to choose your answer! Features: Six multiple choice questions explore different rooms in a houseVibrant, bold and funny illustrations from Susie Hammer will keep little ones entertainedA multi-sensory reading experience, with a slider and flaps to liftSpot the Quizzy Bean characters on each spread and lift the flaps to find out who's hidingEncourages active engagement and interaction, and helps children to express their knowledge and preferencesEach title in the series explores key Early Years concepts across the questions, for example: shape, color, or size. From Rebecca Atkinson and Susie Hammer, this entertaining series is perfect for preschoolers to develo

Explore farm life in this interactive and playful board book, which places the child at the center of the action. Move the slider mechanism to answer funny questions about baby farm animals, and lift the flaps to find hidden creatures!Each spread is packed with fun and includes an engaging question about the farm. Decide and slide to choose your answer! Features: Six multiple choice questions about different farm scenesVibrant, bold and funny illustrations from Susie Hammer will keep little ones entertained and engagedA multi-sensory reading experience, with a slider and flaps to liftSpot the Quizzy Bean characters on each spread and lift the flaps to find out who's hidingEncourages active engagement and interaction, and helps children to express their knowledge and preferencesEach title in the series explores key Early Years concepts across the questions, for example: shape, colour or size. From Rebecca Atkinson and Susie Hammer, this entertaining series is perfect for preschoolers to

Unleash your child's creativity with this ultimate sticker doll book for kids ages 5-8 who dance! Packed with 500+ vibrant, reusable stickers created by bestselling artist Alli Koch (@allikdesign), this enchanting book includes a delightful array of clothing and accessories that can be mixed and matched across multiple characters, allowing for endless storytelling and imaginative play. Features: 500+ Reusable Sticker Doll StickersPerforated Sticker SheetsStorytellingEach page boasts perforated sticker sheets for easy removal, making it simple for little hands to dress their dolls and create their own unique scenes. Perfect as a holiday or birthday gift, My Sticker Storybook promises hours of fun and creativity, encouraging kids to explore their style while developing storytelling skills. Dive into a world of dance and imagination today!