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INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "Prepare to meet your next obsession." -- Rebecca Ross, author of Divine Rivals From New York Times bestselling author Rachel Gillig comes the next big romantasy sensation, a gothic, mist-cloaked tale of a young prophetess forced on an impossible quest with the one knight whose future is beyond her sight. Perfect for fans of Jennifer L. Armentrout and Leigh Bardugo. Sybil Delling has spent nine years dreaming of having no dreams at all. Like the other foundling girls who traded a decade of service for a home in the great cathedral, Sybil is a Diviner. In her dreams she receives visions from six unearthly figures known as Omens. From them, she can predict terrible things before they occur, and lords and common folk alike travel across the kingdom of Traum's windswept moors to learn their futures by her dreams. Just as she and her sister Diviners near the end of their service, a mysterious knight arrives at the cathedral. Rude, heretical, and devilis

A Buddhist monk practices calligraphy every single day--calming his heart and bringing an unexpected gift to a nearby city.As rain falls, Old Monk invites Little Monk to practice calligraphy. "Let's write the character for rain!" he says. And with each brushstroke, Little Monk's restless, anxious heart grows quiet. For the next twenty years, as Little Monk becomes Big Monk, he sits down with his brush every day, meditating on and writing the character for "rain." Until one day someone comes to the temple asking for help: the city has no water. All grown up now, Big Monk packs his things, hoping to do his part. But will a pile of calligraphy sheets make any difference? This stunning book is horizontally bound, creating a vertical reading experience inspired by Chinese ink paintings and calligraphy hung on scrolls. With poetic text and watercolor art from Taiwanese author-illustrator Hsu-Kung Liu, Little Monk Writes Rain is an evocative tale of mindfulness, self-expression, and compassio

在本書中，Sarah Wynn‑Williams 以其任職於 Facebook（現 Meta）全球公共政策部門的經歷，提供了一部大膽直言且不畏權勢的內部回憶錄。她生動地記述了與馬克．祖克柏（Mark Zuckerberg）及雪柔．桑德伯格（Sheryl Sandberg）的交手過程，並深切剖析自己在平衡母親身分的同時，如何在「挺身而進」（Lean In）的職場文化中掙扎求存。書中更揭露了令人震驚的決策失誤－從政治操弄、言論審查，到在緬甸煽動暴力與仇恨的災難性後果。本書筆觸犀利、帶著黑色幽默，且讀來令人不寒而慄。這部回憶錄敲響了警鐘：揭示了不受約束的權力如何蠶食理想，並摧毀人們的生活。''Amazing: of all the books in all the world Mr Free Speech Zuckerberg wants to ban, it’s the one about him'' Marina Hyde, Guardian''Jaw-dropping . . . A tell-all tome'' Financial TimesSarah Wynn-Williams, a young diplomat from New Zealand, pitched for her dream job. She saw Facebook’s potential and knew it could change the world for the better. But, when she got there and rose to its top ranks, things turned out a little different.From wild schemes cooked up on private jets to risking prison abroad, Careless People exposes both the personal and political fallout when boundless power and a rotten culture take hold. In a gripping and often absurd narrative, Wynn-Williams rubs shoulders with Mark Z

★ 六大權威媒體星級推薦，年度最耀眼奇幻繪本！★ 《In a Jar》作者全新創作，帶領讀者踏上一場翻轉世界的魔法冒險★ 讀者也要一起「把書翻過來」！互動式閱讀體驗充滿驚喜★ 關於手足、想逃離的心情，以及重新發現家的魔法一部結合奇幻冒險與互動閱讀的繪本。主角 Evie 在雪地中打開通往顛倒世界的魔法入口，讀者也需要把書翻轉，與角色一起探索星海與奇幻生物。故事描寫手足關係的矛盾與溫暖，畫面華麗、想像奔放，是一本讓孩子一翻開就沉浸其中的奇幻旅程。SIX STARRED REVIEWS! ******A richly illustrated picture book from the author ofIn a Jarthat follows an older sister and her pack of wild, noisy, can’t-sit-still younger siblings on a grand and wondrous adventure.Evie believes in all things magic, but her always-pestering, always-following younger siblings make her life seem a littlelessmagical sometimes. So Evie makes her escape to the snowy world outside, hoping for a bit of peace and solitude, only to discover her siblings trailing behind her, once again.Luckily, with the help of a wand and a few magic words, Evie turns a snowbank into a portal to an upside-down worldfull of stars, dolphins, and seahorses to ride. Even the reader is invited to rotate the book and follow the siblings along on their adventure! But wh

If you ask the average person who an entrepreneur is, they’ll probably say people like Steve Jobs, Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg. But the truth is, you don’t need to know how to code or raise VC money to start a business. There are hundreds of millions of small business owners globally, with most creating simple, straightforward services that customers need.Nick Huber, founder of The Sweaty Startup and several million-dollar businesses, challenges the prevailing Silicon Valley wisdom by demonstrating that success as a small business owner is based on the essential principle of doing common things uncommonly well. In The Sweaty Startup, Nick offers readers the simplest, easiest, and lowest-risk path to reclaiming entrepreneurship, generating value, and forging a new path to get ahead on their own terms. By returning to the most foundational business tactics, this book is a refreshing burst of clarity and simplicity in a world that’s obsessed with technology startups, the suffocating sque

Set your child on the road to reading with 50 flashcards that introduce cars, trucks, animals, colors, numbers, and more, all featuring classic art from the busy, busy world of Richard Scarry!Covering numbers and colors, as well as planes, trains, boats, and other topics that kids will love, this set of fifty flashcards is the perfect way for children ages 3 to 5 to learn how to read. Each card includes a word on one side, and the reverse side features the same word paired with artwork from beloved Richard Scarry books likeCars and Trucks and Things That GoandBusy, Busy Town. At first, kids will learn to pair the word with its corresponding picture, and then they'll begin to read the word on its own.Carefully crafted for your early reader, the cards are oversized so that little hands can hold them with ease, and are also the perfect size for taking on the go. Additionally, the cards are packaged with a Velcro closure so that kids can access the cards by themselves.Richard Scarry’s Firs

Discover the magic of the seasons with Bear and friends in the first lift-the-flap adventure from the internationally bestselling Brown Bear Wood seriesJoin Bear on a journey through the seasons in this delightful gift book packed with flaps to lift and things to find.Who's been hiding Easter eggs among the spring flowers? What treats lie tucked inside the summer picnic basket? What wonders are waiting beneath the autumn branches of Grand Old Oak? Who is caroling at the Christmas party? Little ones will love lifting the sturdy flaps on every page to uncover sweet surprises and enjoy short, read-aloud poems celebrating the changing seasons.With more than 60 uniquely shaped flaps, this charming book is made to withstand years of tiny hands exploring and is sure to become a treasured family favorite for sharing all year round.Brown Bear Wood series: If You Go Down to the Woods TodayGrand Old Oak and the Birthday BallIt's Busy Down in the Woods TodayThe Great Easter Egg HuntI Love You Alwa

Gorgeously illustrated and with a classic feel, this is a brilliantly funny story of a rabbit and a bear ... and how to understand the world using science, and your friends. Ideal for readers moving on from picture books.'A perfect animal double-act.' The Times, Book of the WeekRabbit loves the sky at night. But what are the stars made of? Where do they go in the daytime? WHY are they?Bear knows that Castor will be able to answer these big questions with his Far-Looking Machine. But that just makes Rabbit feel tiny in a big world. Maybe his new friends in the Bog of Frogs will be able to see things from a different angle ...Meet Rabbit and Bear in the classic series that has taken the world by storm: this is a story of friendship, science, and being up to your eyeballs in bog.'Rabbit's Bad Habits is a breath of fresh air in children's fiction, a laugh-out-loud story of rabbit and wolf and bear, of avalanches and snowmen. The sort of story that makes you want to send your children to be

Return to the world of Truly Devious as Stevie Bell and her friends travel to New York to solve a murder in the next standalone mystery from New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson.Stevie might be the greatest teenage detective Ellingham Academy and the world has ever seen, but even she can't figure out what happened with her boyfriend, David. What she needs is a distraction: a good old-fashioned murder. Stevie is much happier dealing with dead people. They're a lot less confusing--they don't send cryptic texts and make out with other girls in British pubs.But then Stevie gets exactly what she wanted when a dead body turns up in the middle of a Manhattan apartment complex, and this one is . . . complicated. Caught in a web of messy alive-people feelings, Stevie finds herself questioning all human connection. Is magnetism only manipulation? Can you trust anyone? Does anyone realize that they're joining a cult--before it's too late? And are things with David really over?Read al

A worm and a dinosaur grapple with the circle of life in this hilariously macabre longform picture book, perfect for fans of The Skull.Every life has a beginning and an end, and if we're lucky, we make a few true friends along the way. And hopefully those friends won’t eat us. But you never know. When a dinosaur’s misplaced step flattens Frank the worm’s friend, Frank takes the loss in stride. He and his buddies will eat the poor guy— that’s what worms do. They eat dead things and return them to the soil. Someday, Frank’s descendants will even eat the dinosaur. But before it comes to that, there’s plenty of time to get to know each other. Even if neither can ultimately protect the other from the world’s slings and arrows, the unlikely friendship makes life worthwhile. A masterclass in dark humor, I Will Eat You in the End closes in a life-affirming catharsis it very much earns. Readers of all ages will return often to laugh, cry, and relish every page. Mortality has never been so fun.

Get a midnight margarita bubbling and settle in for a spell of coloring magic from the bewitching world of Practical Magic. Join Sally, Gillian, Frances, Jet, and the rest of the beloved characters of Practical Magic for a spellbinding coloring book like no other! Capture the joy of this timeless cult classic with over 60 original illustrations inspired by the iconic moments from Practical Magic, such as Jimmy's resurrection with a can of whipped cream and Sally's whirlwind romance with Michael, as well as enchanting collage pages celebrating all things witchy. Relive the magic of the Owens sisters' journey toward home, community, and belonging time and time again with a coloring book as playful and heartfelt as the movie that inspired it. Whether you want to hone your coloring craft or simply unwind with the help of a little magic, this coloring book promises as much fun as an umbrella ride down from a rooftop.

Explore the hidden secrets of our planet with award-winning duo, Mike Barfield and Jess Bradley.Invisible Worlds invites curious readers to take a closer look at the world around us, and marvel at the huge powers behind the tiniest phenomena.From the tiny organisms thriving all around us to the invisible energy waves sending signals to our gadgets, the world is brimming with activity that we can’t see.Some really small things can only be seen with the most powerful microscopes, while other things are just plain invisible. Did you know that hawks use ultraviolet light – invisible to humans – to see trails of wee left by mice so that they can find their next meal? Or that invisible magnetic fields are so strong they can suspend a frog in mid-air? Find out about the invisible worlds all around us, from tiny germs and bacteria to gases and gravity.Hear directly from a flea, a grain of rice, an amoeba, a gas-filled balloon and loads of other first-person narrators as they guide you through

Decorate notebooks, water bottles, and everything else in your busy, busy home with this adorable collection of over 400 stickers featuring art from the beloved books by Richard Scarry.Sticker your world with art found in Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things That Go; Busy, Busy Town; and many other iconic books with this delightful volume for grownups and kids alike.Richard Scarry’s Busy, Busy Sticker Book features classic characters like Lowly Worm, Huckle Cat, and other neighbors from Busytown. You’ll also find scenic template sheets that allow you to create your own collages with the stickers in the book. Just place your stickers within the scene and peel off the whole page for a beautiful montage to place on your locker, wall, notebooks, or anywhere you want to add a touch of whimsy. Plus, a selection of adhesive gift tags and calendar stickers make this book as useful as it is cute.The perfect gift for those navigating this busy, busy world, this sticker book is sure to mak

From New York Times Bestseller and BookTok sensation Rina Kent comes the first generation of the thrilling Legacy of Gods series.The princess isn’t supposed to dethrone the king.ElsaHe told me he’d destroy me - and he did.I might have lost the battle, but the war is far from over.They say it takes just one move to dethrone a king.No one warned me he’d drag me down with him on the way.AidenIf Steel’s little princess wants a war, then she’ll get one.There’s only one rule: follow mine - or none at all.So go ahead, sweetheart.Show me what you’ve got.Readers cannot get enough of the Royal Elite series:'This book had me feeling so many things' *****reader review'I would recommend this book a thousand times!!!' *****reader review'Rina Kent's universe is consuming me' *****reader review'Can't stop thinking about this' *****reader review'A rollercoaster of a read' *****reader review'Beautifully heartbreaking' *****reader review

This beautiful and thoughtful cut-art picture book from debut author-illustrator Cynthia De La Torre, draws on imagery from Dia de los Muertos to gently introduce readers to grieving a relative--with the reminder that memories formed with love are never lost. Galina has never had anyone close to her pass away--until T燰 Luz Maria joins los muertos in the nearby cemetery. Now, Galina is filled with fear at the thought of her loving aunt changed into a calavera! Much better to put her fear and sadness up on the shelf, and forget T燰 Luz Maria. But strange things keep happening that make Galina think of her happier memories of her aunt. Could a calavera be playing tricks on her? Or could it be that death has not changed her beloved t燰 as much as she'd thought?

Innocent wishes turn decidedly sinister in this chilling horror for fans of Katherine Arden and R. L. Stine. Peter and his half brother, Adrian, live in the shadow of Old Splinter--a formerly lavish estate now in ruins. Rumored to have once housed an eccentric magician, it's now home to little more than spiderwebs and mold. Tasked with renovating the crumbling mansion on behalf of their wealthy uncle, Peter's stepdad is at his wits' end. And the cracks are beginning to show in their once-happy cottage. A mysterious local legend may be their only hope. The wishing claw, a magical hand that grants your deepest desires, has spell-bound townsfolk for centuries. If it's real--if he can find it--then Peter might just save his family! But wishes are tricky things and they always come with a price. What starts innocently enough soon unearths much more than Peter bargained for, including a dark secret lurking in the walls of the mansion...and a monstrous hunger that comes knocking at his door.

Return to the dynamic world of KPop Demon Hunters with this official coloring book! From hunters to demons to the fans they fight for--there's a coloring page for everyone in this official KPop Demon Hunters coloring book! Style HUNTR/X for a savage demonic takedown with Rumi's iconic yellow motorcycle jacket, Zoey's teal top, and Mira's magenta pigtails. Pull out baby blues and pastel pinks for Saja Boys' bubbly debut of "Soda Pop," and your richest reds and blacks for their riveting performance of "Your Idol." Use some golden metallics to finally seal the Honmoon. Or color things your way to bring your own vibrant imagination to the hit animated film! With 40 illustrations on thick paper and all the intricate details adult coloring fans crave, this coloring book is the perfect opportunity to spend more time with favorite characters and scenes from Netflix's KPop Demon Hunters.

Meet Miles Bacon, the truck-driving, box-hauling, big rig pig! Written by the New York Times bestselling duo who brought you Cupig, Big Rig Pig is perfect for fans of Little Blue Truck and Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site. Got a truck stuck in a ditch?Or a hot dog cart that needs a hitch?Miles Bacon is the one to call, there's not a thing that he can't haul! When Miles spends the whole day helping out others, hauling boxes, five tons of apples, and even an entire circus, he learns that maybe he doesn't have to do it all. And that sometimes, it's okay if he's the one who needs help; good friends will always be there to lend a helping hand, or truck! With bouncy, rhyming text and comically expressive art from New York Times bestselling duo Claire Tattersfield and Rob Sayegh Jr., Big Rig Pig is a sweet and funny story about Miles Bacon, the determined and dependable truck driving pig. Perfect for little ones who love Things That Go! Includes two special fold-out pages.

Stranger Things meets Twilight in this haunting gothic romance! A teen girl is swept into an opulent world of love, lies, and ghosts after she moves in with the wealthy, mysterious family she never knew she had. Book One in the Grove Hollow series, this is an 80s dark academia-tinged tale full of fated love, a cursed amulet, and twisted family secrets.The year is 1985, and seventeen-year-old Jade Whitney is about to discover that her family holds a dark secret that will change her life forever. Sent to live with her great-aunt Ruth, Jade moves into Blythe House, her family's sprawling, gilded mansion—but picturesque Grove Hollow, New York, is anything but welcoming.At Jade’s new private school she’s shunned by everyone except the Misfits, the school’s outcasts, who spend their weekends exploring abandoned haunted mansions and listening to The Cure. But Jade’s eye keeps wandering back to Brad, the charming, handsome rugby captain—and the only other kid at school to welcome her.Everythin

Lift, learn and play with Bizzy Bear in this chunky tabbed board book with 10 colourful scenes, over 300 words and more than 20 flaps!Find the red fire engine! Count up all the orange dinosaurs! And join Bizzy Bear for a spooky purple party in the attic. There are so many colourful things to see in Bizzy Town!Big thumb tabs make it easy for little paws to turn the page - with a new colour to discover on every spread.Includes a FREE Nosy Crow Stories Aloud® audiobook! Scan the code, hear the words.Explore, discover and play with more Bizzy Bear books:Bizzy Bear: Whizzy Wheels: DiggerBizzy Bear: Famous ArtistBizzy Bear: My First Sticker Activity Book: Things That GoBizzy Bear's Big Book of Words

Plants have secret skills. They are water wizards, finding water in the driest landscapes. They are a community, sending underground messages--and even food and water!--to other plants. And yes, they can hear without ears. Here's a wondrous picture book for children ages 4-8 that will shake up the way readers think about plants. Hey, creatures of the world! The plants would like to set a few things straight in this entertaining account of the astonishing skills they possess. Readers will be familiar with some of these abilities, such as photosynthesis, but others are likely to amaze children and adults alike, such as the fact that trees can communicate with--and send food and water to--one another through their roots with the help of fungi that connect them! Bursting with fun facts and plants with attitude, We Can Hear Without Ears is an energetic account of the invisible ways plants defend, nourish, strengthen themselves, and communicate with others. It will awe budding botanists, nat

See the events ofStranger Thingsfrom all new perspectives with this comics collection of weird tales from Hawkins, Indiana—a small town that keeps getting stranger.There are two sides to every story. This anthology series tells the stories behind iconicStranger Thingsmoments from unexpected perspectives, revealing new insights into the hit Netflix series!Learn about Mr. Clarke’s harrowing encounter with Dart the demodog at the Hawkins drive-in theater. Witness the horror of the Upside Down as seen by Will Byers, the local “Zombie Boy.” Discover how killer KGB agent Grigori got from the mean streets of post-war Russia to the mild-mannered American Midwest. And behold the ill-fated experiment, and ensuing carnage, that started it all through the Demogorgon’s eyes (or lack thereof)!Join Eisner-nominated andNew York Timesbestselling author Derek Fridolfs (Batman: Li’l Gotham, Secret Hero Society) and a quartet of acclaimed artists, including Sunando C, Bradley Clayton, Mack Chater, and Vin

Jungkook is one of the world’s biggest stars, period. His first album, Golden, sold more than 2 million copies on the day of its release and stayed on the Billboard 200 for twenty-four consecutive weeks. How did a young prodigy from South Korea make music history?The Meaning of Jungkook is an unofficial kaleidoscopic exploration of the forces that made Jungkook into the triumph he is today. This book does more than just chronicle his humble beginnings in Busan and meteoric rise to fame. A lively narrative, it places Jungkook in a larger cultural and historical context, shedding light on the inner workings of the K-pop industry, internet culture, ARMY, and more.We learn that Jungkook’s ruthless work ethic is a symptom of Korean culture and its singular pursuit for excellence; his style of dance places him in the lineage of Michael Jackson; and “the soldout king” has a unique visual appeal that meets high, intensive Korean beauty standards but also subverts it with his irreverent style c

The book every new kindergartner needs to get them excited for school, brought to vibrant life by Pete Oswald, the New York Times bestselling artist of The Good Egg.Join kindergarten teacher Mr. Bee as he gets ready for the new school year. Watch as he transforms a cluttered classroom into an inviting, orderly space where everything has its place—art supplies, books, things for pretend, a chair for every child, a cubby marked with their name. Everything goes where it will be easy for the children to reach, and easy to put away when they are done.This satisfying journey shows children with what to expect when they start school, building excitement in the most comforting way—until, at last, here come the new students, ready to explore a room prepared just for them. Kindergarten Gets Ready organizes the messy unknown into an orderly, irresistible place for children getting ready for kindergarten.

This epic and timeless tale recounts the adventures of Odysseus as he journeyed home to Ithaca after the fall of Troy. The story of Odysseus' perilous journey home after the fall of Troy relates allegorical tales of goddesses and sirens, capture and escape, and maneuvering between Scylla and Charybdis. After ten years of travel, Odysseus finally reaches Ithaca to find his family in turmoil. The saga of his efforts to make things right is one of the oldest works of Western literature and still offers powerful lessons for modern times. With full-color page edges and a heat-burnished cover with foil stamping, this edition of The Odyssey is a stylish addition to your bookshelf.

A hilarious picture book about an endearing little crank who thinks the museum is absolutely awful . . . or is it actually awesome? Art can be a lot of things--wondrous, inspiring, transformative . . . but mostly it's boring! And visiting an art museum? Double boring! Come along with a curmudgeonly young boy--who's more interested in finger painting his cat than "admiring art"--as he's begrudgingly taken to the local museum by his well-meaning mother. Seriously, what's so great about scribbles and squares and dots? OK, sure, that portrait made of cubes is kind of cool. And those sculptures made of clay are pretty awesome . . . Gasp! Maybe he does like art after all?! Well, would that be so awful? Witty and informative (but never boring!), author Cassi McCreight and Xindi Yan, illustrator of the New York Times-bestselling Busy Betty series, have paired up to create a laugh-out-loud romp all about art appreciation. With nods to famous artists and art movements on every page, and back mat

For fans of My Dark Vanessa and Acts of Desperation, THE CRUSTACEAN is a Korean high schooler's response to Lolita'THE CRUSTACEAN isn't a novel, it's an obsession . . . I would kill and die for this book' ALISSA NUTTING, author of TAMPA'MY DARK VANESSA meets EARTHLINGS. A truly unique gut-punch of a read' Alice Slater, author of DEATH OF A BOOKSELLER"When I was 13 I knew nothing about anything.I only cared about love.And the older man, who I thought I fell in love with, never told me he was divorced.I made that up on my own."Chichirim is an ordinary, misunderstood, lonely schoolgirl. She's also in possession of a terrible secret.Her dad is worse than useless. And her mum spends all her days tattooing thick ugly eyebrows on old women.Her sister hates them so much she wishes they were dead.Chichirim does bad things at school. And still, no one cares.Until, one day, an older man picks her up on the side of the road.He tells her she is pretty.Her tells her what to do.Underneath her hard ou

A fascinating visual history of Notre-Dame, "the World's Cathedral," that highlights the burning and reconstruction of the cherished building from award-winning author-illustrator Lynn Curlee. On April 15, 2019, the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris was almost destroyed by fire, an event that shocked and riveted the entire world as it played out in real time on TV and across the internet. The story of the fire and its aftermath, along with the rebuilding of the historic cathedral, offers an exciting narrative around which Lynn Curlee builds an illustrated story for middle grade readers about this internationally cherished monument. In the way that only he can, Lynn illuminates captivating information about cathedrals, gothic architecture, French history, restoration of old buildings, heroism under fire, and even Quasimodo, the famous Hunchback of Notre-Dame.

Stephen Sondheim learns to assemble musicals like the pieces of a puzzle on his way to becoming an American theater icon.An inspiring nonfiction picture book on the creative process that will spark an interest in music for kids ages 7–10.Before he became a greatest lyricist and composer, Stephen Sondheim was a boy filled with curiosity—a boy who loved figuring out how things worked. After his parents’ divorce scattered the pieces of his life, he found comfort in music.Guided by his mentor, Oscar Hammerstein II, Stephen learned that the best way to get better was to practice: choosing notes, choosing words, and putting it all together, piece by piece. Writing musicals wasn’t easy, and not everyone loved Stephen’s new and unusual shows. But Stephen loved figuring it out, and loved the way the people in every show became like a family.Author Erin Frankel’s prose and illustrator Stacy Innerst’s art combine in beautiful harmony. Together, they bring to life Stephen Sondheim as he solves mus

A child touchingly narrates the ups and downs of living with a parent who experiences mental illness.Sometimes Mom soars like a kite. Other times the kite turns into a sail, and she's like a boat, bobbing along the waves, until water spills over the sides and she starts to sink. "I try to bail the water out," the child says, "but my bucket is too small or has a hole in it." On a better day, Mom introduces the child to a "new friend" named Grace, a therapist and a good listener. Grace explains that it's not the child's job to fix things when Mom has a sinking day. And Grace helps the child find coping strategies such as talking, playing games and, especially, drawing as a creative outlet for their complicated feelings.Gradually, the child begins to feel better when they're at home with Mom, where there are plenty of crayons, as well as the comfort of a beloved pet to cuddle.But the child has one big question. At the end of the story, they ask their mom, and then Grace, if they will sink

A powerful, emotional, and ultimately uplifting picture book about the real-life experience of a Japanese American boy incarcerated with his family during World War II Lying in bed at night, Min thinks about things he's lost: his family's home and business, Puppy, and most of all, Papa. Min clutches his stone, hoping to see his father again. Strength comes in the form of the small, smooth stone Min's father gives him before being led away by FBI agents. In his absence, Min and his family do their best to keep their produce business afloat and earn enough support to get Min's father released. But after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, they're forced into an incarceration camp in Colorado. Imprisoned on the dusty plains and facing both the pain of displacement and the injustice of being incarcerated by his own country, Min must learn to adapt and to find beauty--and strength--where most wouldn't. Cowritten by Jolene Guti廨rez, author of Too Much! and Mamiachi & Me, and Minoru (Min) Tonai,