Hugs can be tricky! But you can learn how to hug. Never hug anyone too tight — ouch! And don’t hug too many people at once — uh-oh! You can be a leg hugger or a bear hugger or a surprise hugger. If yo
They weren't panic attacks. Of that much, Kate is certain, no matter what the shrink said. But it's even harder to accept the explanation offered by her grandmother—that Kate is reacting to temporal d
The Knoodle family is about to celebrate Hanukkah. They discuss what the rabbi has told them: "It is hard to give the perfect gift, one that will be treasured forever." What did the rabbi mean? Thinki
In this sequel to the bestselling fantasy thriller, Angelfall, the survivors of the angel apocalypse begin to scrape back together what's left of the modern world. When a group of people capture Penry
If you don’t give your heart away, you can’t get it broken.When twenty-year-old Kendall Jordan transfers across the country to Garrison University, the last thing she’s looking for is a one-night stan
In the week since Lela returned to Rhode Island, local news has been dominated by chilling sightings of human-like creatures running on all fours. Lela knows there’s only one explanation: the Mazikin
Being popular in the college music scene doesn’t solve all your problems; at least that’s what the hot musicians of indie band Luminescent Juliet discover. In this compelling novel, trouble begins whe
“Tinka is a cool dog, a school dog, a breaking-all-the-rules dog. A hall dog, a ball dog, a crash-into-the-wall dog.” Join Tinka, a dandy, sandy Golden Retriever, as she unexpectedly visits her owner
Luke knows his I’nupiaq name is full of soundswhite people can’t say. He knows he’ll have toleave it behind when he and his brothers are sentto boarding school hundreds of miles from theirArctic villa
Hildy’s cousin, Vincent, comes to visit, and he is a know-it-all. He lectures so much on so many subjects that Moose and Hildy can’t get a word in edgewise. Hildy is patient, but Moose gets fed up. Fi
The townspeople of Squawk Valley try to trick a turkey into being their Thanksgiving dinner, but are frustrated in their efforts when the turkey tricks them instead.
Yoshi the tanuki—a Japanese raccoon-dog—learns how to magically transform himself into anything, even a teapot. But what happens when he can’t change back? This is the tale of the teapot-tanuki’s adve
Moose’s best friend, Hildy, is thrilled when a farmer invites her to enter a Pig Pickin’ contest down South. She thinks it’s a beauty contest. Is the Pig Pickin’ really a beauty contest—or is Hildy go
My lips are white. Sixteen-year-old Sep stares into the bathroom mirror on the first day of school. It’s not some weird lipstick (she never wears lipstick), she didn’t bump her lips or chew on ice. He
Mae likes starting projects but never seems to finish them, and so when Aunt Susan asks her to take care of a feisty chicken Mae is soon distracted, then must find a way to make up for her neglect bef
Mrs. Millie is really silly. She loves to substitute animal words for other words when talking to her kindergarten class. On a class trip to Philadelphia, the kids board a "platypus" (school bus), "ho
Hundreds of years ago in the mountains of Japan, there lived a hunter who trapped many foxes. People warned him that foxes were cunning creatures that possessed great magic, but he ignored them. One d
While paying a surprise visit to her city-dwelling cousin, Muffletump misses her home in the country but when Mitzi leaves the city to see where Muffletump lives, she is just as uncomfortable until th
Finding a wishing stick while traveling to Baghdad, Joha is surprised when the opposites of his wishes are granted, a situation that escalates out of control when a sultan acquires the stick.
When her math-genius boyfriend mysteriously disappears from their upstate New York town, 15-year-old Thea begins questioning her sanity when the FBI begins an investigation, the stars on the school fl
In this fun, family-themed picture book, another busy day has come to an end. Everyone in the family wants something — Baby wants Mama. Cat wants Fish. Daddy wants supper. Pup wants dish. But what do
An unusual rat who enjoys inventing things is unable to convince his picnicking barnyard friends that bad weather is on the way until a sudden storm swoops them up in the air, prompting the resourcefu
Pinch is a pack rat who does not want to give up the possessions that are cluttering his house, but when he finally is persuaded to sell them at a neighborhood tag sale, he discovers the beauty of rec
Documents the 1930 protest movement known as the Satyagraha, describing how Mohandas Gandhi led a 24-day march to the sea to peacefully demonstrate against Great Britain's salt tax, in an account that
A little boy offers advice about what not to give a mom on Mother's Day unless she is a certain kind of animal, sharing such examples as "Don't give her a rotting log unless she's a salamander," and "
In 1887, as assistant to Henry Morton Stanley, renowned explorer of the African continent, sixteen-year-old Tom Ormsby makes a perilous trek to help rescue the kidnapped Emin Pasha, learning much abou
In the hollow of a tree, higher than the eye can see . . . nine wood ducks hatch, one by one. “That's good!” says Mama. “We're almost done.” One last egg is very still. . . . Finally, the smallest egg
Fourteen-year-old Nathaniel Clark, who has Asperger's Syndrome, tries to prove that he is a genius by writing songs for his rock band, so that he can become a member of the prestigious Aldus Institute
Little Red Hot loves red hot chili peppers. She eats them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. When her grandmother catches a cold, Little Red makes her a hot pepper pie that will “knock those cold germs
A childless woman's prayers are answered by the arrival of a talking pot, but the new mother knows that Little Pot must learn right from wrong just like any child.
