A novel twist to a classic rhyme.Who says that little girls are made of “sugar and spice and everything nice?” Or that boys are made of “frogs and snails and puppy dog tails?” What if girls were made
Best Friends Forever.Harry may be four and three-quarters and Walter may be ninety-two and a half, but that doesn’t stop them from being best friends. Harry loves to go next door to play games with Wa
Invites the reader to swim with ancient creatures in the watery depths and meet their modern-day descendants, in a book with color photos, fun facts, further reading and much more. Original.
Lila has just moved to a new town and can't wait to make friends at school. But on the first day, a boy points at her and shouts: A crow! A crow! The new girl's hair is black like a crow!” The others
Two vulnerable girls go to extremes for love. In Dead Time, Isabella is in jail and waiting to be tried for a horrifically violent crime. Her boyfriend's ex-girlfriend, Lulu, is dead. Even her name
A little book about the big bond between two young brothers. There's nothing quite like spending time with your brother. There are good times to share, messes to make and, sometimes, bad moods to e
Gracie's simple life on St. Helena dramatically changes when Napoleon Bonaparte is brought to the island as a prisoner. As long as Gracie could remember, she had been told stories of Napoleon Bonap
A universal story about speaking, listening and being heard.Margot loves space. Astronauts, the stars, and especially the moon landing. So she can’t understand why all of her attempts to communicate h
Ben wants to take something really neat to school for show and tell. What could be neater than his new baby sister? But his sister doesn’t want to co-operate. She cries in his backpack. She cries at t
It is Olivia’s birthday, and when she blows out the candles on her cake and makes a wish, she gets exactly what she wanted—SNOW, SNOW, and MORE SNOW, even though it’s summertime. All that snow leads t
When a little boy sees a cat slip into the open door of an apartment building, the temptation is too great: he follows the cat into the lobby. Before continuing up the stairway, the boy picks up
Some mistakes can never be repaired. The narrator of Train Wreck is looking back at the year she was 15 . . . She is in love with a bad boy named Johnny. Johnny's friends play a cruel trick on a misf
Running away is a lot more fun when you let your family come too. Sara's quiet Saturday with her little sister Annie ends with a bout of sibling bickering. When Daddy intervenes with some firm word
Anancy was the biggest and strongest spider in the whole town. He had traveled far and wide, climbed the highest mountains, and, yes, scared the most famous people. He loved to boast about his adventu
How do you create a life in balance?Mel and Mo may look alike, but these twins’ personalities are far from identical. As they grow up, their differences drive them apart . . . which suits them just fi
Another laugh-out-loud book from the author of The Paper Bag Princess! Brigid really, really loves markers. She convinces her mom to buy a new set of five hundred washable coloring markers, then five
Sarah sees a woman turn a boy into a frog, so she asks her to help with a science project, but the woman, Anastasia Morningstar, might need Sarah's help instead.
Readers are invited to journey back in time to Mesoamerica (1350-1521) before the Spanish Conquest where the ancient Aztecs, Maya, and other Mesoamericans believed that the gods created a world where
An authentic rallying cry for anyone who has been affected by bullying. In February 2013, Shane Koyczan's passionate anti-bullying poem "To This Day" electrified the world. An animated video of th
What would you do if furniture threw itself down stairs and fires broke out in the cupboards? Or if you saw a festering green hand appear behind you in a mirror? In this engrossing book about the sup
What would you do with three wishes? When eleven-year-old Jason Reid is offered three wishes from an Elster of the Third Order called Quicksilver, he starts off greedy and frivolous, and his third wis
A lively, thought-provoking look at the power and pitfalls of the beauty industry hype. From fairy tales and Hollywood movies to magazine ads, reality TV and the Internet, we absorb the lesson ear
Describes the inventions created by the Chinese in agriculture, metalwork, transportation, warfare, and other fields, including paper, printing, and silk, and how they fit into Chinese civilization, b
A little book about the big bond between two young sisters:Sister in the kitchen.Sister in my room.Sister in a box.Sister going zoom.Whew. Being a sibling is about many things: sharing, having fun tog
A well illustrated catalog of inventions and innovations that were developed in traditional Native American cultures -- eight categories are explored with descriptive photos and detailed text.
Join author Galadriel Watson as she takes us on a journey of discovery—a tour of the human body’s amazing abilities, featuring masters of muscle, speed demons, brain bosses, and more! Extr
THE kids' survival guide to advertising, revised and updated for the digital age. Ads are everywhere: they try to be your friend on social media, pop up in the background of your videogame, and eve
