For many of us, public speaking is at best a chore marked by great anxiety and at worst a potential career stopper. Ours is a time when the ability to communicate in front of individuals or groups in
When the nineteenth--century ghost of Maria de Silva wakes her up in the middle of the night, Suze knows this is no ordinary visitation -- and not just from the knife at her throat, either. In life, M
Bravest heart will carry on when sleep is death, and hope is gone. Rowan doesn't believe he has a brave heart. But when the river that supports his village of Rin runs dry, he must join a dangerous
It's time for this year's Pony Play! Cotton Candy is the director, and she might be working a little too hard to make the play perfect. Luckily, she realizes that a little help from her friends is j
Disappearing act One morning, after a terrible storm, Stanley Lambchop is nowhere to be found. His family can hear him, and there is a lump under his covers, but no one can find him! Just where is t
'Hooray for the return of the baby beebee bird' – Kirkus Reviews. It's night time at the zoo, and all the animals are wide awake. The new baby beebee bird is keeping everyone up with his h
Ever play a wacky word game sometimes called Stinky Pinky or Silly Willy? First you get a two-word clue. Then you think of two words that mean the same thing-and rhyme.For instance:A chubby kitty is a
When Biscuit meets two little kittens, he wants to be friends. He wants to play ball and run around. But the kittens are having too much fun with their own games to play with him. Biscuit doesn't give
While supervising a small group of interns at a major New York medical center, Dr. Robert Marion asked three of them to keep a careful diary over the course of a year. Andy, Mark, and Amy vividly desc
A tree stands on a hill by a river. As the sky changes, so does the tree, its branches filling with clouds, stars, snow, birds, mists, and the golden spring sun. One tree can mean many things.Thomas L
From Talking Pots Day, when the aunts all gather to make the biggest pot of soup in town, to gathering round Gran Lee's stove on a cold winter afternoon, to serenades and stories late at night, when t
Meow! Meow! When Biscuit meets two little kittens, he wants to be friends. He wants to play ball and run around. But the kittens are having too much fun with their own games to play with him. Biscuit
Hannah's best friend, Aggie, moves away and doesn't answer a single one of her letters. Determined to find a new pen pal, Hannah picks an address from a box on her teacher's desk. It's a boy, but his
Ernie Els is one of the most established names in world golf. Since sensationally capturing the 1994 US Open at the age of 24, he has recorded a string of victories, and it's all been achieved with on
For a growing number of people, simplicity has been a path to experience the joy in life, to cherish its richness and vitality.It strips away the burdens of our daily lives so that we are left with e
Henry Rush is spending the day at the Prairie Wildlife Refuge, determined to photograph a prairie dog doing a back flip. But while he whatches and waites at the edge of prairie dog town, he fails to n
Silk has long been considered a symbol of wealth and luxury. But thousands of years ago, the production of silk cloth was one of China's most prized secrets. So how did silk become one of the most sou
Little Willy's grandfather is sick, and it's up to Willy to save their farm from tax collectors. Their only hope is the prize money from the National Dogsled Race. But a lot of other people want to wi
The Berenstain Bears go on a tour of Farmer Ben's barnyard in this lift-the-flap 8x8!There are all sorts of things to discover at the farm, like Bossie the cow, Samson the horse, and lots of rabbits.
Explore the lives of polar bears with Ranger Rick in this beginning reader with full-color photos of polar bears in the wild! What if you wished you were a polar bear and then you became one? Could yo
Sir Pete likes riding his loyal horse and climbing tall towers almost as much as he likes listening to Lady Callie play the harp. But one night a dragon takes Lady Callie away. Now it’s up to Sir Pete
Ace reporter John Cotton is a fly on the wall, seeing all, hearing all, and keeping out of sight. But the game changes when he finds his best friend?s corpse sprawled on the marble floor of the centra
There is something very special in our bond with dogs. No other animals love us in quite the same way as dogs love us. And it is mutual. Is it possible that we developed our capacity for love, sympath
Documentary filmmaker Dara Barr is at the top of her game and looking for bigger challenges. That?s why she?s come to Djibouti, on the Horn of Africa, with her right-hand man, six-foot-six, seventy-tw
What would you do to rescue your most precious dream? Susana?s best friend moved away, and now the only time Susana can see her is in her dreams. Until one night when the dream suddenly ends. The Dr
The Weaving Maid wove robes of silk for Heaven, but when she met the Cowboy, she abandoned her loom to be with him. But Heaven would not allow this, and put the Milky Way in between them. Silk binds
There is something very special in our bond with dogs. No other animals love us in quite the same way as dogs love us. And it is mutual. Is it possible that we developed our capacity for love, sympath
Unrequited love is hard enough when you?re a normal teenage girl, but for Lily Sanderson, there?s no such thing as a simple crush. Lily has a secret, and it?s not her huge crush on gorgeous swimming
In the sixth book of the Magykal series, Alther Mella has been Banished, a Darke Domaine engulfs the Castle, and a Darke dragon is on the loose. Septimus Heap must use all of his skills to save the Ca
Trapped. For eleven-year-old Gopal and his family, life in their rural Indian village is over: We stay, we starve, his baba has warned. They flee to the big city of Mumbai in hopes of finding work a
At eighty-five, Teo is ready to retire from the bombast and romance of life as one of the world?s most influential choreographers. But when he meets Vivi, a fortyish waitress at a Tel Aviv cafE, the f
A family is forever. Ever since he was abandoned as a puppy, Waggit's home has been the big, sprawling park in the heart of the city. There he has had snug shelter, food, and a family of other dogs
When eleven-year-old Jeremy Bender does major damage to his father's prized boat, he figures he has one way to avoid being grounded for life: Fix it before Dad finds out. But even if Jeremy and his be
Are you rotten enough to read this book? Ha! And I mean that in a laugh-in-your-face, you?re not- really-rotten-at-all way. Have you ever destroyed the planet? Turned earthworms into your personal ar
Clink was a state-of-the-art robot with the dazzling ability to make toast and play music at the same time. But that was many years ago. Now kids want snazzier robots who do things like play basebal
Gilbert and Lola are excited that their cousin Wally is coming for a visit?just in time for the Easter egg hunt! But soon they learn how competitive Wally has become. He has to be the fastest, be the
It's almost Halloween and Mittens wants to help with preparations for the holiday, but the only thing he seems to be good at is making a mess--until he finds his own way to contribute to the special n
Biscuit is walking to Grandpa's house, and he's having such a good time that he doesn't want the walk to end. But the little puppy knows that the only thing better than a walk to Grandpa's house is a
Captured on closed-circuit television: A man walks into an Oslo bank, puts a gun to a cashier's head, and tells her to count to twenty-five. When he doesn't get his money fast enough, he pulls the tri
"Where are they taking me?" "It's for your own good, Brit," Dad said. I was shoved into a small, stuffy room, and the door was locked behind me. I waited for my dad to realize he'd made a terrible
