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Mac 和 Mac 的糊塗冒險繼續升級！這回他們異想天開，想用西瓜孵小貓；結果當然失敗，但總能靠「幸運」化險為夷。從被橡子砸到頭，到朋友 Meatball 送來一袋蜜蜂，事情總在出乎意料中解決。插畫由 Fly Guy 系列作者 Tedd Arnold 繪製，漫畫風格與短小章節，讓孩子輕鬆進入閱讀。故事結合民間「愚人故事」傳統，透過誇張橋段與雙關笑料，不僅搞笑，更鼓勵孩子思考角色錯誤推理的漏洞。You'll laugh out loud when Mac and Mac try to hatch a kitten. . . out of a watermelon. This easy-to-read intro to graphic novels is perfect for fans of all things goofy according to School Library Journal. Twin brothers Mac and Mac are soooo lucky. How lucky are they? - When they get hit on the head with an acorn, they're lucky that little acorns and not big watermelons grow on trees.- When their frenemy Meatball gives them a bag full of bees, they're lucky that Mom has just built a beehive to put them in.- And when their watermelon DOESN'T hatch a kitten, they're lucky that there's another way to get a pet.Illustrated by Tedd Arnold, whose Fly Guy series is a kid favorite, this fifth book in the Noodleheads graphic novel series is perfect for comic fans and reluctant readers, with short, fu

Demystify geometry with this primer on shapes that will have young builders everywhere on to their next towering project.Comical cats and dogs guide kids through the essential characteristics of squar

What in the world is a tornado? In this age of extreme weather, this newly updated edition of Gail Gibbons' informative introduction to tornadoes, with safety tips included, answers that question.Torn

Trusted team DAVID A. ADLER and EDWARD MILLER continue their series of popular math books with a primer on money!DAVID A. ADLER and EDWARD MILLER continue their series of award-winning math books with

With bright illustrations and clear, kid-friendly language, this book introduces one of the most basic geometric shapes to young readers. Formed of three sides and three angles, triangles are everywhere—especially on the pages of this book, where two kids and their robot friend assemble a brand-new bot from different types and sizes of triangles. This title defines important geometry vocabulary in simple, accessible terms, reinforcing the text with illustrations of the different types of and relationships between triangles. Activities on identifying, measuring, and comparing angles help readers understand these important ideas. Drawing on his years of experience teaching math, David Adler's text thoroughly introduces fundamental mathematical concepts. Colorfully illustrated by nonfiction veteran Ed Miller, this book is perfect for readers just beginning to study shapes and geometry.

With an overview of the various types of owls living on most of the continents of the world, a picture book highlights the twenty-one most popular types living in North America with an in-depth review

A Newbery Honor BookThree women narrate a perilous wagon journey westward that could set them free—or cost them everything they have—in this intergenerational verse novel that explores the history of the Black homesteader movement.1879, Mississippi. Young dreamer Lettie may have her head in the stars, but her body is on a covered wagon heading westward. Her father, Thomas, promises that Nebraska will be everything the family needs: an opportunity to claim the independence they’ve strived for over generations on their very own plot of land.But Thomas’ hopes—and mouth—are bigger than his ability to follow through. With few supplies and even less money, the only thing that feels certain is danger.Right after the war ended/and we were free/we believed/all of us did/that couldn’t nothing hurt us/the way master had when we were slaves/Couldn’t no one tell us/how to live/how to die.Lettie, her mother, Sylvia, and young teacher Philomena are free from slavery—but bound by poverty, access to op

Mac 和 Mac 這次決定「輕鬆一下」，一邊偷懶一邊吃最愛的派。但事情往往沒這麼簡單──派雖然好吃，卻不好做！媽媽和朋友們給了他們一些「簡單秘訣」，可兄弟倆總能把簡單的事弄得更複雜。究竟他們能不能如願，既做出派、又大快朵頤？本書由 Fly Guy 系列作者 Tedd Arnold 與兩位專業說書人合作，透過漫畫式插圖、短篇章節與誇張笑料，呈現一段爆笑卻富有思考性的故事，最適合剛開始獨立閱讀的孩子。Taking it easy is easy peasy, until Mac and Mac give it a try! This colorful graphic novel will have 1st and 2nd grade independent readers laughing out loud at Noodleheads’ funny adventures.Mac and Mac want to take it easy and eat their favorite pie, but making pie isn’t as easy as eating it! Or is it? Along the way they their friends and mom give them tricks to make it as easy as…well pie! But the boys’ shenanigans make things harder than they need to be. Will Mac and Mac get to have their pie and eat it too? This seventh book in the Noodleheads graphic novel series is perfect for comic fans and reluctant readers. Short chapters--full of wordplay, jokes, and slapstick humor--follow Mac and Mac through their funny adventures. It is co-written and illustrated by Tedd Arnold, known for his

Mac 和 Mac 依舊愚笨天真，笑料不斷。他們認定玩具船能長成真正的船，還深信魚住在「學校」代表魚很聰明。於是被魚群戲弄，最後又被好友 Meatball 的「大船妙計」愚弄。這本圖像小說由 Tedd Arnold 插圖，以漫畫分鏡與幽默文字吸引讀者。除了誇張情節與雙關語帶來的笑聲，書中還引導孩子辨識角色錯誤推論，培養批判思考能力。附錄由兩位專業說書人撰寫，解釋這些故事如何源於世界各地的民間傳說，既有趣又具知識性。Can a toy boat grow into a real boat? Mac and Mac think so. You'll laugh out loud at the funny adventures in this comic-style book.Mac and Mac, as gullible as ever, decide that since fish live in schools, they must be smart. The fish in this funny story certainly are smart enough to outwit Mac and Mac--and so is their friend Meatball, who shows them how to get a bigger boat. But there's something fishy about his suggestion. . .Illustrated by Tedd Arnold, whose Fly Guy series is a kid favorite, this graphic novel is perfect for comic fans and reluctant readers, with short, funny chapters following Mac and Mac through ridiculous adventures. Full of wordplay, jokes, and slapstick humor, the Noodlehead series is sure to delight.Based on traditional world folktales and stories of fools

本書再度呈現 Mac 和 Mac 的「糊塗冒險」。當他們在樹枝上鋸木時摔落，便相信朋友 Meatball 有「預言」能力。為了吃到媽媽的蛋糕，他們卻想逃避挖洞的差事，結果陰錯陽差反而替媽媽完成了花園。全書用大量雙關語（如「a piece of cake」）、滑稽動作與漫畫風插圖鋪陳，展現傳統民間故事的新鮮趣味。讀者不僅能開懷大笑，還能透過附錄了解故事背後的民俗淵源。Best-selling author-illustrator TEDD ARNOLD has teamed up with two professional storytellers to create a second comic-style book about the gullible Noodlehead Brothers, Mac and Mac.When Meatball sees Mac and Mac sitting on a tree branch and sawing it, he predicts they will fall and bruise their bottoms. And they do! Mac and Mac conclude that Meatball can see the future! What the boys really want in their future is for Mom to bake them a cake. But they don't want to oblige her request to dig holes for her garden. Thanks to Meatball's trickery, the boys unknowingly dig dozens of holes. Mom gets her garden and the boys get their cake. Puns based on "lend a hand," "listen up" and "a piece of cake" as well as slapstick and other visual humor tell a wacky story that is based upon traditional folktale motifs. Ba

在 Mac and Mac 的世界裡，什麼問題都能被荒唐的想法解決。兩兄弟腦袋空空，常被朋友耍得團團轉，連派都吃不到完整的一份。為了逃避鋪床，他們竟異想天開跑去睡在床下；為了爭一口派，又鬧出一堆笑話。全書採用漫畫風敘事，文字幽默、插圖誇張，讓孩子們讀來哈哈大笑。這種結合打鬧與民間故事元素的創作，也讓讀者在娛樂之餘，重新看見民間故事的創意詮釋。Mac and Mac, who love pie and hate making their beds, are hollow-headed. "See in here? Nothing! Zippo! Nada!" Mac explains. That’s why they get duped by their friend Meatball and fooled out of their fair shares of apple pie. Slapstick humor, puns and wacky fun abound as the empty-headed duo comes up with outlandish solutions for everyday problems, such as sleeping under their beds to avoid ever having to make them again. Written in a comic-book style, this book will have young readers rolling on the floor, and educators rethinking their approaches to folklore.

A stuck-up cat and a good-natured dog are pen pals from a distance, until a disastrous sleepover brings them together in this playful illustrated chapter book told in letters. Andy has two pets and two houses: a cat, Simon, at his mom's house and a dog, Baxter, at his dad's house. But when Andy's mom goes on a business trip, Simon must spend a few nights at Andy's dad's house. A sleepover with the beast? Simon says, "No, thank you." Baxter, on the other hand, is sooooo excited to play together. He and Simon can go on walks! Stay up late! Eat liver treats! He can't wait to finally meet his pen pal in person. What could go wrong? The big introduction does NOT go well for these wildly different pets. Simon is so desperate to get back home to his quiet, clean oasis that he escapes through a basement window. Can Baxter convince him to return before Andy notices his beloved cat is gone? This funny and heartwarming collaboration between Geisel Honor and Edgar Award-winning author Dori Hillest

Never has natural history been so fun! Scientific accuracy and humor combine to tell the entire history of Earth in a comic book format.A paleontologist and a storyteller take two children through the

An up-to-date, clear and interesting introduction to our magnificent moon from the the award-winning author of science books for children.Shining light on all kinds of fascinating facts about our moon

"Grab your jumbo popcorn and 3-D glasses, because you're invited to the premiere of a 3-D movie! The star-studded cast of monsters will help you calculate the perimeter of the set, the area of the mov

Introduces young readers to pie charts, Venn diagrams, bar graphs, and more as two friends, a lizard and a frog, go through the process of figuring out simple equations, in an illustrated math guide f

An introduction to the characteristics of deserts and the plants and animals that inhabit them

Examines the basic characteristics, common breeds, intelligence, behavior, life cycle, and uses of pigs

Discusses the main types of wolves, where wolves live, wolf packs, communication among wolves, the relationship between wolves and humans, other facts about wolves, and wolves in folklore

How do you face your fears when everything is terrifying?Fifteen-year-old Brynn can’t stop thinking about death. Her intrusive thoughts and severe anxiety leave her feeling helpless—and hopeless. So after her mom interprets one of Brynn’s blog posts as a suicide note, she takes extreme measures, confiscating Brynn’s phone, blocking her Internet access, and banishing her to stay with her father who lives “off the grid” on a houseboat in the Florida mangroves. Isolated from her online friends—her only friends—Brynn resigns herself to a summer of mind-numbing boredom and loneliness… until Skylar appears.Skylar is everything Brynn isn’t—sultry, athletic, and confident. Yet Brynn feels at home around this fearless girl who pushes her to try new things and makes her belly flutter with nerves that have nothing to do with anxiety. When Brynn discovers that Skylar is trapped in the bayou and can’t tell her why, she resolves to free her new crush from the dark waters, even if it means confrontin

After Grandma gets sick, Christina must spend lonely days with her grumpy Uncle Ralph in a spooky, isolated Victorian mansion, but things change when she meets the ghost of a little boy, who may be li

Readers can journey to an unusual land where zebras play hockey and spiders dance amidst a magical environment filled with an eclectic array of wondrous things, enhanced with bright paper collages and

After Grandma gets sick, Christina must spend lonely days with her grumpy Uncle Ralph in a spooky, isolated Victorian mansion, but things change when she meets the ghost of a little boy, who may be li

In this update of the classic fable, City Mouse and his cousin, Country Mouse, exchange visits and, although they find many things to like in each other's homes, they quickly learn that each prefers h

Cat wants a fish. In his search he ends up buying presents for all his friends but no fish. When Cat returns home and presents his friends with their new things, they are all very happy, which for Cat

An adaptation of a Japanese folktale in which a feudal lord seeks a samurai cat to rid his castle of a savage rat, but soon discovers that violence is not always the best way to accomplish things.

Demonstrates the many things that Christmas is to different people, including Saint Nicholas, Santa Claus, Christmas trees, presents, prayers, and the birth of the Christ child. Reprint.

Demonstrates the many things that Christmas is to different people, including the birth of the Christ Child, Saint Nicholas, Santa Claus, Christmas trees, presents, and prayers.

With her new shoes and shiny lunch box, young Ivy Green is excited about her first day at school, but as the day draws closer, she begins to get nervous about silly things and must calm herself down b

Enjoying the thrill of trade, Amos agrees to take Sam's magical bearhide in place of his prizewinning gourd, yet things don't turn out as planned and Amos is in for some surprises, in a colorfully ill

Writing at Guided Reading Level A, beloved author-illustrator David McPhail reminds new readers about all the huggable things we encounter every day. I hug my cat. I hug my dog. I hug my rock. The

Spotting a dog, truck, bird and butterfly while walking home from school in his urban neighborhood, a little boy becomes inspired to draw the things he has seen, in a skill-building reader featuring i

Ping and Pong do many things together. But Ping likes to play and Pong likes to nap. When Ping becomes Super-Ping and jumps on her mini-tramp, she gets stuck on her doghouse roof. Luckily, Pong likes

Robug tries to obey when Jake instructs it to "Fix this mess" but somehow manages to make things worse.

Lerner Chanse, a new student at Cleveland Park Middle School, finds a worm that magically makes things disappear, and she hopes it will help her fit in, or get revenge, at her hated school.

The town of Wolf Ridge calls him The Smiley Face Killer. Bettina Holland calls him her father.Everyone knows Bettina’s father was the one who murdered her mother a decade ago. It’s the subject of podcasts, murder tours, and even a highly anticipated docuseries. But after growing up grappling with what that means, a string of copycat murders forces Bett to answer a harder question: What if hedidn’t?Old-money Bett must team up with the only person willing to investigate alongside her: bookish goth girl Eugenia, the mortician’s daughter, who everyone says puts the makeup on corpses. Can this “true crime princess” unmask a murderer who’s much closer to home than she ever imagined?Gritty, gripping, and propulsive from page one,Dead Girls Talkingis a ride for readers who love to see girls get their hands dirty as they claw their way to the truth. Peterson’s knife-sharp thriller cuts deep, with a wicked sense of humor, a wire-taut atmosphere, and a deadly serious approach to bigger issues of

Funny poems paired with intriguing facts introduce young readers to the fascinating creatures that live in Earth's polar regions. A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year!The remote North and South Poles-- which poet Douglas Florian calls our "Earth refrigerator"-- are home to a wide variety of unusual, rarely-seen creatures including caribou, penguins, ptarmigans, narwhals, and many more! Young readers will love learning about these polar denizens and the ways they've adapted to their cold, windy, frozen environments.Whimsical, colorful art and humorous poems introduce more than a dozen polar animals, and touch on the unique characteristics of the polar regions. Funny and educational, the book ends with an inspiring call to action about climate change, reminding us of our responsibility to take care of our planet.Ice! Poems About Polar Life explores key scientific concepts such as animal adaptation, biomes, global warming, and interdependence in poems filled with rhyme, rhythm, figurati

There's nothing four best friends with a magical spyglass can't handle...well, except maybe a lost dog, a school election, and overprotective parents.Book Two of the Spyglass Sisterhood finds Ellie, Rachel, Kiara, and Alyssa back for another adventure. When the spyglass reveals an image of Rachel walking a dog, she knows it's pure fantasy. Her overprotective moms would never let her walk a dog alone, much less own one! To the dismay of her Spyglass Sisters, Rachel would rather avoid the whole thing all together. However, she can't avoid it for long when a lost dog follows her home.Meanwhile, Kiara has secretly nominated Rachel to run for class president. In order to win, Rachel must find her voice to advocate for the change her classmates deserve--and maybe even the changes at home she deserves.The New York Times best-selling author behind the Gifted series and the Replica books, Marilyn Kaye delivers a story filled with light magic and heart in this first book in the Spyglass Sisterho

Celebrate the quintessential moments of summer with gorgeous photographs taken by a National Geographic photographer.From the last day of school to catching waves at the beach, young readers will love

A delightfully dark middle-grade novel reminiscent of the Newbery-winning classic, The Westing Game.Think of a wish. Go big with it. A winning lottery ticket. Eternal happiness. School vacation for a