Children's Books
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All Children's Books Books
1 2 3 Numbers and Counting
Ruth Owen
Specially created to support early years teaching, this beautiful new words and pictures book is perfect for children learning to read. As young readers turn the pages, they will have lots of opportunities to: practice counting 1 to 20; understand more or less; practice adding and subtracting; solve
10,000 INK STAINS
Genre
This counting book skips cute animals and building blocks entirely and instead counts up through a single visual motif: ink stains, splattered and dripped and smeared across the page, building from o...
100 Cars Coloring Book for Kids & Toddlers
Iuliana Rasoiu
The perfect coloring book for kids ages 2 - 8 years old. It is a coloring book for preschoolers and toddlers. If your kids loves cars this is the perfect coloring book for him. It will be the best gift he received in a long time. The 100 Cars Coloring book is packed with the best cars, trucks, monst
100 Years of Children's Book Week Posters
Leonard S. Marcus
Celebrate a century of children's book illustration! For families, art lovers, and history buffs alike, Leonard S. Marcus's visual history tour of 100 years of children's book illustration gathers in one glorious volume the posters of the annual Children's Book Week! Featuring work from early lumina
101 Books to Read Before You Grow Up (Revised Edition)
Bianca Schulze
Discover new books, document your favorites, learn fun facts about books and authors, and develop a lifelong reading habit. 101 Books to Read Before You Grow Up (Revised Edition) is the ultimate reading guide for kids ages 4 to 12+, packed with 101 kid-friendly book recommendations and interactive f
101 Fun Word Search Puzzles for Clever Kids 4-8
Kids Activity Publishing
Take your child on a fun word finding adventure with this word search puzzle book! This book Contains: -101 expertly designed word search puzzles -7 Increasing difficulty levels -101 lovingly illustrated exciting themes -Reinforce spelling, expand vocabulary and develop pattern recognition -Perfect
107 DAYS
the urgency of the book’s title. If not entirely sanguine about the future, she maintains a clear\u002Deyed view of the damage already done: “Perhaps so much damage that we will have to re\u002Dcreate our government…something leaner, swifter, and much more efficient.”"
The number in the title is the whole premise: 107 days is how long this true account says its subject survived alone in the wilderness, and the book spends its length making that number feel less lik...
11 Experiments That Failed
Jenny Offill
"This is a most joyful and clever whimsy, the kind that lightens the heart and puts a shine on the day," raved Kirkus Reviews in a starred review. Is it possible to eat snowballs doused in ketchup—and nothing else—all winter? Can a washing machine wash dishes? By reading the step-by-step instruction
12 Princess Stories
Random House Disney
Contains twelve illustrated stories featuring Disney princesses, including Belle, Cinderella, Ariel, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Mulan, and Jasmine.
124 Fun Crossword Puzzles for Kids
Mia Elyna
124 FUN CROSSWORD PUZZLES FOR KIDS: First Children Crossword Puzzle Book for Kids Age 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 and for 3rd graders, Kids Crosswords (Easy Word Learning Activities for Kids)Have Your Child Improve Vocabulary and Critical Thinking Skills Through Fun Crossword Puzzles!With 124 puzzles, this cr
1942
side or clashed—often, both. With the exception of continental Europe, most action was overseas, with over 1 million men at sea. One sixth of the American population was mobilized, and in addition to producing munitions, battleships (one per week), and bombers, they changed the sheer speed and scale of warfare. The enormous shipyards in Richmond, California, drew migrants from the South, and with them, the lingering heritage of Jim Crow. Recruits needed dental care and education. Literacy rates were surprisingly low. “The war effort nationalized America’s race problem,” writes Fritzsche, a University of Illinois historian. The Japanese invasion of Singapore led to the collapse of Burma and added fuel to the “quit India” campaign. The British Empire, home to a quarter of the world’s population, began to seem contingent rather than inevitable. Fritzsche tells of the effects of war in South Africa, the Philippines, and China. Along with India, China suffered famine as a result of prioritizing military rather than civilian provisioning. Back in Europe, those beneath the bombings were left homeless and destitute. Jews were evicted and deported. Mass labor shortages pressed occupied territories into slave labor, promoting increased resistance. Migration becomes the main thesis of the book. Certainties and political structures crumble, Fritzsche argues, when everyone is from somewhere else."
Fritzsche, a University of Illinois historian, uses the title year as a lens on how total war reshaped the entire world at once, not just the battlefields most WWII books focus on. The book moves con...
201 Nursery Rhymes & Sing-Along Songs for Kids
Jennifer M. Edwards
A comprehensive collection of 201 nursery rhymes and sing-along songs for kids with over 100 pictures included. The collection contains traditional nursery rhymes, such as Baa Baa Black Sheep, Do You Know the Muffin Man, Hickory Dickory Dock, Humpty Dumpty, Mary Had A Little Lamb, Ring A-Round the R
2013 Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market
Chuck Sambuchino
The Most Trusted Guide to the World of Children’s Publishing If you write or illustrate for young readers with the hope of getting published, the 2013 Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s Market is the trusted resource you need. Now in its 25th edition, CWIM is the definitive publishing guide
2014 Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market
Chuck Sambuchino
The most trusted guide to the world of children's publishing! If you write or illustrate for young readers with the hope of getting published, the 2014 Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market is the trusted resource you need. Now in its 26th edition, CWIM is the definitive publishing guide for an
2015 Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market
Chuck Sambuchino
The most trusted guide to the world of children's publishing! If you write or illustrate for young readers with the hope of getting published, the 2015 Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market is the trusted resource you need. Now in its 27th edition, CWIM is the definitive publishing guide for an
2024
default.” In a chapter titled “Sleepwalking,” they write, “Joe Biden decided to run for reelection by not deciding. He told aides: I’m running until I tell you I’m not. And he never told them he wasn’t.” Staffers didn’t want to look disloyal by suggesting he reconsider, “so no one ever said anything.” Later, one\u002Dtime Obama staffers, worried about Biden’s chances, “looked for a diplomatic way to offer free assistance” on “specific projects.” Biden’s team promised to be in touch, but the collaboration never happened. After Biden’s disastrous debate performance, Ron Klain, his former chief of staff, vented about Biden’s apparent lack of urgency: “I have no fucking clue why he’s going to Camp David this weekend” instead of “working the phones” to reassure nervous Democrats. The reporters’ sources close to Vice President Kamala Harris, who became the nominee after Biden left the race, describe similar frustrations with her campaign’s sluggish decision\u002Dmaking and failure to challenge allegations made by Donald Trump. The authors find little new to write about Trump, retelling how criminal indictments and assassination attempts worked to his advantage and describing his staunchest supporters’ belief that God is looking out for him. But this is an excusable shortcoming in a substantive effort that’s ideal for readers reluctant to read multiple books on the subject."
This ambitious work attempts to capture the zeitgeist of our current year, offering a sprawling, novelistic look at the anxieties and triumphs that define the modern era. The narrative weaves togethe...
22 Topic-wise CTET Paper 1 Previous Year Solved Papers
Disha Experts
The First edition of the book "22 TOPIC -WISE CTET Paper 1 Solved Papers (2024 - 2011) - English Edition" contains detailed Solutions to the Past 22 Solved Papers of the CTET exam from 2011 to 2024. # The past 22 CTET Solved papers included are : June 2011, Jan & Nov 2012, July 2013, Feb & Sep 2014,
25 Scratch 3 Games for Kids
Max Wainewright
Build your own computer games with Scratch 3! Learn how to make fun games with Scratch--a free, beginner-friendly programming language from the MIT Media Lab. Create mazes, road-crossing games, and two-player games that keep score. Colorful pictures and easy-to-follow instructions show you how to ad
5-Minute Disney Bunnies Stories
Disney Books
Join Thumper and his sisters for their greatest adventures ever! Build a secret clubhouse, have a day out with Papa, make some new friends and more in this brand new collection. Each story is the ideal length to be read aloud in five minutes, perfect for bedtime, story time or anytime! Complete your
500 Words to Grow On
Random House
The perfect way to help expand your child's vocabulary! Young children beginning to learn new vocabulary will delight in this bright and engaging book featuring 500 clearly labeled illustrations - from colors and animals to vehicles and food! A must-have for any home or school library.
58% TOO FAR
the dark side of the Anunnaki, which includes a loss of individuality, minimal emotion, “a policy of compulsory euthanasia at 840 years,” and a pernicious slow dementia known as “Quantum Psychosis.” Zadie finds herself abandoned by her dementia\u002Dstricken hosts in one of the prehistoric zoos. Noordermeer’s impressive debut is mind\u002Dexpanding anthropological SF that conveys wisdom and persuasive arguments via an Alice\u002Din\u002DAwe\u002Dand\u002DWonder\u002DLand setup and such dubious conceits as talking abominable snowmen. The science (more genetics and sociobiology than physics) is not too intimidating, the issues carry weight without relying on cackling techno\u002Dtyrants or villainous robots, and the characters are appealing, even those whose personalities have all but thinned to biological\u002Dcomputer level. While a long stretch of the narrative involves a series of lab\u002Dbound experiments (but what experiments!), the author manages to keep things moving forward. The conceit of a modern researcher set amid primordial beings should appeal to fans of Michael Bishop’s No Enemy but Time (1982)."
This mind-expanding anthropological science fiction debut plunges a modern researcher into a prehistoric zoo managed by the Anunnaki, ancient beings whose advanced society is plagued by compulsory eu...
8 UNIVERSAL LAWS
Genre
Eight universal principles, cause and effect, energy, interconnectedness among them, get laid out here for teen readers who are starting to ask bigger questions about how the world actually works. Ea...
9 from the Nine Worlds
Rick Riordan
The Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard trilogy may have concluded, but we haven't heard the last of our favorite einherji and his friends. The nine Norse worlds are rich with lore, as this collection of nine original stories, each told from a different character's point of view, will prove.
99 Ways to Raise Spiritually Healthy Children
Kathleen Long Bostrom
Bostrom, author of the popular books 99 Things to Do Between Here and Heaven and Making Space for the Spirit, offers fun, practical, and thought provoking ideas for nurturing the spiritual lives of children, parents, and families. Each of the 99 entries includes a Scripture passage, a theoretical or
A Ball for Daisy
Chris Raschka
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This charming, wordless picture book vibrantly explores the joy and sadness that having a special toy can bring. A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST PICTURE BOOK OF THE CENTURY “Raschka’s genius lies in capturing the essence of situations that are deeply felt b
A BITE OF PEPPER
Genre
This picture book offers a spicy take on trying new foods, following a young protagonist's reluctant encounter with an unfamiliar vegetable. The narrative cleverly uses sensory language to explore th...
A BITTER WIND
RAF intelligence officer Jean Conan Doyle, a daughter of Sherlock Holmes’ creator, who helps Billy in his investigation, as well as a cameo appearance by an American B\u002D24 pilot, South Dakota’s own George McGovern."
A BITTER WIND delivers a powerful coming-of-age narrative that explores the complex terrain of teenage identity and resilience against formidable challenges. This young adult novel masterfully captur...
A Caldecott Celebration
Leonard S. Marcus
Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Caldecott Medal, a noted children's book historian profiles past and present winners of this prestigious illustration award, including Robert McCloskey, Marcia Brown, and Maurice Sendak.
A Century of Welsh Myth in Children's Literature
Donna R. White
Myth, legend, and folklore have been entrenched in children's literature for several centuries and continue to be popular. Some of the most ancient traditional tales still extant come from the Celtic cultures of France and the British Isles, whose languages are among the oldest in Europe. Among thes
A Child's Delight
Noel Perrin
An appealing guide to 33 neglected gems in children's literature by the author of A Reader's Delight.
A Child's First Bedtime Prayers
Dandi Daley Mackall
What could be better than a heart-to-heart talk with Jesus? A Child's First Bedtime Prayers draws little ones into cozy bedtime talks with Jesus and he answers them back! Each of the 25 prayer conversations focus on a different topic and includes both prayers for little ones to pray along with answe
A Child's Introduction to Greek Mythology
Heather Alexander
Presents an introduction to Greek mythology, discussing the roles of gods and goddesses, as well as the adventures of heroes and mythical beings.
A Christmas Like Helen's
Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
At Helen’s home, there are no telephones or electric lights. Cars have not yet been invented, so she and her sister and brothers must walk a mile to school, even in freezing weather. Without refrigeration, they must harvest ice from the pond. But at night she and her family gather around the woodsto
A CLAN CHIEF'S DAUGHTER
Genre
Since I was young, I've dreamed of running. I can hear the pounding of my steps on the forest floor. I'm being chased. It's right behind me. But I've always been safe in the care of my coven, the witches who are my sisters and mother. I have always been told the rules, and I've obeyed. Stay on the p
A Crazy Day with Cobras
Mary Pope Osborne
The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! Merlin’s beloved penguin, Penny, has been put under a spell! To save her, Jack and Annie must find a rare and precious emerald. When the magic tree house whisks them back t
A Cursed Age
sinking his ship, she crashed into the depths of the sea. In those murky waters, Gwenifer made a deal (“She had sworn an oath to something sinister, and instead of departing this world, she had been spared”). But Ryland was affected, too: He was cursed with immortality. Plagued by the witch’s machinations, he is now stuck in the West Indies, unable to escape by sea. So imagine Ryland’s good fortune when he happens upon an airship stranded in a cove. Helping the crew combat some pirates intent on stealing the airship, Ryland earns enough goodwill with the captain to secure passage on the craft. Traveling by air instead of by sea means that he can avoid the witch’s storms that have kept him trapped in the West Indies. And maybe, he can finally get his revenge on the woman who sentenced him to this wretched life and has haunted the seas for the last century (“I’ll find you, witch, he thought, feeling his jaw clench. Be ready”). Ryland is prepared for his immortality to end, but the airship’s crew, especially the beautiful, young female engineer, Emmeline Whittock, will make this decision his toughest one yet. In this riveting book, Dunnewin delivers richly developed characters in a tale of adventure, love, and loss. The crew of the airship is small, but the mates have distinct personalities that make them a captivating bunch. Still, Ryland, a reformed pirate, is the true star of the story, and is likely to steal readers’ hearts. This complex, well\u002Ddrawn character is the type of morally gray hero that will stick with the audience long after the vivid novel has ended."
Liam Anderson is 11 years old. His brother Lars was two years older than him but Lars fell into a coma on his thirteenth birthday and on the thirteenth day after, he died. The parents and friends try to find out what caused it and during that search discover that it is a 2,000-year-old curse. Unfort
A Dangerous Path
Erin Hunter
For use in schools and libraries only. Tigerclaw is back and more dangerous than ever as the new leader of ShadowClan, but he is not the most terrifying enemy Fireheart must face as a new force sweeps through the woods.
A Dangerous Plan
Jerry B. Jenkins
In one shocking moment millions around the globe disappear. Those left behind face an uncertain future-especially four kids who now find themselves alone.
A DARK AND DEADLY JOURNEY
the duo’s nonstop banter as they ricochet from one Portuguese destination to the next. One might almost forget the wartime backdrop were it not for the occasional reference to Nazis and Hitler. Unraveling the mysteries is far less important than enjoying the duo’s badinage. Meanwhile, an ominous figure whose identity is never discovered looms over all. This, and Kelly’s cliffhanger ending, indicate more adventures to come."
This gripping survival thriller plunges readers into a treacherous wilderness expedition where a group of teens must navigate both the unforgiving landscape and the dangerous secrets among them. The ...
A DIFFERENT KIND OF TENSION
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This compelling exploration of modern adolescence captures the unique pressures facing today's youth with remarkable authenticity and emotional depth. The narrative follows a young protagonist naviga...
A Festival of Ghosts
William Alexander
National Book Award winner William Alexander conjures up a spooky adventure full of excitement in this entertaining sequel to A Properly Unhaunted Place, which was a New York Times Editors’ Choice. Rosa Diaz has her hands full of ghosts. She saved the town of Ingot by unleashing all the ghosts who w
A Fish in Foreign Waters
Laura Caputo-Wickham
Rosie Ray's world gets thrown upside down when her family has to move far away. She soon has to learn a new language and make new friends. Being bilingual is not always easy, but on the day of her birthday she makes a very exciting discovery. A Fish in Foreign Waters helps parents and teachers get c
A FLOWER TRAVELED IN MY BLOOD
Jorge Rafael Videla in 1976 forever reset the country’s history. Under Videla’s direction, a violent military junta kidnapped, tortured, and murdered thousands of Argentines (by some estimates as many as 30,000 who were deemed “subversives”). Centering the saga of the Roisinblits and their matriarch Rosa, journalist Gilliland, in her first book, approaches this brutal period through the eyes of the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, a scrappy, courageous group of mothers of desaparecidos who had infants or were pregnant when they were disappeared. Over decades of instability that followed the junta’s rule, the Abuelas were at the forefront of calls for accountability and justice, anchoring their grief in the search for grandchildren who had been born in detention centers and adopted—appropriated—by new families, often with connections to Videla’s government. The author conveys the complicated, heart\u002Dwrenching fullness of her characters’ individual stories and shades their backdrop with compulsively readable history of geopolitical tension and the emerging DNA science that fueled the Abuelas’ fight. Gilliland’s work, exhaustively and compassionately researched, offers a crucial counterbalance to the dark legacy of Argentina’s desaparecidos, injecting the light of a model resistance movement that lay the groundwork for future international human rights investigations. Her humility and respect for the fraught journeys her subjects made toward each other and for the vital questions their journeys raised—about power, identity, family, and collective memory and healing—ensure the text will resonate for generations the world over."
Poetry, not prose, is the form here, built around questions of heritage and identity — where a teenager's roots come from and how much of that shapes who they're becoming. Ages 12 to 18 is the listed...
A Friend for Dragon: An Acorn Book (Dragon #1)
Dav Pilkey
From Dav Pilkey, creator of the New York Times bestselling Dog Man and Captain Underpants series, comes Dragon, the heartwarming hero adored by Dav's youngest readers! Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read.
A GENTLE EMPIRE
a sort of powerful urge.”) Despite these flaws, Boas has crafted an involving, atmospheric coming\u002Dof\u002Dage story. Through extensive and effusive description, he makes the Gallipoli campaign feel far more real than the one encountered in history books."
A Gentle Empire is a historical coming-of-age novel set during a period of imperial expansion, following the child of a colonial administrator who forms an unlikely friendship with a local youth on t...
A Girl from Yamhill
Beverly Cleary
Told in her own words, A Girl from Yamhill is Newbery Medal–winning author Beverly Cleary’s heartfelt and relatable memoir—now with a beautifully redesigned cover! Generations of children have read Beverly Cleary’s books. From Ramona Quimby to Henry Huggins, Ralph S. Mouse to Ellen Tebbits, she has
A GIRL WALKS INTO THE FOREST
magical beings, the yiliksii, or “cursed children of the forest.” She’s accompanied by her brother and his wife, but when a beast attacks them in the forest, clawing Valla’s face and destroying the beauty the Count expects, she falls gravely ill, hovering near death. When she wakes from her fever, she meets with unexpected kindness from Ermo, her betrothed’s brother, that stands in stark contrast to the heartlessness of the Count himself. Both the man and his castle are nothing like she imagined: They’re dark, desolate, and steeped in cruelty. Joined in the castle only by the Count’s sister, Yulnia\u003B sinister physician Kiril, who’s Yulnia’s confidant\u003B a handful of servants\u003B and an unimaginable, foreboding presence, Valla begins to unravel the castle’s mysteries. As she does, something stirs within her, calling her to violence and awakening with every secret she uncovers. Well\u002Dcrafted and deeply unsettling, this folktale\u002Dinfluenced horror novel will captivate fans of the genre, but it’s not for the faint of heart. Valla’s character is richly developed, her transformation from a helpless sacrifice to something far more formidable unfolding with haunting intensity. Main characters are cued white."
A teenage girl confronts both the tangible wilderness and the emotional thicket of grief in this poignant novel that explores loss, family secrets, and the painful journey toward self-discovery. When...
A Great Activity Book for Kids -- Hard to Find Hidden Pictures
Jupiter Kids
If you have advanced learners at home, then it is important that you present them with challenging activity books like this one. A good challenge will trigger curiosity and the determination to actually win. A good challenge is composed of materials that allow a child to pace his/her learning but at
A Hot Planet Needs Cool Kids
Julie Hall
Ages 9 years & over. Children, parents, and teachers will find the very latest information about the causes and effects of climate change, how people are working to reduce it, and ways children and their families and schools can join the fight. The book teaches and inspires through clear and accessi
A Kids Book About Autism
Justin Flood
Kickstart your journey towards a better understanding of autism and those affected by it. This is a kids’ book about autism. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is something that affects kids and families all over the world. This book helps kids aged 5-9 better understand what autism is and how it affect
A Kids Book About Climate Change
Zanagee Artis
Explore the impact of climate change and empower kids to be proactive to protect our world. Climate change is a topic that can be overwhelming for kids and grownups. So if you're looking for the best place to better understand the climate crisis, look no further! This book will give kids the facts a
A LAND SO WIDE
a queen who was \u0022intrigued by the idea of a new world, a new continent to see, to explore, to feast upon. She had an insatiable hunger for more.\u0022 Unfortunately, Greer’s story and the background information on Mistaken take so long to tell that once the violence and battles for the souls of humans versus demons begin, it’s difficult to remember that at one point the novel centered on the cruel inequality women in early colonial societies faced. Instead, the action turns to teeth, talons, and turncoats, with an intriguing but strangely unsatisfying strand about how evil came to the shores of a land so bounteous and yet unexplored."
This sweeping historical adventure plunges readers into the heart of the 19th-century American frontier, capturing the immense scale and raw challenge of westward expansion. The narrative follows a y...
A LIGHT IN THE NORTHERN SEA
Genre
The setting does a lot of the heavy lifting here: a lighthouse on a stretch of the North Sea known for wrecking ships, and an apprentice keeper whose job is equal parts tedious vigil and genuine dang...
A Lion to Guard Us
Clyde Robert Bulla
Left on their own in seventeenth-century London, three impoverished children draw upon all their resources to stay together and make their way to the Virginia colony in search of their father.
A Merry Merry Christmas - Christmas Coloring Books Children's Christmas Books
Speedy Kids
Make it feel like Christmas in summer with the help of this coloring book! Coloring is a great activity that bears so many benefits, including improved color sense, structure and spatial awareness and improved hand to eye coordination. Encourage your child's love for coloring one page at a time. Go
A MURDER MOST FOWL
the time Seth, a lawyer with no interest in the food truck, gets his sister sprung from jail, she’s met the hunky police officer she dubs Officer Pretty Boy (to the amusement of his fellow cops). What’s more, an email informs Beth that she’s been selected to compete in The Food Truck Showdown, a popular Cooking Channel show with a $50,000 prize. Bringing along Seth and her assistant, Rylie, who usually wears the chicken costume, she arrives at the rented warehouse where the show’s being filmed and meets the other contestants, who include Benji, and the show’s host, famous chef Bobbi Taylor. The first challenge is marked by disappearing ingredients and a threatening note that seems aimed at Benji. When Benji’s found dead, the showrunners suggest that he’s had a heart attack, but the police are suspicious—and since everyone knows that Beth despised him, she’s their favored suspect. More threatening notes arrive. And there’s definitely something fishy about the showrunners. You’d think that with all those camera crews, there’d be video, but the ancient system at the rental is glitchy, leaving Beth to team up with Rylie and Seth to prove her innocence."
This cleverly titled mystery serves up a delightful blend of suspense and humor, perfect for young readers who crave a good whodunit without the grimness of adult crime fiction. The story centers on ...
A MURDEROUS BUSINESS
several friends, including Shiloh, a magician’s assistant with housebreaking skills who takes up with Margot. After breaking into Mrs. Gilroy’s home, they find a safe deposit key that will lead to the truth."
This gripping thriller plunges readers into the high-stakes world of corporate espionage where ambition turns deadly, following a young intern who uncovers a conspiracy that reaches the highest level...
A New Baby Is Coming!
Emily Menendez-Aponte
A new baby’s arrival is an occasion of excitement and anticipation. Yet for a young child, it can be cause for bewilderment and distress. Hand-in-hand with endearing elf characters, author Emily Menendez-Aponte shows the way to help a child welcome the new arrival into the family with open arms!
A NOBLE MADNESS
a desire for wealth, knowledge, prestige, and, not least, order, collectors have amassed objects such as artworks, scientific specimens, religious relics, books, and gems. Delbourgo traverses time and place to portray collectors’ roles: In premodern China, a collector was seen as a person of superior sophistication\u003B in Korea, collecting was a path to attaining status. Some artifacts—religious relics, for example, or African art—have been sought for their spiritual or magical power. Romantics saw collecting as an expression of one’s inner self, an idea that persists, even as collecting has been associated with colonialism, looting, and profit. Collecting, Delbourgo asserts, also has been associated with mental illness. Fictional collectors, such as Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray, behave maniacally\u003B Freud diagnosed the urge to collect as an expression of suppressed neuroses. Art collectors have been depicted variously as gloomy, gothic recluses, as figures associated with danger and unabated passion, and as libertines, while naturalists—Charles Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace, and Alexander von Humboldt, to name a few—are more likely celebrated for their dogged pursuit of scientific specimens. Delbourgo casts a wide net to offer biographies of collectors such as Rudolf II, a Holy Roman emperor who aspired to assemble the world in miniature\u003B Marie Antoinette, known as the “trinket queen”\u003B Alfred Kinsey, who collected data about sex\u003B and female collectors, notably, Gertrude Stein, Mabel Dodge Luhan, and Peggy Guggenheim, motivated by a pursuit of beauty and “nourishment of the soul.” In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association included hoarding disorder in its updated manual. As Delbourgo amply reveals, however, the distinction between the ardent collector and the pathological hoarder is hardly clear."
This powerful exploration of mental health and family dynamics follows a teenager grappling with her mother's bipolar disorder while navigating the treacherous waters of high school social hierarchie...
A Parent's Guide to the Best Kids' Comics
Scott Robins
"Children are made readers on the laps of their parents." --Author Emilie Buchwald Filled with beautifully illustrated reviews and a wealth of recommendations, A Parent's Guide to the Best Kids' Comics lovingly and thoughtfully reveals a world of graphic novels sure to capture the imagination and cu
A Parent/Teacher Guide to Children's Books on Peace and Tolerance
Bob Blumenthal
How do you teach children to value peace and appreciate diversity? One way is to provide them with books with themes that promote these ideas. The Parent / Teacher Guide to Children's Books on Peace and Tolerance offers readers a wide variety of award-winning titles along with annotations and grade
A Perfect Time for Pandas
Mary Pope Osborne
The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! Time-traveling brother-and-sister team Jack and Annie have to find a certain kind of food. The magic tree house whisks them off to a village in the mountains of southeast C
A Possum's Happy Valentine's Day
Jamey M. Long
A possum named Opie stows away in a boy's backpack and goes to school where he learns all about the history and meaning of Valentine's Day.
A REMARKABLE MAN
the incident, merely disgusted by human stupidity,” the author writes of Hida. Petitjean’s short book offers a warm tribute to this “frail figure” whose eyes “gleamed with intelligence and humanity” as he recounted his experiences in Hiroshima. In excerpts from interviews and speeches, Hida offers a rare account of the horrors that he witnessed. “I realized their flesh was decomposing,” Hida says of the bomb’s victims. “Everyone knows the human body decomposes after death, but these people were still alive. None of it made any sense. I overcame my disgust and continued to examine them.” Of the 300 or so doctors in Hiroshima at the time of the bombing, 60 were killed in the blast, and Hida was one of only a couple dozen doctors left with the impossible task of helping more than 100,000 victims. Hida himself suffered from radiation poisoning. “My bones have aged very quickly, and my back’s always been in a terrible state,” he says. He needed surgery at age 61 and had to be hospitalized again at 70. “I will keep fighting,” Hida tells Petitjean. True to his word, he kept traveling throughout Japan—speaking out against the dangers he had seen with his own eyes—until he was nearly 100."
This biography offers an intimate portrait of a truly extraordinary individual whose life story spans continents and careers, chronicling his journey from humble beginnings to international recogniti...
A RESISTANCE OF WITCHES
Genre
Underneath an ordinary-looking modern setting, this one runs a hidden magical war, and the plot kicks into gear when a scattered group of young witches has to get separate covens to work together aga...
A River Dream
Allen Say
While sick in bed, a young boy opens a box from his uncle and embarks on a fantastical fishing trip.
A RUIN, GREAT AND FREE
magic. In the refuge called Moon, some of the restless residents are sneaking out to visit neighboring towns, threatening to blow their cover both to the Black Hand and to the Black Hand’s secret monster backers, the Cult of the Zsouvox. Meanwhile, in the universe from Turnbull’s first novel, The Lesson (2019), Patrice Paige uses technology that the alien Ynaa left behind after their disastrous first contact with humanity to increase her political influence and shield the Earth from all future alien encounters, even as the Ynaa known as Mera rebels against her people’s conquest of other planets. But these crises pale against the larger\u002Dscale threat: Both of these universes, and indeed all universes, are threatened by the Zsouvox, a creation of the gods that seeks to devour everything that exists. It’s a lot to take in\u003B as always, Turnbull packs in a ton of plot within a relatively economical number of pages. The advantage of writing in a multiverse is that it allows you to throw in any storyline\u003B whether it makes sense to have added a resolution to The Lesson here is difficult to say. It does share a common theme with the main monsterverse plot, best summed up by that well\u002Dknown aphorism attributed to Spider\u002DMan’s Uncle Ben: With great power comes great responsibility. If you have magic, physical strength, advanced alien tech, and/or immortality, it behooves you to do the right thing\u003B the trick is figuring out what the right thing is. Turnbull settles the more cosmic conflicts and perhaps even some of the personal ones, but leaves the broader social confrontation of prejudice somewhat more open\u002Dended, other than suggesting that while violence can be remarkably effective in quashing opposition on a small scale, it’s not going to solve the larger problem. Given how central anti\u002Dmonster prejudice is to the story, it leaves the Convergence Saga feeling curiously unresolved. But it’s hard to say how Turnbull could have resolved it, and perhaps that nagging feeling is deliberate on his part. Magic might fan the flames of hatred, but people don’t need the devil to do evil."
This sweeping historical novel plunges readers into the heart of a crumbling empire, where political intrigue and personal loyalties collide with the force of an earthquake. The narrative follows a y...
A Russian - English Bilingual Children's Book
Bilingual Kiddos Press
Are your children bilingual and learning Russian? This lovely book... is written in Russian comes with English translation features various cute animal mommy and babies illustrations provides many reasons why children love their mothers makes a great mother-child reading and bonding session captures
A Sick Day for Amos McGee
Philip C. Stead
Zookeeper Amos McGee always makes time to visit his friends who live at the zoo until the day he stays home because he is sick.
A SILENT TREATMENT
her first husband. Widowed after Vanasco’s father died, her mother was lonely, prompting the move. Now, she complains that she’s still lonely, unhappy living in the basement, and that she feels useless. But when Vanasco finds classes, a volunteer opportunity, and a book club, her mother is dismissive. In probing the history of their mother\u002Ddaughter relationship, Vanasco reveals an unusual complication: Although the author calls herself Jeannie, her birth name is the same as her mother’s—Barbara—causing confusion for doctors, banks, the gym where they both are members—and, it appears, intensifying an interdependence that both women struggle to resist."
This gripping young adult novel explores the devastating impact of silence and emotional neglect within a family, following a teenager who must navigate the complex aftermath of a traumatic event tha...
A SLOWLY DYING CAUSE
Inspector Beatrice Hannaford, with Lynley and Havers not turning up until 120\u002Dodd pages in, and with a handy excuse for heading to Cornwall: Lynley, it turns out, is heir to a crumbling estate there, “the country pile that accompanied the cringe\u002Dworthy title he’d inherited from his father.” The fuzz put their heads together to sort out poor Lobb’s situation, and, as ever, the solution emerges in a perp who’s been there all along but has been overlooked. The book is, also as ever, too long by a quarter, but it’s got plenty of intriguing twists and turns that will leave the reader guessing."
This powerful memoir offers an unflinching look at the realities of activism and social justice work through the eyes of a young person discovering their voice. The narrative captures both the passio...
A THOUSAND WAYS TO DIE
police and seven times more likely to be shot dead by another civilian with a gun.” Lee traces this pattern to America’s beginnings, when “an uncleavable relationship between the trade of humans and the trade of guns” contributed to the nation’s bloody foundation. After this historical background, Lee moves around the country, describing how Southern gun traffickers illicitly arm Chicagoans despite the state’s stringent gun control laws, fueling the city’s uncontrollable violence. In New Orleans, he notes how, while reporting during Hurricane Katrina, at least one of his white colleagues makes excuses for police shootings aimed at some of the city’s poorest Black residents. In Massachusetts, he interviews a worker at the Smith \u0026amp\u003B Wesson factory who loses his job after publicly questioning the company’s ethics. Throughout these stories, he weaves in his own personal history, recounting how his grandfather’s and stepbrother’s murders left lasting, traumatic impressions on his extended family. Lee’s experience reinforces one of the book’s key messages—that gun violence is both a byproduct and cause of “the systemic, institutional, and structural racism that feeds it.” At best, Lee’s work is empathetic, analytical, and insightful, drawing subtle connections in clean and conversational prose. Some chapters hold together better than others: “(G)un\u002DCivil Rights,” for example, is cohesive, while “Gigglebox” tends to meander. All in all, the book is a provocative and informative read that expertly blends memoir with hard\u002Dhitting reporting. "
Organized as a run of worst-case scenarios, avalanches, shark encounters, buildings coming down, this survival guide uses each disaster as a hook for teaching the actual protocol a person would need ...
A to Z Mysteries Super Edition #7: Operation Orca
Ron Roy
Thar she blows! Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are on an Alaskan whale watching adventure. On their first day, they see a mother orca and her calf. But the next day, the baby orca is missing! The calf needs its mother’s milk. Can the kids solve this whale of a mystery? The alphabet is over, but the myste
A to Z Mysteries Super Edition #8: Secret Admirer
Ron Roy
It’s Valentine’s Day in Green Lawn! But Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose just aren’t feeling the love this year. Valentine’s Day was so much more fun when they were little. Then they each start getting messages and clues from a secret admirer! Can the kids figure out who wants to be their Valentine? The al
A to Z of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals
Nancy Dickmann
Explore the prehistoric world with this striking new book. A bright, contemporary design will engage young children's interest and maintain a fascination with dinosaurs for years to come. Each alphabet entry is accompanied by a short chunk of text, designed to appeal to young readers and encourage t
A TOUR TO DIE FOR
Genre
This whodunit adventure plunges young sleuths into a compelling mystery where amateur detective skills are put to the ultimate test during what should be an ordinary tour. Middle-grade readers will f...
A Visit with Tomie DePaola
Tomie dePaola
Here's your opportunity to get an inside look on the life, art, (and cooking!) of "perhaps the friendliest and most popular picture book maker of our time" -- Detroit NewsFollow Tomie through his spacious home, tour his studio converted from a 200-year-old barn, see highlights of home movies featuri
A Whisper in the Walls
Scott Reintgen
Seeking revenge, Ren Monroe teams up with Vin'Tori siblings Dahvid and Nevelyn to take down House Brood, the most powerful family in Kathor, but Ren's magical bond with Theo Brood complicates her plans.
A Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin
A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master Wizard.
A World Full of Nature Stories
Angela McAllister
This beautiful book of stories takes readers on a journey with 50 tales, featuring themes of nature from all around the world. Sit back, get comfortable, and delve into this beautifully-illustrated collection of beloved nature stories from every corner of the globe. This rich resource collects toget
A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle
NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER • TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF ALL TIME • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM DISNEY Read the ground-breaking science fiction and fantasy classic that has delighted children for over 60 years! "A Wrinkle in Time is one of my favorite books of all time. I've read it so o
A Wrinkle in Time Movie Tie-In Edition
Madeleine L'Engle
A movie tie-in edition of A Wrinkle in Time, now a major motion picture--with an introduction by director Ava DuVernay. In 1962, Madeleine L’Engle debuted her novel A Wrinkle in Time, which would go on to win the 1963 Newbery Medal. Bridging science and fantasy, darkness and light, fear and friendsh
A Wrinkle in Time: 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition
Madeleine L'Engle
Fifty years ago, L'Engle introduced the world to "A Wrinkle in Time." This special edition has been redesigned and includes an Introduction by Katherine Paterson, an Afterword by Madeleine L'Engle's granddaughter Charlotte Jones Voiklis that includes photographs and memorabilia, the author's Newbery
A Year Down Yonder
Richard Peck
A Newbery Medal Winner Richard Peck's Newbery Medal-winning sequel to A Long Way from Chicago Mary Alice's childhood summers in Grandma Dowdel's sleepy Illinois town were packed with enough drama to fill the double bill of any picture show. But now she is fifteen, and faces a whole long year with Gr
A Year of Seasons
George Pendergast
The cycle of seasons on Earth is as interesting as it is important to the way we all live. From the cold of winter to warm summer days, it’s essential to understand just what’s happening and why we always have the same weather at the same time of the year. Readers will learn what the sun’s rays are
A-B-C Learn Safety with Me! A-B-C Aprender Seguridad Conmigo!
Sharon Blacknall
"The A-B-C Learn Safety With Me! program is an excellent tool to teach young children about safety. Not only does it teach children their alphabet and numbers, they also learn valuable life-saving safety tips." -Jennifer Baker, counselor at the Houston Police Department "It was a delight to have Sha
ABC Animals for Kids Age 1-3
Dayna Martin
This book introduces the ABCs and develops early language skills using images of animals that every kid should know. Vibrant colors and images are designed to attract the attention of babies and toddlers. This book will help children identify all of their ABCs before preschool.
ABC Coloring Book For Children
Speedy Publishing LLC
Entering school for the first time can be a frightening experience and when a child has knowledge previously instilled at home, it gives them a great advantage. ABC Coloring Books are an excellent way to prepare them for this situation. They not only know the alphabet but their colors as well which
Abraham Lincoln (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 2)
Caroline Crosson Gilpin
The most effective method used to influence children to read is to incorporate the information that interests them the most. National Geographic Readers are educational, high-interest, and comprehensive for children. In this title, readers will learn about the fascinating life and legacy of our 16th
ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING
Genre
Big Bang to present day in 220 pages is an enormous span to cover, and the book manages it by leaning on connections rather than completeness, showing how an empire collapsing on one continent can se...
Acceptance & Mindfulness Treatments for Children & Adolescents
Laurie A. Greco
The essays in Acceptance and Mindfulness Treatments for Children and Adolescents--which are edited by two luminaries in the field of third-wave behavior therapy--offer a much-needed adaptation of these revolutionary techniques for young people and their families, providing a wealth of new approaches
ACCESS
1880, and “for the next one hundred years, abortion in America remained…underground, secret, stigmatized, and dangerous.” From the moment that Roe v. Wade was passed in 1973, anti\u002Dabortion activists organized to overturn it, helped along by politicians in gerrymandered districts who used “majorities and supermajorities to pass abortion restrictions at an alarming pace and volume.” On the other side, Grant writes, activist groups have long organized to protect choice. In the wake of Dobbs, the battle for access to abortion has heated up—often illegally, in the case of states such as Texas that have banned the importation of abortion pills or travel to other states to obtain the medical procedure. Grant profiles activists at various stages of the battle, from first\u002Dgeneration feminists who linked access to abortion to the struggle for women’s liberation generally to modern\u002Dday advocates who, among other strategies, have internationalized the ability to obtain pills for “self\u002Dmanaged abortion,” creating a sort of “underground for the post\u002DDobbs world.” The battle is multifaceted and requires the commitment of a range of activists and allies—who, Grant allows, are sometimes given to fighting among themselves—especially as certain states enact more restrictive laws even to the point of bans. On which note, Grant writes, “Abortion bans have never and will never stop people from ending pregnancies\u003B what they do is force people to resort to unsafe methods to end them.” Her narrative makes clear that the battle for access continues apace to advance the cause for choice against “the notion that a government can dictate if, when, or how its citizens manage pregnancy.”"
This gripping young adult thriller plunges readers into a high-stakes world of digital espionage and corporate secrets, following a tech-savvy protagonist who uncovers a dangerous conspiracy after ha...
ACCOMPLICE TO THE VILLAIN
Genre
The core joke of this fantasy adventure is right there in the setup: a clever young woman ends up working for the villain she should be running from. The book gets real mileage out of that contradict...
Achingly Alice
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Alice must choose between Patrick and Sam in this beloved series. How can someone be in love with two people at the same time? It doesn't make sense to Alice—until Sam, her friend from Camera Club, starts to pay attention to her. Sam is quiet, gentle, and a terrific dancer, and Alice likes being wit
ACROSS SO MANY SEAS
Ruth Behar
Four girls. One Sephardic Jewish family. Five centuries. Ruth Behar's novel moves between 1492 Spain, 1920s Turkey, 1960s Cuba, and present-day Miami, following a different girl from the same bloodli...
Activity
Ruth Merttens
Provides details of the activities outlined on the Teacher Card. Differentiated activities are provided, from paired and group work, to whole class investigations. The activities provide an opportunity for further teaching or STA input. Key learning points are identified for each activity.
Activity Book for Kids
Activity Books
Activity Book for Kids Mazes, Connect the Dots, Coloring, Word Search, Picture Puzzles, and More! Fun Activity Book for Kids! Lots of different activities including mazes, dot to dot, tracing, coloring, and more! Keep your kids busy, entertained, and having fun while they learn. Filled with many typ
Adapting Canonical Texts in Children's Literature
Anja Müller
Adaptations of canonical texts have played an important role throughout the history of children's literature and have been seen as an active and vital contributing force in establishing a common ground for intercultural communication across generations and borders. This collection analyses different
Addy and the Unexpected Unicorn
Michael Wuehler
Do you believe in unicorns? Most people believe that magical unicorns no longer exist. Addy believes that unicorns still exist and their magic can help you. When Addy’s basketball team struggles to win their games, Addy writes a song to help inspire the team. What is Addy’s inspirational song about?
Adelita
Tomie dePaola
Hace mucho tiempo—a long time ago—there lived a beautiful young woman named Adelita. So begins the age-old tale of a kindhearted young woman, her jealous stepmother, two hateful stepsisters, and a young man in search of a wife. The young man, Javier, falls madly in love with beautiful Adelita, but s