For the Blossom family it's the best day of their lives -- and the worst. Maggie, out west with her mother, is about to become the newest Blossom on the rodeo circuit. And now that the rain has finally stopped, Junior can at last visit his friend Mad Mary in her cave in the woods.
These two weeks of rain have been like an answer to a prayer for Vern and his friend Michael. Together they planned and built a perfect raft, and now, with everyone out watching the waters rise over the banks of the Snake River, they're sure their great voyage downstream will be witnessed with cheers.
Vern's grandfather, Pap, is watching the river and dreaming about his old days as a rodeo star. Suddenly he hears screams from the river and runs to the rescue. What will Pap find? How will the Blossom family pull together?
A moving picture book debut, adapted for audio, about depression, sensory awareness, and the power of listening, from psychologist and author of Teaching Kids to be Kind.
Coen is having a sniffling, sighing, sobbing kind of day.
His family thinks they know how to cheer him up. His dad wants to go outside and play, Mom tells her funniest joke, and his little sister shares her favorite teddy. Nothing helps. But one by one, they get quiet and begin to listen. After some time, space, and reassurance, Coen is able to show them what he needs.
With poignant prose, A Blue Kind of Day explores how depression might feel in the body and shows us how to support the people we love with patience, care, and empathy.
*An Amazon Best Book of the Year and Indie Bestseller!*
In A Book for Escargot, the standalone sequel to Escargot-written by award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author Dashka Slater and illustrated by Sydney Hanson-we follow a funny and charming French snail through a library to find the book of his dreams.
Bonjour!
It is moi, Escargot, your favorite French snail.
Today I am going on a trip to the library, where there are so many stories to choose from!
Stories about dog superheroes...
guinea pig detectives....
and flamingo astronauts.
But sadly, none of these books is about a daring snail hero who saves the day. What is that you say? Perhaps this is the book about the snail hero? Ooh-la-la!
She's back! Ten-year-old business phenom Zaria Carter returns to serve us with another glittered platter full of boss magic! BOSS MAGIC CHECKLIST: Still #FriendshipGoals iZight Crushing Sales Z-Galaxy Launch Products in Development Extra Dose of Popularity Glasses Intact With school back in session, Zaria is ready to prove that this savvy fifth-grader can maintain the honor roll, her friendships, extracurricular activities, and a thriving business. Life is great! Until ... A little unfriendly competition by the name of Kionna 'KiKi' Dyers is now glossing the halls of A. J. Stanly Elementary-but she's not alone. With her fierce looks, mega influencer vibes, and FREE samples Magic Lemonade from her own lip gloss line, The Gloss Goddess is coming for Zaria's friends and her number one spot. Now, Zaria must work extra hard to keep her friends from falling under KiKi's spell, while also managing the fifth-grade-life and its creative curveballs. But once Zaria's grades start to slip and iZight products go missing, KiKi becomes the least of Zaria's troubles. Is the magic all sprinkled out, or will Zaria reclaim her young queendom and learn how to put these bad days behind her? To save not only her grades, but her budding empire.
In this exciting fourteenth book in the renowned Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures series, the Lambchop family is taking over London, England, on a royal adventure!
And for parents and teachers, each Flat Stanley book is aligned to the Common Core State Standards, like multicultural adventure, plot and character development story elements, and compare and contrast.
Stanley and his family receive an unexpected phone call from Scotland Yard. Stanley has been invited to London to help with a top-secret case. One of the crown jewels was stolen years ago. The Queen has long suspected Lady Laura, her distant cousin, of the theft, and Lady Laura will be in London to attend a formal ball at Buckingham Palace. If she has the jewel, this will be the perfect time to wear it. And that's where Stanley comes in.
Stanley loves the idea of being a spy, even if being flat has nothing to do with his mission. Or so he thinks...
Long before there were furnaces or oil burners, colonial kids climbed under the covers and felt with frigid toes for the cloth-wrapped fireplace brick.
A rock’s life is no rock candy. Of all pebbles, Bumpy knows that best. Everyone around him has a purpose. While he has nothing but rocks in his head. If only he was a little boulder to stop graveling and escape this rock bottom! A beautifully illustrated rhyming story of a very bumpy road to the life’s meaning, (which should never be taken for granite).
When Peter (14), Robyn (11) and Billy (5) are left without parents or guardians, the Child Welfare Department take charge of them. The Department have a plan for the children's future, but the children have their own plans. With the resourcefulness typical of Australian bush kids, they manage to "fly beneath the radar" of the authorities in such a way that they are never identified as missing. The children pack their gear on bicycles and travel the far outback regions of Australia looking for a home where they can live together. The young writer based most of the events on her own experiences. This is a fast moving story with plenty of humor.
A breakout new detective series, from the author of the spine-tingling Scarlet and Ivy series.
Violet Veil wants nothing more than to prove her worth and become her father’s apprentice at Veil & Sons Undertakers. And one rain-soaked night she gets her chance when she meets a boy, Oliver, who is wandering around the graveyard. Only, the last time Violet saw Oliver, he was indoors and very much dead, waiting to be buried. Violet has just found her first case, and it doesn’t get bigger than this: can she, with the help of her dog, Bones, help Oliver solve his own ‘murder’?
