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From vibrant red flowers and clear blue skies to big brown trees and buzzing yellow bees, color is everywhere in nature. Fun rhyming text brings the bold colors of nature to young listeners.

Zoom! The elevator zips from the bottom floor to the top floor of a tall building. Beep! Beep! The subway stops for people to get on and off. Fun rhyming text will help young listeners discover position words while exploring the city.

Big, stomping elephants. Small, colorful birds. Tall, spotted giraffes. Short, waddling penguins. Opposites are all around at the zoo! Fun rhyming text takes young children on a trip to explore opposites at the zoo.

As school begins in 1963, Cooper Dale wrestles with what it means to “shine” for a black girl in a predominantly white community near Pittsburgh. Set against the historic backdrop of the Birmingham church bombing, the Kennedy assassination, and Beatlemania, Radiant is a finely crafted novel in verse about race, class, faith, and finding your place in a loving family and a complicated world.

In this whimsical rhyming book, Rodney awakens to the rumblings of his empty stomach, setting the stage for a day filled with delicious possibilities. From his lofty perch, he spots delectable treats strewn about, igniting his determination to feast to his heart's content!

Why shouldn't you trust fairies? What would it be like to have a werewolf for a pet? Do dolphins and mermaids get along? Does Bigfoot make the best coffee? Get ready for the next installment of our beloved series, Nano Adventures - Mythical Creatures featuring 12 magical, mystical, and whimsical rhyming tales!

The rhyme Mary, Mary, quite contrary How does your garden grow? is included with steps for sprouting your own seeds indoors. A bonus of the apple cycle from seed to apple is also included.

How did the little girl convince her parents to get a pet? Do lizards look good in hats? What happened at the great furball showdown? How long do parrots live? Get ready for this fur-loving edition of Nano Adventures - House Pets featuring 13 rhyming animal stories.

The playful poems in this collection teach children ages seven and under about Canadian animals in their natural habitats. A beaver, a bear, and a mole are but a few of the wild critters depicted in clever verse. Each vignette describes a different animal’s lifestyle, eating habits, and unique traits using fun diction and catchy rhymes. As young listeners will discover, this book is educational and entertaining in equal measure!

Celina and her family are bilingual and follow both Mexican and American traditions. Celina revels in her Mexican heritage, but once she starts school it feels like the world wants her to erase that part of her identity. Fortunately, she’s got an army of family and three fabulous new friends behind her to fight the ignorance. But it’s her Gramma who’s her biggest inspiration, encouraging Celina to build a shield of joy around herself.

As the first rumblings of the pandemic sound around Garvey, he hardly notices. Caught up with his friends, school, chorus, and his newfound relationship with his father, he doesn't imagine that the new disease adults are talking about could touch him. But it will. When everything changes, when fear moves in, and when all seems dark, Garvey feels helpless. Yet one voice—Garvey's voice—can be a powerful spark in the dark …

The gym is where Claire shines and she’s on her way to qualifying for the state championships. But at school, she’s known as a troublemaker—which is fine with her since it helps her hide her reading problem. Claire has never been able to make sense of the wobbling jumble of letters on a page. When a sympathetic principal wonders if she’s acting out because she may have dyslexia, she’s stunned. Claire has always assumed she’s dumb, so she’s eager to get evaluated. But her mother balks.

This is Edward Lear's Nonsense Alphabet, book 1 of 7. The book is written by the author, Edward Lear, with catchy rhymes for the enjoyment of all children aged 2 to 102. Edward Lear (1812–1888) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author, and poet, who is known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularized. As an author, he is known principally for his popular nonsense collections of poems, songs, short stories, botanical drawings, recipes, and alphabets.

Horace is so excited to play with his friend, Mary McKay, a beautiful and graceful wombat. When she asks if he has a hat to protect his face from the sun, he tells her he doesn’t need one.

Oriol nació en Cuba, pero vive en Santa Bárbara, California, donde no logra encontrar su sitio. Sin embargo, pasa muchos buenos momentos cuando ayuda a sus padres en la clínica veterinaria de la familia, donde cuidan animales heridos. La primera ganadora latinoamericana de un Premio Nobel de Literatura, la poeta Gabriela Mistral, se muda entonces a Santa Bárbara, y Oriol se dscrube confesándole que aspira a ser escritora. Cuando la jovencita descubra que alguien está amenazando la vida de un pequeño elefante en la clínica de sus padres, decide tomar acción para protegerlo.

Carole and Jeffery Boston Weatherford’s ancestors are among the founders of Maryland. Their family history there extends more than three hundred years, but as with the genealogical searches of many African Americans with roots in slavery, their family tree can only be traced back five generations before going dark. And so from scraps of history, Carole and Jeffery have conjured the voices of their kin, creating an often painful but ultimately empowering story of who their people were in a breathtaking book that is at once deeply personal yet all too universal.

Twelve-year-old Nyla's dad died when she was four, or that's what she's been told. So when Grandma Farida insists she saw him in the local supermarket, Nyla wonders if Grandma is simply "time travelling" again - the phrase she uses when Grandma forgets. But Grandma is Nyla's best friend and when she asks Nyla to find her dad and bring him home, Nyla decides to make a brand new promise to her Grandma: to find him. As Nyla turns detective and sets out on a journey through her family's past, she also hopes that uncovering important stories will help her understand who she is.

Lukey Dave & the Tower to the Moon takes listeners on a thrilling adventure that proves the power of determination and creativity. With nothing to do and feeling bored, Lukey Dave decides to build a tower to the moon. With each new block he adds, he faces new challenges that require him to rely on his toys and imagination to keep going.

The Catch Club Kids are at it again! This time, they're out to trap the Daddysaurus—a mystical creature capable of such amazing acts of kindness, bravery, brilliance and humor. The kids try to trap the creature with all his favorite activities, but will they succeed? Maybe all they need is a little sweetness to make this awesome Daddysaurus appear! T

The Cosmic Adventure of the Brave Little Astronauts: Discovering Alien Worlds is an exciting and imaginative children's book about five brave astronauts who embark on an incredible journey through the universe.