Mr. Lemoncello's All-Star Breakout Game (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #4)
by Chris Grabenstein
Mr. Lemoncello is going live with a brand-new televised BREAKOUT game! Discover what James Patterson calls "the coolest library in the world" in the fourth puzzle-packed adventure in Chris Grabenstein's New York Times bestselling MR. LEMONCELLO series! Greetings, boys and girls, gamers of all ages--are you ready to play Mr. Lemoncello's BIGGEST, most dazzling game yet? After months of anticipation, Mr. Lemoncello is taking his games out of the library and going LIVE across the nation on the wor...
Scary Library Shusher (Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol, #5)
by Andres Miedoso
It's Desmond and Andres versus a spooky library shusher in the fifth book of the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series! It's no surprise that the library is one of Desmond Cole's favorite haunts. After all, it's a place full of books about werewolves, UFOs, and things that go bump in the night. But since Kersville isn't a normal town, why would it have a normal library? Especially when the undead are so well-read! With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Desmond Cole...
Beatrix Potter and the Unfortunate Tale of the Guinea Pig
by Deborah Hopkinson
A brand new picture book from the award-winning and well-loved Charlotte Voake and Deborah Hopkinson about the young Beatrix Potter and her animal friends.Young Beatrix Potter loves to draw animals. She has many pets whom she likes to paint - a frog, a salamander, a canary and even a hedgehog. But she doesn't have a guinea pig so she borrows her neighbour's, promising that no harm will come to the cuddly creature. After all, what could possibly go wrong...?This hilarious and charming new book is...
What Is the Story of The Wizard of Oz? (What Is the Story Of?)
by Kirsten Anderson
Who HQ brings you the stories behind the most beloved characters of our time. We're off to see the Wizard...along with Dorothy, Toto, and all of her friends as they make their way onto the What Is the Story of? list. When L. Frank Baum wrote about the adventures of a young farm girl named Dorothy and her pet dog in the magical Land of Oz in 1900, he wanted to create a beautiful story based on the America he knew and treasured. But he had no idea his book would become a bestseller and grow int...
Allenamente Genius. Pensa Come Leonardo Da Vinci (Think how)
by Carlo Carzan
Once books kick-start their brains, girls change history. Discover the foundation of reading that empowered some of the world’s most influential women in this informative and inspirational illustrated middle grade collection of twenty biographies. What do Cleopatra, Audre Lorde, and Taylor Swift have in common? They’re all influential women who grew up doing one very important thing: reading. This collection of short-form biographies tells the story of twenty groundbreaking women and how thei...
This behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the classic and beloved picture book Make Way for Ducklings will captivate young artists, writers, readers, and animal lovers alike. While writing and illustrating the beloved picture book Make Way for Ducklings, Robert McCloskey brings a flock of ducklings into his tiny New York City apartment. But an artist + a bunch of ducklings in his apartment = chaos! There are ducklings in the bathtub and ducklings in the kitchen, quacking at dawn and sittin...
Explore the life and career of award-winning author Nikki Grimes.
In early-1900s Japan, Misuzu Kaneko grows from precocious bookworm to instantly-beloved children's poet. But her life ends prematurely, and Misuzu's work is forgotten. Decades later her poems are rediscovered--just in time to touch a new generation devastated by the tsunami of 2011. This picture book features Misuzu's life story plus a trove of her poetry in English and the original Japanese. Big Catch: At sunrise, glorious sunrise it's a big catch! A big catch of sardines! On the beach, it's l...
Laura Ingalls Wilder (Amazing Authors) (Zoom in on Amazing Authors)
by Jennifer Strand
The Shakespeare Timeline Wallbook (What on Earth Wallbook) (US Timeline Wallbooks)
by Christopher Lloyd and Nick Walton
Experience the most amazing moments in Shakespeare’s life in this fascinating, over-sized timeline reference. Developed in association with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, the timeline is uniquely broken out into each of Shakespeare’s 38 dramas, along with a record of key dates in his life. An easy-to-read chronicle, written in the form of newspaper articles, highlights key moment, such as the first sale of his works, Abraham Lincoln’s fondness for the Bard, and the rebuilding of the Globe The...