Part thriller, part friendship story, part real estate listing, this witty and inventive debut explores the nature of friendship and home. Sam and Asha. Asha and Sam. Their friendship is so long established, they take it for granted. Just as Asha takes for granted that Donnybrooke, the mansion that sits on the highest hill in Coreville, is the best house in town. But when Sam is accepted into snobbish Castleton Academy as an autistic “Miracle Boy,” he leaves Asha, who is also autistic, to navig...
Leaving home and traveling to a whole new place is overwhelming, so it’s good to have a beloved toy who can help express how you feel. Ella’s best friend, Monkey, doesn’t like good-bye hugs. He doesn’t want to say good-bye to Oma. And he doesn’t want to move away forever. Neither does Ella. But Papa is waiting for them in New York. So Ella and Monkey must board the ship with Mama and leave their old home in Holland for their new home in America. Along the way, there is fish for dinner (Monkey...
Bogle lives all alone in a lighthouse on a small Scottish island. Despite trying, he can't find a friend, until one day he discovers a message in a bottle from someone who is lonely too ... This quirky rhyming tale celebrates the magic of friendship. A bogle is a Scots term for a ghost and the text is peppered with some Scots words making it a fun introduction to the language for little ones. Each page spread also has a secret spider to spot! Featuring two of Scotland's distinctive lighthouses,...
When a young boy visits his grandfather, their lack of a common language leads to confusion, frustration, and silence. But as they sit down to draw together, something magical happens-with a shared love of art and storytelling, the two form a bond that goes beyond words.
An underlying message of cooperation and conservation drives this rollicking introduction to counting and shapes. The old clock tower used to stand tall and proud. Now, it's rusty, dusty, moldy, musty. A construction team decides to turn zigzags into squares and get the clock chiming again. But wait: what will happen to all the animals who have made this dilapidated clock their home? Nothing can't be fixed and everyone is welcome in Fix That Clock, a celebration of hard work, compassion, and c...
Join a diverse group of budding minds and their friend Robot as they work together to build a tree house! Designed to ignite interest in STEM - the integration of science, technology, engineering and math .
The House of Happy Spirits (Children's Books Inspired by Famous Artworks)
by Geraldine Elschner
In this fairy tale-like story a beloved tree is saved and children learn how architecture can co-exist with nature. The Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser believed that humanity and nature shared a harmonious partnership, a philosophy that he demonstrated with his architectural creations. Filled with color-saturated illustrations that echo Hundertwasser's bold style, this story introduces young readers to the idea of environmentally conscious and playful architecture. When construction...
Cleo and Roger Discover Columbus, Indiana - Architecture (coloring book) (Cleo and Roger Discover Columbus (Coloring Books), #1)
by Kimberly S Hoffman
Sam the Man & the Dragon Van Plan (Sam the Man, #3)
by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Sam Graham is a dragon fan and a big truck man. Monster trucks to be specific. And when the family minivan needs replacing, Sam has the perfect plan: get a family monster truck instead!
Iul e la sorpresa di Ferragosto (Speciale Festivita Con Iul, Il Piccolo Pittore, #4)
by Zef
Rose's Story (Girls of Lighthouse Lane, #2)
by Dr Thomas Kinkade and Erika Tamar
A word book that stimulates language! Is your child a voracious learner who has already mastered basic vocabulary? Is your youngster relentlessly curious? This enriched word book serves up enough complex, scientific and scholarly words to satisfy your budding genius’s appetite for knowledge.
Yasmin's painting for the art contest is due Friday, but she has lots of excuses for putting it off. She doesn't know what to paint, she doesn't think she's any good, and painting is messy. Turns out a mess is just what Yasmin needs for inspiration!
Fern and Horn look like two peas in a pod, but they have very different ways of seeing the world, in this joyful picture book about creativity by renowned author and illustrator Marie-Louise Gay. Fern loves to draw flowers and butterflies, birds and bees, caterpillars and orange trees. Horn wants to draw too, but he thinks his flowers look like purple pancakes and his caterpillars like striped socks. “Draw whatever you want!” Fern tells him. Horn draws an enormous elephant that tramples all ove...
“[A] dazzling vision of the way art transcends the everyday.” — Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW On a gray and crowded city sidewalk, a child discovers a book. That evening, the child begins to read and is immediately carried beyond the repetitive sameness of an urban skyscape into an untamed natural landscape. The child experiences a moment of true joy, and as if in response to that single blissful moment, people seem to come alive in all the other rooms of the apartment block. Thanks to the...