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In Greenwich Village an orphaned black cat lives happily with her master, a sea captain. Still, the gentle Jenny Linsky would like nothing more than to join the local Cat Club, whose members include Madame Butterfly, an elegant Persian, the high-stepping Macaroni, and stately,...

Mountain man and fur trader Jedediah Smith casts a heroic shadow. He was the first Anglo-American to travel overland to California via the Southwest, and he roamed through more of the West than anyone else of his era. His adventures quickly became the stuff...

With more than 130,000 copies sold, this award-winning chapter-book series starring a spunky Japanese American heroine returns with four new standalone books set on a family vacation in Japan! Toothbrush? Check. Her special journal? Check! Eight-year-old Jasmine Toguchi--flamingo fan, tree climber, and top-notch messmaker--can...

Determined to make her heroine "as poor and plain as myself," Charlotte Brontë made a daring choice for her 1847 novel. Jane Eyre possesses neither the great beauty nor entrancing charm that her fictional predecessors used to make their way in the world. Instead,...

A Kirkus Best Book of 2024! There's a place for everyone, you've just got to find it. Jamie is a beautiful and uplifting story about how to make your own place in a world that doesn't think you fit. "Excels at being educational without...

Founded by James Oglethorpe on February 12, 1733, the Georgia colony was envisioned as a unique social welfare experiment. Administered by twenty-one original trustees, the Georgia Plan offered England's "worthy poor" and persecuted Christians an opportunity to achieve financial security in the New World...

It's wintertime again, and Jamaica has to wear her brother Ossie's hand-me-down boots. She finds herself envious of her friend Brianna's pink boots with the fuzzy cuffs, and Brianna teases her about her ugly, old "boy" boots. But one word brings reconciliation for the...

A Step by Step Guide on How to Jailbreak Amazon Fire Stick Devices If not the best feature of the Kindle Fire Stick is the ability to jailbreak them. This will allow you to get access to any content that you want such as...

SOME LEGENDS ARE BURIED. OTHERS CLAW THEIR WAY BACK.Sura never believed in fairy tales. Honestly, she barely believed in herself after losing her mom. At sixteen, she takes her mother's old job at Frost Plantation, figuring it's just a paycheck. Spoiler: it's not just...

Dr. Seuss meets Sesame Street in this mischievous series about the weird and wonderful students at a very strange school! Welcome to the School of Monsters: the funniest, silliest and most accessible series for first readers! Start by reading only the last word on...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR NAMED A BEST OF THE YEAR BY: NPR, TIME, ESQUIRE, THE GUARDIAN, LIT HUB, ELECTRIC LITERATURE, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY....

This poem with vibrant and colorful illustrations opens a conversation with young readers about family bonds and the lasting impacts of war. Anyone who has had to leave "home" and readers who loved the author's picture book collaboration with Innosanto Nagara, Together, will want...

The first step to winning the Love Game is saying "I love you." So how do you lose? By admitting you're in love! Yukiya and Miku's fake relationship heats up as their battle moves into its thrilling second half. What will Yukiya do after...

The end-all-be-all guide to ramen as told by the iconoclastic New Yorker whose unlikely life story led him to open Tokyo's top ramen shop--featuring 44 recipes! "What Ivan Orkin does not know about noodles is not worth knowing."--Anthony Bourdain While scores of people line...

Fully and fearlessly updated, this vital new edition of the acclaimed book on sex, sexuality, bodies, and puberty deserves a spot in every family's library. With more than 1.5 million copies in print, It's Perfectly Normal has been a trusted resource on sexuality for...

Meet the three (ahem--four!) little pigs as they convince the narrator to tell a slightly different version of their fairy tale: First, there's Alan, the one pig in the bunch who is actually a builder. He's got a BIG problem with building a home...

P.J. Funnybunny doesn't want to be a bunny anymore! In this hilarious story, a young bunny explores life with different animal friends. This bunny-rific tale of self-discovery is now available in a simplified board book perfect for the littlest hands--and with a festive, sparkly...

It's No Fun Anymore is a collection of eight stories that explore the politics of victimization, the sites of trauma on women's bodies, and their attempts to divine meaning from suffering.In "The Experiment," the murder of a young girl prompts a stay-at-home mother to...

Cora June is B-O-S-S-Y! And her bossiness is getting in the way of her success. She points out her teacher's boring assignments. She dictates the games people play at recess. She even objects to family dinners. If Cora June doesn't get her way, she...

In It's Just the Way It Was: Inside the War on the New England Mob and other stories, Joe Broadmeadow and Brendan Doherty take you inside the investigations, covert surveillances, and murky world of informants in the war against Organized Crime. Make no mistake...