Books

This author-illustrator debut from Caldecott honor-winning creator Janelle Washington (Choosing Brave) is a timeless ode to one family's kitchen table: stained, scratched, and full of love. The heart of this family's home beats steadily at the round wooden kitchen table. Every morning, they gather...

Pedo, the central character of "The Headhunter's Granddaughter", grew up deep in the jungles of Borneo, Malaysia. Her parents gave her away to her father's brother, a cruel man who used her for child labor, tapping rubber trees to make money. Her parents had...

Nancy and her friends must try to figure out why a girl is acting strangely after visiting a haunted house in this sixteenth book of the Nancy Drew Diaries, a fresh approach to the classic mystery series. Nancy's classmate, Willa, needs her help. Willa...

Manageably difficult puzzles that are fun and engaging, fostering motivation through a rewarding sense of accomplishment.The Hardest Logic Workbook for Gritty Kids continues the legacy of the internationally best-selling Logic Workbook for Gritty Kids series, offering a new collection of engaging puzzles. These manageably...

The Happy List is the true story of how Thu Nguyen, a ten-year-old Vietnamese girl and her family escaped Vietnam after the fall of Saigon. It is a story that Thu wanted written so that her daughters would understand what her experiences had been...

Comprised of three essays written by Baudrillard in the lead-up to, during, and after the military clash in the Gulf in 1992, this book is a penetrating and provocative analysis of the unfolding drama using the author's well-known concepts of simulation and the hyperreal....

As The Gritty Berkshires makes clear, Massachusetts' westernmost county is not just art museums, music festivals and beautiful scenery. For generations of working class families who have lived in the northern part of this county, their reality looks more like Rust Belt America. Maynard...

A thoughtful exploration of how the Sahara Desert can be returned to its former glory as a green paradise while actively combating climate change. A green Sahara is something the world has not seen since 10,000 BC when the Sahara was a wet, lush...

Introduce children to the natural world with this fresh, bold, and bright nonfiction picture book!Perfect for curious young readers, this beautifully illustrated picture book answers the question: Where does water come from and where does it go? Children will journey through rivers, clouds, and...

From the Roaring Twenties to a Rock 'N' Roll LandmarkSince it opened in 1925, the Gramercy Park Hotel has always been one of New York's premiere cultural hotspots. Early in its history it served as the backdrop to Humphrey Bogart's first marriage and housed...

"It is a special pleasure to introduce R T (Dick) France's commentary to the pastoral and scholarly community, who should find it a truly exceptional - and helpful - volume." So says Gordon Fee in his preface to this work. France's masterful commentary on...

Walace Weiss, a famous fantasy novelist struggling with drug addiction, sets himself on a twofold quest: to finish his first book in more than a decade and, like the immortal elves of his stories, to try to remember what, in his long life, he...

This charming and gorgeously illustrated book from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lev Grossman is the perfect read-aloud for putting little ones to bed. It's just about time to retire for the night. But somewhere--something is not quite right! In this rhyming bedtime...

Discover a fearless life through the eyes of a child!The God Adventures of Rocky and Riley: Never Alone is a heartwarming, faith-filled children's book that invites young readers and their families into a world where miracles happen and prayer changes lives. This inspiring story...

"All human wisdom consists in this alone, the knowledge and worship of God" (Lactantius, Divine Institutes 3.30; ca. 250-325 AD). At a time when worship remains the subject of what are often passionate conversations in the church, we need to think more about worship,...

In a distant future, a little girl named Anny makes toy mice out of scraps and dust. Anny has never seen a real mouse, just as she's never seen the planet her family came from many generations ago. All she knows is her home,...

The city of Pittsburgh is home to some of the realest and most fearless gangstaz and hustlaz. When more than one person wants the top spot, blood will be shed and bodies will drop.Kayla, a certified girlrilla, and her heartless clique of girlrillas, are...

"Giddyup, giddyup as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man!" The Gingerbread Cowboy can run from the rancher, he can dash past the javelinas, and he can giddyup right by the cattle grazing on the mesa. But what happens...

The essays in The Gift of Good Land are as true today as when they were first published in 1981; the problems addressed here are still true and the solutions no nearer to hand. The insistent theme of this book is the interdependence, the...

This brand-new chapter fills in the gaps between The Ghost in the Shell: Human-Error Processor and Man-Machine Interface manga with a tense cyberpunk thriller written by Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex script writer Junichi Fujisaku. Just in time for the release of...