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Author: Sherri Duskey RinkerPublisher: Amicus LearningPublished: 01/01/2024Pages: 40Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 9.80h x 10.10w x 0.30dISBN: 9781645498186Audience: Baby-PreschoolAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 3.1Point Value: 0.5Interest Level: Lower GradeQuiz #/Name: 505348 / Three Cheers for Kid McGear!

A twelve-year-old boy searches for his father and fights for free press amid the chilling rise of Hitler's Germany in this second book in the action-packed middle grade series Web of the Spider for fans of I Survived and A Night Divided. Ansel has...

Threads is a comprehensive guide to transforming clothing through the timeless art of hand embroidery, infused with a contemporary flair. Artist and Textile Embroider, Madeleine Kemsley will demystify this versatile craft as she shows readers how to draw inspiration from their surroundings and confidently...

SPILLING THE TEA Keigetsu knows she must act when rumors threaten to make her already bad position at court even worse. To find the source of the rumors, she hosts a tea party with the other Maidens. But finding out who is behind the...

Woven from Joseph Campbell s previously unpublished work, this volume explores Judeo-Christian symbols and metaphors and their misinterpretations with the famed mythologist s characteristic conversational warmth and accessible scholarship. Campbell s insights highlight centuries of confusion between literal and metaphorical interpretations of Western religious...

Two star hockey players and their best friend's little sister in a runaway bride rom com!Picture this. I'm about to walk down the aisle when the groom decides to drop this news on me - he wants to dial it down to just f-buddies.That's...

Before Sartre, before Beckett, before Robbe-Grillet, Maurice Blanchot created the new novel, the ultimate post-modern fiction. Written between 1932 and 1940, Blanchot's first novel, here brilliantly translated by Robert Lamberton, contains all the remarkable aspects of his famous and perplexing invention, the ontological narrative--a...

"A balanced, readable portrait. A refreshing perspective." --New York Times Book ReviewWith intelligence, insight, eloquence, and wit, bestselling author Christopher Hitchens gives us an artful portrait of a complex, formative figure in American history and his turbulent era.In this unique biography of Thomas Jefferson,...

"A moving and entertaining account of youthful resilience." -Edward Zuckerman, Emmy-winning writer for Law & Order, author of Wealth Management: A ThrillerA gutsy coming-of-age novel that may rip your heart out. Set in Philadelphia during the tumultuous 1960s, This Way Out is the story...

"Brimming with hard realities about the choices we make, the friendships we keep, and the unlikely allies we find along the way, this affecting novel helps to fill the gaping hole left by Walter Dean Myers's passing." --Booklist "A taut, haunting tragedy." --Kirkus Reviews...

Would you rather swim with a great white shark or a venomous jellyfish? In this fun-filled nonfiction book, young science fans test their decision-making skills with more than a dozen outrageous animal questions! From scary to gross to just plain silly, each question generates...

"Lyrical and down-to-earth, wry and heartbreaking, This Life Is in Your Hands is a fascinating and powerful memoir. Melissa Coleman doesn't just tell the story of her family's brave experiment and private tragedy; she brings to life an important and underappreciated chapter of our...

Following the runaway bestsellers This is New York and This is Paris, Universe is pleased to reissue another title from M. Sasek's beloved and nostalgic children's travel series. Like the other Sasek classics, This is Texas is a facsimile edition of his original book...

Find out about all sorts of delicious food eaten across the globe with this fascinating title in the critically acclaimed This Is Our World series!By turning the pages of This Is Our World - Food, readers will embark on a culinary adventure through twenty...

She thought she'd have it figured out by now-career, relationships, identity, purpose. Instead, she had a PhD in behavioral science, a brain full of spirals, and a growing suspicion that the story she'd been telling herself about how life should look was way off...

Available now: I'M THE GIRL, the new "brutally captivating" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) queer thriller from Courtney Summers, based loosely on The Epstein case and "not for the faint of heart" (The New York Times) It's the end of the world. Six students have...

For the giggling masses who love Hervé Tullet's Press Here, BJ Novak's The Book With No Pictures, and Bill Cotter's Don't Push the Button comes an interactive new series! The Books That Drive Kids CRAZY! series offers parents, teachers, and storytellers a hilarious script...

Author: Kate PricePublisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintPublished: 10/01/2025Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.70lbsSize: 8.60h x 5.60w x 1.20dISBN: 9781420528954

"Exceptionally well written, a true story that seems as much a thriller as the remembrances of an ambitious and brave woman. . . . This timely book. . . is a lesson in courage and perseverance." -- Washington PostAn inspirational memoir from Africa's first...

THE TEEN YEARS HAVE BEEN HIJACKED. They've been hijacked by pleasure - fashion, sex, music, movies. They've been hijacked by pressure - from school, peers, and society. And they've been hijacked by distraction - games, smartphones, and social media. None of these things give...