Accustomed to a carefree existence, fifteen-year-old Parker Baer meets the girl next door and finds his life taking a menacing turn as he begins to absorb some of her terrible powers.

Wondrously weird tales guaranteed to grab young readers. Contents: Neal Shusterman's Darkness Creeping II: More Tales to Trouble Your Sleep (1995) - interior artwork by Barbara Kiwak Riding the Raptor (1995) Trash Day (1995) An Ear for Music (1995) Soul Survivor (1995) Security Blanket (1995) Growing Pains (1995) Connecting Flight (1995) Crystalloid (1995)

The Levines are finally getting a pet--a furry one that is. They are excited about adopting a kitty they name Jelly, but they don't get very far in the process when Ben starts sneezing. Oh no, he's allergic! Lola is devastated and sets out to find Je

"A new girl has joined Lola Levine's second-grade class. When they get off on the wrong foot, they are forced to spend time together...and learn they have more in common than they thought"--

"Lola Levine is given a non-speaking part after getting stage fright during her class play audition. She saves the play after a couple of obstacles with the help of her grandmother"--

Megan is excited when Cindy moves into her neighborhood -- maybe she'll finally have a best friend. Sure enough, the two girls quickly become inseparable. Cindy even starts to learn sign language so they can communicate more easily. But when they go away to summer camp together, problems arise. Cindy feels left out, because Megan is spending all of her time with Lizzie, another deaf girl; Megan resents that Cindy is always trying to help her, even when she doesn't need help. Before they can mend their differences, both girls have to learn what it means to be a friend.

A rhyming tale of a city dog's first outing in the country.

Sometimes the world needs to be saved. And sometimes, there's only one person brave enough to do it. Gina is that person. But she can't do it alone. With the help of old friends DJ and Hilo, as well as one warrior cat - and one warrior cat's annoying little brother, and also one flying Bearacat - and a whole world that believes in her, she might just have a chance. Prepare for more magic, more monsters, more action and more laughs, as you join Gina on her time-turning quest to save the world once and for all! The ninth book in the action-packed, laugh-out-loud bestselling graphic novel series perfect for young readers aged 8-12.

Oops! Turns out magic really is dangerous - to save the world, Gina has transformed it into a strange and scary place. The question is . . . can they turn it back?? The world's timeline has been turned upside down, and Earth is completely different. Magic is the norm, strange magical creatures are everywhere and D.J.'s family seem to have disappeared! Gina has to fix things, and fast! With D.J. and Hilo's help, can Gina dodge disaster and find the key to turn the world back to the way it was? The eighth book in the action-packed, laugh-out-loud bestselling graphic novel series perfect for young readers aged 8-12.

The classic collection of Indian fairy tales, compiled by famed translator and scholar, Joseph Jacobs. This book contains a treasure trove of fairy tales from India, including: The Lion and the Crane, How the Raja's Son won the Princess Labam., The Lambikin, Punchkin, The Broken Pot, The Magic Fiddle, The Cruel Crane Outwitted, Loving Laili, The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal, The Soothsayer's Son, Harisarman, The Charmed Ring, The Talkative Tortoise, A Lac of Rupees for a Bit of Advice, The Gold-giving Serpent, The Son of Seven Queens, A Lesson for Kings, Pride goeth before a Fall, Raja Rasalu., The Ass in the Lion's Skin, The Farmer and the Money-lender, The Boy who had a Moon on his Forehead and a Star on his Chin, The Prince and the Fakir, Why the Fish Laughed., The Demon with the Matted Hair, The Ivory City and its Fairy Princess, How Sun, Moon, and Wind went out to Dinner, How the Wicked Sons were Duped., and The Pigeon and the Crow.

On September 11, 2001, when Molly Fitzgerald was only two months old, her mother went to an appointment at the World Trade Center and never came home. Her father and the stepmother who raised her couldn’t have loved her more, but she still grew up with a healthy dread of disasters. Now an adult, she runs the Rhode Island Department for Emergency Preparedness, mapping out ways to save lives during storms, epidemics, and airplane crashes. She and her husband, Jesse—a police polygraph expert with his own history of crisis—have found a love that is a solace in a dangerous world. But then the unexpected upends their new marriage, leading them both to question everything they thought they knew. Moving between past and present, Hollow Bones is an epic story of the lies we tell ourselves as we write the narratives of our lives, the plans we design to protect ourselves at the worst moments, and the ties that bind mothers and daughters.[Bokinfo]

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A family of dedicated birders presents an illustrated tribute to birds featuring a combination of scientific facts, folklore, poems, and songs.--

James, an earl's son and bothersome child, may hold the key to saving Cranford Abbey, a dilapidated school where he is sent to be educated, that newly-appointed Abbot Aelian thinks can be saved if he can make cider from the golden apples now being eaten by ravenous unicorns.

Algunos descubrimientos científicos constituyen auténticos hitos históricos, ya sea por la extraordinaria utilidad de sus aplicaciones prácticas, ya por sus revolucionarias repercusiones en el pensamiento teórico. Isaac Asimov rememora en este volumen las figuras de treinta protagonistas de estos Momentos estelares de la ciencia, como Newton, Lavoisier, Watt, Faraday, Henry, Edison, Harvey, Jenner, Pasteur, Ehrlich, Roentgen, Becquerel, Curie, Einstein, Rutherford y Lawrence, entre otros.

"Unbridled mischief and fun." Publishers Weekly "Hack and Whack are delightfully devious." Foreword Hack and Whack - two angelic looking Viking toddler twins - are on the attack! As they go marauding around their village, upsetting the apple carts, little do they know there is a force far more powerful than they: their mom! Can they continut their tirade, or will they face the most dreaded punishment of all..... being plunged into a cold bath!! Gloriously funny, slapstick, fast paced action from the queen of funny.

An illustrated version of the song which celebrates the beauty and elation of the newly breaking morning.