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A riveting and practical guide to the art of argument and rhetoric, from the award-winning journalist, anchor, and expert debater, MSNBC's Mehdi HasanArguments are everywhere-and everyone wants to win. In fact, every single person on the face of the planet has, at some point in their lives, tried to win an argument. Whether it is in the comments section on Facebook, or in the marble hallways of Congress, or at the Thanksgiving dinner table. We...

In this follow up to I'm Sticking with You, Bear and Squirrel are back, and they're perfectly in tune. They make merry music, they sing the same song-it's all going great, until Chicken comes along.Chicken knows she could add something to Bear and Squirrel's band of two, but the duo is certain that three is a crowd! Fed up, Chicken leaves-and lands herself in hot water. Will Bear and Squirrel come to the rescue?

First Women of Medicine profiles fourteen fierce women who saved lives and changed the world. Florence Nightingale, Alice Augusta Ball, and Virginia Apgar are just some of the inspiring, legendary trailblazers featured in this fact-filled collection of biographies. From treating leprosy to combatting infant mortality, read along to learn more about women who were doctors, scientists, and pioneers in their field.

Welcome to Chinatown. There is so much to see. People practicing tai-chi, shoe cobblers, rows of herbs, outdoor fish markets, and more. And best of all, when the Lunar New Year begins, there's a New Year's Day parade, complete with a lion dance.This bilingual board book adaptation of William Low's Chinatown is a feast for the eyes and a celebration of the ordinary and the spectacular.

It's the winter of 1924 and a diptheria outbreak is threatening the population of Nome, Alaska. The only way to stop the deadly illness from causing a full blown epidemic is to immediately deliver one million units of the diptheria antitoxin to the affected communities --a task that seems impossible given the only way to reach any place in Alaska at this time of year is by dog sled. The stakes are high, and the snow is piling higher, will the ...

Perfection has a cost . . . Reminiscent of Maggie Shipstead's Astonish Me and Julia Phillips's Disappearing Earth, Winterland tells the story of a previous era, shockingly pertinent today, shaped by glory and loss and finding light where none exists.In the Soviet Union in 1973, there is perhaps no greater honor for a young girl than to be chosen to be part of the famed USSR gymnastics program. So when eight-year-old Anya is tapped, her family ...

In this extraordinary collection the award-winning poet Crystal Simone Smith gives voice to the mournful dead, their lives unjustly lost to violence, and to the grieving chorus of protestors in today's Black Lives Matter movement, in search of resilience and hope.With poems found within the text of George Saunders's Lincoln in the Bardo, Crystal Simone Smith embarks on an uncompromising exploration of collective mourning and crafts a masterwor...

For fans of Too Many Carrots, this hilarious board book follows a rabbit who's in for a big surprise-it's no longer an only child!Rabbit loves having everything-its flower, carrots, and stretching area-to itself. But then one day Rabbit's parents have BIG news . . . Rabbit now has siblings! Thankfully, the fox next door loves having rabbits around. Maybe she can help? Author-illustrator-and sister to MANY siblings-Lorna Scobie crafts a gleeful...

In this powerful, all-encompassing YA love story, a girl who becomes a grim reaper must figure out what the future holds-especially when it comes to the girlfriend she left behind. When Ashana Persaud meets Poppy Morgan on a school trip, she's sure it's too good to be true. Ash has never had much luck with girls, but Poppy proves different. Coffee dates turn to museum trips until, soon, the two girls can see a future together-one that's seemin...

In this captivating young adult novel, two girls set out to unravel a mystery tied to the sea-and fall in love along the way. On New Year's Day, three fishermen haul a teenage girl out of the ocean. By the time they bring her to land, it's clear that she doesn't know where or who she is. Her story goes viral. The media calls her Nicoletta, after the fishermen's boat. The rumors take a dark turn the next time the fishermen head out to sea-and f...

Follow along in this board book adaptation of Ducks! as Duck wanders away from the pond for a moment and returns to find the other ducks gone! Searching high and low, Duck discovers many clues around the city-squawking, feathers, ponds-but no ducks. Will Duck's feathered friends finally be found? With spare text and lots of visual jokes, this is a funny and sweet celebration of family.

Even a monarch needs a best friend and Queen Elizabeth II found one in a corgi pup she named Susan. From princesshood to queendom the pair forged an unbreakable bond, with Susan even participating in Elizabeth's wedding day and joining her on honeymoon with Prince Philip. The Queen has had more than 30 corgi companions, and almost all were direct descendants of her cherished Susan.Godwin Books

Wings of Fire meets the ferocious dinosaurs of Jurassic Park in this action-adventure middle grade debut series about five outcasts-and former enemies-who are the only hope to save their warring kingdoms from impending doom."This is my favorite middle grade book of the year." -New York Times-bestselling author Amie Kaufman Battle rages between the dinosaur kingdoms of Cretacea.When the Fallen Star struck, it brought death and despair, ash and ...

The Land of Stories meets Dominican culture and mythology come to life in Pilar Ramirez and the Curse of San Zenon, the action-packed fantasy duology finale--for fans of the Tristan Strong series and Amari and the Night Brothers.After being magically transported to the mythical island of Zafa and rescuing her cousin Natasha, who had disappeared fifty years before, Pilar is back in Chicago . . . and is hiding from her family the shocking truths...

At once darkly suspenseful and heartfelt, this trilogy finale of New York Times-bestselling author Daniel Kraus's action-packed The Teddies Saga is perfect for fans of Victoria Schwab, Katherine Arden, and Holly Black.After searching so long for a place to call home, the daring teddies-clever Buddy, shrewd Sunny, fearless Nothing, and wise Reginald-find few answers at the place where they were created, Furrington Industries. But with a new fri...

Discover the truth about the Fourteenth Amendment, civil rights, and the United States' continued fight for equality in this singular nonfiction book for young readers. Since the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868, Americans have been guaranteed equal protection under the law. But these protections haven't always been inclusive. In 2022, we saw the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade-a decision made in 1973 that guaranteed abortio...

Something demonic stirs in this suspenseful, horror standalone novel for young readers about a close-knit circle of children, the monster at their whim, and the lone girl who can save her parents from evil-for fans of Victoria Schwab, Katherine Arden, and Holly Black."A great, scary read!" -R.L. Stine, author Goosebumps For 13-year-old Ginny and her parents, losing their home and being forced to move to Nebraska was hard enough, but when a sud...

Adapted from her adult memoir, this is the autobiography of Coretta Scott King--wife of Martin Luther King, Jr., founder of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (the King Center), and twentieth-century American civil and human rights activist.

Timely and profound philosophical meditations on how great figures in history, literature, music, and art searched for solace while facing tragedies and crises, from the internationally renowned historian of ideas and Booker Prize finalist Michael Ignatieff.When we lose someone we love, when we suffer loss or defeat, when catastrophe strikes-war, famine, pandemic-we go in search of consolation. Once the province of priests and philosophers, th...

Winner of the American Astronautical Society's 2021 Eugene M. Emme AwardThe untold story of a national trauma-NASA's Challenger explosion-and what really happened to America's Teacher in Space, illuminating the tragic cost of humanity setting its sight on the starsYou've seen the pictures. You know what happened. Or do you?On January 28, 1986, NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded after blasting off from Cape Canaveral. Christa McAuliffe, A...