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When Milo's family moves to a new city, he vows to officially retire from having fun. So he stays inside for days while his little sister, Georgie, yearns to explore the new neighborhood. Finally, Milo ties Georgie to the end of a ball of yarn so she can go out, on one condition: she has to come home when he tugs the string twice.But one day, Georgie isn't at the end of the string. Which means Milo might just have to step outside and discover ...

Meet Phoebe. Unfortunately, her name doesn't look quite like it sounds. At school, her classmates practice writing their names, but Phoebe struggles. Her teacher tells her to "just sound it out.” Phoebe doubts herself and procrastinates before resolving to try. Readers are privy to her funny, endearing interior monologue and little-kid rationale as she writes the result: FEEBY. Told in a relatable, introspective voice, this school story conve...

Lister and Lester are identical twins who do identical things. But their constant striving to outdo each other means their little brother, Liam, is always left out. When Lester's Lemonade Universe and Lister's Lemonade Multiverse open for business, there's no role for Liam. He does odd jobs around the neighborhood while Lister and Lester's competition spirals into overdrive and their lemonade stands get increasingly, outrageously out of hand.B...

Moto and Me tells the remarkable firsthand story of wildlife photographer Suzi Eszterhas's care for an orphaned baby serval-a small, spotted wildcat-in Kenya. When a grass fire separates the serval from his family, a ranger asks Suzi, who is living in a bush camp and is skilled with animals, to be the serval's foster mom.The book chronicles Suzi's tender care of Moto, including how she feeds, bathes, and plays with him, and helps him develop h...

Me Tall, You Small is a series of playful vignettes in the daily life of a pair of weasels, parent and child. Whether they are having a bubble bath, kicking a soccer ball, or eating ice cream together, simple paired phrases showcase their loving-and amusingly realistic-relationship. After a fall: You boo-boo. Me bandage. At bedtime: Me tired. You wired.Creative use of language with wordplay, onomatopoeia, and rhyme infuses this book with humor...

Bill has a terrible, unbearable, lousy beak-ache. He also happens to be a bowerbird: a type of bird that collects scraps to create elaborate color-sorted nests. So Bill turns to his friends the zebra, frog, yak, and others for objects that might help alleviate his ache. Nothing works. But as it turns out, the pain is from a new tooth! The ache goes away on its own.This fun, wacky story about teething is told in playful cadence with rhyme and r...

The fifth volume in this award-winning graphic novel series features ten new mystery comics by OWL Magazine editor Craig Battle, plus two never-before-published short mystery stories by series creator Liam O'Donnell. As always, storylines are intriguing and relevant, illustrations are detailed and compelling, and dialogue is snappy. Each solve-it-yourself comic stars amateur detective Max Finder and his best friend, budding journalist Alison ...

Humans are eating more meat than ever before. At the same time, vegetarianism is capturing more widespread attention. From Meatless Mondays to vegan options, people are talking more about meat and whether or not to eat it. Journalist Sarah Elton tackles the topic by explaining what vegetarianism is, why people choose it, and how their reasons-including religion, animal rights, food security, and the environmental cost of eating meat-have chan...

Features each province and territory on its own spread Introduces basic map concepts Ideal pick for sesquicentennial displays

For something so familiar, music can be a giant mystery, to the point where musicians seem more like magicians than everyday people. In fact, anyone can make and share music. Computers come with recording programs, and anyone can post their own music to websites like MySpace and YouTube. All that's needed is a little know-how. "Learn to Speak Music" helps young readers learn this universal language by revealing every nook and cranny of how it'...

Canada is a big country to travel across without your favorite bear by your side -- but that's just what 4-year-old Sophie has to do! Unable to find Bear as her family prepares to leave St. John's to visit her grandmother on Vancouver Island, Sophie must brave the country herself. But when misplaced Bear realizes what's happened, he sets off on his own adventure -- chasing after Sophie. What follows is a madcap ABC journey across Canada that t...

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