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Families will treasure this story of intergenerational love and understanding as they watch young and old face challenges and learn together. Readers of all ages will love to watch Grandpa Bob teach Bobby to walk, and how Bobby returns the favor when Bob has a stroke, all in beautifully rich full color. This touching story about a young boy coping with his grandfather's disability has long been one of Tomie dePaola's most popular picture books. Now, for the first time, it is available in a larger format, full-color edition—perfect for family sharing.

Jules the kitten learns that giving a hug is the simplest but kindest gift of all.

This is the beloved Strega Nona's own story, every detail just as she remembers it, from her childhood with Grandma Concetta, who trained young Nona and her best friend Amelia, to her early days in the little house on the hill and the happy moments when she met Big Anthony and Bambolona. It is the story of a most fascinating life that has influenced and delighted countless children and adults all over the world, and it all starts with the night Strega Nona was born, when the wind was blowing dark storm clouds across the hills . . . It's no surprise that award-winning author and artist Tomie dePaola was Strega Nona's choice as her biographer and portraitist, for he has put into books many stories that she has shared with him over the years, including Strega Nona (a Caldecott Honor Book), Strega Nona Meets Her Match, Strega Nona Takes a Vacation, Strega Nona's Harvest, Strega Nona's Gift, and Strega Nona Does It Again. Strega Nona's reaction when shown this book was, "Bravissimo, mio caro Tomie!"

The first book in the best-selling I Spy series of rhyming riddles and search and find photographs. More than 1,000,000 copies of I A Book of Picture Riddles have been sold in hardcover!Thirteen amazing photographs filled with fun objects to search and find! Contents includes "Blocks," "Toys in the Attic," "Odds & Ends," "At the Beach," and more!There are more than one million copies of I A Book of Picture Riddles in print!

With sales of more than 3 million books, this newest Animal Ark title will provide cozy reading for young animal lovers. Mandy and James are sad that their friend Wilfred Bennett has to sell his riding stables. Things get even worse when Sam Western turns the land into a campsite and wants everyone to forget that the stables ever existed. Now campers are telling stories of a ghostly horse and rider passing through the campsite - and vanishing into the night air! Mandy and James don't believe the spooky tales, but can they figure out what's really going on?

"This workbook on short vowels will have kids sounding out their letters well, and learning a great deal along the way. And with it's appealing design and bright colors, they'll never think they're doing homework!"--Publisher's website.

Tales from Beatrix Potter Contains tales such as "The Tailor of Gloucester", "The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle", "The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck" and "The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies". Full description

Jean Little's classic celebrates its 40th anniversary with a new look for a new generation! Nine-year-old Anna has always been the clumsy one in the family -- somehow she can never do anything right. She bumps into tables, and she can't read the chalkboard at school. Her perfect brothers and sisters call her "Awkward Anna." When Papa announces that the family is moving from Germany to Canada -- he's worried about what the Nazis' rise to power will bring -- Anna's heart sinks. How can she learn English when she can't even read German properly? But when the Soldens arrive in Canada, Anna learns that there is a reason for her clumsiness. And suddenly, wonderfully, her whole world begins to change, especially when new friends at her special school help her stand up to bullies who call her names. A truly heartwarming story, From Anna will resonate with any child who has ever felt left out. This 40th anniversary edition includes an Introduction by Katherine Paterson and and Afterword by Jean Little herself.

It is HOT. Mr. Putter and his fine cat, Tabby, are sweating. Their neighbors Mrs. Teaberry and her good dog, Zeke, are sweating, too. Looks like the perfect day for a trip to the big pond!

Following up on the success of the first Rita Mae Brown omnibus, here are three more mysteries starring that canny cat sleuth, Mrs. Murphy, and her human, Mary "Harry" Haristeen, postmistress of Crozet, Virginia.Pay Dirt —Who created the computer virus that ravaged the neighborhood and then murdered the mysterious biker who roared into town?Murder, She Meowed —Who murdered a jockey in the barn during the annual steeplechase races?Murder on the Prowl —Who's dead? Who's not? Phony obituaries and real live murders; what's happening in Crozet?