Fifth grader Penny, who doodles to cope with anxiety, worries that her best friend is drifting away. Why does the cubby room always smell like farts? Who etched the words "I Am Bug Man" inside my desk? Why is Mom suddenly acting like she has a secret? Nobody said starting fifth grade would be easy, and Penny Lowry's anxiety means a million questions are always spinning through her thoughts. Luckily she's got a lot to look forward to, like her favorite...

"Frankie O'Neill and Anne Ryan would seem to have nothing in common. Frankie is a lonely ornithologist struggling to salvage her dissertation on the spotted owl following a rift with her advisor. Anne is an Irish musician far from home and family, raising her five-year-old son, Aiden, who refuses to speak. At Beauty Bay, a community of summer homes nestled on the shores of June Lake, in the remote foothills of Mount Adams, it's off-season with most...

En el apacible lago donde vive Felipe, un flamenco joven y curioso, la llegada de las águilas Ana y Adriel desata una serie de eventos que cambiarán la vida de todos los habitantes. Cuando un hechizo mortal amenaza la salud de los padres de Felipe, él emprende un viaje épico hacia un desierto desconocido, en busca de un misterioso animal médico. En una lucha emocionante y llena de giros, "Felipe, el flamenco en el desierto" es una historia de...

Dive into the boundless imagination of Tommy, a young boy whose dreams take him on the wildest adventures across space, time, and fantastical realms in "Tommy's Dream Odyssey: Adventures of the Little Explorer." Every night, Tommy closes his eyes and embarks on journeys unimaginable during the daylight hours. From roaming the lush jungles where dinosaurs still roam to steering a pirate ship through stormy seas, Tommy's adventures blend excitement...

In the vein of Such a Fun Age, a whip-smart, compulsively readable novel about two upper-class stay-at-home mothers-one white, one Black-living in a "perfect" suburb that explores motherhood, friendship, and the true meaning of sisterhood amidst the backdrop of America's all-too-familiar racial reckoning. De'Andrea Whitman, her husband Malik, and their five-year-old daughter, Nina, are new to the upper-crust white suburb of Rolling Hills, Virginia-a...

Nothing illustrates friendship better than understanding what's between the lines or the unspoken word.In a world of randy vicars, cheating husbands, a demented dad, a son who collects dummies, and a vegetarian who eats meat, southern Jane and northern Daisy meet on a cruise. After becoming friends, they decide to email each other to keep themselves sane. A hilariously funny look at life that proves women over fifty should never be written off.And...

Married and divorced in her 20s, looking for friendship in her 30s, and contemplating pregnancy at 40, our narrator wonders if she's going through life out of order. But Alice, The Turtle, The Kid, and other beloveds show her that motherhood is more than giving birth, art is never finished, and love is not linear. Through a three-day canoe trip, chance encounters, fierce female friendship, step-parenting, IVF, pandemic isolation, and quiet moments...

"Try to get along and don't keep score. It doesn't matter who has more toys. Just have fun, my girls and boys. Don't YOU be a bully, not even now and then, not even to a foe or friend." Known as Mombat to her kids, she has plenty of ideas on how everyone can learn to get along with others and have fun. Using her wit and insightful wisdom, Mombat aims to make the world a better place by teaching positive communication skills and the importance of...

Cass and Kate meet at school--and are firm friends for the rest of their lives. Both marry naval officers, but Cass's infidelity has far-reaching consequences for her children--and Kate's. Many of the characters in First Friends (published in the UK as Those Who Serve) reappear in later Marcia Willett novels, and we meet their children as well. As always, Marcia Willett's wise understanding of love, loss, marriage, and parenthood is conveyed with...

Abyss Of Love And Blood, is a bloody and lovely story by Reza Taheri Bashar that tells the story of greed and love and Jealousy and grudge.that tells the story of conspiracy and Betrayal and spiteful in the royal family.A conspiracy and battle that kills each royal family member little by littleThis book is a rare and truly different story.