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"Dark and delectable. I gobbled this book up and enjoyed every last bite."
--Kirsten Miller, author of The Change and The Women of Wild Hill

The women in Cold Harbor all have something to prove, and they'll have to do it in a world full of monsters.

Something's not right in Cold Harbor--more so than usual. While this sleepy small town has seen its fair share of monsters in cheating husbands and leering bosses, none are as hungry as Mrs. Smith. The mysterious resident has finally emerged from her crumbling mansion on the hill, mesmerizing the townspeople with her beauty. Her secret? Nine human sacrifices to feed her immortality.

Natalie Scott is more worried about Mrs. Smith blocking her first real estate sale--the one that will take her from stay-at-home mom to working woman extraordinaire. She's eager to prove herself in a world where the social mores of 1980s suburbia reign, where she's expected to keep a magazine-perfect home and raise beautiful children, all while sticking to her husband's budget. Natalie's two best friends are facing their own demons, and Mrs. Smith and her deep, dark woods are an easy scapegoat for everyone's problems.

But Natalie's twelve-year-old daughter, Jill, and her Icelandic housekeeper, Una, can sense something deeper at play. Armed with library books and a whole lot of grit, Jill and Una team up to save the town once and for all. But as the rest of Cold Harbor sinks into anger, fear, and jealousy, they'll have to confront the question: What does it really mean to be a monster?

DE LA LÍDER DE LA BANDA INDIE POP JAPANESE BREAKFAST, UNA INOLVIDABLE HISTORIA SOBRE LA FAMILIA, LA COMIDA, EL DOLOR Y EL AMOR

«Desde que mi madre murió, lloro en H Mart.
H Mart es una cadena de supermercados especializada en comida asiática. La H es por han ah reum, una frase en coreano que podría traducirse como 'un brazo lleno de comestibles'. Mi madre expresaba su amor por medio de la comida. Por muy crítica o cruel que pudiera parecer --no dejaba de presionarme para que colmara sus utópicas expectativas--, yo siempre sentía que su afecto irradiaba de los platos que me preparaba exactamente como a mí me gustaban. Y si bien apenas hablo coreano, cuando estoy en H Mart es como si lo dominara. Acaricio los productos y digo los nombres en voz alta: melón chamoe, danmuji. Recuerdo las chucherías que mi madre me contaba que comía cuando era niña y el empeño que ponía yo en intentar imaginarla a mi edad. Quería que me gustaran todas las cosas que le gustaban a ella, quería ser ella».

La voz de Zauner, enérgica y directa, lírica y sincera, suena tan viva sobre el escenario como en cada una de estas páginas. Lágrimas en H Mart, un libro para disfrutar, compartir y releer, es su exquisito debut como escritora.

Ada doesn't need the goat. She doesn't want the goat. So why isn't she happy when it leaves?

When Ada leaves town and moves into a fixer-upper cottage on a hill, she can't wait to settle into a life of peace and quiet. She'll wear a soft gray coat and grow perfect red apples, and everything will be just so.

Yet Ada's lovely plans are soon dashed by a troublesome goat that hangs around long after she frees it from a tangle with a fence. Its antics undo her perfect new life piece by piece, until Ada snaps and sends the goat firmly on its way. Never again will it chase after her apples... or sleep on her porch... or nibble on her soft, gray coat. And suddenly, Ada isn't so glad. What if it's stuck in a fence again?

A triumphant reunion, complete with baby goats, perfectly concludes this adorable and timeless tale of reluctant animal love. Heidi Aubrey's prancing, clattering goat illustrations crackle with the spark that goat lovers know no other creature quite shares. As for Ada and her cottage, parents reading aloud may well see something familiar in having a tidy, calm home upturned by a mischievous small creature--and not wanting to have it any other way.

Think Smarter, Argue Better, and Never Be Fooled Again!

Have you ever heard someone say, "You have to do this because everyone else is doing it!" or "If you don't share, you're a bad person!"? That's bad reasoning-tricks people use to win arguments. But now, you can learn how to spot these mistakes and think smarter!

What's Inside?

• • 50 Common Fallacies Explained Simply - Learn the most common thinking mistakes people make, like the "Straw Man," "Slippery Slope," and "Bandwagon" fallacies, so no one can fool you.
  • Easy-to-Understand Examples - Each fallacy is explained with fun, everyday situations kids can relate to.
  • 50 Custom Illustrations - See each mistake in action with clear, engaging drawings.
  • Practice Games - Try spotting fallacies in real-life situations and test your skills.
  • How to Win Arguments the Smart Way - Learn to think clearly, explain your ideas better, and stand up for what's right.

Why This Book Matters

• • Helps You Think Clearly - Don't be tricked by bad reasoning.
  • Builds Confidence - Learn how to speak up and ask good questions.
  • Makes Learning Fun - Full of simple, interesting lessons that help you get smarter.

By the end of this book, you'll be a pro at spotting tricky arguments-at school, at home, and even on TV!

Celebrate the months of the year with this adorable picture book featuring the funniest, rainiest month of all: April!

Meet April, who loves pranks and her school's annual egg drop, but some unexpected weather may get in the way of her plans. With the help of her friends, can she figure out how to have fun even if it rains?

Created by a former elementary school teacher, the Calendar Kids series is the perfect tool to educate and entertain. Each book focuses on the weather, traditions, and holidays of a specific month through a sweet story, charming character, and cool pet. With adorable illustrations and a seasonal theme, this installment of the Calendar Kids series is perfect for young readers ages 5 to 8!

Each book includes:

• A reversible jacket poster filled with fun facts and key words
• Fun facts about the seasons
• A kid-friendly recipe
• A creative character with a quirky pet
• Discussion questions for classrooms
• Online resources for parents and educators
• And more!

A heartwarming countdown story that helps little ones draw closer to Jesus - one lamb at a time.

Ten little lambs are on a joyful journey to find their Good Shepherd. Along the way, they explore fields of wonder, encounter moments of kindness, and learn timeless truths about love, faith, and belonging. With lyrical rhymes, gentle Scripture references, and vibrant illustrations, Ten Little Lambs invites children to discover who the Good Shepherd is - and how deeply He cares for each of us.

This beautifully illustrated Christian picture book is perfect for:

• Bedtime or story time for ages 2-8
• Sunday school, homeschool, or Christian early education
• Helping children understand Jesus as the Good Shepherd (John 10:11)
• Faith-based gifts for birthdays, holidays, baby dedications, or baptisms

As the lambs count down from ten to one, young readers are gently reminded that no matter where they go, they are never alone - the Good Shepherd is always near.

Encourage your child's faith journey with this playful, truth-inspired adventure.

A celebration of tardiness through funny, revealing, and deeply thoughtful essays on the nature of time and collective memory

"Brilliantly argues that after toiling to build this country for free or reduced wages, people of color not only deserve the extra time for themselves, but they should be afforded the opportunity to be late for anything they want."--Essence (Must-Read Spring Books)

In Colored People Time, Manny Fidel explores how race, culture, and history shape not only our lives, but our sense of time itself. Through sharp, personal, and often humorous essays, Fidel interrogates the politics of punctuality, the myth of linear progress, and some of the ways people of color are forced to navigate a world that rarely moves at their pace or in their favor.

In this collection of essays, Fidel confronts the systems that structure time around identity and power and invites readers to interrogate the way time folds around them, jovially arguing that until America reaches genuine racial equity, people of color should be encouraged to be late to anything they want. Since our country's inception, the gears that operate it have been oiled to privilege some over others, and the result is that they have fewer barriers to timeliness. For Black and brown people, any number of offenses--grave, minor, or pettily imagined--can gum us up. Fidel argues we deserve the extra time to ourselves. And not for nothing, race relations in the US--by design--are advancing in their own molasses-like pace, ever shifting the ETAs of justice and freedom. Fidel incisively builds this argument in essays like "Summer '16," a nostalgic exploration of a dearly-held season, and "Ocarina of Time," a meditation on near-death and time travel via video game.

Infused with insights from history, pop culture, and Fidel's own personal experiences, Colored People Time is not just about lateness. It's about how time works differently depending on who you are and where you stand.

Touch the teeth of a T. rex or swing an armored dinosaur's tail with amazing pop-ups and flaps!

A perfect pop-up book for dino lovers ages 3-8

Go on an adventure alongside dinosaurs with amazing pop-ups that bring them to life while you learn when, where, and how they lived! Let's Explore Dinosaurs Pop-up covers topics like:

• Dinosaur eggs and nests
• Unusual dinsoaur features: spiked tails, trombone noses, and more

• Reptiles and sea monsters

• Body shapes and sizes of different dinosaurs
• Dinosaur extinction
• Fossils

A roaring Tyrannosaurus rex. A hatching Maiasaura egg. An erupting volcano. With 8 interactive pop-ups, 4 fold outs, and 64 full-color illustrations, the book invites readers to step into the prehistoric world and visit their dinosaur friends again and again!

The killing of Jane McCrea on July 26, 1777, on the outskirts of a village in the northern Hudson Valley, would unexpectedly rupture the British advance from Canada that was meant to crush the American Revolution in one knockout blow. On that day, twenty-five-year-old McCrea, an unremarkable person preparing for an impending marriage, was assaulted, scalped, and killed by a group of Native Americans in the employ of British general John Burgoyne. Though the murder was but one of many civilian deaths in a fierce war zone, McCrea's killing had far-reaching consequences for each of the three major parties involved in the Northern Campaign of 1777. In America, she became the great cause célèbre of the Revolution, the sympathetic female victim of the war symbolizing the righteousness of The Cause. In Britain, she was a human-rights tragedy that tarnished the polished surface of British honor and galvanized Whig politicians who shouted out her name in Parliament as an example of how low the nation had fallen. For Native peoples, recruited by both the British and the Americans, and caught in the middle of a war staged on ancestral grounds, McCrea's killing was the opening salvo in a vicious chain of bloody retribution that led to the disintegration of the venerable Iroquois Confederacy and the obliteration of Native homelands. After the war, the nightmarish image of a young Jane McCrea slaughtered on the New York frontier would obsess white Americans who came to fear Native peoples as irredeemable savages. Her murder would help justify the expulsion of Indigenous tribes and open the doors for an expansionary United States that was fully intent on transforming the American continent into its own image.
The Killing of Jane McCrea: An American Tragedy on the Revolutionary Frontier by distinguished historian Paul Staiti undertakes for the first time a comprehensive investigation into McCrea's life, death, and especially her long and strange afterlife. Using both visual arts and written records, the author reassembles the scattered fragments to illuminate a historical terrain long since shrouded in misinformation, mired in controversy, and relegated to mythology. Coming into view is a major portrait of the persons, cultures, actions, and motives that fatally converged on that hot July morning in 1777.

An Amazon Best Book of the Month

Hungry as always, Bear finally feasts on DONUTS in his third picture book adventure. With delightful art, perfect rhyme, and the series' indelible screwball appeal, A Bear, a Man, and a Donut Van will have everyone in stitches and demanding repeat readings!

Everyone's favorite hungry bear is back! This time Bear discovers a van full of donuts--YUM! Bear climbs in the van, but the unsuspecting donut man doesn't see what's going on. Until... he looks in his rear view mirror, and OMG!!! What should a donut man do when a bear is eating donuts in his van?

Here is a road trip neither bear nor man will ever forget--with mooses, traffic jams, and a giant forest donut spill. With mayhem and fun on every page, the critically acclaimed duo of Daniel Bernstrom and Brandon James Scott are at their best in this high-stakes joyride through millions of donuts, perfect for toddlers and new readers alike.

A heartwarming middle grade novel about figuring out who you are when it seems like everyone else has already decided for you, for fans of Erin Entrada Kelly and Gary D. Schmidt.

Nigel Binty has spent sixth grade trying to stick to a plan. His problem is the plan keeps changing in unexpected ways. His only friend has dropped him. His dad moved out two months ago. His anxiety isn't getting any better. None of that is part of the plan.

When Glory Bea Medford (yes, that's her real name) turns up at school in March, she plans to keep the reason for her mid-year transfer a secret. Glory Bea prizes being truthful but having everyone find out her father embezzled money from his church was bad enough the first time around. She doesn't plan to go through that again.

Told in two perspectives, with Glory Bea's chapters presented as unmailed letters to her incarcerated father, Shawn K. Stout uses warmth and humor to explore what happens when two sixth graders overwhelmed by major life changes cross paths.

This artful and thought-provoking picture book shares the little-known story of the disappearance of the Aral Sea--and the loss of livelihood and biodiversity as fishing villages and ships were left stranded in the desert without water.

The Aral Sea once stretched across modern-day Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. A large saltwater lake of Central Asia (called "sea" because of its vastness), the Aral Sea's 26 square miles (67 square kilometers) sustained its surrounding communities for generations. Beginning in the 1960s, aggressive Soviet industrialization diverted water for agricultural production and caused the lake to shrink.

Today, the waters that had thrived for centuries have almost entirely disappeared--and along with them, the biodiversity of the lake, its thriving fishing industry, and the many homes along its shores.

Told in a folkloric style with stunning illustrations, this true tale chronicles what happens when nature's generosity is exploited. It gently invites readers to consider the reality of irreversible environmental harm, its global impact, and what it means to be compassionate to the land we live on.

TIMELY THEMES: This book showcases lessons of community effort and perseverance, addressing important themes about the environment, biodiversity, water access, the impact of colonization, and the effects of industry and agriculture.

LITTLE-KNOWN STORY: Few Central Asian stories like this are familiar to American and European readers, and very little has been published about the Aral Sea outside of Russia. This captivating picture book brings its important story to the world.

FAR-REACHING IMPACT: The disappearance of the Aral Sea has a global impact: the effects have been documented as far away as Scandinavia and Antarctica, and toxic soils from the damaged Aral Sea basin are being carried by winds to the far corners of the planet. This story offers readers a chance to learn about the loss of a critical resource and reassess what it means to be environmentally aware, both locally and globally.

Perfect for:

• Young readers who love nature and fact books
• Educators, librarians, and parents seeking engaging geography and natural science books for kids
• Anyone looking for stories featuring an environmental call to action
• A resource for talking about the impact of colonialism, industrialization, and underrepresented regions of the world
• Fans of Dinara Mirtalipova's art