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MOST days are . . . learning to be ME days. Follow along as two children experience different emotions depending on the type of day they're having-just like you do.

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Search for fortune on the high seas with this abridged retelling of Treasure Island, part of the bestselling Classic Starts® series that has sold more than 8 million copies! After Jim Hawkins finds the map to a mysterious treasure, he sets sail in search of the fortune. Little does he realize he’s boarded a pirate ship, and that surprises and danger await him . . . including a meeting with the unforgettable Long John Silver! This abridged retelling is the perfect way to introduce young readers to the swashbuckling adventure that has captivated readers for centuries!

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The adventures of high-spirited Anne, which have inspired multiple TV and movie adaptations, is now available in an unabridged hardcover edition that’s a perfect gift for today’s young readers. When Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert ask the orphanage for a boy to help on the farm, they are surprised to receive Anne—a talkative, dreamy, red-haired, freckle-faced girl. Despite Anne’s imaginative antics, her presence fills the small town of Avonlea with joy and laughter. Filled with evocative descriptions of Prince Edward Island, this beloved classic is now available in a collectible hardcover edition, complete with black-and-white illustrations that bring the story to life.

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The World’s Desire begins with Odysseus utterly alone. His kingdom of Ithaca is an empty, abandoned wasteland. His beloved wife Penelope is dead. His patron goddess Athena has forsaken him. But then Aphrodite visits Odysseus and sends him on a quest to find the world’s desire, the face that launched a thousand ships: the woman he once knew as Helen of Troy. Armed with his legendary bow, Odysseus’s final journey takes him to a court riven by murderous factions, ruled by a queen who is haunted by dreams of Odysseus’s face . . .

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New York Times bestselling coauthors Shäron Moalem and Daniel Kraus's terrifying sci-fi horror thriller takes place in a future that is much nearer than you think. It is a world where scientific experimentation is exploited for commercial profit and under-supervised cutting-edge technology creates a menace that threatens the very fabric of our existence. Wrath is the story of Sammy, a lab rat instilled with human genes whose supersized intelligence helps him to engineer his escape into the world outside the lab: a world vastly ill-equipped to deal with the menace he represents. Modified through advances that have boosted his awareness of humankind’s cruelty in the name of science, Sammy has the potential to sire a rodent army capable of viciously overwhelming the human race. The key to Sammy’s capture and humanity’s salvation may be ten-year-old Dallas Underhill, whom Sammy adopts. But while Dallas and Sammy bond, time is running out for humankind: once Sammy sires his progeny, the exponential proliferation of his kind could spell the end of the world.For fans of dystopian works such as Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy and Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven, and readers of Neal Stephenson, Michael Crichton, and Blake Crouch. This heart-pounding, science-based thriller takes place in a possibly all-too-soon reality where the hazards and consequences of genetic manipulation will no longer be the stuff of mere fiction. Hardcover with dust jacket; 320 pages; 9 in H by 6 in W.

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Now in board book! “An exuberant . . . ode to the fun of fashion.” —Shelf Awareness This little Mary has STYLE! In this fun take on Mother Goose, fashion-forward Mary helps some of childhood's most beloved characters go glam. From the kid who lives in a shoe (and dons some fab footwear, too) to Jack, who breaks his crown but gets a great new one, Mary's school friends look fantastic in their finery. But are they now too well dressed for recess? Not to worry—Mary always shows her flair for what to wear!

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No matter where they live, all children gaze at the blue sky, bask in the warmth of the golden sun, dig in the rich dirt and watch clouds grow soft and rosy at end of day. Through the eyes of one inquisitive and thoughtful young narrator, young readers explore the idea of perspective and come to realise that all of us, everywhere, share the colours of the world. Perfect as a bedtime story!

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Barn cats PURRR up in the hayloft. Between the rafters, pigeons COO. Do you want to hear their secret? PSST! Guess what? It's I LOVE YOU! This sweet entry in our Snuggle Time Stories series celebrates the love between parents and children--and now it's in board for even younger kids! In lilting rhyme, the book introduces an array of super-adorable animal parents and babies--from horses, ducks, and cats to humans. What do they all say to each other? I LOVE YOU! This is the perfect read-aloud and goodnight story.

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This little Mary has STYLE! In this fun take on Mother Goose, fashion-forward Mary helps some of Childhood's most beloved characters go glam. From the kid who lives in a shoe (and done some fab footwear, too) to Jack, who breaks his crown but gets a great new one, Mary's school friends look fantastic in their finery. But are they now too well dressed for playtime? Not to worry - Mary always shows her flair for what to wear!

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Many people blame sugar cravings on lack of willpower rather than accept that sugar is highly addictive—even more so than cocaine, nicotine, and alcohol. The problem isn’t just dessert, but the fact that sugar is everywhere. Approximately 80% of products in supermarkets contain sugar, so it’s unsurprising that many people struggle to eliminate it from their diets. In Sugarless, Dr. Nicole Avena—a pioneering neuroscientist on food addiction—spells out the substance’s detrimental effects on the brain and body. She empowers readers with an easy 7-step program to help them find the hidden sugars in their foods, control their sweet tooth, and break the vicious diet cycle for good. Sugarless also includes 30 sugar-free recipes.

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For more than a century, the Sherlock Holmes adventures have thrilled readers. This volume collects seven of his most challenging cases, including 'A Scandal in Bohemia', 'The Red-Headed League', 'The Speckled Band', The Five Orange Pips', 'The Blue Carbuncle' and 'The Beryl Coronet'. It also features the novel, The Hound of the Baskervflles. The stories feature art by Sidney Paget, who illustrated the Sherlock Holmes stories that appeared originally in The Strand.

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Spices do more than just flavor food! This introductory illustrated guide shows how spices can maintain optimal health and treat common ailments, and offers healing recipes. Easy to follow, approachable, and authoritative, this is the essential reference to using spices for maximum health and wellness. It’s packed with practical information, including the benefits of spices, their history as natural remedies, creating spice blends, safety tips, common uses, and delivery systems. An A-Z guide of 40 spices identifies their preventative and curative potential, and each examination of 40 conditions features one or two spice-filled recipes to help you heal.Here’s what healing spices can do for you: Muscles, joint pain, and arthritis can be treated with cayenne, ginger, and turmeric. Garlic and onion can alleviate seasonal allergies. Fenugreek can regulate type 2 diabetes. Red pepper can ease a hangover. Juniper berries can help with a UTI. Sumac can treat skin conditions such as eczema, psoriasis, sunburn, acne, and allergic reactions.

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Unleash your creativity with this gorgeous tokidoki sketchbook! Adorned with iconic tokidoki artwork, this sketchbook is a dream for anime fans and aspiring artists seeking to master drawing anime. With 120 blank perforated pages, measuring 9 x 11 inches, this hardcover spiral sketchbook caters to teens and artists of all ages, making it the perfect gift. Whether learning to draw anime or experimenting with mixed media, this hardcover spiral-bound sketchbook ensures durability, protecting your creations for years. Indulge in the whimsy of the tokidoki universe as you bring your concepts to life within its pages. Perfect for beginners and seasoned artists alike, this sketchbook invites you to explore your imagination. Whether sketching favorite anime characters or creating new worlds, it will become a vessel for your artistic aspirations. Indulge your creative streak with this brilliantly decorated sketchbook from tokidoki.

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Is this book bigger on the inside? It must be, or how else could it contain so much puzzle entertainment in such a small space? Dive into Vox Mega Book of Mini Crosswordsthe first-ever crossword puzzle book from the puzzle wizards at Vox.com! Crossword enthusiasts and pop culture aficionados alike will delight in this book's lay-flat binding and pages featuring 150 mini crosswords. Each of the 9×9 crosswords, lovingly crafted by Vox.com's all-star crew of crossword constructorswhich includes Patrick Blindauer, Juliana Tringali Golden, Adesina O. Koiki, Will Nediger, and Andrew J. Ries, all of whom have published multiple puzzles in The New York Timesoffers a delightful fusion of current pop culture references and general knowledge that caters to solvers of all levels. Whether you're exploring pop culture for beginners or hunting for gifts for news junkies, Vox crosswords offer a delightful escape into the world of puzzle-solving and trivia books. So why wait? Grab your pencil and un

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Read Shakespeare in all its brilliance--and understand what every word means! Don't be intimidated by Shakespeare! These popular guides make the Bard's plays accessible and enjoyable. Each No Fear guide contains the complete text of the original play along with a line-by-line translation, a complete list of characters, and plenty of helpful commentary. Shakespeare's late tragedy about the Roman leader who ascends to power has much to say about politics, leadership, and government that still applies to our world today.

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Read Shakespeare in all its brilliance--and understand what every word means! Don't be intimidated by Shakespeare! These popular guides make the Bard's plays accessible and enjoyable. Each No Fear guide contains the complete text of the original play along with a line-by-line translation, a complete list of characters, and plenty of helpful commentary. This dark comedy, set in Verona, explores virtue and sin. Claudio has been arrested for getting his mistress pregnant--and Angelo, the strict, morality-spouting judge, has sentenced him to death. When Claudio's sister Isabella, a novice nun, begs Angelo to show mercy, he is instantly smitten . . . and offers Isabella a choice: her virginity for her brother's life.

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Although Beowulf is a masterpiece of early English literature, the unfamiliar dialect makes this epic poem difficult to understand. Thanks to this translation, placed right near the original text, readers can now appreciate the battle of good and evil that unfolds between the wise and heroic Beowulf and his enemies - the monstrous Grendel and a fire-breathing dragon. This guide contains: the complete original text; a line-by-line translation that puts the text into everyday language; a complete list of characters with descriptions; and plenty of helpful commentary.

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Chapters in this volume consist of six-page summaries of well-known contemporary novels illustrated with four-color infographics and organized in thematic groupings: “If This Goes On” (e.g., Fahrenheit 451, The Handmaid’s Tale); “Made in America” (e.g., The Great Gatsby, Of Mice and Men); “Race and Identity” (e.g., Their Eyes Were Watching God, Things Fall Apart); and “Boys Will Be Boys” (Lord of the Flies, The Catcher in the Rye).

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Teaching guides and lesson plans designed to make classic literature engaging and relevant to today’s students! This comprehensive book of lesson plans, projects, discussion questions, reproducible worksheets, and more provides teachers with everything they need to engage middle- and high-school students in the study of Homer's The Odyssey. Each SparkTeach Guide includes: • Dozens of lessons and contextual “Real Life Lens” discussion prompts • “Big Idea Question” prompts, activities, and projects that explore the work’s key themes • Poetics lesson plans • Film comparative lesson plans • Exercises in studying the play’s use of metaphor, simile, personification, and motifs • Lesson plans for differentiated instruction • Reproducible worksheets and lesson assessments that build reading, vocabulary, and comprehension skills • Answer keys • Student rubrics There are also tips for class planning and management, ideas for personalizing content, Common Core references, and more, making this the perfect resource to engage students in literature study that’s meaningful, exciting, and above all, FUN.

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Teaching guides and lesson plans designed to make classic literature engaging and relevant to today’s students! This comprehensive book of lesson plans, projects, discussion questions, reproducible worksheets, and more provides teachers with everything they need to engage middle- and high-school students in the study of William Golding's Lord of the Flies.Each SparkTeach Guide includes: • Dozens of lessons and contextual “Real Life Lens” discussion prompts • “Big Idea Question” prompts, activities, and projects that explore the work’s key themes • Poetics lesson plans • Film comparative lesson plans • Exercises in studying the play’s use of metaphor, simile, personification, and motifs • Lesson plans for differentiated instruction • Reproducible worksheets and lesson assessments that build reading, vocabulary, and comprehension skills • Answer keys • Student rubrics There are also tips for class planning and management, ideas for personalizing content, Common Core references, and more, making this the perfect resource to engage students in literature study that’s meaningful, exciting, and above all, FUN.

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Grab your crayons, pencils, and markers and enter the fabulous world of tokidoki! Get ready to colour, with this poster pad featuring fabulous tokidoki settings. With its thick, high-quality paper and eye-popping designs, this book offers fans an innovative new way to engage with favourite characters, like Unicorno, Donutella, Moofia and more.

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Shakespeare everyone can understand—now in this new EXPANDED edition of ROMEO AND JULIET! Why fear Shakespeare? By placing the words of the original play next to line-by-line translations in plain English, this popular guide makes Shakespeare accessible to everyone. And now it features expanded literature guide sections that help students study smarter. The expanded sections include: Five Key Questions: Five frequently asked questions about major moments and characters in the play. What Does the Ending Mean?: Is the ending sad, celebratory, ironic . . . or ambivalent? Plot Analysis: What is the play about? How is the story told, and what are the main themes? Why do the characters behave as they do? Study Questions: Questions that guide students as they study for a test or write a paper. Quotes by Theme: Quotes organized by Shakespeare’s main themes, such as love, death, tyranny, honor, and fate. Quotes by Character: Quotes organized by the play’s main characters, along with interpretations of their meaning.

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The Turn of the Screw, a novella written by Henry James in 1898, is perhaps one of the most widely read ghost stories in classrooms across the country. The story's ambiguity and characters' unreliability also mark the book as a work of impressionism, an important literary movement that's often left out of the children's literary canon. While best-known for The Turn of the Screw, James wrote many ghost stories during his illustrious career. The Romance of Certain Old Clothes and The Ghostly Rental are two of those short stories that young readers will enjoy reading, featuring relatively accessible plots and writing.

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These super-tough crosswords are rock-solid entertainment for puzzle fans! Everyone looks forward to Saturday, but for some of us, it's not just because it's the weekend—it's when the newspapers publish their hardest crosswords. Hard as a Rock Crosswords: Super Hard! features the hardest of the hard, with some of the twistiest, most fiendishly misleading clues you'll ever have the pleasure of tearing your hair out over. This 96-page puzzle book features 72 themeless 15x15 crosswords from some of the top puzzle makers in the country, with wide-open diagrams that will make you wonder "How did they even make this?" Expert solvers will love the challenge, and those who want to become expert solvers will enjoy the opportunity to hone their skills. And if the puzzles ever make you feel at a loss for words, the answers are always in the back.

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What’s better to cheer up a gloomy, rainy Sunday than a big, brain-busting crossword? Here are 72 large-size puzzles that will entertain you for hours, whatever the weather. And, to add to your enjoyment, there are “fun facts” to enhance some of the answers. So rain, rain, don’t go away . . . you’re got something terrific to solve today.

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Need money? Want more amour? Whatever your heart's desire, Cassandra Eason has a spell for it. Her fun, comprehensive compendium takes you through the year, with just the right magic to help make you prosperous, lucky, loved and full of life. With its easy-to-use instructions and engaging, accessible design, it's a must for anyone hoping to make dreams come true.

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These large-print crosswords challenge solvers' brains, not their eyes. Each puzzle takes up a full two pages, so both the clues and the numbers in the grid are easy to see and fill out. With their fun subjects and challenging clues, they'll baffle you in the most delightful way.

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Sudoku super-master Frank Longo and mental_floss, the magazine for trivia lovers, bring fans a collection of superb puzzles sure to stimulate the brain. Longo's puzzles are always top-notch, and because these increase in difficulty as the book goes along, they're perfect for helping solvers build their skills.

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For millions, the perfect weekend includes curling up with a cup of something warm and an engaging crossword. (After all, the “day of rest” doesn't have to be a mental holiday, too!) Puzzle constructor extraordinaire and national competition whiz Leslie Billig has culled dozens of creatively themed Sunday-sized crosswords here, presenting a range of challenges for every puzzle fan. This outstanding collection of brainteasers is sure to deliver many weekends' worth of fun!

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Easy crosswords don't have to be boring. Take It Easy Crosswords features challenges that won't tax the brain too much, but completing the 72 puzzles here will give beginning solvers a sense of satisfaction. Perfect for those who want to think inside the box, this collection is easy, breezy fun!

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“This guide for beginners...contains basic techniques in the question-and-answer format....Projects include the currently trendy multiwick candles and candles with embedded materials. This is a useful addition to general crafts collections.”—Library Journal. “How-tos, basic techniques, and enhanced projects, followed by a gallery of ideas....Venture to try any one of these 30 projects.... Master the ABCs by way of this handy book.”—Booklist.

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Here are large print, generously sized crosswords approved by the National Association for Visually Handicapped. There's no need to strain while reading the clues and numbers in the boxes because each of these puzzles takes up two pages, making them easy to see and fill out. They'll baffle you in the most delightful way, testing your wits on a variety of fun subjects.

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When a young governess arrives at a remote and dreary country estate to take care of two charming little children, she is initially thrilled. However, the longer she stays, the more she realizes that things aren't quite right. The children, while beautiful, are strangely distant, and she feels as if she is being constantly watched. When she witnesses the children speaking with the ghostly apparitions of a man and woman the housekeeper has claimed to have died long ago, she realizes that the estate is not only haunted, but that the darkness plaguing them has only one goal: to take the children. Determined to protect them, the governess must figure out just how far she's willing to go, and whether saving the children is worth her life. While best-known for The Turn of the Screw, Henry James wrote many ghost stories during his illustrious career. The Romance of Certain Old Clothes and The Ghostly Rental are two of those short stories included in this edition.

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An introverted English professor's quiet life gets turned upside down when he falls for a dangerous, enigmatic sophomore. Mark Lausson has everything he thought he wanted: a coveted job at elite Sawyer College in Ohio. But at the start of his second year, stuck in a small town with deadlines piling up and paychecks falling short, Mark can already feel the fantasy crumbling. And then, a few weeks in, sophomore Tyler Cunningham shows up in class. In Tylerconfident, mysterious, and popularMark glimpses another way of being in the world. He finds Tyler's self-possession both compelling and unsettling. Caught in the rush of sex and secrets, Mark ignores the increasing evidence that Tyler can't be trusted. But by the time Mark comes to his senses, the irreparable damage is done. Complicating easy ideas of innocence, Providence explores the ways loneliness and desire distort our senses of self and other, right and wrong. Intense, propulsive, and impossible to put down, Providence is perf

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Poison has caused some of history's most dramatic deaths - yet a fine line separates healing from killing: the difference lies in the dosage! Folklorist Fez Inkwright returns to the archives to reveal fascinating stories behind a variety of lethal plants, witching herbs, and funghi.

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What if you could avenge your own murder? A brilliant young woman gets a second chance at life in this debut YA tale of vengeance, court intrigue, and romance, inspired by classic Chinese tropes. Mingshin outsmarted three princes to help the man she loved become king. But she doesn't see Ren's betrayal coming, not until she's lying in a pool of her own blood on the palace steps. As she's dying, Mingshin makes a desperate plea to the gods to turn back time and give her a chance to make things right. Mingshin wakes up two years earlier, her prayer granted, and swears two things: Ren will never become king, and she will never fall in love again. But the timeline in this life has changed: a dignitary gifted with dark magic is threatening her kingdom's peace, and Ren's thirst for power runs deeper than Mingshin could have imagined. She finds herself allying with Jieh, another contender for the throne. Mingshin knows better than anyone not to give her heart to a prince. But in

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Sigue a Percy el pug en su búsqueda del charco perfecto y la amistad perfecta en este encantador libro ilustrado.Ahora disponible en español. A Percy el pug le encantan los charcos: charcos grandes, charcos pequeños, charcos pantanosos, charcos blandos y lodosos. Pero ningún charco es ideal... hasta que encuentra uno con tres amigables cerditos. Pero ningún charco es ideal... hasta que encuentra uno con tres amigables cerditos. Sin embargo, la protectora MamáCerdita no cree que su familia deba mezclarse con pugs, y echa a Percy del charco! Podrá Percy demostrarle que se equivoca y así ganarse un lugar en el charco perfecto? Esta divertida historia sobre la amistad y el juego inclusivo es perfecta para niñas y niños pequeños que están aprendiendo a hacer nuevas amistades.Ahoradisponible en español.

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Immerse yourself in the suspenseful world of witches, vampires, werewolves and more in this can't-miss second chance romance, the fifth entry in Juliette Cross's captivating Stay a Spell series. Twelve years ago, Jules Savoie broke her own heart. The head of the New Orleans coven had good reasons for ending her relationship with the city's vampire overlord, but that didn't make the decision any easier. A woman in power must often make sacrifices to protect others. They say time heals all wounds, but for Ruben Dubois, it has simply sharpened the pain. He knows one thing in his heart: Jules Savoie is his soulmate and he's done waiting. His certainty crystalizes when they once again find themselves working side by side, fighting for the werewolf cause. As Jules and Ruben campaign together at covens from New Orleans to London, their reignited spark burns hotter than ever before. But can this love withstand a malicious attack using black magic? Or will Ruben lose Jules again . . . this

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Sometimes bigger is actually better, and that's certainly the case with this book of all-new large-print dot-to-dot puzzles. The puzzles have been designed to feature dots and numbers larger than those found in regular dot-to-dot books (even many that claim to be large print). The art featured in this book spans a wide variety of subjects, including animals, nature, people, cityscapes, and more. Plus, once you've finished connecting the dots, you can color in the art you've created for added enjoyment.

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