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Jim wants to catch a fish in his net, but he keeps getting other things instead! Children will hone their reading skills with charming illustrations and a reading comprehension quiz.

This tale of a singing puffin and all of his quacking, wailing, tweeting bird friends will have emergent readers giggling until the final page. Keep kids engaged after the story with a reading comprehension quiz.

Meet Lee, Farmer Green, and all of his sheep! In this fun story, young readers will hone their reading skills with the help of colorful illustrations and engaging text.

After months of failed Broadway auditions high school dropout Josie Pie, feeling directionless in Montana, finds escape in the local bookstore but soon finds herself living inside the stories as her reality begins to unravel.

"A delightfully charming romantic comedy about a boy who only has eyes for the girl who always forgets her glasses! With the new school year comes a new homeroom, new classmates, and a new desk for the timid Komura. But any trepidation he might've felt quickly dissipates when he catches sight of Mie, his new seat neighbor. Apt to quietly blurt out the most random things, the quirky Mie wears thick glasses that accentuate her lovely eyes, making Komura's heart skip a beat! Unfortunately, Mie is pathologically forgetful and can never seem to remember to bring her glasses to class. It's not all bad, though! Her resulting squinty, mean-girl face sends Komura's heart into overdrive too! While Komura is keen to help out and share his textbooks with Mie, will his heart give out from the almost daily strain of being up close and personal with his crush?!"--.

Without love, we are lost. And Jade Sinclair is lost. After the death of her husband, she has decided that loving is too difficult. Being a college professor is safe; and she likes safe. But her grandfather doesn't. After two years of mourning he feels it's about time Jade started living again so he sends her to his cabin in the Adirondack Mountains hoping to break her workaholic tendencies and hermit-like existence. Out of respect for her grandfather she agrees to go, but she?s going to fight it every step of the way, even when she meets the mysterious Raini Owens, a Native American state police investigator, who is on the hunt for an escaped convict. Raini believes his spirit guides help him track criminals and solve cases. And what they are telling him now is that Jade Sinclair is his life mate. Very much against her will, she gets sucked into the manhunt and discovers secrets along the way that are going to force her to face her reality and allow her to find herself, and love, again.

Zhava's life was planned for her: She was promised in marriage to a trader's son across the mountains. But as her father negotiated the bride-price, the King's guards showed up, paid him more than he asked, and took her away. As one blessed by the Gods, Zhava can control the wind and small rocks -- but most impressive of all, fire. Now an Initiate at the King's training center, Zhava must study the kingdom's holy book, learn to fight with a sword, and hardest of all, take firm control of her Gods'-given abilities. Not all is safe for her and the other trainees. Students and soldiers are vanishing in the night, stolen away by a mighty creature out of legend. Worst of all, the creature is controlled by a shadowy figure who quotes an evil God and is determined to kill those loyal to the King -- especially those blessed with abilities such as Zhava's. 7,000 years ago, when the Gods bestowed their gifts, one girl received more than she ever dreamed.