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Books in the Hide and Seek series provide an entertaining introduction to some of the words that tell us where things are. This book looks at “Left” and “Right”.

Erik wishes to go on a raid with the rest of the men in his village. Due to his injury, he must stay behind and learn the skills to become a navigator. One day, using his senses of navigation, he hears sounds of raiders approaching. He races to warn his village. Will the injured Erik make it back to the village in time to help the women and children escape?

In a basket in the corner of the laundry room lives the village of Left-Behinds, a community of socks missing their mates. The mistress of the house finds ways to repurpose them like dusting cobwebs and polishing silver, but all they hope for is their mate to return. Can you think of other ways to use mismatched socks?

In this winning addition to the best-selling series, Hank has to hustle to prove he can be his basketball team’s secret weapon! For two years running, Hank's school has beaten their arch rivals at the annual second grade basketball game. When his friends try out, Hank is determined to play, too. There's just one problem: Hank is terrible at basketball. Luckily, Dr. Dunk (aka Hank's dad) and Hank's friends have his back. With a little help, Hank just might be what the team needs to win their first three-peat in PS 87 history!

Do YOU have what it takes to win the Race? ‘You’ll LOVE racing to Imagination Island!’ MAZ EVANS ‘Joyful!’ JENNY MCLACHLAN ‘Riotously fun!’ HANNAH GOLD Luca and his teammates have three more challenges to face in this THIRD leg of the Race! They must crack jokes in Laughter Lagoon...

BONUS FEATURE: Exclusive interview with the author! When his mother leaves with the father of his worst enemy at school, nine-year-old Jeremy seeks to make sense of her abandonment. He throws himself into recreating the Book of Birds, a collection of drawings that his mother took with her on the...

Unlike the majority of Logan County's residents, Missus Nedraw of the Rorrim Mirror Emporium remembers the time freeze from The Last Last-Day-of-Summer and how Otto and Sheed took her mirrors without permission in order to fix their mess. Usually that's an unforgivable offense, punishable by a million-year sentence. However, she's willing to overlook the cousins' misdeeds if they help her with a problem of her own. One of her worst prisoners has escaped, and only the Legendary Alston Boys of Logan County can help bring the fugitive to justice.

Another moving installment in Laurie Halse Anderson's award-winning Vet Volunteers series! When Sunita joins Dr. Gabe and another Vet Volunteer on a house call at a local horse farm, she is concerned to discover a lone lamb housed in one of the stalls. She knows that sheep are flock animals, and...

When Left Shoe sails into the teeth of a storm, he catches sight of a strange object riding on the crest of a towering wave. But there is something else in the water too, deep in the silent blackness. Waiting. Watching. Before Left Shoe can return to his village in Foamy Bay, he must find the courage to defeat the seadogs greatest enemy, and rescue something precious.

The evening begins like many others. Lionel falls asleep while listening to his uncle tell stories. Ryan stays up reading and listening to music. Vicki goes out smoking pot with her friends. And Judd, tired of being told what to do, takes his father’s credit card and heads to the airport in search of freedom. But in one shocking moment, everything changes. All over the world, millions of people suddenly vanish. Driverless cars crash on the highways, and planes fall through the sky without pilots.

Sassy and Waldo have been cast in the school play and they couldn't be more excited. They love to play! Only this isn't that kind of play. Sassy and Waldo are good dogs. They will do anything for their boy, Stewart. That includes putting on a trench coat and pretending to be a new student named Salty in his class just to make sure he is happy. But this month Stewart's class is going to put on a play. Play! There's nothing that dogs love more than to play. Well, except maybe eating hamburgers, napping, and chasing squirrels. But they're all equal.

Told through creative language play, and with depth and whimsy, this story reminds children of their own agency and the power they have to direct their own path. An enduring message of strength and perseverance that is both universal and personal, and one that audiences will be drawn to over and over again.