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A young boy is too little to help his dad work on the house. But he's just the right size to assist the birds in building their nests.

“Full of heart and depth.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Henkes is a master of characterization. —The Horn Book (starred review) “A first-rate choice for reading aloud.”—Booklist (starred review) Billy Miller is back! This stand-alone companion to two-time Newbery Honor author...

Stone Beach Primary is not ready for Ben Dugan and his new best friend. Ben's about to start at his new school and the fart monster's coming along for the ride. But Ben is worried. If his friend gets up to mischief, will the other kids blame Ben? How will Ben survive his first day?

Birthday parties should be fun, not smelly. Too bad the fart monster doesn't know that... Ben's been invited to a birthday party and the whole class is there, including the fart monster. There are plenty of party games and... a terrible smell. While everyone blames the dog, Ben knows it's not Turbo's fault...

Father's Day is once a year, but for these kids, Farter's Day happens way too often ... In this celebration of farterhood (oops, fatherhood), ten friends swap tales of their dads' best (and WORST) bottom eruptions. How bad can these farts really be? Take a deep breath as you're about to find out!

A tu hija le encantará este audiolibro porque en él encontrará muchas de las respuestas a las preguntas que le pueden estar preocupando a esta edad. En esta historia encontrará una niña fuerte, valiente, llena de confianza y seguridad en sí misma, pero una niña que para descubrir su poder también tuvo que hacerse preguntas y sentirse triste. Pronto tu hija podrá comprender mejor que nació para brillar, que es un ser único y formidable.

The hilarious series from best-selling duo Tim Miller and Matt Stanton - sure to get kids laughing! All four books from the hilarious Fart Monster and Me series!

When her gym class must face the school rock-climbing wall, Tanisha is discouraged. Her muscles are weak, and she knows she'll never reach the top like Cayla. But maybe strength is about more than just muscles. With help from her family, Tanisha learns that by showing up, speaking up, and not giving up, she can be strong, too. And that people are the strongest when they work together and trust each other.

The last place 10-year-old Harry and older brother Randy want to be is stuck in New Jersey with their kooky Grandma DeLuca and her wonder dog, Mr. Muggles. But when she wakes them for a break of dawn train ride into New York City to watch her favorite singer, Neil Floggins, in concert on the Today Show, things go down hill fast.

No one from Cabin Eleven has ever won the camp-wide competition, but that's exactly what Harry and his friends set out to do. To break the curse, they'll have to survive the overnight hike, win Capture the Flag, and face the mysterious figure who lives across the lake. But Randy isn't going to make it easy. When disaster strikes, this might be one brother war too many for Harry.

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Rhett Miller teams up with Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat in a riotous collection of irreverent poems for modern families. In the tradition of Shel Silverstein, these poems bring a fresh new twist to the classic dilemmas of childhood as well as a perceptive eye to the...

Allegations against his father turn eleven-year-old Rodney's life upside down in a powerful and surprisingly funny novel about new beginnings, friendships and a fresh look at the way things really are, by critically acclaimed author Susan Juby. Eleven-year-old Rodney is starting sixth grade in a...

Randy seems to delight in making Harry’s life difficult. Sometimes it feels like he’s in a war at his own house. When Randy locks him and his art project in the pitch-black dark basement with the fire-breathing furnace, Harry vows to get even. But revenge may not be as sweet as he hoped when Randy blackmails him into a perilous canoe ride down the river. Has Harry followed his brother one step too far?

December, 1961, Marta is a young girl who saw thirty miles of barbed wire appear across her city overnight, separating Berlin into West and East—with Marta's home on the Communist Bloc-controlled eastern side. January, 1989, Now a spray-painted concrete monolith, the Berlin Wall bisects the city. Kurt, a young East Berliner, often wonders what those living on the other side must think of their unseen neighbors. Do they hate the people of East Germany as completely as Kurt has been instructed to hate them?

Artem lives in the sleepy city of Stalingrad, which has mostly been cut off from war with Nazi Germany—until the summer of 1942. That July, martial law is declared as the Nazis begin their unprecedented march toward the city. Artem's older brother is a soldier in Stalin's Red Army, so Artem is worried for his brother's safety once he and his family have evacuated the city. Then the announcement comes. Stalin has ordered that no civilians be allowed to leave Stalingrad.

Just as Jacob Two-Two settles into his new life in Canada, things are turned upside down! First, Jacob gets a new neighbor, who does double duty as a spy; then he gets a new principal, who turns out to be mean and nasty; and then, unknowingly, he makes an enemy - but who could it be? Jacob Two-Two returns in this new adventure that takes him into the fascinating world of spycraft!