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Stories of shapeshifters have been around for thousands of years. Learn about the tales of these monsters from many different cultures.

An extraordinary new novel from Jasmine Warga, Newbery Honor–winning author of Other Words for Home, about loss and healing—and how friendship can be magical. Cora hasn’t spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year. Despite living next door to each other, they exist in separate worlds of...

""Compelling and beautifully written... Everett's sophomore novel story is sure to captivate readers."" — Janae Marks, New York Times bestselling author of On Air with Zoe Washington From the award-winning author of The Probability of Everything, which has been called ""one of the best books I...

It’s Rashin’s first day of school in America! Everything is a different shape than what she’s used to: from the foods on her breakfast plate to the letters in the books! And the kids’ families are from all over! The new teacher asks each child to imagine the shape of home on a map. Rashin knows right away what she’ll say: Iran looks like a cat! What will the other kids say?

Mr. and Mrs. Shape are expecting a baby, but they are surprised when three arrive! The first is just like Mother Rhombus, the other just like Father Rectangle, but the third baby is a different shape. What should her name be? Go on a geometry naming adventure as all the shape family relatives weigh in. Will Cousin Triangle, Aunt Hexagon, or Grandma Rhombus have the right angle?

My Family’s Full of Shapes is the story of a little girl who has a very interesting family. Yippee!! Like all the fun books in this series, this story is told in rhyming couplets, and comes with a reading of the alphabet.

This fascinating story influenced by Native American folktales explains why the moon changes shape and helps children deal with bullies. After the sun insults and bullies her, the moon feels so badly hurt that she shrinks and leaves the sky. The moon turns to a comet and her many friends on Earth to comfort her. Her friends include rabbits and Native Americans. Then she regains her full shape, happiness, and self-esteem. The moon also returns to her orbit.

In this biographical collection, authors Saadia Faruqi and Aneesa Mumtaz highlight some of the talented Muslim physicians, musicians, athletes, poets, and more who helped make the world we know today. A brilliant surgeon heals patients in the first millennium. A female king rules the Indian...

¡Es el primer día de clases de Rashin en Estados Unidos! Todo tiene diferentes formas de lo que está acostumbrada, desde las comidas en su desayuno hasta las letras en sus libros ¡Y las familias de sus compañeros vienen de todos los rincones del mundo! La nueva maestra le pide a cada estudiante que se imagine la forma de su hogar en un mapa. Rashin sabe qué dirá de inmediato ¡Irán tiene forma de gato! ¿Qué irán a decir los otros niños? ¿Y qué hay del país de donde viene TU familia?

Participa en una aventura de nombres geométricos porque la familia de las Figura Geométricas decide el nombre del nuevo bebé. ¿Quién le propondrá el mejor nombre y quién lo verá desde el mejor ángulo?