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After second-grader Stink gets an unsatisfactory grade in physical education, his parents tell him he must play a sport and so he masters thumb wrestling, as seen on a sports channel.

Eight-year-old Aref is excited to reunite with his father in Ann Arbor, Michigan where he will start a new school, and while Aref misses his grandfather, his Sidi, he knows that his home in Oman will always be waiting for him.

Este encantador libro sobre la familia contiene un fascinante y tierno mensaje. Ven y conoce a unos animales adorables, y mira cuanto se quieren y se cuidan mutuamente. Con hermosas ilustraciones hechas por Caroline Pedler, este libro es la celebracion perfecta de los lazos de amor que unen a las familias."--Amazon

The author captures the icy beauty of Antarctica and the wonders of a penguin family that thrives there.

After passing the hunter trials and gaining local celebrity status, Winnie Wednesday struggles to prove the innocence of a wrongly accused werewolf and the existence of a sinister force called the Whisperer, while she unravels the mysteries surrounding her family's magic which leads her to question her loyalties and Luminary heritage.

"Poppy the Dog has watched her puppies grow up. Poppy wants each of her pups to explore traditions around the world. Poppy has a bag of magical charms. In each book Poppy gives one of the charms to a puppy. Once placed on their collar, the charm takes the pup to a family who is preparing for their special occasion."--

After a bird flies into their window, two children and their mother study how to keep birds safe, and soon their whole neighborhood is helping in different ways.

When Kari Baxter is assigned an essay about what she wants to be when she grows up, her mind goes blank. She doesn't want to grow up; she wants everything to stay just like it is. But Kari comes to realize that while making time stand still isn't possible, she can enjoy every moment with her best family ever. Meanwhile, Ashley Baxter feels the same way. She is worried her siblings are growing up too fast. When she wins the role of Wendy in her school...

It took a visit from George Washington to make Ann Hamilton, a pioneer girl tending a vegetable garden in the hills of Western Pennsylvania, feel the challenge of her own times. "Ann Hamilton's family has moved to the western frontier of Pennsylvania, and she misses her old home in Gettysburg. There are no girls her age on Hamilton Hill, and life is hard. But when the Hamiltons survive a terrible storm and receive a surprise visit from George Washington,...

Encanto tells the tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live in a magical house in an enchanted town hidden in the mountains of Colombia. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift from super strength to the power to heal, that's every child except one, Mirabel. But when this ordinary child discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, she may be her family's last hope.