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The Lemonade Hurricane
Education & Teaching, Middle Grade, Pre-k to Kindergarten, Children's Books, Ages 3 to 5, Ages 6 to 8, Modern Family, Tolerance & Resolving ConflictIn THE LEMONADE HURRICANE, Emma doesn't really like hurricanes. After a busy day of school and activities, Emma likes to sit still and rest. Her little brother, Henry, does everything but. She calls him The Lemonade Hurricane. Henry is a lot of fun when he's not storming through the house, so Emma decides to teach him how to be still. By showing him how to sit, bow, and breathe - simple mindfulness meditation techniques - Emma is able to calm the hurricane within Henry. -
Lailah’s Lunchbox
Education & Teaching, Middle Grade, Children's Books, Ages 6 to 8, Ages 9 to 12, Modern FamilyIn LAILAH'S LUNCHBOX, Lailah is in a new school in a new country, thousands of miles from her old home, and missing her old friends. When Ramadan begins, she is excited that she is finally old enough to participate in the fasting but worried that her classmates won't understand why she doesn't join them in the lunchroom. Lailah solves her problem with help from the school librarian and her teacher and in doing so learns that she can make new friends who respect her beliefs. -
Most People
New Releases, Children's Books, Ages 3 to 5, Ages 6 to 8, Global Empathy, Modern Family, Multicultural, Tolerance & Resolving ConflictAVAILABLE JULY! You may order this title now and receive it as soon as it's available. The world can be a scary place. Anxious adults want children to be aware of dangers, but shouldn’t kids be aware of kindness too? -
If Picasso Painted a Snowman
Middle Grade, New Releases, Pre-k to Kindergarten, Children's Books, Ages 3 to 5, Ages 6 to 8, Nonfiction“If someone asked you to paint a snowman, you would probably start with three white circles stacked one upon another. Then you would add black dots for eyes, an orange triangle for a nose, and a black dotted smile. But if Picasso painted a snowman….” -
Boat of Dreams
Award Winners, Education & Teaching, High School & YA, Middle Grade, New Releases, Pre-k to Kindergarten, Ages 3 to 5, Ages 6 to 8, Ages 9 to 12, Global Empathy, Modern FamilyHow does a fastidious old man with bowler, umbrella, suspenders, and a Salvador Dali mustache come to live on a deserted island?
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One Man’s Meat
Fiction & Essays, Maine and New EnglandIn print for fifty-five years, One Man's Meat continues to delight readers with E.B. Whites witty, succinct observations on daily life at a Maine saltwater farm. Too personal for an almanac, too sophisticated for a domestic history, and too funny and self-doubting for a literary journal, One Mans Meat can best be described as a primer of a countryman’s lessons. A timeless recounting of experience that will never go out of style. First published in 1944, this classic collection of enduring commentaries is reissued here with a new introduction by the author. -
New England Gardener’s Year
How-To & Reference, Maine and New England, NonfictionThis comprehensive full-color what-to/when-to/how-to reference manual covers every garden and landscape planting including the most proven and popular as well as many native New England plants that deserve to be better known. Month-by-month guidance from March through October—with suggested dates for planting and tending adjusted for each zone—is augmented by advice on such topics as soil testing, composting, pruning, landscape design, and how to provide a season-long source of pollen and nectar for beneficial insects. Gardeners will find advice and photos for adapting to any microclimate or situation including shade; wet soil; coastal landscapes; container, raised-bed, and extended-season gardening; and much more. -
While You’re Here, Doc
Maine and New England, Animals & Nature, NonfictionIn WHILE YOU'RE HERE, DOC, Veterinarian Brad Brown never knew what to expect when he was called out to a farm to deal with a sick cow or an injured horse. Invariably the cash-strapped farmer would say, "While you’re here, Doc" and rattle off a list of surprise medical chores that weren’t part of the original call. But whether he was trying to geld a spooked stallion in a blizzard or found himself in the middle of an all-out fracas involving a monkey’s abscessed tooth and a shotgun, Dr. Brown took it in stride, with great affection for his four-legged patients as well as his two-legged clients. James Herriot, Baxter Black, and E. B. White rolled into one and wearing rubber boots, Brad Brown gives us a wonderful set of stories from the life of a country vet. -
Be Unstoppable – Second Edition
How-To & Reference, New Releases, NonfictionMore than 25,000 copies sold in three languages! Updated and Expanded with New Content However the past has shaped you, your future is yours to shape, and if you want to shape it for success, you'll find no better coach than Alden Mills. Using the power of a parable and his own experiences as a Navy SEAL and accomplished entrepreneur, Mills teaches you his proven framework for success. BE UNSTOPPABLE is the parable of a young skipper who meets a remarkable, seasoned captain, and this chance meeting changes the young skipper's direction in life, setting him on course for living his dreams. -
E.B. White on Dogs
Award Winners, Maine People, Fiction & Essays, Maine and New EnglandIn E. B. WHITE ON DOGS, his granddaughter and manager of his literary estate, Martha White, has compiled the best and funniest of his essays, poems, letters, and sketches depicting over a dozen of White's various canine companions. Featured here are favorite essays such as 'Two Letters, Both Open,' where White takes on the Internal Revenue Service, and also 'Bedfellows,' with its 'fraudulent reports'; from White's ignoble old dachshund, Fred. ('I just saw an eagle go by. It was carrying a baby.') From The New Yorker's 'The Talk of the Town' are some little-known Notes and Comment pieces covering dog shows, sled dog races, and the trials and tribulations of city canines. Some previously unpublished photographs from the E. B. White Estate show the family dogs, from the first collie, to various labs, Scotties, dachshunds, half-breeds, and mutts, all well-loved. -
In the Palm of Your Hand
How-To & Reference, Fiction & Essays, NonfictionSECOND EDITION IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND, by Steve Kowit, is an illuminating and invaluable guide for beginners wary of modern poetry, as well as for more advanced students who want to sharpen their craft and write poems that expand their technical skills, excite their imaginations, and engage their deepest memories and concerns. Ideal for teachers who have been searching for a way to inspire students with a love for writing--and reading—contemporary poetry.
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Modern Family Classroom Bundle
Classroom BundlesNumerous titles that cover the many facets of modern families - that we all know and love! Some topics of the titles include: Living as a green family, reassuring children whose parents have separated or who have lost a friend, learning to unplug and come together as a family or welcoming a new addition to the family are just some examples of this modern family classroom bundle. -
The Secret Pool – Bundle
Classroom BundlesMore for less! Calling all educators! Fifteen (15!) copies of our award-winning THE SECRET POOL. Educators are eligible for a 50% discount of the list price - if you're an educator, you can sign up here to instantly receive your discount. -
Talking Walls: Discover Your World – Bundle
Classroom BundlesClass room bundle. We're offering this bundle for educators with fifteen (15!) copies of our bestselling TALKING WALLS: Discover Your World. Educators are eligible for a 50% discount - if you're an educator, you can sign up here to instantly receive your discount. Educators that are tax exempt, please let us know and we can refund your credit card. -
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A Story of Maine 112 Objects: From Prehistory to Modern Times
How-To & Reference, New Releases, Maine and New England, NonfictionThis is a book that Maine residents and visitors will delve into again and again, unearthing new treasures with each reading. -
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If da Vinci Painted A Dinosaur
Middle Grade, New Releases, Pre-k to Kindergarten, Children's Books, Ages 6 to 8, Ages 9 to 12As in If Picasso Painted a Snowman, our guide for this tour is an engaging hamster who is joined in the final pages by a tiny, beret-topped Tyrannosaurus. -
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Henry Is Kind: A Story of Mindfulness
Middle Grade, New Releases, Pre-k to Kindergarten, Children's Books, Ages 3 to 5, Ages 6 to 8Ms. Snowden and her class practice sending kind thoughts to the people they love, and they launch a class Kindness Project. There is only one problem: Henry can’t think of one kind thing he has done. -
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Charlotte’s Bones: The Beluga Whale in a Farmer’s Field
Middle Grade, New Releases, Pre-k to Kindergarten, Ages 6 to 8, Ages 9 to 12, Science, Nature and EnvironmentIn 1849, a crew building a railroad through Charlotte, Vermont, dug up strange and beautiful bones in a farmer’s field. A local naturalist asked Louis Agassiz to help identify them, and the famous scientist concluded that the bones belonged to a beluga whale. But how could a whale’s skeleton have been buried so far from the ocean? -
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The World Never Sleeps
New Releases, Ages 3 to 5, Ages 6 to 8, Science, Nature and EnvironmentThis nonfiction picture book reveals the hidden lives of insects and other small creatures from one midnight to the next. -
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NO! I Won’t Go To School
New Releases, Pre-k to Kindergarten, Ages 3 to 5, Ages 6 to 8, Modern Family, Tolerance & Resolving ConflictZombies, monsters, and dragons stalk this book’s pages. Cries of despair echo through them. Prisons and dungeons lie in wait. Is this a nightmare? Is it an apocalypse? Well, yes—because it’s the day before our narrator’s first day of school, and all entreaties to his mother are falling on deaf ears.
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