Newbery and Caldecott honoree and New York Times bestselling author Grace Lin delivers a groundbreaking, lushly illustrated, and beautifully written full-color book that explores the whimsical myths and stories behind your favorite American Chinese food. From fried dumplings to fortune cookies, here are the tales behind your favorite foods.Do you know the stories behind delectable dishes--like the fun connection between scallion pancakes and pizza?...

"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Book Is Anti-Racist and The Antiracist Kid, Tiffany Jewell, this YA nonfiction book, highlighting inequities Black and Brown students face from preschool through college, is the most important, empowering read this year.From preschool to higher education and everything in between, Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School focuses on the experiences Black and Brown students face as...

"Imagine over three million square miles of sand dunes that are as tall as a ten-story building. That place is real--it's the Sahara Desert! Vast, yes! And home to fascinating creatures such as ostriches and fennec foxes as well as amazing plant life. Readers will also learn about the famous trade routes of the past with caravans of up to 10,000 camels, European explorers to the region (some very unlucky ones), and native populations like the Imazighen"--...

"Award-winning author Eddie Chuculate recounts his experience growing up in rural Oklahoma, from boyhood to young manhood"--

"A beautifully illustrated exploration of the notable, iconic and majestic National Monuments of the USA."--

¡Acompaña a Mumin, su familia y amigos durante las cuatro estaciones del año! Desde el primer día de la primavera, cuando Manrico vuelve de sus viajes invernales, hasta el resplandor dorado del solsticio de verano, en la tarde que Mumin resuelve un misterio. En el otoño de tonos amarillos y anaranjados, Mumin y Sniff descubren un mensaje en un botella y se embarcan en busca de una nueva amistad. Luego, en el invierno, los Mumin se preparan para...

"In the winter of 1846-47, a group of eighty-seven pioneers heading from the Midwest to California found themselves snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountain range with no way forward and no food or supplies. While forty-eight of the group members survived, the others perished due to extreme weather, starvation, and illness. To survive, the remaining people resorted to extreme measures . . . including cannibalism. Learn about the many miscalculations,...

"Structured as a guessing game competition, and told through . . . persona poems, the book celebrates animals' standout qualities, from the biggest (blue whale) to the smallest (shrew), with . . . [common] creatures (speedy cheetahs, long-necked giraffes) plus some less common animals . . . (long-lived tortoises, deep-dwelling snailfish and more). Each . . . persona poem is told from the point of view of a different animal and invites readers to guess...

Filtering the darkest, most dramatic period of modern Jewish history through the naive, often sage, perspective of a remarkable dog, The Jewish Dog offers readers a view of the Holocaust as never seen before.

This bestselling novel in Israel follows the life and thoughts of Caleb, a contemplative dog unusually fascinated with human affairs. Born into a German-Jewish household in the mid-1930s, Caleb witnesses firsthand the rise of

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Tras Punk 57, Penelope Douglas nos sorprende con una nueva novela de pasiones prohibidas Ella es demasiado joven para un amor como ese. JORDAN Él me recibió cuando no tenía a donde ir. No me utiliza ni me hiere ni me ignora. No me trata como si no le importara ni cree que no me perderá, nunca me menosprecia. Piensa en mí, ríe conmigo. También me escucha, me protege y me mira de verdad. Puedo sentir sus ojos sobre mí durante el desayuno y mi...