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For fans of School?s First Day of School, this is a picture book about a young girl who is feeling mixed emotions about her first day of school.Some feelings are so big, one word just doesn?t cut it. It?s the first day of school for Afua! There?s no one word to name her feelings. Is she scared? Excited? Oh wait, she?s scarecited! Her own combination of both. Why should she have to choose?Scarecited on the First Day of School is a charming picture book that reminds us all that having the courage to be our authentic self is always just enough, and you can feel more than one big emotion at the same time. But if there isn?t one word to describe those feelings . . . there?s beauty in making it yourself.

First introduced in The Pout-Pout Fish and the Worry-Worry Whale, Willa Whale is the star of her own spin-off series, inspired by the New York Times?bestselling Pout-Pout Fish books from Deborah Diesen and Dan Hanna. Willa is discouraged!She?s learning something new.She?s tried and tried, but no success:?I don?t know what to do!?She?s sure she''ll never get it.?I?m missing what it takes!?But could it be a good thingTo make thirty-two mistakes?Swim along with Willa Whale as she explores the experience of trying, practicing, and making mistakes. She might just discover that everyone makes mistakes when they try new things?even grown-ups and The Pout-Pout Fish!?and that mistakes are an important part of learning and growing.Don?t miss the other books featuring Willa Whale!:- The Pout-Pout Fish and the Worry-Worry Whale- The Worry-Worry Whale and the Classroom Jitters

A messianic tale about a group of professional mourners?a darkly funny novel of grief, mystery and redemption from the author of The Delivery.Ed is a weeper. A professional weeper. He''s a card-carrying member of an eccentric union hired to cry at funerals, wakes, services and burials. It?s an odd job, but his services are sorely needed these days, as the town, the region, the country as a whole has become more or less numb. No one is able to summon a shred of human emotion whatsoever. Not anymore. (What?d be the point? The world?s already gone to hell.)So there?s always work for Ed and his colleagues. But all those cries can wear a man down, and the tears don?t flow quite like they used to, even for a consummate pro like Ed.Then one morning, a stranger comes to town. A scrawny kid with no belongings, no parents, no name, no past. And at precisely the moment of his arrival, people begin to experience something new. Something strange. An onslaught of unbidden feelings, unfamiliar feelings, too many feelings A surrealist story of mourning and messiahs, deserts and droughts, cowboys and junkies, miracles and mass hysteria, the lure of despair and the solace of friendship. Peter Mendelsund?s Weepers is a novel for this age: our age of anesthesia and anger.

"From Joyce Chaplin''s engaging, wide-ranging pages a fresh Franklin emerges." ?Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer Prize?winning author of The Revolutionary"[Chaplin''s] expansive claims for the Franklin stove?s importance click into place." ?Dan Piepenbring, Harper''s"A fascinating, innovative, inventive look at a fascinating, innovative man and his inventions." ?Charles C. Mann, bestselling author of The Wizard and the Prophet and 1491The surprising story of Benjamin Franklin?s most famous invention?and a new take on the Founding Father we thought we knew. The biggest revolution in Benjamin Franklin?s lifetime was made to fit in a fireplace. Assembled from iron plates like a piece of flatpack furniture, the Franklin stove became one of the era''s most iconic consumer products, spreading from Pennsylvania to England, Italy, and beyond. It was more than just a material object, however?it was also a hypothesis. Franklin was proposing that, armed with science, he could invent his way out of a climate crisis: a period of global cooling known as the Little Ice Age, when unusually bitter winters sometimes brought life to a standstill. He believed that his stove could provide snug indoor comfort despite another, related crisis: a shortage of wood caused by widespread deforestation. And he conceived of his invention as equal parts appliance and scientific instrument?a device that, by modifying how heat and air moved through indoor spaces, might reveal the workings of the atmosphere outside and explain why it seemed to be changing. With his stove, Franklin became America?s first climate scientist.Joyce E. Chaplin?s The Franklin Stove is the story of this singular invention, and a revelatory new look at the Founding Father we thought we knew. We follow Franklin as he promotes his stove in Britain and France, while corresponding with the various experimenters who discovered the key gases in Earth''s atmosphere, invented steam engines, and tried to clean up sooty urban air. During his travels back and forth across the Atlantic, we witness him taking measurements of the gulf stream and observing the cooling effect of volcanic ash from Iceland. And back in Philadelphia, we watch him hawk his invention while sparring with proponents of the popular theory that clearcutting forests would lead to warmer winters by reducing the amount of shade cover on the surface of the Earth. As the story of the Franklin stove shows, it?s not so easy to engineer our way out of a climate crisis; with this book, Chaplin reveals how that challenge is as old as the United States itself.

A heartfelt picture book that says: Thank you, teacher, for everything you do.The perfect gift for the wonderful educators in your life!From weekday triumphs to school-trip catastrophes and even hard-to-place apostrophes, there is no problem too hard to solve when a teacher is in the classroom.Award-winning author Supriya Kelkar crafts a delightful ode to the teachers everywhere who shape our lives. Featuring a wide variety of teachers?from homeroom to gym to music class?this is the perfect present book for any school-aged child and their educators, and includes a do-it-yourself thank-you note with a how-to guide!An excellent companion to celebrate:Back to SchoolThe First 100 DaysNational Teacher Day & Appreciation WeekGraduationAnd so much more!