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In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Jewish Book Week, this engaging biography introduces children to the influential librarian and immigrant who originated the event.Fanny Goldstein immigrated to America from Russia when she was six. She loved the fact that in her new country she could borrow books for free and take part in all kinds of activities at the Saturday Evening Girls Club. Right away, her curiosity attracted the notice of the club''s founder, who was also the head of the Boston Public Library. It wasn''t long before Fanny was hired as the librarian''s assistant, and then at thirty-three, as the first Jewish director of a Boston branch library. And when Fanny noticed how rarely Jewish families checked out books about their own history, she had an idea that would influence libraries and readers for decades to come: She decided to host a week-long party to celebrate Jewish books and culture. It was such a success that it launched a national event which has continued for 100 years!

In this revelatory and enthralling book, award-winning historian Richard Bell reveals the full breadth and depth of America''s founding event. The American Revolution was not only the colonies'' triumphant liberation from the rule of an overbearing England; it was also a cataclysm that pulled in participants from around the globe and threw the entire world order into chaos. Repositioning the Revolution at the center of an international web, Bell''s narrative ranges as far afield as India, Africa, Central America, and Australia. As his lens widens, the ''War of Independence'' manifests itself as a sprawling struggle that upended the lives of millions of people on every continent and fundamentally transformed the way the world works, disrupting trade, restructuring penal systems, stirring famine, and creating the first global refugee crisis. Bell conveys the impact of these developments at home and abroad by grounding the narrative in the gripping stories of individuals-including women, minorities, and other disenfranchised people. The result is an unforgettable and unexpected work of American history that shifts everything we thought we knew about our creation story.

Explore how French naval officer Jacques Cousteau forever changed the way people experience life underwater in this STEM-driven graphic novel by GLAAD Media Award?winning author Ned Wolfe and illustrator Caroline Hu.Presenting Who HQ Graphic Novels: an exciting addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling Who Was? series!Dive into the sea with Jacques Cousteau as he works to develop the Aqua-Lung?the first modern scuba device?which allowed for safer, longer, and deeper diving. A story of friendship, experimentation, and innovation, this graphic novel immerses readers in Jacques?s journey of combining his passions for tinkering, filmmaking, and the sea. This accessible narrative makes a splash with bright, full-color illustrations that will transport readers below the water''s surface.

A National Jewish Book Award finalist!A smart and powerful story set in the Orthodox Jewish community about what it means to fit in, break out, and find your own way, by the award-winning author of The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen. This book is Gossip Girl + My Name Is Asher Lev + I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter.Yoyo Gold has always played the role of the perfect Jewish daughter. She keeps kosher, looks after her siblings, and volunteers at the local food bank. She respects the decisions of her rabbi father and encourages her friends to observe the rules of their Orthodox faith. But when she sees her best friend cast out of the community over a seemingly innocent transgression, Yoyo?s eyes are opened to the truth of her neighbors? hypocrisies for the first time. And what she sees leaves her shocked and unmoored.As Yoyo?s frustration builds, so does the pressure to speak out, even if she can only do so anonymously on TikTok, an app that?s always been forbidden to her. But when one of her videos goes viral?and her decisions wind up impacting not only her own life but also her relationship with the boy she?s falling for?Yoyo?s world is thrown into chaos. She is forced to choose which path to take, for her community, for her family, and most importantly, for herself.Award-winning author Isaac Blum returns with a new novel that asks what it really means to be part of a community?and what it means to break free.

Watch out, soccer?here comes Dory! The wildly popular rascal is back in a story about confidence, competition, and . . . the cosmos.Dory has the skills, she has the drive, and she has the lightning bolt cleats to lead her team to victory. Then she meets Valentina. Valentina has double lightning bolts on her cleats. She doesn?t whiff when she kicks the ball. And she says she was swatting a bee, not slowing Dory down, when Dory nearly beat her at Red Light Green Light. To make matters more confusing, everyone seems to love Valentina?s ideas more than they love Dory?s. So when even Dory?s imaginary nemesis, Mrs. Gobble Gracker, appears to lose interest in terrorizing her, Dory knows it?s time for an emergency call to her fairy godmother, Mr. Nuggy. But she couldn''t have guessed who''d be listening in. This soccer situation just took on cosmic proportions!Brimming with hilarity and you?ll-never-guess twists and turns, Dory discovers that the universe is way bigger than she thought?so big, there might be space for two friends at the center of it.

Colin is a low-level employee at Dark Enterprises, a hell-like multinational corporation solving the world''s most difficult problems in deeply questionable ways. After years of toiling away in a cubicle, he''s ready to climb the corporate ladder and claim the power he''s never had. The only problem is, he''s pretty sure he''s about to be terminated. Like, terminated. That''s tough, because his BFF has just set him up with a great guy. In fact, maybe he''s a little too great. And asks a lot of questions... When Colin meets a shadowy figure promising his deepest desire in return for a small, unspecified favour, he can''t resist the urge to fast-track his goals. He asks for the one thing that will improve his life: a promotion. But that small favour unleashes an ancient evil. People in New York are disappearing, the world might be ending, and Management is starting to notice. Getting to the top is never easy, and now it''s up to Colin to save the world. It''s the ultimate power move, after all.

The ninth floor. Nine armies, each led by rich and powerful aliens from across the galaxy. Each team has one objective: to capture and hold the castle at the very centre of the battlefield. Strategy, alliances, pitched battles, and, of course, betrayal...It all makes for great fun and even greater television. After all, none of these powerful aliens really die when they''re playing war. Except this time. This time, winner takes all. Those who fall, stay in the ground. As the AI continues its rapid decline, Carl and company take advantage of the chaos. For the first time ever, the crawlers are fighting back. They are now one of the nine teams. And this season, there''s a tenth army on the playing field. The NPCs, who are normally used as nothing but cannon fodder, have become fully self-aware and formed a team of their own. For Donut and Katia, the stakes are even higher. Only one of them will be allowed to leave this level. If they all want to survive, they''re going to need a little help from a veteran or two. This is it. This is what they''ve been fighting toward. This is war.

Join Mabel and her made-up elephant companion, Mr. E, as they navigate the joys and challenges of second grade in this charming young graphic novel where imagination and reality blend in an adventure of friendship and discovery!This heartwarming tale follows Mabel, a creative second grader who finds herself being followed by an imaginary elephant.As Mabel navigates the challenges of feeling left out and adjusting to a new class at school without her best friends, she encounters an unexpected companion?Mr. Elephant, or "Mr. E," who quickly becomes her secret confidant, joining her in handling the ups and downs of everyday life.Young readers will be captivated by the vibrant illustrations that bring Mabel''s inner world to life, complete with an elephant that''s a champion at hide-and-seek and has a passion for peanut butter.This graphic novel is an ode to the magic of childhood and the importance of friendship?both real and imagined. With a mix of fiction and nonfiction elements, readers will learn alongside Mabel about plant biology, the value of creativity, and the beauty of accepting oneself, quirks and all.

In this terrifying sequel, Evie Archer and her friends face a new evil ready to devour their town whole.Find him, find me.It''s been two weeks since Evie escaped the mines after solving the mystery of Holly''s disappearance only to discover that Desmond followed her but never came back. Evie knows he?s alive, lost wherever the Patchwork Girl resides. When Evie tries to reach out to Holly again for help, she realizes that her connection to the Lost Girl?and the shadow world itself?has been severed. Desmond is gone, and it?s all her fault.Ravenglass slowly begins to move on from the tragedy of losing Desmond, but as winter creeps closer and the days grow shorter, a sinister being begins to threaten the lives of Ravenglass residents, stealing them away and bringing them back different. Wrong.Evie knows that the only way to stop it is to connect to Holly again. With the help of her friend Tina, and the troubled newcomer Sai, Evie begins to follow the clues Holly left behind, determined to find the Lost Girl once more at any cost.

Sarah Grayson is the happy proprietor of Second Chance, a charming shop in the oceanfront town of North Harbor, Maine. At the shop, she sells used items that she has lovingly refurbished and repurposed. But her favourite pet project so far has been adopting a stray cat she names Elvis. Elvis has seen nine lives - and then some. The big black cat with a scar across his nose turned up at a local bar when the band was playing the King of Rock and Roll''s music, and he hopped in Sarah''s truck. Since then, he''s been her constant companion and the furry favourite of everyone who comes into the store. But when Sarah''s elderly friend Maddie is found with the body of a dead man in her garden, the kindly old lady becomes the prime suspect in the murder. Even Sarah''s old high school flame, investigator Nick Elliot, seems convinced that Maddie was up to no good. So it''s up to Sarah and Elvis to clear her friend''s name and make sure the real murderer doesn''t get a second chance.

In this modern reimagining of Anne of Green Gables, effervescent extrovert Dan Stewart-Álvarez is surprised to find home and community in rural Tennessee.Despite a life on the road with his free-spirited mother, fifteen-year-old Dan Stewart-Álvarez has always wanted to settle down. He just didn?t think it?d be like this: with his mother abandoning him in rural Tennessee with two strangers?his gentle grandmother and conservative, rough-around-the-edges grandfather. Here, he is forced to adjust to working the farm, entering high school, and hardest yet?reckoning with his queerness in a severe Southern Baptist community.But even as Dan grows closer to his mawmaw, befriends fellow outsiders at school, and tries to make a new life for himself in Green Gables, he has to discover whether he can contend with intolerance and adapt to change without losing himself in the process.From award-winning author Rey Terciero and Eisner Award nominee and illustrator Claudia Aguirre comes a new retelling of Anne of Green Gables about unconventional families, queer identity, and finding the meaning of home in the most unlikely of places.

Binna introduces her friends to a sweet Korean treat in this charming picture book about finding the right words in a new languageBinna?s finally starting to feel like she?s not a baby?she can read long books in English, beat her older sister at word games, and she can make dalgona by herself. But when she tries to tell her classmates about her weekend and the sugary, sandy treat she made . . . well, the English doesn?t come to her easily. Not being able to say what she wants is crushing. But with the her sister''s encouragement and the support of her classmates, Binna finds the right words (and snack) to share about her life in Korea.

Find out what really happened when an entire colony disappeared in 1590, just five years after it was founded. What is the truth about the missing members of the lost colony of Roanoke?In 1585, Sir Walter Raleigh attempted to found the very first permanent English settlement in the Americas. The initial settlement?called the Lane colony?failed due to extremely low supplies and a hostile relationship with the Native American people who were already living on the land. Despite this miserable first attempt, Raleigh decided to establish another settlement. Over one hundred people agreed to join this new colony on Roanoke Island, just off the coast of what is now North Carolina. The colony''s governor, John White, chose to return to England to get more supplies but found himself stuck there for three years due to an unexpected war. When he arrived back at Roanoke, the entire colony had vanished. Over one hundred people, including his wife and daughter, had seemingly disappeared. They were never heard from again. The only clue left was the word "Croatoan" carved into a post. What really happened to the missing English settlers? Find out what we do know about this historic unsolved mystery in this nonfiction book for young readers.

Dark secrets and unnatural magic abound when a twelve-year-old girl ventures into a bog full of monsters to break a mysterious curse.Nothing about Kess Pedrock?s life is normal. Not her home (she lives in her family?s Unnatural History Museum), not her interests (hunting for megafauna fossils and skeletons), and not her best friend (a talking demon?s head in a jar named Shrunken Jim).But things get even stranger than usual when Kess meets Lilou Starling, the new girl in town. Lilou comes to Kess for help breaking a mysterious curse?and the only clue she has leads straight into the center of Eelgrass Bog.Everyone knows the bog is full of witches, demons, and possibly worse, but Kess and Lilou are determined not to let that stop them. As they investigate the mystery and uncover long-buried secrets, Kess begins to realize that the curse might hit closer to home than she?d ever expected, and she?ll have to summon all her courage to find a way to break it before it?s too late.