Penguin Young Readers strana 2 z 4

Meet Dude, the nicest Dude in town! Or so he thinks . . .One day, Dude decides that he wants to do nice things for his friends and neighbors all day long. But Dude isn''t exactly attentive and tends to forget the most crucial part of helping people: asking first. So when Dude unravels a sweater, frees some dogs, and ruins an ice cream social, he needs to reckon with his own niceness: is it really nice if he wasn''t that helpful? Can Dude and his best friend Fizz save the day before Dude makes too big of a mess?With hilarious text from Sarah Scheerger and gorgeous illustrations by debut children''s book artist Alex MacNaughton, Dude. Be Nice is a tale of good intentions and not-so-good outcomes, sure to make readers giggle along the way.

The New York Times bestselling Valentine?s Day pig is back with a Christmas adventure! When Santa is sick and can?t deliver presents, it?s up to Cupig to save Christmas!Cupig loves love. She loves love more than chilly hands love fuzzy gloves. On a chilly December night, Cupig receives an urgent call from a sick and sniffly Santa Claus. After thorough instruction, she''s ready to fill in for Santa Claus and don the red hat and suit.But when delivering presents proves to be harder than she thought, Cupig will have to learn about the real meaning of Christmas if she''s going to fix her mistakes and save the day!With clever rhyming text and comically expressive art and from New York Times bestselling duo Claire Tattersfield and Rob Sayegh Jr., Cupig Saves Christmas is a hilarious and sweet Christmas adventure. Perfect for fans of How to Catch Santa Claus, Little Blue Truck''s Christmas, and The Crayons'' Christmas!

This laugh-out-loud debut romance introduces perfectly imperfect Payal Mehta, whose plan to get her longtime crush to finally notice her is destined for success, but only if she ignores her budding feelings for her archnemesis . . . . Now in paperback!Payal Mehta has had a crush on popular, athletic, all-around perfect Jonathan Slate ever since he smiled at her in freshman year Spanish class. At a party during spring break of her junior year, Payal finally works up the courage to ask Jon to hang out. However, her romantic plans are derailed when he vomits on her Keds. Twice. But when Jon offers to take her out to lunch as an apology, Payal is convinced this is the start of their love story. Over chalupas and burritos at Taco Bell, Payal''s best jokes are landing as planned. Jon is basically choking on his Coke?and then it happens. "Do you have a boyfriend?" Payal is (finally) about to get the guy. And then he tries to set her up with his Indian friend. Payal''s best friends, Neil Patel and Divya Bhatt, are just as mad about the microagression as Payal is, but they think she?s a little too hung up on him. Determined to teach Jon a lesson by making him fall for her, Payal ropes in her archnemesis, Philip Kim, to help. It?s the perfect plan. Minus Philip?s snarky, annoying quips and lack of faith in its success. But as Payal lies to the people she loves, hides the too-Indian parts of herself in front of her crush, and learns that maybe Philip isn''t the worst, she starts to wonder if what she''s been looking for has been scowling at her all along...

Like Goodnight Moon and Time for Bed, this lyrical and soothing picture book from an award-winning author/illustrator team is sure to become a bedtime favorite.Sometimes bedtime feels like a dark cave in the gloomy woods?like it''s about to be you and no one else until morning. But this gentle, lovely book helps children remember that they are never alone. Not only is a parent probably right down the hall, but they are also among animals and neighbors, near the rumble of cars, the twinkle of stars, and even the reassuringly humming fridge.Newbery Honor-winning author Ingrid Law has created a loving lullaby that will comfort even the most anxious of little ones, and acclaimed artist Xin Li''s pictures delight with their charm and warmth.

A heartwarming picture book about two young girls who don''t speak the same language and still become fast friends, by Bangladeshi American writer and artist, Natasha Khan Kazi.Lily looks at my eyes, lips, and shouldersas if they are pieces of a puzzle. Bela, who has recently arrived in the United States from Bangladesh, meets Lily on the swings. But how do you make a friend when you don?t speak the same language? Based on Natasha?s own experience as a five-year-old immigrant making her first friend, Bela and Lily is about how two kindred spirits forge a bond through smiles, giggles, and a shared love of adventure, while also learning each other?s words.

A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Renée Watson.In this semi-autobiographical collection of poems, Renée Watson writesabout her experience growing up as a young Black girl at the intersections of race, class, and gender.Using a variety of poetic forms, from haiku to free verse, Watson shares recollections of her childhood in Portland, tender odes to the Black women in her life, and urgent calls for Black girls to step into their power.Black Girl You Are Atlas encourages young readers to embrace their future with a strong sense of sisterhood and celebration. With full-color art by celebrated fine artist Ekua Holmes throughout, this collection offers guidance and is a gift for anyone who reads it.

Inspired by true stories from the authors? grandparents? lives during one of the darkest periods in Korean history, The Last Tiger is a debut young adult fantasy novel about the power of love to give voice to a broken people.The Dragon Empire rules over the Tiger Colonies with an iron fist?enabled by Dragon ki, which gives their soldiers superhuman strength. Their goal: to erase the Tiger culture altogether, starting by eradicating every last Tiger from this occupied land.When sixteen-year-old Lee Seung, a cleaner boy trapped in a life of poverty, catches Choi Eunji, also sixteen and the youngest daughter of the illustrious family for which he works, sneaking outside of her family compound against the rules, their fates intertwine in ways neither could have imagined.Eunji agrees to help Seung prepare for the Exam, his only hope for a better future, in exchange for him showing her the world beyond the confines of her family?s estate. But just as they start developing feelings for each other, Seung and Eunji are torn apart by forces beyond their control.Before long, they find themselves on opposite sides of a battle for the last Tiger?a spirit whose magical powers hold the key to their freedom and the destiny of their country.In this friends-to-enemies-to-lovers story of forbidden love, antagonists turned allies, oppression and liberation, neither Seung nor Eunji can abandon their mission?or each other. And as they embark on separate quests to find the elusive creature, each must also find the power within themselves to make their own destiny.

There's an old witch in town named Grizelda the Green. She's sour and grouchy and HATES Halloween!'Year after year, kids keep finding my door. I'm fed up and frazzled! I can't take anymore!'Meet Grizelda the Green. She's a grouchy old witch and she absolutely, positively, HATES Halloween! So this year, she's cooked up a plan to end the holiday once and for all. But both she and the trick-or-treaters are in for some surprises that will make this the most memorable Halloween ever! Told in silly and clever rhyme by bestselling author A. A. Livingston, and brought to life with bright and colourful art by Katya Longhi, Grizelda the Green Hates Halloween is perfect for not-so-scary Halloween storytimes and for fans of Room on the Broom and How to Catch a Witch!

From New York Times bestselling illustrator of The Big Cheese and the Food Group series, Pete Oswald, and written by critically acclaimed author Lucy Ruth Cummins comes a Halloween adventure for Sleepy Sheepy, all about learning when to blend in and when to stand out. Perfect for fans of Pig the Monster and Creepy Pair of Underwear!It''s Halloween, which means Sleepy Sheepy needs to find the perfect costume for trick-or-treating! And Sheepy MUST be the scariest, hairiest, werewolf of all!But on Halloween night, the costume just doesn''t fit right, and when Sheepy steps outside, there are packs of werewolves everywhere! How will he stand out and be the creepiest sheepy of all? From celebrated author Lucy Ruth Cummins and brought to life by #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator Pete Oswald (The Bad Seed, The Good Egg, The Sour Grape, The Big Cheese), Creepy Sheepy is a silly and clever Halloween read-aloud all about marching to the beat of your own drum! Don''t miss the other books in the series!Sleepy SheepySleepy Sheepy and the Sheepover

Iris was born to be a star. She loved to sing and dance and act. She knew that one day her face would be on billboards all around the world! But it turns out there's someone else in her house who wants a little time in the spotlight - her younger brother. Who is . . . really talented? There can't possibly be room for two stars in one family! Can Iris learn to share the spotlight? Or is she doomed to give up her dreams of being a sta? tacy Ebert has penned a completely irresistible, one-of-a-kind character in Iris, who will delight and inspire aspiring stars of all ages.

From the author of Rules for Rule Breaking comes a queer YA romance about two solo concertgoers and unwitting seatmates who, when the show is abruptly cut short, embark on an unforgettable North Carolina summer night together, discovering how opposites can attract under the right circumstances.Dakarai (Kai) Barbier was supposed to be at CYPHR?s sold-out show with his best friends. Instead, he finds himself going solo, reeling from the news that they?ve decided to accelerate the next chapter of their lives, leaving him alone the summer after high school graduation.    Meanwhile, Elias Davis has just been sent from New York City to North Carolina to live with his uncle after a last-straw fistfight. Stuck in a town he doesn?t want to be in, and without knowing a soul his own age, he buys a single ticket to CYPHR?s Raleigh show.    When a sudden blackout ends the show early, forcing these unwitting seatmates back onto the streets of Raleigh, they are faced with a choice: get on the bus and head home or take a chance on each other. They might have arrived alone, but will they be leaving together?

A hopeful and heartwarming story about finding joy after tragedy, Amil and the After is a companion to the beloved and award-winning Newbery Honor novel The Night Diary, by acclaimed author Veera HiranandaniAt the turn of the new year in 1948, Amil and his family are trying to make a home in India, now independent of British rule.Both Muslim and Hindu, twelve-year-old Amil is not sure what home means anymore. The memory of the long and difficult journey from their hometown in what is now Pakistan lives with him. And despite having an apartment in Bombay to live in and a school to attend, life in India feels uncertain.Nisha, his twin sister, suggests that Amil begin to tell his story through drawings meant for their mother, who died when they were just babies. Through Amil, readers witness the unwavering spirit of a young boy trying to make sense of a chaotic world, and find hope for himself and a newly reborn nation.

A tender and vulnerable exploration of love and loss that follows two boys as they take their first trip back to the lake without their father, from debut author-illustrator Angie Kang.Today, Brother is taking me up to swim in the lake like Father used to. I want to thank him for bringing us here, but I can?t find the words. Instead, I loop my arms around his torso, and he does the same back.Here, in our lake, the water holds us close. On a sweltering hot day, a little boy mirrors his brother as he takes off his shirt, stretches, and walks toward the edge of the tall rock, ready to dive into the cool lake waters glistening below. Only this time, Father is not here. And the water looks so far away. How can he take the plunge? With a gorgeous, deft touch in her exquisitely soft illustrations and words, Angie Kang conveys vulnerability, longing, and connection as these two boys hear Father?s laugh and see his memory all around them, uniting them in a bittersweet moment.

Now in paperback, a powerful, thought-provoking, and heartfelt look at what it takes (and takes and takes) for two Black students to succeed in prestigious academic institutions in America.In All You Have to Do, two young Black men attend prestigious schools nearly thirty years apart, yet both navigate similar forms of insidious racism.In April 1968, in the wake of Martin Luther King, Jr.''s assassination, Kevin joins a protest that shuts down his Ivy League campus . . .In September 1995, amid controversy over the Million Man March, Gibran challenges the ?See No Color? hypocrisy of his prestigious New England prep school . . .As the two students, whose lives overlap in powerful ways, risk losing the opportunities their parents worked hard to provide, they move closer to discovering who they want to be instead of accepting as fact who society and family tell them they are.

An awe-inspiring picture book about the origin and advancement of humans, from author and #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator Nikkolas Smith.Fossil records show that the first humans were born in Africa. Meaning, every person on Earth can trace their ancestry back to that continent. The History of We celebrates our shared ancestors'' ingenuity and achievements and imagines what these firsts would have looked and felt like.What was it like for the first person to paint, to make music, to dance, to discover medicine, to travel to unknown lands? It required courage, curiosity, and skill.  The History of We takes what we know about modern human civilization and, through magnificent paintings, creates a tale about our shared beginnings in a way that centers Black people in humankind''s origin story.

Winter Park and Bobby Bae are Korean American high school juniors whose families have been friends since the kids were making crayon art. They, however, are repulsed by each other. Winter is MIT-bound, comfortable keeping people at arm’s length, and known by others as responsible, though she has a desire to let loose. This probably comes from her rebel grandmother, who is constantly pushing boundaries and encouraging Winter to do so as well. Winter’s best friend is moving abroad and won’t be attending college at all, and Winter’s wrestling with what it means to be left behind. Bobby is as type A, anxious, and risk-averse as you can get. He’s also been recently dumped, which has him feeling disoriented and untethered. That’s why when Winter’s and Bobby’s parents insist that they go on a Northeast college campus tour together, both teens find reasons to accept even though the idea of being stuck in a car together for seven hundred miles sounds unbearable. What awaits them is a journey of self-discovery, and the only rule on their road trip is to break all the rules. At first, this happens in hilariously calculated ways (using lists and reason and logic!), but Winter and Bobby soon abandon that, challenging each other to dares in Virginia, getting high and wandering around Philly for food - and battling the subsequent digestive distress - and crashing a party in Cambridge. And, of course, realising that they’re perfect together.