The Smart Cookie : This cookie has never felt like a smart cookie no matter how hard she tries, especially in comparison to all the clever cupcakes and brilliant rolls in the bakery. Will a dash of creativity and a sprinkle of confidence be enough to help her learn that perfect score.
The Couch Potato has everything within reach and doesn’t have to move from the sunken couch cushion. But when the electricity goes out, Couch Potato is forced to peel away from the comforts of the living room and venture outside. Could fresh air and sunshine possibly be better than the views on screens and having all the answers aren’t the only ingredients for intelligence?
The Sour Grape holds grudges for every reason under the sun. Lime never returned a scarf they borrowed? Grudge! Orange never called back? Grudge! But when a friend holds a grudge against the Sour Grape without listening to an explanation, the Sour Grape realizes how unfair grudges can be. Could a bunch of forgiveness and compassion be enough to turn a sour grape sweet?
The Big Cheese is the best at everything, and brags about it, too. When the annual Cheese-cathlon comes around, the Big Cheese is prepared to win, as always. But what happens when the quiet new kid, Wedge Wedgeman, comes out on top? Is a slice of humility all the Big Cheese needs to discover that some things are better than being the best?
Blast off with New York Times bestselling and Newbery Honor-winning Jennifer L. Holm’s out-of-this-world new novel about a kid raised on Mars who learns that he can’t be held back by the fears of the grown-ups around him.
Bell has spent his whole life – all eleven years of it – on Mars. But he’s still just a regular kid – he loves cats, any kind of cake, and is curious about the secrets the adults in the US colony are keeping. Like, why don’t have contact with anyone on the other Mars colonies? Why are they so isolated? When a virus breaks out and the grown-ups all fall ill, Bell and the other children are the only ones who can help. It’s up to Bell – a regular kid in a very different world – to uncover the truth and save his family … and possibly unite an entire planet.
“Amari Peters has never stopped believing her missing brother, Quinton, is alive. Not even when the police told her otherwise, or when she got in trouble for standing up to bullies who said he was gone for good. So when she finds a ticking briefcase in his closet, containing a nomination for a summer tryout at the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs, she’s certain the secretive organization holds the key to locating Quinton–if only she can wrap her head around the idea of magicians, fairies, aliens, and other supernatural creatures all being real.”
When they are separated at sea, mouse siblings Clarice and Charles Sebastian, who were taught to be careful, now need to be bold if they are to survive–and keep their promise to find one another again.
Being afraid of scary things or other bad things happening are normal struggles that many children face.
God, I Need to Talk to You about Being Afraid applies God’s invitation to His children to pray about everything and His promise to listen. Colorfully illustrated and written from a child’s point of view, this book describes everyday situations children encounter, along with the reassurance that even though life is full of scary things and moments, bad things do happen, and people get hurt, God is still with His children and loves and cares for them and sends people to help them stay safe. Comforted by God’s promises to always protect His children and listen to their prayers, children finish the story reminded of God’s love for them.
Balancing screen time is a normal struggle that many children face.
God, I Need to Talk to You about Screen Time applies God’s invitation to His children to pray about everything and His promise to listen. Colorfully illustrated and written from a child’s point of view, this book describes everyday situations children encounter, along with the message that screens can be harmful to the way bodies are designed, but that there are healthy ways to honor God with the bodies He has designed. Comforted by God’s promises to always forgive, help, and listen to prayers, children finish the story reminded of God’s love for them and His gift of their bodies!
Harriet Wermer is unhappy about having to spend her summer with her grandmother on Marble Island until she discovers a mystery involving her dad from when he was a boy living on the island.
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