From NYT bestselling author Aimee Friedman comes an inventive novel about fate, family secrets, and new love, told in split narrative. In this absorbing new novel, Summer makes a choice that changes the whole course of the season ahead of her. When her story divides, Summer finds herself alternately face to face with a longtime crush and worlds away. She is both living amid secrets and kept from them. But what matters more - the choices she makes or the experiences that shape her? Set in both the south of France and stateside, the twisting, atmospheric Two Summers explores questions of fate, self-determination, and whether or not the journey matters more than the destination.

Over the course of a day, big brother Albert manages his interactions with his little brother Baxter and the feelings that result, in this relatable romp through the alphabet. Big brother Albert gets increasingly frustrated with little brother Baxter. Crying! Diaper! Hungry! Irritated! A normal day and a familiar sibling interaction escalate alphabetically until Grandma resolves all the problems, with an X for a kiss goodnight, followed by Yawn, and, of course, ZZZZ.

"This book explores the dynamics of adoptive families, including the different kinds of adoptive families, the ways they form, the challenges they can face, and strategies for working through those challenges. Includes "Many Identities" and "Did You Know?" special features"--

This compassionate book explores the dynamics of blended families. Young readers learn about the different kinds of blended families, the ways they form, the challenges they can face, and strategies for working through those challenges. This book also features a "Many "Identities special feature, several "Did You Know?" facts, a table of contents, a reading comprehension quiz, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. This Focus Readers series is at the Beacon level, aligned to reading levels of grades 2-3 and interest levels of grades 3-5.

This compassionate book explores the dynamics of immigrant and refugee families. Young readers learn about the different kinds of immigrant and refugee families, the ways they form, the challenges they can face, and strategies for working through those challenges. This book also features a "Many "Identities special feature, several "Did You Know?" facts, a table of contents, a reading comprehension quiz, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. This Focus Readers series is at the Beacon level, aligned to reading levels of grades 2-3 and interest levels of grades 3-5.

"This book explores the dynamics of LGBTQ+ families, including the different kinds of LGBTQ+ families, the ways they form, the challenges they can face, and strategies for working through those challenges. Includes "Many Identities" and "Did You Know?" special features"--

"This book explores the dynamics of single-parent families, including different kinds of single-parent families, the ways they form, the challenges they can face, and strategies for working through those challenges. Includes "Many Identities" and "Did You Know?" special features"--

This compassionate book explores the dynamics of unhoused families. Young readers learn about the different kinds of unhoused families, the ways they form, the challenges they can face, and strategies for working through those challenges. This book also features a "Many "Identities special feature, several "Did You Know?" facts, a table of contents, a reading comprehension quiz, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. This Focus Readers series is at the Beacon level, aligned to reading levels of grades 2-3 and interest levels of grades 3-5.

With irresistible, rollicking rhyme, beloved picture book author Mary Ann Hoberman shows readers that families, large and small, are all around us. From celery stalks to bottle caps, buttons, and rings, the objects we group together form families, just like the ones we are a part of. And, as we grow up, our families grow, too. Mary Ann Hoberman gives readers a sense of belonging in this all-inclusive celebration of families and our role in them.

A young girl searches for pumpkins on her farm in this joyful celebration of cool-weather fruits and vegetables. Little gardeners will compare, contrast, and hunt for visual clues that eventually lead to the pumpkins and a fun potluck with Amara, her grandparents, and her diverse group of friends. Perfect for early childhood and elementary education units on agriculture, farming, gardening, and healthy eating.

From acclaimed Nigerian storyteller Atinuke, the first in a series of chapter books set in contemporary West Africa introduces a little girl who has enchanted young readers. Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa, amazing Africa, with her mother and father, her twin baby brothers (Double and Trouble), and lots of extended family in a big white house with a beautiful garden in a compound in a city. Anna is never lonely--there are always cousins to play and fight with, aunties and uncles laughing and shouting, and parents and grandparents close by. Readers will happily follow as she goes on a seaside vacation, helps plan a party for Auntie Comfort from Canada (will she remember her Nigerian ways?), learns firsthand what it's really like to be a child selling oranges outside the gate, and longs to see sweet snow. Nigerian storyteller Atinuke's debut book for children and its sequels, with their charming (and abundant) gray-scale drawings by Lauren Tobia, are newly published in the US by Candlewick Press, joining other celebrated Atinuke stories in captivating young readers.

In the middle of the 1960s counterculture movement in the US, Ada--a lonesome teen forced by impending civil war to flee her native West African birthplace with her mother--discovers an ability to connect with nature spirits as she joins other nonconformist youth to become an activist for her homeland, then discovers family secrets that impact her destiny forever. In the 1960s, Nabuka, a fictional Afrikan country is on the fringe of a civil war. The counterculture movement is gaining momentum in the United States, and teenage Ada has just relocated from sweltering Nabuka to the fictional small town of Greensberg, Pennsylvania with her elitist and overbearing mother. Ada is somewhat lonesome, but she has an uncanny ability to connect with nature spirits. Then comes Stacey, a boisterous hippie who ignites Ada's rebellious side, and Sal, a philosophical wanderlust who challenges Ada to share her inner world and surrender her heart. Will trauma and distance get in the way of their love? After the war, Ada drops out of college and returns to Nabuka to find answers about the identity of her birth father. While there, she discovers crippling secrets about her lineage and falls for Obinna, a charismatic Harvard educated man who has just built a counseling center for former child soldiers. But when Sal, now a Sociologist, ends up in Nabuka on a work assignment, and Obinna is arrested for treason, Ada is left to forge a new path that will impact her destiny forever.

At the end of a long day, sometimes it feels as if time will keep stretching endlessly. There are errands to run, homework to do, and toys to be put away. Sometimes it’s windy, and stormy, or downright boring. But . . . sometimes, with a little patience, the end of the day can be warm and cozy, surprising and exciting, and just right—filled with reasons to be grateful for the day you’ve had, and to look forward to tomorrow, too.