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From the imperial palaces of Vienna to the snowcapped peaks of the Alps, readers embark on a journey through Austria's rich cultural and historical heritage. This volume explores the birthplace of classical music legends such as Mozart and Beethoven, the grandeur of Schönbrunn Palace, and the vibrant traditions of Austria's alpine villages. Engaging fact boxes, stunning full-color photographs, and fascinating sidebars bring Austria's timeless beauty and enduring spirit to life, inspiring students to embrace curiosity and explore the wonders of this enchanting European country.

Celebrate Christmas with one magical dance with Santa in this adorable picture book from a New York Times bestselling author, the inimitable Sandra Boynton.

"Now everybody's rushing toward Christmas Eve, but I'm quietly waiting. I've got to believe.
It's not about presents. No, here's the cause: I just want to dance with SANTA CLAUS!"

The only thing this sweet bunny child wants for Christmas is to dance the Rock-and-Roll Swing with Santa on Christmas Eve. Will it happen? (Spoiler: Of course!) Sandra Boynton's jaunty lyrics and captivating, expressive illustrations come together in this cozy gift book for the festive season. Based on the magical song (gloriously sung by Zooey Deschanel) on Boynton's Christmas album, Cows and Holly, this lovely picture book is the perfect read-aloud to celebrate Christmas with any little bunny in your life, year after year.

This debut novel from food writer Leah Eskin of the Chicago Tribune combines the historical sweep and emotional power of The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer and the resonant use of food and recipes of Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel.

The story opens on the mountaintop town of Pitigliano, Italy, once called Little Jerusalem for its vibrant, centuries-old Jewish community. But the year is 1943. Mussolini has enacted anti-Jewish laws across Italy, and the family of Stella Fortuna struggles to maintain any sense of their former life. Then, one night, a neighbor comes to their door holding a ricotta pudding and tells them, "You must leave now. You're in grave danger." The Nazis have arrived to help the Fascists of Italy enact their own Final Solution.

Grabbing what few things they can carry (and the pudding), Stella Fortuna escapes into the woods below Pitigliano with her two older brothers and younger sister, Marcella. What follows is a desperate months-long flight. Stella finds temporary and precarious shelter with sympathetic, but fearful families in the countryside, dodging the ever-closer Fascists in pursuit. Meanwhile, she dreams of romance, the comforts of home, and the food that was not just her mother's love, but the delicious expression of an entire culture in danger.

In a separate timeline, Edda Servi Machlin is a housewife in 1960s Westchester trying to make sense of a new culture, as well as the "spaghetti and meatballs" food that passes for Italian cuisine. With caustic wit, we see twentieth-century America through an immigrant's eyes, someone who can never return to her former home because it no longer exists. Someone who comes to understand that it might be up to her to preserve the indelible flavors of an Italian-Jewish way of life that is in danger of extinction, as her family once was.

In between these two remarkable stories are more than forty recipes (updated for today's cooks), all inspired by the life and example of Edda Servi Machlin, author of The Classic Cuisine of the Italian Jews.

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"My father, himself an Italian Jew, used Edda Servi Machlin's recipes as a bridge to his culinary and personal roots. Machlin's life inspired this beautiful novel by Leah Eskin: a survival story and a cultural archive. It honors a nearly vanished world through narrative and recipes, showing how memory, food, and storytelling can resist erasure." --Yotam Ottolenghi, author of Jerusalem: A Cookbook and Ottolenghi Comfort

"A tale of survival, faith, and family. Leah Eskin writes beautifully, powerfully, and with an exquisite tenderness." --Achy Obejas, author of Days of Awe and The Tower of the Antilles

"Edda Servi Machlin was an icon of Jewish food writing and almost mythical in stature. Eskin's novel illuminates the very human stories of love, longing, family, and food that made Servi Machlin so remarkable. It is a delicious delight to read." --Leah Koenig, author of Portico: Cooking and Feasting in Rome's Jewish Kitchen

"Is it a disconnect to call a novel about an Italian-Jewish girl and her family surviving Mussolini's atrocities and the Holocaust 'charming'? Author Leah Eskin has portrayed Edda Servi Machlin's story with humor, elegance, delicious recipes, and always a deep humanity. I ate it up." --Betsy Andrews, co-author of Coastal: 130 Recipes from a California Road Trip

"Leah Eskin has woven her passion for food and history into a delicious and moving tale of Jewish survival. Her book will inspire readers from all backgrounds to cook and to persevere." --Gabriella Gershenson, James Beard Award-winning food writer

A STEM-focused picture book about Ruby, a curious child who is eager to map the world around her, by beloved children's book author Jane Yolen.

It's Ruby's first time drawing a map all by herself. She eagerly grabs her journal and markers and heads outside with her mama close behind. Down the street, under the railroad bridge, and through the park--her mapping has begun. With each step, Ruby draws key elements of her route, carefully adding details as she goes: bikers on the trail, birds in the sky, deer in the meadow. By the end of her special day, Ruby's map is bursting with interesting observations.

This thoughtful picture book introduces the concept of mapping. It spotlights how a child's daily life is filled with small maps--whether inside or outside, on the sidewalk or in the park--and reinforces how those maps help us tell our stories.

Readers will get to know Highland cattle in this easy-to-read book featuring adorable full-color images. This title tells readers all about Highland cattle, from their habitat and diet to their personality--and their babies! It includes a glossary, index, and additional fun facts about everyone's new favorite animal. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.

A surprising look at how modern capitalism changed sugar from a natural food to a scientific commodity.

Sugar is everywhere in the western diet, blamed for epidemics of obesity, diabetes, and other modern maladies. Our addiction to sweetness has a long and unsavory history. Over the past five hundred years, sugar has shaped empires, made fortunes for a few, and brought misery for millions of workers both enslaved and free. How did sugar become a defining modern food and an essential global commodity?

In Unrefined, David Singerman recasts our thinking about this crucial substance in the history of capitalism. Before the nineteenth century, sugar's value depended on natural qualities: its color, its taste, where it was grown, and who had made it. But beginning around 1850, a combination of plantation owners, industrialists, and scientists set out to redefine sugar itself. Deploying the tools and rhetoric of science, they transformed not just how sugar was produced or traded but even how people thought about it. By changing sugar into a pure chemical object, these forces stripped power from workers and enabled--and obscured--new kinds of fraud, corruption, and monopoly.

Taking us to unexplored spaces in the world of sugar, from laboratories and docks to refineries and the halls of Congress, Singerman illuminates dark intersections of the histories of corruption, science, and capitalism.

Cheer for the district's most intrepid school bus driver as he races to get everybody to school before the bell rings!

A school is an entire community of its own, but many of its members never get celebrated. This book, the hero is the school bus driver! The first staff member kids see in the morning and the last they say goodbye to, the bus driver has a crucial part to play--and Mr. Jay is up to the challenge.

With the clock ticking all the while, Mr. Jay picks up kids from all over town--out in the country, up a hill, in the busy city, always piloting his bus with jaunty rhymes and a can-do attitude. Along the route, he's called upon to settle stomachs, clean up pony poo, and fix a diorama. He avoids a stampede, settles down an intruding dog, and even fights off hostile swans! But will he get the kids to school on time?

Chelsea Lin Wallace and Thyra Heder deliver a rollicking, high-energy ride with On Our Way with Mr. Jay, the first in a series of books about school heroes. Whether eager for the start of school, nervous about new experiences, or fond of their own beloved driver, kids will be giggling and cheering their way through this irrepressible, fun-filled read-aloud.

A Smithsonian Magazine Best Children's Book of the Year
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year

Erin Hunter's #1 bestselling Warriors series continues with the second book in the Changing Skies arc, as the Clans continue to navigate an ominous prophecy that foreshadows the end of the cats' connection to StarClan.

Still healing from an accident that almost killed her, Tawnypelt is eager to share the message she received from StarClan about a "great peril" looming over the clans. But her vision is dismissed by her son and leader, Tigerstar, leaving Tawnypelt with no choice but to take action on her own.

Racked with guilt that he caused his father's death, Starlingpaw is determined to atone for his mistake. His chance comes when Tawnypelt warns him of a "two-faced cat" intent on destroying the clans. Believing himself uniquely suited to find this cat and stop them, Starlingpaw seizes on the opportunity to prove that he is an asset, and not a liability, to SkyClan.

Moonpaw is settling into her role as a Thunderclan apprentice, even as she continues to grapple with the voice in her head. But the more she tries to ignore the voice, the louder--and angrier--it grows.

Meanwhile, Twolegs have set their sights on the Moonpool, preventing the Clans from reaching StarClan. Will the cats find a way to reach their ancestors before all is lost?

Author-illustrator Lian Cho of Oh, Olive! and Pig Town Party delivers her third hilarious picture book about a bear and the fish, named Eustace, that they're trying to make their lunch. But a dash of diversion, a pinch of luck, and the surprising power of friendship just might save Eustace after all!?

Today's Lunch Special: Freshly caught fish.
Bear lives alone in a lighthouse.
Bear mends their clothes, sweeps the floors, and catches their own lunch.
Today's lunch is Eustace.
Eustace would really like to live. (He has a girlfriend after all.)
Will Eustace be released back into the sea? Or will he end up in Bear's stock pot?
Find out in this funny adventure filled with brilliant illustrations and lots of humor.

Are you the Easter Bunny? Follow along as adorable baby chicks go on a springtime adventure and meet new friends while looking for the Easter Bunny! This sweet sound book features four sound buttons and twinkling lights, encouraging interactive play, hand-eye coordination, and language development for your baby or toddler. Makes a great gift to tuck into an Easter basket.

Babies Love is a delightful board book series designed to spark curiosity and joy in the littlest learners. With sturdy pages, vibrant illustrations, and engaging first concepts like colors, shapes, animals, and more, Babies Love helps babies explore their world through play, discovery, and love--one page at a time.

• Press the buttons for a fun, light-up experience as you enjoy the sounds with the story.
• Sturdy board book pages are perfect for babies and toddlers to explore on their own or with their grownups.
  
• Cheerful illustrations in these sensory board books for little kids keeps them entertained and engaged.
• Icons on each page correspond with the buttons providing an opportunity to practice matching and fine motor skills.
• Collect other Sound and Song Books from Cottage Door Press!
  

Longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize

From National Book Award finalist Susan Straight, a captivating new novel about a group of nurses fighting through the first year of a pandemic and the beloved California community they will risk their lives to protect

In August 2020, a group of nurses are working in the ICU at a hospital in San Bernardino at the height of a Covid surge: Larette Embers, whose husband, Grief, is an animal control officer; Cherrise Martinez, whose husband died years ago in a car crash, and whose daughter Raquel has been sent to a Coachella date farm to live with her great-aunt to avoid the virus; and Marisol Manalang, born in the Philippines but based in Sacramento. To safeguard their families, the nurses are living in a makeshift RV camp close to the hospital; they share food and cigarettes yet keep their work private. For this is a country in crisis, and they are assisting strangers at the edge of death with infinite tenderness and growing desperation.

As the nurses struggle with the skyrocketing number of sick patients, Cherisse's daughter goes missing. Grief's friend Johnny Frias, a California Highway Patrol officer, joins the search to find her, and the resulting journey leads to new love and loss, pushing all our characters to their breaking points. Brilliantly highlighting both the quiet heroism and extraordinary bravery of first responders, Sacrament once again proves that Susan Straight is the "essential voice in American writing and in writing of the West" (The New York Times).

An excellent introduction to the power of public dissent." -- Kirkus

"If supporting grassroots activists taught us anything, it is that when enough individuals come together, it is possible to take on a system." -- Yvon Chouinard

What would the world look like if we couldn't express outrage against the systems we disagree with or support the changes we seek?

Our right to peaceful protest is under attack, and we must act now!

Protest: Respect It Defend It Use It offers a powerful look at the role peaceful activism has played in advancing the public good--and shines a light on the urgent need to protect this democratic right. This is not a how-to guide. Rather, it is a celebration of what collective action can achieve, an invitation to be inspired, and a reminder that each of us has the capacity to make a difference.

Featuring more than 40 iconic campaigns from around the world, the book combines photos, artifacts, and memorable quotes to create a vivid testament to the power of public dissent. Guest essays from Jane Fonda, Tennessee Representative Justin Pearson, Dolores Huerta, Nemonte Nenquimo, and others reveal how protest shaped their own commitment to driving change. Through storytelling and first-hand reflection, readers are invited to witness, reflect, and engage in peaceful activism--right here, right now.

Rivers that don't catch fire. The freedom to marry whom we love. Clean air and water. Even weekends off. Peaceful protest--protected in the U.S., as in many countries, as a cornerstone of participatory democracy-- helped bring about each of these victories. Free speech, dissent, and public mobilization are essential tools for advancing so many causes, including environmental protection, workers' rights, human rights, self-determination, and climate, social, and racial justice.

Yet even as protest has delivered lasting progress--and perhaps because of it--the right to speak freely and organize is increasingly under threat. Crackdowns are no longer confined to authoritarian regimes; anti-protest sentiment is spreading across established democracies. Activists are being vilified, targeted, and even criminalized. In the U.S., anti-protest laws have been enacted in 49 states. SLAPP suits--meritless legal actions used to silence dissent--are on the rise. New legal concepts like "negligent protest" are being used to hold organizers liable for damages, while violent actions by anti-democratic forces are reframed or excused.

Published to coincide with the 250th anniversary of one of history's most consequential acts of protest--the signing of the Declaration of Independence--this book is an invitation. It invites readers to learn about the creativity, courage, and impact of peaceful protest, to be inspired by those who came before, and to recognize that this essential democratic right belongs to everyone--now more than ever.

In Festival Faces, young readers will learn how to paint popular face designs from fairs and carnivals. They will be inspired by nature and art from different cultures. Basic face painting techniques and step-by-step projects allow readers to paint faces with flowers, crowns, flames, and more! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

The big Raptor Race is just days away. Vishal has always been the fastest in his crew, but is he faster than the other raptors? The Dino Crew encourages him to enter the race and help him train. Will Vishal overcome his nerves in time for the race? Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Calico Kid is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.