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⋆"A masterpiece of excremental fiction."--Booklist (starred review)

"Calls to mind Harry the Dirty Dog and that classic canine Clifford . . . a delightfully oddball tale." --Kirkus reviews

A hilariously funny and unique story about Henry, a dog who is disappointed when the new pieces of "art" he creates each day on his walks to the park are continuiously thrown in the garbage!

Henry is a dedicated artist, a master sculptor, and . . . a dog. Each day on his walks to the park, he leaves his new "art" for people to admire. But his sculptures keep getting tossed in the garbage without even being noticed! That is until, one day, when someone quite unexpected falls in love with his work and at last Henry has his moment to shine.

This tongue-in-cheek and truly unique picture book about creativity, perseverence, and, well, poop, is a hilarious ode to undiscovered artists everywhere.

Perfect for readers who loved No One Likes a Fart, My Butt is So Noisy, and Peter Reynolds's Creatrilogy.

Get ready for TWELVE times the action! TWELVE times the adventure! TWELVE times the Flip-O-Rama! It's the Captain Underpants Forever full-color twelve-book boxed set by worldwide bestselling author and illustrator Dav Pilkey, the creator of Dog Man. It's the complete saga, and it's EPIC!

Every Captain Underpants chapter book is overflowing with humor, action, adventure, mini-comics, and that world-famous cheesy animation technique, Flip-O-Rama. And now, for the FIRST TIME EVER, ALL TWELVE Epic Novels are in ONE COLLECTION: Captain Underpants Forever! Celebrate the upcoming 30-year anniversary of this beloved series with the complete, full-color twelve-book boxed set. It's perfect for original fans and newcomers alike.

George and Harold are two mischievous fourth graders who accidentally hypnotize their principal into becoming Captain Underpants, the world's greatest superhero. Join Captain Underpants as he battles the forces of evil in a never-ending fight for truth, justice, and all that is pre-shrunk and cottony.

For additional awesome, action-packed, inspiring, and heartfelt escapades filled with creativity and imagination, read Dav Pilkey's graphic novel series: Dog Man, Cat Kid Comic Club, and Super Diaper Baby (now in full color), plus the Dragon chapter book series. Also be sure to check out the two acclaimed major motion pictures, Dog Man and Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie.

THE CRITICS ARE CRAZY ABOUT UNDERPANTS!

OVER 90 MILLION BOOKS IN PRINT!

"The greatest American novels ever published." -- Mrs. Roxanne Ward's Third Grade Class, Greenwood Elementary School, Toledo, Ohio

"Irresistible." -- Entertainment Weekly

"So appealing that youngsters won't notice that their vocabulary is stretching." --School Library Journal

"Pilkey's sharp humor shines, and is as much fun for parents as their young readers." -- Parents' Choice Foundation

The Captain Underpants Forever boxed set includes:

#1 The Adventures of Captain Underpants: 25 1/2 Anniversary Edition

#2 Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets

#3 Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space

#4 Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants

#5 Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman

#6 Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 1

#7 Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 2

#8 Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People

#9 Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers

#10 Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-Boxers

#11 Captain Underpants and the Tyrannical Retaliation of the Turbo Toilet 2000

#12 Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot

The Captain Underpants series has won numerous awards, including the 2000 Garden State Children's Book Award (Children's Fiction), the 2001 Buckeye Children's Book Award (Grades 3-5), and the 2000 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Grades K-3).

"An engaging romp." -- New York Times Book Review

"A haunting, quietly devastating excavation of a story we should all know but don't: how a surfing legend became the target of eugenic obsession... Gorgeously written and brilliantly researched, this book is both a warning and a wonder." -- Laurie Gwen Shapiro, author of The Aviator and the Showman

The fascinating untold story of one scientist's pursuit of a legendary surfer in his quest to define human nature, written with the compelling drama and narrative insight of Why Fish Don't Exist and The Lost City of Z.

Deep in the archives of New York's American Museum of Natural History sits a wardrobe filled with fifty plaster casts of human heads a century old. How they came to be is the story of one of the most consequential, and yet least-known, encounters in the history of science.

In 1920, the museum's director, Henry Fairfield Osborn, traveled to Hawaii on an anthropological research trip. While there, he took a surfing lesson with Duke Kahanamoku, the famous surf-rider and budding movie star. For Osborn, a fervent eugenicist, the tall, muscular Kahanamoku embodied the "pure racial type" he was desperate to understand and, more significantly, preserve, in the human race.

Upon his return to New York, Osborn's fixation grew. He dispatched young scientist Louis Sullivan to Honolulu to measure, photograph, and cast in plaster Kahanamoku and other Hawaiian people. The study touched off a series of events that forever changed how we think about race, culture, science, and the essence of humanity.

In Capturing Kahanamoku, historian Michael Rossi draws on archival research and firsthand interviews to weave together a truly fascinating cultural history that is an absorbing account of obsession, a cautionary tale about the subjectivity of science, a warning of the pernicious and lasting impact of eugenics, a meditation on humanity, and the story of a man whose personhood shunned classification.

A heady blend of Barbarian Days and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Capturing Kahanamoku is a twentieth-century saga with ever-clearer implications for our times.

Capturing Kahanamoku includes 16-20 black-and-white photos throughout.

"The beginning of the story explains, "Zen. It's a nice word, small enough to fit in your pocket and take anywhere." [...] The notes that the children's mother leaves them have a huge impact on the way they see the world and how they behave. My First Book of Zen promotes thoughtfulness, tranquility, kindness, and awareness. It is a joy to read at any age." --Blue Wolf Reviews

Follow two children on a gentle journey as they receive notes and messages from their mother, discovering the beauty and wisdom of Zen along the way.

Change is in the air.
Oak leaves are gently falling like hands waving. Hello trees.
You will soon have a change of outfit, with lacy, delicate branches reaching for the sky.

My First Book of Zen is an invitation for young minds to explore the gentle teachings of Zen philosophy. Through a day in the life of two children, young readers encounter messages of presence, kindness, and connection to the world around them.

Each of the nine moments encourages curiosity and reflection, helping children develop an appreciation for nature's beauty and the peace found in still moments. Enchanting watercolor illustrations by award-winning artist Tracy Gallup paint the soft moods of Zen and capture a sense of inner calm. Each image is paired with a thoughtful message and a quote from an inspirational thinker--like the haiku master Issa, Zen philosophers D.T. Suzuki and Alan Watts, or the Dalai Lama--offering a quiet space for reflection.

A perfect book for bedtime and fostering moments of calm, My First Book of Zen sows the seeds of inner harmony, compassion, gratitude, and a lasting love for the natural world.

Told in comic strip form, this whimsical and soothing bedtime story for kids ages 4-8 will help struggling young sleepers drift off to dreamland!

We all sometimes have a hard time going to sleep. But did you know that Sleep itself can have trouble sleeping, too?

Sleep is a friendly figure with a magic wand, who visits all living things and sends them off to dreamland when night falls. You know about Sleep, she visits you every night without fail. But what about Sleep, doesn't she need her slumber too? Everyone she stops to ask just dozes off!

Sleep travels the world, seeking cozy places to settle down, from atop a bunch of baby chicks, to Santa's beard, to a baobob canopy; she listens to a lullaby, a meditation; she floats down the Amazon and rides an updraft in Siberia. Nothing does the trick: sleep keeps evading Sleep! Until a cat's soft purring snore sends Sleep just where she needs to go. Goodnight, Sleep.

Saehan Parc's playful story and cute, dreamy illustrations will help young readers float off to dreamland.

A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year

The Lost Library meets Not Quite a Ghost in this middle grade horror novel about a girl uncovering secrets about her new, haunted home.

The only thing worse than having ghost hunters for parents is having fake ghost hunters for parents. Luna Catalano would know. Her moms are haunted house flippers who use their home reno skills and pretend psychic powers to turn spooky old houses into ghost-free modern homes. Not only does their job require the family to move all the time--meaning Luna is completely friendless--but the only thing haunting any of those houses is bad decor. For once Luna wishes there was an actual, for-real ghost.

When they move yet again, Luna isn't expecting much. But this house feels... different. Things start out innocent enough--items not where they should be, strange noises--but soon things turn sinister. Her moms are waking up with cuts and bruises, and disturbing drawings showing them with even worse injuries are being left in Luna's room. With the help of her next-door neighbors and a mysterious woman who seems to know a lot about the home, Luna starts to piece together what exactly happened in that house before she moved in. But not everything is as it seems. In order to save her moms, Luna will have to get the story right before everything goes completely wrong.

Stonewall Honor-winning author Justine Pucella Winans returns with another middle grade horror with heart about friendship, family, and the stories we tell when real life feels too scary.

"This aspirational astronaut will inspire readers to follow their dreams--even the most far-fetched ones." --Kirkus Reviews "The graphic novel-style illustrations are lush and detailed in this inspiring science- and science fiction-minded picture book in which surprises await for those who dare to dream big." --Foreword Reviews "Dreams are always possible. Especially far-off dreams in the sky." --Shelf Awareness

Winner of the silver medal in the Key Colours China 2023 Competition

A veces, los sueños pueden parecer imposibles. Como la idea de que un ratón viaje a la luna. Pero desde que ese ratón escuchó sobre la mágica Montaña de Queso, no ha podido dejar de pensar en ella. Anhela llegar a conocerla. Tal vez, si se esfuerza mucho, algún día logrará llegar a su sueño en el cielo . . .

Un libro que te llevará a la estratósfera sobre un ratón que no se deja encasillar. Para pequeños soñadores a partir de los 5 años.

Despite massive investments, sustainable business still isn't very profitable for most companies. Here's a fresh approach for resetting sustainability for customer value--and profitability.

Store aisles packed with products labeled "environmentally friendly." Businesses scrambling to respond to stakeholder demands that they make their operations sustainable. Ads touting green credentials for all kinds of enterprises. For a long time now, this has been the market landscape we've lived in, with companies such as Unilever leading the way and creating pressure for others to follow suit.

But the uncomfortable truth is that after years of investment in sustainable products and services, most companies still aren't seeing the payoff--not financially, not in value for customers, and not in real environmental and social impact. Why not?

As IMD professors Goutam Challagalla and Frédéric Dalsace show in this eye-opening and practical book, the shortfall is due to a strategic misalignment and a misunderstanding of what actually drives customers' purchase decisions. The authors flip conventional sustainability strategy on its head: instead of companies asking "How can we make our offerings more sustainable?" they should be asking "How can we use sustainability as a catalyst to improve the performance of our products, make them more affordable, or both?" Viewed this way, sustainability is an intrinsic, value-generating element of an offering rather than a costly add-on.

The authors call companies that understand this insight--John Deere, Michelin, Schneider Electric, Nespresso, Reckitt, and others--clean winners, or "Resonators." With wide-ranging and instructive stories, they show how Resonators use sustainability to increase customer value and generate robust profits.

Offering practical frameworks, tools, and tactics, Clean Winners is your essential guide to reimagining your sustainability strategy.

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"Utterly beautiful, playfully fun, and, above all, breathtaking."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Mr. Lies has set a new standard for ingenuity" --Wall Street Journal

With lush paintings and intricately constructed 3-D artwork, bestselling and Caldecott Honor-winning author-illustrator Brian Lies introduces a sleepy kitten whose afternoon nap transforms into an epic journey through art, time, and history. Perfect for fans of They All Saw a Cat, Museum Trip, and Jumanji. Includes a note from the author about how the illustrations were created.

In the warm, late afternoon sunlight, a girl sits on the couch reading a book. Her kitten dozes nearby. But when Kitten notices a mouse and dives after it through a framed poster on the wall, an epic chase through time, art, and history ensues. Is it a dream? That's up to the reader to decide, but for the kitten, every leap and bound is full of suspense and makes for a masterpiece.

Caldecott Honor-winning and New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Brian Lies creates a truly unique picture book journey that invites young readers through the galleries of an art museum as well as through time, space, and history. As the cat and mouse leap from one page to the next, they are portrayed in the style of masterful artworks from history--an ancient Egyptian relief, an illuminated manuscript, a stained-glass window, a ceramic dog--each painstakingly and lovingly re-created in its original media by Brian Lies. When the sly mouse gets away, Kitten finds himself lost and alone. Will art help him find his way home?

This visual showstopper by an award-winning and bestselling picture book creator offers readers a page-turning cat and mouse chase, an introduction to famous works of art throughout history, an epic adventure story, and a homecoming. Backmatter includes information about how each of the illustrations in the book was created, notes on the original artworks featured in the book, and an afterword inviting young readers to make, create, and build things.

"(...) a fittingly innovative and playful take on the original."- Publishers Weekly"I read Orlando and believed it was a hallucinogenic, interactive biography of my own life and future." - Tilda Swinton

The graphic novel adaptation of Virginia Woolf's feminist classic, which tells the story of a passionate young nobleman traveling through time in the body of a woman.

Virginia Woolf's Orlando has long stood as a dazzling landmark in feminist and queer literature. In this vivid adaptation by Susanne Kuhlendahl, Woolf's fantastical biography comes to life anew: the tale of a passionate young nobleman who defies time and convention. Orlando begins his journey in the Elizabethan court and lives for over three centuries--transitioning along the way from a man into a woman, and from a restless youth into a self-assured figure of modernity. As eras shift and empires rise and fall, Orlando remains, navigating identity, desire, and the elusive nature of love.

With a foreword by Virginia Woolf scholar Anna Snaith, King's College London

The eighth short novella or long short story in Dave Eggers's The Forgetters series.

Can a gooey little treat help kids feel good about who they are? In this sweet and silly story--it absolutely can!

Meet S'More--a lovable snack who's feeling a little unsure. Is he too squishy? Too sticky? Not fancy enough? As he reflects on what makes him special, S'More learns a powerful truth: he doesn't need to be perfect to be enough. He's already amazing just being himself.

S'More Is Enough is a heartwarming picture book that helps children build confidence and embrace their uniqueness. With playful humor, cozy camping vibes, and a gentle message of self-worth, this story is a delicious reminder that being yourself is more than enough.

Whether your child struggles with self-doubt or just needs a warm hug in book form, S'More Is Enough delivers a sweet dose of encouragement.

Key Features:

• Builds self-esteem and confidence in a fun, relatable way
• Encourages emotional awareness, positive self-talk, and self-acceptance
• Perfect for ages 4-8--great for family reading, classrooms, and therapy settings
• Created by Magination Press, the children's imprint of the American Psychological Association--trusted experts in children's emotional development

A great grandma imparts the wisdom gained over her one hundred years to an eager little girl in this tender picture book tribute to family and living a long, purposeful, beautiful life, perfect for fans of When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree.

Baby girl Jasmine heads south with her dad to join the family in celebrating Great Grandma Caroline's 100th birthday. Jasmine knows one hundred years is a very long time. It's longer than a goldfish lives, or a hamster--or even a dog! When she gets to Great Grandma Caroline's house, she asks: how did she get to be so old?

According to Caroline, living such a long, hearty life takes a heap of patience, a dollop of determination, and a whole lot of faith--just like learning to skip stones on the lake. And the most important thing is surrounding yourself with family and those who love you.