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A Black couple leaves their downtown Chicago condo for a new suburban subdivision, only to find themselves at the center of a maelstrom in this gripping page-turner from the award-winning author of Three Girls from Bronzeville.

Tired of the daily drama in his emergency room, Dr. Langdon Blaque is in search of a place where he can leave the world behind. He loves his job and has no delusions about the suburbs being perfect, but he wants peace and quiet. His wife Josephine, a lawyer, grew up listening to her father's stories about the Jim Crow South, and sundown towns. She prefers the city. Still, she agrees to move with the caveat that they stay for a year and reassess.

The tight-knit, predominantly white group of neighbors in Majestic Hills initially welcomes them with open arms. But beneath the veneer of privileged harmony, tensions simmer. When a horrifying crime rocks the community, the illusion of safety is shattered, and Josephine and Langdon find themselves at the heart of a brewing storm that pits neighbor against neighbor, exposes deeply ingrained prejudices, and threatens to implode into violence.

As their experiment in suburban living ticks toward the one-year mark, the Blaques are pushed to a breaking point. Can they find a way to make a home in Majestic Hills? Or has the move put their future, their marriage, and even their safety in jeopardy?

A fang-tastically fun cookbook with recipes inspired by classic Halloween films for every ghoul, goblin, and horror buff who believes October 31st is the most delicious night of the year.

From The Nightmare Before Christmas to Ghostbusters, The Addams Family to Beetlejuice, this playful and delightfully spooky cookbook conjures up sixty-five recipes inspired by some of the most iconic Halloween movies of all time. Whether you're hosting a scary movie marathon, planning a killer costume party, or just in it for the tricks and treats, The Halloween Movie Cookbook serves up something for every kind of monster or witch at heart.

Run amok with Dead Man's Toes from Hocus Pocus; sink your fangs into Louis's Ratatouille inspired by Interview with the Vampire; raise the dead with Casper's Tall Stack of Pumpkin Pancakes; do the Time Warp (again) with Dr. Frank-N-Furter's Mini Frankfurters, inspired by The Rocky Horror Picture Show; and imbibe like an Owens sister with Midnight Margaritas from Practical Magic. With playful headnotes and spook-tacular photography filled with easter eggs from the films, this book is your ultimate guide to turning your favorite frightening flicks into a fabulous feast.

Perfect for spooky movie lovers, Halloween superfans, and anyone who thinks pumpkin spice should be a year-round staple, The Halloween Movie Cookbook is a wickedly delicious time.

Ruby the little fox uses a hammer and other tools to overcome anxiety and anger during a school group project in this heartfelt sequel to Ruby's Tools for Making Friends by New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Apryl Stott.

Ruby has special tools to help her at school: a tape measure to count her breaths when she's feeling overwhelmed; safety goggles to remind her to see things in a different way; and pliers to remind her to be flexible. But when Ruby's friends start bossing her around during a group project, she finds that her tools aren't working!

Instead, Ruby loses her cool and makes a mess of their project and the classroom. Ruby instantly wishes she could take back her messy mistake, but she's too upset. At home, Pop Pop tells Ruby that anger is a normal emotion and encourages her to find a positive activity to let the emotion out the next time she feels angry. He even gifts her a hammer for her tool belt, as a reminder of what she's learned.

Armed with her new tool, Ruby is determined to set things right at school. But she's about to discover that even the messiest mistake can be fixed with a little help from friends.

Find out who's speedy--and who's not--in this playful interactive construction truck board book with a surprise mirror at the end!

Hi, Dump Truck. Are you speedy?
How about you, Bulldozer? Are you speedy?

Little ones meet a lively parade of construction trucks and vehicles in this playful, interactive board book that asks the question: Who is speedy?

From excavators and mixers to tow trucks and tractors, each vehicle has its own special job and its own way of moving. With cheerful sound words and charming illustrations, children will love guessing which machines zoom the fastest.

Here's what makes Are You Speedy? a storytime favorite:

- Truck Characters Toddlers Love: A playful lineup of dump trucks, bulldozers, excavators, and other construction vehicles keeps little transportation fans engaged.

- Interactive Mirror Surprise: The final page reveals the speediest character of all--the reader--creating a delightful moment of self-recognition.

- Perfect Read-Aloud Rhythm: Repetition and playful sound words make this board book ideal for interactive storytime with babies and toddlers.

- Built for Little Hands: Sturdy board pages are designed for ages 0-4 and stand up to repeated reading.

Are You Speedy? is an interactive board book full of trucks, movement, and read-aloud fun--perfect for toddlers, little vehicle lovers, and families who can't get enough of things that zoom.

"She turned her location off. I turned the drama on."

From viral creator and storyteller Nale Lewis (@mrsnalelewis) comes *Mom, I'm Your Mom Now* - a hilarious and heartfelt gift book for every daughter who's ever clung too tightly... and every mom who secretly loved it. Through 10 overly dramatic "reasons" that moms shouldn't go anywhere without their adult daughters, this book explores the funny and unspoken truths of growing up, growing close, and growing overly involved.

Whether she's in danger of being kidnapped by her own garden or trapped in an endless selfie upload loop, Mom needs someone to protect her. Good thing her daughter secretly shared her location. With the perfect mix of millennial humor, vivid imagination, and unhinged love, this book is the ideal gift for Mother's Day, birthdays, holidays, or "just because I saw this and thought of you and panicked."

A coffee table favorite. A bedtime read. A clingy love letter.

For the mom who gave you life... and now must give you her location.

En esta espectacular novela los dinosaurios vuelven a conquistar la Tierra...

En una isla remota, un grupo de hombres y mujeres emprende una carrera contra el tiempo para evitar un desastre mundial provocado por la desmedida ambición de comercializar la ingeniería genética. Pero todos los esfuerzos resultarán vanos cuando el inescrupuloso proyecto quede fuera de control y el mundo a merced de unas bestias monstruosas...

Parque Jurásico, la novela más célebre de Michael Crichton y una de las más leídas en los últimos años, fue adaptada al cine con enorme éxito por Steven Spielberg.

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In this spectacular novel, dinosaurs once again conquer the Earth...

On a remote island, a group of men and women race against time to prevent a global disaster caused by the excessive ambition to commercialize genetic engineering. But all efforts will be in vain when the unscrupulous project gets out of control and the world is at the mercy of monstrous beasts...

Jurassic Park, the most famous novel by Michael Crichton and one of the most read in recent years, was adapted into a highly successful film by Steven Spielberg.

An unbridled ride through the beauty of horse country around the globe--from tack room to saddle, British dressage to Western cowboys-- and everywhere in between. Includes a foreword from India Hicks.

"Horse lovers will relish this attractive book. It will be of interest to both readers who want to learn more about horses and those who are experienced riders, owners, and trainers of equines."--Library Journal

Prepare to take the most glamorous ride of your life. Horse Country is not just a book--it's a sprawling, cinematic tribute to the world of horses. Epic in scale and almost as grand as a Thoroughbred, this tome bucks convention, letting loose the reins on beauty, fantasy, and freedom in equal measure.

Each page is a discovery: sweeping vistas of dew-dotted pastures, weathered tack rooms, head-turning rides in both English and Western style, and Friesians so exquisite they seem conjured from myth. Included amid all the unbridled beauty are essays on equestrian life and history, a foreword from India Hicks, and an illustrated horse breed dictionary that captures familiar and rarefied equines to know and love.

Whether you're a lifelong equestrian or an aspiring horse girl, Horse Country is an essential love letter to life in the saddle.

Stitch Head returns in another fantastically strange and heartfelt adventure--this time, he and his friends are drawn to the high seas by a pirate's legend!

You haven't truly seen the world . . . until you've seen it through a pirate's eye.

So claims Dash Flashpowder, a legendary pirate, fearless adventurer...and the original owner of Stitch Head's pearly blue glass eye?!

When the first of Mad Professor Erasmus' creations discovers he might be part-pirate, he's taken aback. But soon he realizes that, perhaps, the dangers of the open ocean have been his calling all along!

With his creator seemingly having abandoned Castle Grotteskew and its 311 monsters, Stitch Head sets out with his crewmates Creature and Arabella to search for a new destiny, only to discover that old foes may still lurk in the deep!s

Join this motley group of sailors as they search for the world's greatest treasure--a place to belong.

Innocent wishes turn decidedly sinister in this chilling horror for fans of Katherine Arden and R. L. Stine.

Peter and his half brother, Adrian, live in the shadow of Old Splinter--a formerly lavish estate now in ruins. Rumored to have once housed an eccentric magician, it's now home to little more than spiderwebs and mold. Tasked with renovating the crumbling mansion on behalf of their wealthy uncle, Peter's stepdad is at his wits' end. And the cracks are beginning to show in their once-happy cottage.

A mysterious local legend may be their only hope. The wishing claw, a magical hand that grants your deepest desires, has spell-bound townsfolk for centuries. If it's real--if he can find it--then Peter might just save his family! But wishes are tricky things and they always come with a price. What starts innocently enough soon unearths much more than Peter bargained for, including a dark secret lurking in the walls of the mansion...and a monstrous hunger that comes knocking at his door.

A romantic, life-affirming memoir about a young woman's solo honeymoon to Europe after her fiancé's sudden death, and the community of hope and wonder she builds along the way.

Laura and Devon were on the cusp of their wedding. Both young professionals, they lived a full life in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, where they were often found hiking the rugged and beautiful coastline with their two Bernedoodles.

When they sat down to plan their honeymoon, Chianti, Italy, was at the top of the list. Four months later, Laura found herself standing at the edge of an Italian village, watching the sunset. It would have been perfect, if Devon had been there with her. But Laura's fiancé, the love of her life, had died in her arms a month before their wedding.

The Solo Honeymoon follows Laura as she faces her fears and heartbreak by going alone on the honeymoon she had planned with Devon. From screaming on the mountaintops in Ireland to wandering the busy streets of London, to dining on the French Riviera and watching the Tuscan sunset, Laura travels across Europe to find solid ground. Along the way, readers learn her unique love story with Devon and what made their relationship so special.

The result is a beautiful exploration of what it means to choose life in the face of unimaginable pain. The Solo Honeymoon shines a light on the joy of love, the depths of grief and all the beauty there is in the world.

Mother-to-be Hayley Snow bites off more than she can chew in the sixteenth installment of Lucy Burdette's USA Today bestselling Key West Food Critic mysteries.

When Sheriff's Deputy Darcy Rogers asks Hayley for a small favor, she can't say no. Nine months pregnant and temporarily benched from her food critic duties, Hayley's itching for a distraction and eager to help. All she has to do is tag along while a young woman picks up her daughter from her father at Monroe County's safe custody exchange location. Easy, right?

Wrong.

In the chaos of the Sheriff's Office open house, the mother disappears. Then the father bolts, leaving Hayley with a terrified girl and the realization that something has gone terribly wrong. Hayley and Deputy Rogers head north up the Keys to search for answers.

When a body turns up, Hayley realizes this isn't just a missing-persons case--it's a race against time. With the little girl's safety at risk, Hayley must trust her instincts--and her heart--to uncover the truth.

The Tree That Could Not Change is a children's story that asks a simple question: what if you cannot do what everyone else seems to do? In the grove, the oaks are proud when autumn arrives. Their leaves turn yellow, orange, and red, and the forest celebrates with animals delaying their winter migration just to join in. All of this joy sets the stage for one small tree in the middle that has been waiting for this moment all year. He finally has green leaves after years of nothing, and now he wants to glow in shades of red like his neighbors. Spoiler: He does not.

The young tree watches the older oaks change first. Then the others follow. His moment comes. He pushes, he wills, he believes. Yet, his leaves stay green. The animals notice. The oaks notice. The little tree notices most of all. He mumbles, "I don't understand," and that line just about sums up the heartbreak.

Weeks pass. The tree works harder than any oak around. Some oaks offer advice, but most back away, confused and unsure. The season keeps moving without him. The oaks release their leaves. The little one cannot. Then comes snow. The weight bends his branches, the storm shakes him, and he starts to ask if he even matters.

That moment when he almost breaks, something shifts. Under his bent limbs a blue jay seeks shelter. The tree, nearly crushed by his own failure, suddenly becomes a protector. That changes everything. The night is filled with chatter, the storm passes, and the bird leaves. But the tree is no longer only thinking about himself. He finds a purpose.

From then on, each storm brings new animals. The tree bends but does not break. He grows into a role no one else in the grove can fill. By spring, he no longer cares about turning red. Word spreads. Animals come not to see colors but to find safety under his strong branches. The tree that once wished to be like everyone else becomes proud of what makes him different.

This is not a story about being the brightest in the crowd. It is about surviving when it feels impossible, and finding worth in what only you can do. Children see a tree that tries, fails, hurts, and then finds meaning. Adults reading along will probably nod and think, "Yep, that's life."

The pacing keeps the tension steady with storms, struggles, and survival. The main character is just a tree, yet he feels real because the problems are the same ones people face. Wanting to belong. Fearing being left behind. Learning that what makes you different might be exactly what others need.

The Tree That Could Not Change is more than a seasonal tale. It is a reminder that not fitting in is not the end of the story. Sometimes, it is the beginning of what you were meant to be all along.

It's Halloween in Busytown, and something is afoot...all the pumpkins have vanished! Join Lowly Worm and Huckle Cat in this brand-new story as they try to save Halloween. This charming hardcover storybook includes two pages of full-color stickers for extra festive fun!

Other Lowly Worm Saves titles:
Lowly Worm Saves Christmas! (Fall 2025)
Lowly Worm Saves Easter! (Spring 2027)
Lowly Worm Saves Valentine's Day! (Fall 2027)

Oh no! Farmer Alfalfa's pumpkins have gone missing! Can Lowly Worm and Huckle Cat find them before Halloween arrives? Kids can join the fun and celebrate Halloween with Lowly Worm and all his friends in this sweet holiday storybook!

This holiday gift book introduces young children to the friendly characters in Richard Scarry's Busytown. This is the second story in a new holiday-themed series, following Lowly Worm Saves Christmas!