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Tracy and Stella Stegosaurus can't stop arguing. Tracy bumped into Stella, and Stella took Tracy's lunch spot. Then Stella said dinosaurs with bumps on their backs should be best friends, which leaves Tracy out. When things boil over, the Dino Crew steps in to help them figure out how to get along. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Calico Kid is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.

Somebody broke the class pet cage at Dino Elementary. The pet compsognathi escaped and made a mess! The crew helps their teacher catch the little rascal and work together to help their friend be brave. Will the nervous dinosaur tell the truth? Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Calico Kid is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.

There's a new student at Dino Elementary. Tyler T. rex isn't just new, he's also clumsy and causing problems, like knocking over the teacher's vase of ferns. The Dino Crew is nervous to get near him, but as the day progresses, the friends learn more about him. Will the new dino finally fit in? Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Calico Kid is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.

Karl Lagerfeld--a larger-than-life fashion icon who changed the industry and a living brand--comes to life in this all-new graphic novel biography that looks at the man behind the logo

"It starts with me and it ends with me."--Karl Lagerfeld

Karl Lagerfeld stylized himself into a living logo and a myth of the fashion world. As a brand, his name is synonymous with luxury, and as a designer, he worked for and influenced almost every major luxury brand since the beginning of his career, from his apprenticeship with Balmain to Fendi, whose logo he designed, to his renowned tenure at Chanel from 1982-2000.

Now, FAZ editor Alfons Kaiser, who knew Lagerfeld personally, tells the story of the charismatic fashion designer in this new graphic novel biography. Using many previously unknown sources, Karl Lagerfeld explores every aspect of his colorful career. From a youthful outsider in the northern German plains to an urbane genius in Paris competing to make a name for himself against designers such as Yves Saint-Laurent, this personal look at Lagerfeld's life paints a picture of a peerless designer, a tireless illustrator, an avid photographer, a passionate book collector, and a peerless workaholic.

But most of all, Kaiser tells the story of the man behind the larger-than-life figure: the precocious boy who preferred drawing in the attic to playing with his peers; the son who argued with his parents but never got away from them; Saint-Laurent's greatest rival; a brother, uncle, friend--and the partner of Jacques de Bascher, the great love of his life.

Si eres un apasionado de los animales, ¡ ú nete a las aventuras de Pipa y Otto! Pipa viaja por todo el mundo para capturar con su cá mara la belleza de los animales en la naturaleza. Su inseparable amigo Otto la acompañ a. Cada libro presenta un reportaje fotográ fico. Ya han recorrido el campo, la sabana, el arrecife, la Amazoní a y el polo; ¿ qué te parece descubrir ahora a los habitantes del bosque? If you are passionate about animals, join Pipa and Otto's adventures! Pipa travels around the world to capture the beauty of animals in nature with her camera. Her inseparable friend Otto accompanies her. Each book features a photo story. They have already traveled through the countryside, the savannah, the reef, the Amazon and the pole; how about now discovering the inhabitants of the forest?

How debt and speculation financed the suburban American dream and led to today's inequalities

In the popular imagination, the suburbs are synonymous with the "American Dream" of upward mobility and economic security. After World War II, white families rushed into newly built suburbs, where they accumulated wealth through homeownership and enjoyed access to superior public schools. In this revelatory new account of postwar suburbanization, historian Michael R. Glass exposes the myth of uniform suburban prosperity. Focusing on the archetypal suburbs of Long Island, Cracked Foundations uncovers a hidden landscape of debt and speculation.

Glass shows how suburbanites were not guaranteed decent housing and high-quality education but instead had to obtain these necessities in the marketplace using home mortgages and municipal bonds. These debt instruments created financial strains for families, distributed resources unevenly across suburbs, and codified racial segregation. Most important, debt transformed housing and education into commodities, turning homes and schools into engines of capital accumulation. The resulting pressures made life increasingly precarious, even for those privileged suburbanites who resided in all-white communities. For people of color denied the same privileges, suburbs became places where predatory loans extracted wealth and credit rating agencies punished children in the poorest school districts. Long Islanders challenged these inequalities over several decades, demanding affordable housing, school desegregation, tax equity, and school-funding equalization. Yet the unequal circumstances created by the mortgages and bonds remain very much in place, even today.

Cracked Foundations not only transforms our understanding of housing, education, and inequality but also highlights how contemporary issues like the affordable housing crisis and school segregation have their origins in the postwar golden age of capitalism.

Packed full of sliders, flaps, and so much silliness, this board book from Priddy Books will teach toddlers their colors through fun trivia.

Do brown hens lay pineapples, do clowns drive red fire trucks, or do orange carrots grow on Mars?

Each page features a simple question, with two fantastically silly false answers and one true answer, all hidden behind flaps and sliders that little ones can open and move themselves.

This high level of interactivity, and the mixture of wacky illustrations and photographs will engage toddlers as they increase their vocabulary, and stimulate their imagination.

Also available in the series: True or False? Words.

A fully illustrated non-fiction guide about the history of aircraft, alleged abductions and artefacts associated with UFOs.

Mysterious lights in the sky. Alien abductions. Government cover-ups. Cults, Aleister Crowley and alien autopsies. Dedicated ufologists have spent years documenting unexplained phenomena from flying saucers to extraterrestrial life. Uncover the history of UFOs in this illustrated guide, which separates the science fiction from the facts.

The mysterious history of flying saucers is explored in-depth, from potential alien visitors as far back as Stonehenge to UFO cults and the secrets of Area 51, The Illustrated History of UFOs answers all UFO enthusiasts probing questions.

Part of the award-winning Illustrated History series by Adam Allsuch-Boardman.

After a near-stranger dies in their small town, a tightknit group of friends can no longer ignore their long-dormant desires and unfulfilled dreams--"a moving story of betrayal, grief and forgiveness" (People).

"A loving sprawl of busy lives, the happy and sometimes messy web of friends and children and chosen family."--The Boston Globe

It was too much to ask. But sometimes too much is what we ask of the people we love most.

Radclyffe, New York, is an idyllic upstate town, nestled in the hills and complete with artisanal bakeries, pottery studios, and hidden swimming holes. Ruth and her wife, Wyn, are living the dream (or Wyn's dream, at least) with their four children on their small farm, which is also the bucolic gathering place for their circle of friends. It's a sweet life, but there's a secret at its center, one that not even Ruth's best friend, Caroline, knows.

What Caroline does know is that she loves and depends on Ruth, and on the bond between their families. More than anything, she wants her tender-hearted son not to grow up lonely the way she did. Unfortunately, no one can assure her of that, especially not her husband. He just wants things to be easy, drama-free--which is impossible, as he has donated his sperm to his cousin Tobi and her wife so that they could have kids of their own. Now those children are asking unanswerable questions.

After an unexpected death in their community, all three couples are forced to confront the tensions that have long been buried beneath the surfaces of their lives. Richly textured and big-hearted, this exhilarating debut is an unforgettable story of the alchemy of love and loyalty that makes friends Like Family.

Joshua Tree National Park is in southern California. The park protects parts of the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts. Though filled with countless desert plants, the park is particularly famous for its Joshua trees. Joshua Tree National Park explores the park's history, wildlife, recreation opportunities, and conservation efforts. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, infographics, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

"Not only is this an exhilarating, illuminating read, it is vital social history."--Megan Abbott, New York Times bestselling author of The Turnout

A superb collection of true crime stories--written by Texas Monthly's legendary feature writer, Skip Hollandsworth--that reminds us why America is perennially obsessed with the genre.

Skip Hollandsworth has been covering true crime since long before the podcasts, networks, and television shows discovered it. Raised in Texas, the revered journalist joined Texas Monthly in 1989, and the stories he has written over three-plus decades have helped define a locale and a culture.

Reported, written and curated by Hollandsworth, She Kills brings together beloved stories that focus in particular on female offenders--from the high schooler who was so desperate to move back in with Mom that she had no choice but to poison her father's refried beans to the wallflower nurse in small-town Texas who one day started killing off her patients to the lovelorn dental hygienist who ordered a hit on her rival.

These are expertly crafted tales that will stop readers in their tracks and leave them gasping with shock and pleasure. Each piece is updated with background of about the original storytelling and new information on the perpetrators and victims where available.

She Kills is a jaw-dropping, addictively readable compendium of women whose sensational crimes and circumstances put them on the wrong side of the law.

Kenneth McKellar may have been born in Reconstruction-era Alabama, but for most of his life, he was a Tennessean through and through. After graduating from the University of Alabama with bachelor's, master's, and law degrees, McKellar traveled to Memphis for what he expected to be a brief visit with his brothers. That visit was the genesis of a lifelong career and permanent home in West Tennessee. After successfully practicing law in Memphis, Kenneth McKellar kicked off his political career in the US House of Representatives in 1911, where he served until 1917 before becoming a US senator.

In his new biography of McKellar, Ray Hill traces the political career of Tennessee's longest-serving senator and paints a colorful, nuanced portrait of the senator's character and convictions. He chronicles McKellar's decades-long political contributions to Tennessee and the United States as a whole, from the beginnings of the Boss Crump political machine to McKellar's historic victory as the first popularly elected US senator from Tennessee in 1916. Hill offers a balanced account of McKellar's forty-two years in office, exploring his early Democratic successes under Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt, his steadfast support for the Tennessee Valley Authority, and his fierce, unwavering commitment to Tennessee and its people.

As the only full-length biography of McKellar to date, Hill's meticulously researched volume fills a significant gap in scholarship, shedding new light on the life and career of one of Tennessee's most prominent political figures. Drawing on articles from more than one hundred US newspapers on McKellar's life and politics, this biography will not only appeal to both scholars and students of US political science, but also offer a captivating story to all who love Tennessee and the state's rich history.

The Dino Crew knows Brianna is smart, but they get annoyed when she blurts out their quiz answers and takes over their science project. When Brianna decides to lead the group on a different path to the watering hole, she gets lost. The Dino Crew will need to come up with a smart idea to find their way home and learn that it is okay to ask for help. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Calico Kid is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.

"Utterly absorbing. Nearly every paragraph brings a revelation."--Bill Bryson - "Wise, and beautifully written. . . . It will change the way you think about your body and live your life."--Chris van Tulleken - "This great book from a world expert offers practical tips and dispels many myths."--Tim Spector

A world-renowned scientist offers a much-needed analysis of what it takes to have good immune health--helping readers navigate what can really help, what is a complete myth, and why.

Does orange juice help ward off colds? And how does our age affect our ability to recover from one? When it comes to immunity, are we really what we eat? Or how much we eat? We are surrounded by big questions and big claims about enhancing our immune systems, so how do we tell the fiction from the facts? And, ultimately, what can we do to reduce our chances of getting sick?

World-leading immunologist Daniel M. Davis offers answers in this authoritative, highly accessible, myth-busting guide to the effects of stress, age, exercise, weight, nutrition, sleep, vaccines, and mental health on our immune health. Taking us to the cutting edge of immunology research and explaining both what we know and how we know it, Self-Defense helps readers spot phony claims and make informed choices. Davis shows us that everyone's immune system is entirely unique, and that's why we should be wary of one-size-fits-all "cures." We learn how exercise, for example, has all sorts of different, even opposing, short- and long-term effects on our immune health. And while our gut microbes are vitally important, it's unlikely that yogurt drinks can really boost your immune system to stop you getting ill.

An eye-opening window into some of the astonishing possibilities for the future, when it comes to distinguishing bogus and beneficial health claims about everything from vitamin D to inflammation and cancer therapies, Davis's book may be your best self-defense.

As the head baker and owner of a beloved Los Angeles bakery, Roxana Jullapat knows the difference local, sustainable flour can make: brown rice flour lightens up a cake, rustic rye adds unexpected chewiness to a bagel, and ground toasted oats enrich doughnuts. Her bakery, Friends & Family, works with dedicated farmers and millers around the country to source and incorporate the eight mother grains in every sweet, bread, or salad on the menu. In her debut cookbook, Roxana shares her greatest hits, over 90 recipes for reinventing your favorite cakes, cookies, pies, breads, and more.

Her chocolate chip cookie recipe can be made with any of the eight mother grains, each flour yielding a distinct snap, crunch, or chew. Her mouthwatering buckwheat pancake can reinvent itself with grainier cornmeal. One-bowl recipes such as Barley Pumpkin Bread and Spelt Blueberry Muffins will yield fast rewards, while her Cardamom Buns and Halvah Croissants are expertly laid out to grow a home baker's skills. Recipes are organized by grain to ensure you get the most out of every purchase.

Roxana even includes savory recipes for whole grain salads made with sorghum, Kamut or freekeh, or easy warm dishes such as Farro alla Pilota, Toasted Barley Soup, or Gallo Pinto which pays homage to her Costa Rican upbringing. Sunny step-by-step photos, a sourcing guide, storage tips, and notes on each grain's history round out this comprehensive cookbook.

Perfect for beginner bakers and pastry pros alike, Mother Grains proves that whole grains are the secret to making any recipe so much more than the sum of its parts.