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oin Pokey, Allie, Jumper, Sammy, Lily, Sophie, and Goob as they learn the importance of being yourself, planning ahead, staying organized, finding your strengths, listening, working together, and the power of friendship. With short lyrical text and the same characters that were established in The 7 Habits of Happy Kids, each of the Level 2 Ready-to-Reads included in this winning boxed set follow one of the lovable characters and focuses on one habit. The collection includes: Just the Way I Am When I Grow Up A Place for Everything Sammy and the Pecan Pie Lily and the Yucky Cookies Sophie and the Perfect Poem Goob and his Grandpa
From the team behind the New York Times bestselling and Caldecott Medalwinning Creepy Carrots! and its sequels comes the first entry in a spin-off chapter book series in which Jasper Rabbit tells the story of a young marmot whose tonsils get the better of him.
After a bump on the head in gym class on April Fool’s Day, Nikki has a wild dream in which she, her BFFs Chloe and Zoey, her crush Brandon, and mean girl MacKenzie all end up playing the roles of some familiar classic fairy tale characters. Of course, the stories don’t go quite as expected—because they each have a very special Dork Diaries spin!
Nikki’s juggling a lot this month. A reality TV crew is following Nikki and her friends as they record their hit song together, plus there are voice lessons, dance practice, and little sister Brianna’s latest wacky hijinks. Nikki’s sure she can handle everything, but will all the excitement cause new problems for Nikki and Brandon, now that cameras are everywhere Nikki goes?
In Nikki Maxwell’s newest diary, it’s the countdown to the end of the school year, and Nikki’s juggling some big questions about how she’ll spend her summer. She’s also facing an unexpected crush catastrophe—there’s a new kid interested in Nikki, but the last thing she wants to do is accidentally hurt Brandon! It all comes down to a big decision Nikki has to make, and drama like she’s never faced before!
Two star-crossed lovers fight for a more just world in this searing novel with a critically-acclaimed BBC series adaptation now streaming on NBCUniversals Peacock platform!Sephy is a Cross: dark-skinned and beautiful, she lives a life of privilege and power. But shes lonely, and she burns with injustice at the world she sees around her.Callum is a nought: pale-skinned and poor, hes considered to be less than nothing, there to serve Crosses, but he dreams of a better life.Theyve been friends since they were children, and they both know thats as far as it can ever go. Noughts and Crosses are fated to be bitter enemieslove is out of the question.Thenin spite of a world that is fiercely against themthese star-crossed lovers choose each other.But it comes at a price and as they prepare to protect themselves and their love, they realize that the cost will lead both of them into terrible dangerand will have shocking repercussions for generations to come.
Fanny and Blue may not be the smartest dogs, and they may not be the best-behaved dogs, but they are definitely the most-loved dogs.John Lithgow's bouncy song - in the book and on the accompanying CD - is based on his own family's two dogs. And Robert Neubecker's eye-popping illustrations capture the joy of all things dog.
Life is good for Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood. Theyre living together in a fabulous loft, their warlock son, Max, has started learning to walk, and the streets of New York are peaceful and quietas peaceful and quiet as they ever are, anyway. Until the night that two old acquaintances break into Magnuss apartment and steal the powerful Book of the White. Now Magnus and Alec will have to drop everything to get it back. They need to follow the thieves to Shanghai, they need to call some backup to accompany them, and they need a babysitter. Also, someone has stabbed Magnus with a strange magical weapon and the wound is glowing, so they have that to worry about too. Fortunately, their backup consists of Clary, Jace, Isabelle, and newly minted Shadowhunter Simon. In Shanghai, they learn that a much darker threat awaits them. Magnuss magic is growing unstable, and if they cant stop the demons flooding into the city, they might have to follow them all the way back to the sourcethe realm of the dead. Can they stop the threat to the world? Will they make it back home before their kid completely wears out Alecs mom?
Learn the way of the forager and identify, harvest, and prepare wild plants by season. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to gather wild plants growing around you for your food and medicine instead of a drugstore to treat a common ailment? The Forager's Handbook is an essential guide for living this lifestyle year-round. With more than forty years of experience in the world of plants, forager Vickie Shufer empowers you to maintain and improve your health by following the way of the forager. She highlights plants that are available through each season and how to use those plants for food and medicine. Sustainable harvesting and preparation techniques are included as well as foraging ethics. Other topics include: Forest bathing Plant cyclesPreventive medicineSimple recipes for edible and medicinal plantsAnd so much more Follow the seasons and harvest wild, edible, and medical plants with The Forager's Handbook.
Read the cult-favorite coming of age story that takes a sometimes heartbreaking, often hysterical, and always honest look at high school in all its glory. Now a major motion picture starring Logan Lerman and Emma Watson, The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a funny, touching, and haunting modern classic.The critically acclaimed debut novel from Stephen Chbosky, Perks follows observant wallflower Charlie as he charts a course through the strange world between adolescence and adulthood. First dates, family drama, and new friends. Sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Devastating loss, young love, and life on the fringes. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it, Charlie must learn to navigate those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up.A years-long #1 New York Times bestseller, an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults and Best Book for Reluctant Readers, and with millions of copies in print, this novel for teen readers (or wallflowers of more-advanced age) will make you laugh, cry, and perhaps feel nostalgic for those moments when you, too, tiptoed onto the dance floor of life.
Nora should have known her life wouldnt stay perfect for long. Despite starting a relationship with her bad boy guardian angel, Patch, and surviving an attempt on her life, things are not looking up. Patch is starting to pull away and Nora cant figure out if its for her best interest or if his interest has shifted to her arch-enemy Marcie Millar. Not to mention that Nora is haunted by images of her father and starting to become obsessed with finding out what really happened to him that night he left for Portland and never came home.The farther Nora delves into the mystery of her fathers death, the more she comes to question if her Nephilim blood line has something to do with it as well as why she seems to be in danger more than the average girl when she has a guardian angel. Since Patch isnt answering her questions, she has to start finding the answers on her own. But when she finds them, will she be able to count on Patch or are the things hes hiding from her darker than she can imagine?
For the Seven Oaks friends, there is always something to do. Whether they're singing along with Pokey Porcupine's harmonica or playing soccer with Jumper Rabbit, everyone is having fun and learning all sorts of things. These seven stories show how practicing the 7 Habits makes this possible for the whole Seven Oaks Community.From learning how to take charge of their own lives to discovering how balance is best, the Seven Oaks friends have tons of adventures and find out how each and every kid can be a happy kid!
