Mermaid Swimwear President Holly Schlivnik discovers the Bainbridge Department Store Easter Bunny slumped over dead and obnoxious swimwear buyer Sue Ellen Magee is arrested for the crime. Despite her differences with the nasty buyer, Holly is convinced the Queen of Mean didn’t do it. The wise-cracking, irreverent amateur sleuth jumps into action to nail the real killer. But the trail has more twists than a pretzel and more turns than a rollercoaster. And nothing turns out the way Holly thinks it will as she tangles with a clever killer hellbent on revenge.

Living on the roof to escape her crazy family works...until reality pulls Joyce back to the ground Joyce is desperate to get out of the room she shares with her older sister. All she wants is some peace and quiet, not the kind that fills the space left by her missing brother and tastes like butterscotch gone sour, the kind where you can breathe deep and see the stars. So she moves to the roof. Up there it's nothing but blue sky. Blue sky and....another roof dweller? Joyce soon discovers she's not the only one who's been driven to rooftop living. With the help of a pair of binoculars, a sketch pad, and a pen, Joyce makes an unexpected friend and sets in motion a summer she'll never forget. Perfect for anyone looking for books: for 9-12 year old girls and boys. to give as a gift to a tween in their life! to add to their homeschool materials.

From forgotten jellybeans to sparking daydreams, Alex's poems, written for primary school age children, are both funny and thoughtful, and aim to spark familiarity and inclusion. And the illustrations from Katy Riddell focus on the fun and dreamlike quality of the poems' engagement with the natural world. These poems use rhyme, rhythm and free verse and are ideally suited to performance in a school setting, nurturing a love of language, reading, confidence and self-expression.

This reference provides a comprehensive, up-to-date levelled reading list. Created with the input of hundreds of early literacy teachers, it compiles more than 7000 caption books, natural language texts, series books, and children's literature for kindergarten through grade three.

"Down-to-earth Casey Phillips had never thought of herself as Cinderella until she visited the tiny kingdom of Moritania. There, perfect strangers thought they recognized her wasn't she Princess Cassandra, heir to the throne? The resemblance was uncanny. In reality, the future queen had been kidnapped, and Prince Rick von Lieberhaven wanted Casey to impersonate her. Casey agreed what did she have to lose? With Eric by her side she entered a fairy-tale world of romance. But although he spoke of love, he was a prince who took his duties seriously, leaving Casey to wonder if they'd ever have their happy ending." -- Back cover.

Life has been anything but easy for 17-year-old orphan, Harriet Vanderhorn, a morally corrupt teenager, forcibly raped and impregnated by a homeless transient. Adamant that she does not want the baby, she is coerced by her social worker and foster parents not to abort. She gives birth to an adorable baby girl, who she names Gloria. For Harriet's 18th birthday, her foster father, Dan Smith, gives her enough money to sustain her for a few years. Needing to get away, Harriet moves to Cowdung, Tennessee. With no sense of direction and a town full of predators, Harriet does not stand a chance. Harriet, with Gloria in tow, begins a rapid descent into the fiery depths of hell.

Fueled by curiosity, and her dream of becoming a big-time journalist, Bella Thomas digs deep into the history of her small town. Mayflower thrived until the local Jelly Bean factory burned to the ground in 1927, killing handsome founder, Henry Hinchcliffe, and devastating the economy. In a twist of fate, instead of Bella finding the past, she's snatched out of the present and transported to the factory a year before the fire. There she is rescued by the sweet and swoon-worthy Henry. Bella can’t stop herself from falling for him even though he’s destined to marry another and suffer a tragic fate. Without any regard for her own happiness, Bella is determined to prevent the fire and save Henry. Even if he can never be hers.