STARRED REVIEW! "An inspiring picture book biography of an inquisitive girl who became a world-renowned scientist, told in accessible language."—School Library Journal starred review STARRED REVIEW! "As gorgeous as it is informative."—Kirkus Reviews starred review A biography of astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who helped build a radio telescope that contributed to her discovery of pulsars, a new type of star. Some scientists consider it the greatest astronomical discovery of the twentieth century. Despite this achievement, she was overlooked in favor of two male colleagues when the Nobel Prize for physics was awarded. Bell is still working and teaching today, recognized for her contribution.

A diverse collection of stories, fictional but based on reality: The riveting story of a young Japanese girl in search of her American marine father; The hazards, rewards and the comical side of online dating; The world of a high-stakes poker player; A futuristic story of a scary and very realistic virus pandemic; A father’s shocking story about his schizophrenic son, and finally the revelations of a professor with a unique philosophical perspective that will make you think about life and death in a very different way.

Listen to the Stars is the first of many colorful children's books about Kkay, also known as Karen. This book is an adventure in a six year olds logic and reasoning. Kkay believes she can hear the stars and doesn't understand why no one else does. Just ask Kkay, if you listen closely you can hear them moving. KKay would say "I'm this many," holding up her left hand and pointing finger. Yes she can count and knows exactly how many that is. Kkay knows everything because she is six years old. She's not always right but knows what she believes. In Hawaii, Kkay lives with her Mother, Father, brothers Victor and Ralph. Her Father is a Chief Petty Officer in the Navy and is gone a lot. Her Mother takes care of her and her brothers. She is the middle child. At this time in her life her youngest brother Jacob hasn't been born yet. Kkay doesn't miss much she knows exactly where babies come from; they picked her brother Ralph up at the hospital. Future books include stories are about her Mother's bedtime magical powers and that Santa Clause likes buttermilk. Yes, she believes in Santa because he comes to her house. Kkay's house doesn't have a chimney but her Mother made a fireplace out of brick paper and a bookcase. Kkay knows that Santa doesn't need a real chimney besides in Hawaii and no one needs a fireplace. Kkay believes she has the answer to many of life's mysteries. She doesn't realize they are not necessarily the right answers. There is peace in knowing what you know, if only life remained uncomplicated.

The Listening Book is about rediscovering the power of listening as an instrument of self-discovery and personal transformation. By exploring our capacity for listening to sounds and for making music, we can awaken and release our full creative powers. Mathieu offers suggestions and encouragement on many aspects of music-making, and provides playful exercises to help readers appreciate the connection between sound, music, and everyday life.

“Put away the wiggles. Put away the giggles. Listening works better when your body’s calm and still.” When it’s time for young children to listen closely, this book sets the tone. They discover that it’s important to open their eyes and ears but to close their mouths (“zip it, lock it, put it in your pocket”) so good listening can begin. An award-winning author/illustrator team offers a fresh look at the times and transitions all toddlers face daily, giving young children the tools to handle routines with confidence and cooperation. Part of the Toddler Tools series, Listening Time can be shared before (or during) the desired “time,” or whenever toddlers need encouragement with routines. Includes tips for parents and caregivers.

An ethereal new collection that is “visceral with intellection” (David Lau) Winner of the Bollingen Prize Finalist for the National Book Award Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Finalist for the PEN Open Book Award Finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Prize A Treatise on Stars extends Mei-mei Berssenbrugge’s intensely phenomenological poetics to the fiery bodies in a “field of heaven…outside spacetime.” Long, lyrical lines map a geography of interconnected, interdimensional intelligence that exists in all places and sentient beings. These are poems of deep listening and patient waiting, open to the cosmic loom, the channeling of daily experience and conversation, gestalt and angels, dolphins and a star-visitor beneath a tree. Family, too, becomes a type of constellation, a thought “a form of organized light.” All of our sense are activated by Berssenbrugge’s radiant lines, giving us a poetry of keen perception grounded in the physical world, where “days fill with splendor, and earth offers its pristine beauty to an expanding present.”

A master craftsman introduces the techniques and beauty of hand-built, drystone construction in a richly illustrated volume that celebrates this ancient architectural style used to create an imaginative variety of walls, follies, and other structures that honor the unique characteristics of stone.