It is very hard to be friends with wild boars because they are dirty and smelly, bad-tempered, and rude.

This Children's Book-of-the-Month Club Selection and Junior Library Guild Selection stars an insufferable gang of boars that set a very bad example. Full color.

The wild boars are bad-tempered, smelly, rude and hungry. They are cooking up a storm but it's sure to be revolting.

Mila has an exceptional talent for reading a room--sensing hidden facts and unspoken emotions from clues that others overlook... So when her father's best friend, Matthew, goes missing from his upstate New York home, Mila and her beloved father travel from London to find him. She collects information about Matthew from his belongings, from his wife and baby, from the dog he left behind and from the ghosts of his past--slowly piecing together the story everyone else has missed. But just when she's closest to solving the mystery, a shocking betrayal calls into question her trust in the one person she thought she could read best.

As a homeschooling family with 2 daughters, we are always creating new things for learning and play. Writing children stories and creating learning aids is our new passion, and we are especially keen on sharing with children more about nature and lesser known wild animals. In this book, we have chosen to write about the Wild boar as they are often misunderstood as dirty and rough. But they are actually very gentle and shy animals… Meet Billy the Wild Boar and learn how she lives with her baby in a forest. This is part of a series of 6 stories about wild animals in Asia. Continue on the adventure with the other books we have created for young children age 0 to 4. We can also customize this book to include your child’s name, with no extra charge. There is also a PRINT & MAKE your own Mini Book version of this book on our website www.wonderbeetle.com

Ivy and Bean are always up to something. Whether they re playing tricks on Bean s older sister, doing good deeds that turn bad, or even trying to solve global warming, their adventures are always hilarious and filled with surprises! Now fans can reenact the duo s escapades (or create new ones!) with these Ivy and Bean stand-up paper dolls. Also included are two sturdy play scenes for displaying the dolls or acting out their adventures, plus reusable vinyl stickers of colorful clothes, silly hats, and all kinds of items for getting into mischief like an octopus in a bucket! WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.

'I was at boarding school in East Anglia, my third. I didn’t want to be there. But if there had been no school, there would be no Finn. He lived in a hut on the coast. He was like the hut, in fact – it took a while for both of them to warm up. But that is all I longed for. Finn, warming to me. A nod. Half a smile. Asking me to help on the boat. Not asking me to leave. I didn’t want it to end. Now I am waiting for the end, and looking back to the beginning.' Haunting, intense and with a surprising twist in the tale – What I Was is unlike anything you will have read before . . .