Nothing is more enticing to a baby than another baby. Now in a bigger sizeand with brand-new vibrantly colored backgrounds, Chronicle's groundbreaking board book is better than ever! The 12 pictures of darling baby faces help infants and toddlers explore a complicated range of emotions by showing both happy, smiling babies and cranky, crying babies. The book opens accordion style, so it can stand up in a crib or on the floor to amuse even the youngest infant.

In this fabulous follow-up to the extremely popular Mrs. Mustard's Baby Faces, Jane Wattenberg presents another vibrantly colored board book that's sure to amuse both babies and their parents. This time her whimsical babies are accompanied by some of their favorite animals, and together they cover a wide range of emotions from fierce to funny and friendly. The question is: who's mimicking whom? The perfect gift idea for every new parent, this enticing book opens and stands on its own, accordion style, for use in crib or carriage to amuse even the youngest infant. Durable laminated board construction, designed to withstand children's curiosity, makes this a winning selection as baby's first book. Parents, teachers, and caregivers will want to use Mrs. Mustard's Beastly Babies to entertain infants and to teach toddlers about animals and emotions.

Come flock along as Henny-Penny and her barnyard pals take a side-splitting trip around the world in search of... King Kong? King Tut? Or is it Elvis? Along the way the gang breezes by many international landmarks such as the Egyptian pyramids and the Leaning Tower of Pisa. But when they meet up with that mean ball of fur Foxy-Loxy, their plans suddenly go a-fowl!

“The Lynley books constitute the smartest, most gratifyingly complex and impassioned mysteries now being published.”—Entertainment Weekly The career of playwright Joy Sinclair comes to an abrupt end on an isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands when someone drives an eighteen-inch dirk through her neck. Called upon to investigate the case in a country where they have virtually no authority, aristocratic Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his partner, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, grapple for both a motive and a murderer. Emotions run deep in this highly charged drama, for the list of suspects soon includes Britain’s foremost actress, its most successful theatrical producer, and the woman Lynley loves. He and Havers must tread carefully through the complicated terrain of human relationships while they work to solve a case rooted in the darkest corners of the past and the unexplored regions of the human heart.

With few exceptions-such as corn and pumpkins-everything edible that's grown in a traditional garden can be raised in a container. And with only one exception-watering-container gardening is a whole lot easier. Beginning with the down-to-earth basics of soil, sun and water, fertilizer, seeds and propagation, The Bountiful Container is an extraordinarily complete, plant-by-plant guide. Written by two seasoned container gardeners and writers, The Bountiful Container covers Vegetables-not just tomatoes (17 varieties) and peppers (19 varieties), butharicots verts, fava beans, Thumbelina carrots, Chioggia beets, and sugarsnap peas. Herbs, from basil to thyme, and including bay leaves, fennel, and saffron crocus. Edible Flowers, such as begonias, calendula, pansies, violets, and roses. And perhaps most surprising, Fruits, including apples, peaches, Meyer lemons, blueberries, currants, and figs-yes, even in the colder parts of the country. (Another benefit of container gardening: You can bring the less hardy perennials in over the winter.) There are theme gardens (an Italian cook's garden, a Four Seasons garden), lists of sources, and dozens of sidebars on everything from how to be a human honeybee to seeds that are All America Selections.