Introduces insects, including ladybugs, bees, and grasshoppers.

Snatching up freshly baked loaves of bread on the side of the road, heaping twenty gallons of milk into a grocery cart, conversations in the car, bribing a kid with ice cream to learn his math facts, or finding some way to inconvenience a child to capture their attention, Joan Hershberger records the typical and unusual moments of life and her response to life as it happens.

Charanda Meyers celebrates her victory of passing her exams at the space academy and becoming a licensed pilot. Out at a bar celebrating with her two best friends, Susan and Peter, they test her with the ultimate dare. Never in Charanda’s wildest dreams had she imagined that her first solo flight would become such an adventure—an escapade that would cost her dearly. Neither had she counted on an unexpected passenger—one who tried to capture her heart. But she has other plans than committing to a relationship.

I wrote this book because I think everyone has a story worth sharing. It's a reflection on where I come from. I know my story isn't special or crazy, but it represents who I am. People think a lot of things about me and paint me in a way that I never intended to be painted. I don't want to be remembered as the girl who authored seven books before turning 20, or the girl who plays violin and composes music, runs marathons, travels the world, models, and goes to law school. Yes, those are things I do. But no, I want to be remembered for something else: where I come from-who I am beneath all these resume builders. Beneath it all, I'm a normal girl, just like you. I have loving parents, supportive friends, drama, and hardships. At the end of the day, this book is not going to please everyone, but that's the risk you take when you write about your life and those in it. So here it is. For starters, my name is technically not Chloelia Salome-I'm someone you probably don't even know yet.

Cryptids & Other Creepy Creatures is a collection of forty of the most fantastic, unusual, creepy and exciting modern and urban myths, from giant, rarely sighted monsters in the world's wildernesses, such as the Yeti and the feline Beast of Bodmin Moor, to supernatural occurrences and spooky happenings such as crop circles and the Bermuda Triangle. Myths and monsters are drawn from all around the world, with strange creatures and frightening tales from modern African, Asian and European mythology and cryptozoology. Illustrated throughout with outstanding new full-colour annotated artworks and factfile boxes!

Presents the author's retellings of fifteen traditional tales heard during his childhood in southern Texas.