A Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor Book Winner of the Tomás Rivera Mexican Children’s Book Award Inspiring, reassuring, and beautifully illustrated, this new story from the creator of the New York Times bestseller Dreamers is the perfect gift for every child. A New York Times Best Children’s Book of the Year With the combination of powerful, spare language and sumptuous, complex imagery characteristic of her work, Yuyi Morales weaves the tale of a fawn making her way through a landscape that is dangerous, beautiful—and full of potential. A gentle voice urges her onward, to face her fears and challenge the obstacles that seek to hold her back. Child, you are awake! You are alive! You are a bright star, Inside our hearts. With a voice full of calm, contemplative wisdom, readers are invited to listen and observe, to accept themselves—and to dare to shout! In a world full of uncertainty, Bright Star seeks to offer reassurance and courage. Yuyi Morales' first book since her New York Times bestseller Dreamers explores the borderlands—the plants, animals, and insects that make their home in the desert, and the people who live and travel through this unique and beautiful part of the world. Created with a combination of techniques including hand-embroidered lettering, painting, sketching, digital paintings with textures from photographs of the Sonoran Desert, this stunning book is full of beauty—from the handwoven blanket of the endpapers through the last inspiring spread of young families facing their future with determination and hope. A Spanish language edition, Lucero, is also available. A People Magazine Best Kids Book of the Year A Washington Post Best Children's Book of the Year An NPR 'Book We Love!' A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of the Year An ALSC Notable Children's Book A CCBC Choice A CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book A CSMCL Best Multicultural Children's Book of the Year An Evanston Public Library Great Books for Kids pick!

LOVE WAS NEVER PART OF THE AGENDA, and abuse in an orphanage in Maine, then six years struggling to make a relatively simple life for herself and two other young women from the orphanage. But one stormy night, a roadside assassination attempt and a plummet from a cliff, sets her life on a course among the stars. are stolen from Earth by a godlike being, as breeding stock to an alien race. With every intention of returning to her world, she uses her wits and cunning to sabotage his authority and win the loyalty of his crew. confined within a humanoid shell, he doesn't expect this last journey to Earth to be any different than the previous twenty three. A Guardian, a Katian, his laws are unchangeable, his command, unquestionable, his will, undeniable. Until confronted with Brehan, he has but two goals: to produce a son, who is to replace him as supervisor on the re development of the new Syre race, and to return to Haveth where his own kind await him. But fate has other plans for him as well.

Tommy Robertson was once a king.As a child, he and his three friends found their way to a magical elfin world and saved it from the Winter King.Now a grown man successful in the world, Tommy has all but forgotten his childish adventures. He hasn't even spoken to those friends in years.Then a silver key and a black cat show up on his front porch, and Tommy starts to remember. Just because he grew up and left Faerie behind doesn't mean that Faerie is finished with him.Tommy is called to be the hero of England, and for that, he wants his friends at his side. But the real world has weighed them down and they are no longer the children he remembers. And evil things from childhood stories grow older and darker and more frightening with the passing of the years.One Bright Star to Guide Them begins where other fairy tales end.Can Tommy remember the courageous boy he once was, and set aside grown-up things to be a child again to save England? Or will the weight of the world prove to be too much for him and his friends?

From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Secret World of Weather and The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs, learn to tap into nature and notice the hidden clues all around you Before GPS, before the compass, and even before cartography, humankind was navigating. Now this singular guide helps us rediscover what our ancestors long understood—that a windswept tree, the depth of a puddle, or a trill of birdsong can help us find our way, if we know what to look and listen for. Adventurer and navigation expert Tristan Gooley unlocks the directional clues hidden in the sun, moon, stars, clouds, weather patterns, lengthening shadows, changing tides, plant growth, and the habits of wildlife. Rich with navigational anecdotes collected across ages, continents, and cultures, The Natural Navigator will help keep you on course and open your eyes to the wonders, large and small, of the natural world.

A 2015 Caldecott Honor Book A 2015 Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award Distinguished author/illustrator Yuyi Morales illuminates Frida's life and work in this elegant and fascinating book, Viva Frida. Frida Kahlo, one of the world's most famous and unusual artists is revered around the world. Her life was filled with laughter, love, and tragedy, all of which influenced what she painted on her canvases. A Neal Porter Book

The story of Christmas told in the blink of an eye! book and audio cd. (words and music)