Children love animals, and these delightful bedtime stories feature irresistible creatures from around the globe—including a firefly who can't find his fire; a baby kangaroo who's ashamed he can't hop
The role of human sacrifice in the ancient Mediterranean world and itsimplications continue to be topics that fire the popular imagination andengender scholarly discussion and controversy. This volume
The role of human sacrifice in the ancient Mediterranean world and its implications continue to be topics that fire the popular imagination and engender scholarly discussion and controversy. This volu
A bestseller in Germany, Michael Wieck's account of his childhood in Konigsberg recalls a German city obliterated by fire-bombing during the Second World War. As the child of a Jewish mother and Gent
When Tom Crider's only child, Gretchen, died in an apartment fire at age twenty-one, there seemed to be no answers to his questions. Now Tom Crider has written the book he searched for in his grief a
Gordon was always an odd little child, given his penchant for setting the neighbours’ sheds on fire with their pets locked inside and his fascination with the funeral rituals at the church across the
Sofia, who lost her legs as a child in the author's Secrets in the Fire, is now grown up with children in Mozambique, but her family life is not idyllic, especially when she discovers that Armando, th
When a restaurant review referred to a Filipino child as a "rambunctious -little monkey," Filipino Americans were outraged. Sparked by this racist incident, Screaming Monkeys sets fire to Asian Americ
Have you ever arrived on the scene of a house fire to find a frantic woman in the driveway? As a firefighter, you know instinctively what this means: there is a child inside. You immediately enter “th
Thanksgiving time is here, and Mrs. Connor's class is dressing up to celebrate. When the fire alarm goes off, they share their Thanksgiving cheer with the whole school! Ready-to-read books offer child
Nothing beats the magic of time spent between parent and child, and perhaps no time is more magical than Christmas. Presented in gentle rhymes and illustrations as warm and glowing as a winter’s fire,
Dylan Thomas’s holiday classic, lavishly illustrated by multiple Caldecott Medalist Trina Schart Hyman, is now available in a gift edition for a new generation of readers.This nostalgic recollection of Christmas past by celebrated Welsh poet Dylan Thomas evokes the beauty of the season at every turn: the warmth of a family gathering; the loveliness of a mistletoe-decked home; the predictability of cats by the fire; the mischief of children left to their own devices; and the sheer delight of gifts—be they Useful or Useless.Brilliantly illustrated by Caldecott medalist Trina Schart Hyman, this beautiful edition of Thomas’s beloved classic will enchant readers of all ages, year after year.
1666: The Great Fire of London sweeps through the streets and a heavily pregnant woman flees the flames. A few months later she gives birth to a child disfigured by a red birthmark. 1718: Sixteen-yea
After setting a child on fire when he was nine and spending years in a juvenile ward for his crime, Kip is released into the world to start over, but when the ghosts of his past come calling, Kip know
From the author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller Sister comes a compelling, thrilling story of a mother who will do anything to protect her child.????The school is on fire. Her children are
From the author of The Iron Druid Chronicles, a thrilling novel that kicks off a fantasy series with an entirely new mythology—complete with shape-shifting bards, fire-wielding giants, and child
From the author of The Iron Druid Chronicles, a thrilling novel that kicks off a fantasy series with an entirely new mythology—complete with shape-shifting bards, fire-wielding giants, and child
1666: The Great Fire of London sweeps through the streets and a heavily pregnant woman flees the flames. A few months later she gives birth to a child disfigured by a red birthmark.1718: Sixteen-year-
Here?s the perfect book for any child who has ever wanted to sit behind the wheel of a fire truck, try on a firefighter?s helmet, or see what happens when a fire alarm sounds. Action photos bring the
