Bestselling artist Jane Dyer and author Rose A. Lewis explore adoption through a mother's heartfelt story of finding her daughter in China.Features:Read Aloud functionality [where available]Book Description:How did someone make this perfect match a world away?This story tells how two worlds come together to create a family, from a mother's first day holding her adopted daughter in China, to the baby's first peek at her new home. Based on the...

Explore the joys of cooking with children while enjoying some delicious seasonal soups!Soup is delicious in every season, and this delightful cookbook includes more than thirty recipes for fall, winter, spring, and summer soups, as well as related recipes for bread, salads, and snacks.Using tasty ingredients and winning combinations, Chef Gary Goss proves that even beginning chefs can create scrumptious soups, such as the charmingly named Ch-Ch-Chili, Polka...

A silly, illustrated adventure from the National Book Award-winning author of The Penderwicks--perfect for children newly reading on their own!Teaflet and her brother, Roog, are ready to throw their annual strawberry jam party for their friends in Trefldom. They want it to be the best party ever, even ten times better than the best party ever! But the inspector of neatness is coming to examine their higgledy-piggledy house from top to bottom. If she finds ...

Roly Poly the polar bear gets a little brother he did not ask for, in this charming story about sibling rivalry and the bonds of family from the beloved picture book creators of Time for Bed, Mem Fox and Jane Dyer.Roly Poly the polar bear loves being an only child. His bed is only his. The fish he catches are only his. And he doesn’t have to share his toy walrus tooth with anyone. But then along comes baby Monty. Roly Poly did not ask for...

Like the bestselling title On the Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman, this picture book is sure to touch the hearts of parents, grandparents, and children. The tender rhythmic text follows a young girl as she moves through her world, while utterly charming watercolors bring that world into vivid focus.Told in second person, as if written by a parent to a child, the story gently highlights all the love and joy that make the girl's world her very own, from the tree that st...

A perfect baby shower gift from a bestselling and beloved artist known for capturing the special moments of family life.Where did you get those eyes so blue?What makes the light in them sparkle and spin?What makes your forehead so smooth and high?The questions new parents ask as they look in amazement on their just-born child are celebrated and fancifully answered in this inspirational poem, brought for the first tim...

Little Brown Bear does not want to go to school. He wants a job. Mama and Papa Bear tell him that he has to go to school. They drop him off at school, but he doesn’t stay.Little Brown Bear goes looking for a job. He goes to a diner. There, he tries to be a waiter, but he can’t write. Then, he runs into a bunch of beavers building a house. He tries to be a builder, but he can’t build. Finally, Little Brown Bear goes to a barber shop. He tries to be a barber, but he can’t cut hair. W...

Yei Theodora Ozaki was an early 20th-century translator of Japanese short stories and fairy tales. Her translations were fairly liberal but have been popular, and were reprinted several times after her death.According to "A Biographical Sketch" by Mrs. Hugh Fraser, included in the introductory material to Warriors of old Japan, and other stories, Ozaki came from an unusual background. She was the daughter of Baron Ozaki, one of the first Japanese men to study in the West, ...

Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child.Now a major production at the National TheatreWe three Fossils vow to try to put our name into history books, because it's our very own, and nobody can say it's because of our grandfathers.Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil are sisters - with a difference. All three were adopted as babies by Great Uncle Matthew, an eccentric and rich expl...

THE PAIN AND the Great One are going places! In these new stories the kids are on the go—the Pain needs a trip to the emergency room; the family goes to the mall and not everyone stays together; the kids visit a county fair and want to ride the Super Slide; and a beach outing includes a boogie board. Lots more action and adventure for the dynamic duo who never stay still.

From Fox & Friends journalist Ainsley Earhardt, this is a lyrical lullaby to inspire children to follow their dreams and passions—perfect for baby showers or Mother’s Day.Fox News First news anchor Ainsley Earhardt shares her hopes and dreams and lets her child know that whatever challenges life brings, “Take heart, my child, I will—or my love will—always be there for you.” It’s a universal message, one that all readers will relate to.Inspired by h...

kira-kira (kee' ra kee' ra): glittering; shiningGlittering. That's how Katie Takeshima's sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. The sky is kira-kira because its color is deep but see-through at the same time. The sea is kira-kira for the same reason. And so are people's eyes. When Katie and her family move from a Japanese community in Iowa to the Deep South of Georgia, it's Lynn who explains to her why people stop them on the street ...