An inspiring children's story based on an actual Atlantic puffin rescue effort.Late one night, Emma rescues a stranded baby puffin on an island in Iceland. “Puff,” as Emma names her rescue, is too young and small to survive in the ocean, so she takes him home to care for him. As Puff grows, Emma becomes attached to the fledgling. When he finally weighs enough to be released to the sea, she wonders if he’s truly ready - or is she the one who isn’t ready?S...

The deep bond between Lawrence Anthony and the traumatized matriarch of the wild elephant herd he saved is at the heart of this story.From the author-illustrator of The Eye of the Whale (Tilbury House, 2013), this nonfiction picture book tells the story of Lawrence Anthony and the deep bond he forged with the matriarch of the herd he saved at his animal reserve in South Africa. When Lawrence died, the matriarch led all the elephants from remote parts of th...

*GREEN EARTH BOOK AWARD**MOONBEAM GOLD AWARD(NON-FICTION)**MARYLAND BLUE CRAB AWARD**SOCIETY OF SCHOOL LIBRARIANS INTERNATIONAL HONOR AWARD*On a cool December morning near San Francisco, a distress call was radioed to shore by a local fisherman. He had discovered a humpback whale tangled in hundreds of yards of crab-trap lines, struggling to stay at the surface to breathe. A team of volunteers answered the call, and four divers risked their liv...

"I wonder if Judy Blume really knows how many girls' lives she affected. I wonder if she knows that at least one of her books made a grown woman finally feel like she'd been a normal girl all along..."—from Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy BlumeWhether laughing to tears reading Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great or clamoring for more unmistakable "me too!" moments in Are You T...

The #1 New York Times–bestselling author delivers "her trademark wit, sharp banter and lively antics from the first page . . . another one to savor" ( Publishers Weekly).Big Mouth, Big Heart, Big City . . . Big ProblemsThings are looking up at last for Lizzie Nichols. She has a career she loves in the field of her choice (wedding gown restoration), and the love of her life, Luke, has finally proposed. Life's become a dizzying whirl of weddin...

**A New York Times Bestseller!“Before there was Gossip Girl, there was Sweet Valley High…Sweet Valley Confidential makes a compelling enough companion that we actually missed two subway stops because we were caught up in its frothy fun.” —Wall Street Journal**Iconic and beloved identical twins Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield are all grown up, and navigating the very complicated world of work, love and betrayal in Francine Pascal's long-aw...

"Delicious . . . richly riveting . . . The Vacationers offers all the delights of a fluffy, read-it-with-sunglasses-on-the-beach read, made substantial by the exceptional wit, insight, intelligence and talents of its author.”—People (four stars)An irresistible, deftly observed novel from the New York Times-bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow and American Fantasy, about the secrets, joys, and jealousies that ...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The author of Are you There God? It’s Me, Margaret returns with an adult novel that takes us back to the 1950s and introduces us to the town where she herself grew up, where a community is left reeling after a real-life tragedy when a series of airplanes fell out of the sky.“Makes us feel the pure shock and wonder of living.... Judy Blume isn’t just revered, she’s revolutionary.” —The New York Times Book Review**“No one capt...

A "deliciously funny" tale of three women in the London publishing industry and the secrets they share over drinks from the author of the Shopaholic novels ( Kirkus Reviews).Roxanne is glamorous, self-confident, and secretly involved with a married man. High achiever Maggie has found the one thing she can't cope with: motherhood. And Candice is burdened with a nagging case of guilt. . . .On the first of every month, they meet at London's swankiest ba...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFour friendsOne sisterhoodTen years later, the story continuesOn the cusp of turning thirty, Tibby, Lena, Carmen, and Bridget are now living separate lives, out on their own. Yet despite having jobs and men that they love, each knows that something is missing: the closeness that once sustained them. Carmen is a successful actress in New York, engaged to be mar...

Sometimes all you can do is fly away home . . .When Sylvie Serfer met Richard Woodruff in law school, she had wild curls, wide hips, and lots of opinions. Decades later, Sylvie has remade herself as the ideal politician’s wife—her hair dyed and straightened, her hippie-chick wardrobe replaced by tailored knit suits. At fifty-seven, she ruefully acknowledges that her job is staying twenty pounds thinner than she was in her twenties and tending to her husband, the senator.Liz...

"I've discovered the secret to successful singledom. I'm acting like a man. And it's working.""I've discovered the secret to successful singledom. I'm acting like a man. And it's working."After breaking up with her boyfriend of, well, forever, Abigail Wood must learn how to be single from scratch. Her dating skills are abysmal, and she ricochets from disaster to disaster – until Robert, one of London's most notorious lotharios, agrees to coach her.With his advice, she...