A Feel-Good Experiment with Lots of LaughsSpace Bot is on a covert mission to answer one question: are humans friendly? To answer this, it visits earth and observes a young family, gathering data about their habits and behaviors. But when its mission goes awry and its data is scrambled, Space Bot is forced to unexpectedly interact with its subjects...only to make the greatest discovery of all: friendship!With humor and heart, SPACE BOT: MISSION EAR...

It's Halloween!Chloe Zoe is excited to dress up and go trick-or-treating with her best friends Mary Margaret and George! They agree to go to every on the block to get the most treats. But Chloe Zoe does not want to go to the spooky house at the end. What if a scary witch lives there? Chloe Zoe's family and friends tell her there's no such thing, but can they help her be brave?Perfect for beginning readers, the Chloe Zoe series highlights seasonal holidays a...

You open the fridge on Thursday and feel the same sinking feeling you have felt for 3 years. There is a half used bag of spinach turning slick, 2 containers of leftovers no 1 wants to touch, a loaf of bread going stiff, and a grocery receipt on the counter for $287 that was supposed to last 7 days. You are not careless. You are feeding 6, 8, 10 people on a system built for 3, and the math never adds up.This 30 day system was built for your exact kitchen. It does not ask you to beco...

It's the First Day of Preschool!Chloe Zoe is so excited about starting school! Her mommy and daddy tell her that she's going to sing songs, read stories, paint pictures, and make new friends. She's ready...until she gets to school. The classroom looks too big and too busy, and she doesn't recognize anyone she knows. Now she's not so sure about leaving her mommy and daddy behind. Will Chloe Zoe find the courage to try making new friends?Perfect for beginning...

It's the First Day of Kindergarten!Chloe Zoe can't wait to see her friends George the giraffe and Mary Margaret the crocodile at school. This year, they're going to learn their ABCs and 123s, play together, and make new friends, too. Kindergarten is going to be so much fun! But when Chloe Zoe gets to school, she finds out her best friends are in a different class. Chloe Zoe will have to do everything without Mary Margaret and George. Can Chloe Zoe still have fun in...

At midnight, the key appears. By morning, someone is dead.When investigative journalist Mara Vale receives a mysterious brass key bearing the initials of the long-abandoned Briarwood estate, she assumes it is connected to a story from the past. She is wrong.The key opens a room that officially does not exist—and inside is evidence suggesting that a decades-old disappearance was never solved because someone powerful made sure it wasn't.As Mara digs deeper into Briarw...

Not Everything Changes When You MoveWhen Callie's family moves cross-country, she learns to adjust to her new home. There are new neighbors, new weather-and scary nighttime sounds! But she soon realizes that not everything is different: her house is still by an ocean, her pup is at her side, and most importantly, her family is still together. This heartwarming family story illustrates how some things change, but others, thankfully, remain the same.

Nature artist Jane Smith has been fascinated by wildlife communities and ecosystems her whole adult life.Starting from her own garden in Argyll, she travels to ten locations in the west of Scotland - from the towering cliffs of St Kilda and the peatlands of Lewis to the Solway estuary and the urban sprawl of Glasgow - to explore the interaction of people and wildlife in a variety of diverse settings. On her journey she discovers a number of communities who are taking on the job of ...

When Zoe was taken into care at the age of 13, she thought she was finally going to escape from the cruel abuse she had suffered throughout her childhood. Then social services placed her in a residential unit known to be 'a target for prostitution', and suddenly Zoe's life was worse than it had ever been before.Abused and ostracized by her mother, humiliated by her father’s sexual innuendos, physically assaulted and bullied by her eldest brother, even as a young child Zoe thought s...

The moving true story of a little girl with Asperger syndrome, controlled and abused by the one person she called her friend.Taylor had always struggled to make friends – she felt ‘different’. Taylor never knew her father and her mother wasn’t around much. She just didn’t understand people, and was alone and scared most of the time.That was until, aged just 11, an older married man called Tom befriended her. She loved having someone who would talk to her, listen to her, a p...

These women are twice convicted, and among them are no doubt some of the most depraved of their sex. -- James Backhouse.‘A heartbreaking and compelling story of a spirited convict woman.’Hannah Rigby was a poor Liverpool seamstress, a prisoner and a serial thief. Exiled from her homeland, oppressed by poverty and rigid social mores, used and discarded by a series of men. An “exemplary” servant who was fond of a lark – and a single mother determined to keep he...

"Battle of the Bands," Part One. The greatest comic book band in the world is out to prove its supremacy in the most decisive fashion possible: by winning a "Battle of the Bands" competition. This isn't just any contest -- at stake is a first prize Tropical Island vacation! But two sour notes threaten their presumed victory: Veronica's selfishness and Reggie's mysterious disappearances. Can the band recover and end on a high note?