What is the single best thing you can do to help the environment? Is it to stop eating meat? Drive and fly less? Recycle and use less energy in your home?It is none of these.The best thing you can do to help the environment, by far, is to have a small family, or even better have no children at all. By not adding another person to the planet, you are saving an entire lifetime's worth of pollution, waste, carbon dioxide emissions and consumption.It is a truth universa...

When Hope's family mysteriously disappear, Hope the young dragon finds herself alone in the world. She finds friends in the unlikeliest of creatures: a wolf named Ruff, and a Fenrir beast called Buffasip. Together the trio fights back against a group of nasty hunters who have been kidnapping the creatures of the Wandering Oak Forest for far too long. Join Hope, Ruff, and Buffasip on their exciting quest to save their home.The Dragon Thieves is the first book in the series, and it d...

Hope and her friends Ruff, Buffasip, and Celeste are off on another quest. This time they’re in search of the Midnight Miracle flower—the final ingredient required to make a magical amulet that will lead Hope to her missing family. There’s only one problem—four actually—an Ogre King, Snaught and his three loyal subjects Fidiot, Ghunk, and Skrogg. But things are not all they appear to be in the Nuggrumph Forest, so you had better be prepared for plenty of action when you join Hope and the t...

Would you kill an innocent person if it meant saving your life? Find out what Jackson does in this short story inspired by actual events.Jackson has made a series of wrong choices throughout his life, leading him to a back alley in a Boston neighborhood where nobody cares if a kid is murdered. Now, with no one to turn to for help and the life of a stranger in his hands, he must make one more choice. Will Jackson do the right thing for once?

The adventures of Hope, Ruff, and Buffasip continue as they're joined by a new friend, a druid named Celeste Spiritrunner, when a frost giant named Skarf and his minions turn the Wandering Oak Forest into a frozen nightmare. Join the friends on their journey to find a stolen magical item and save the forest and everyone who lives there.The Frost Giant is the second book in the series, and it delivers a strong, positive message about asking for help to resolve issues rather than res...

I am broken. I am lost.Our world has fallen still. One half lies drenched in eternal daylight, the other cloaked in endless night. Our people are divided, some living under the sun, the others hidden in shadow. All is light or darkness. All is the sun or the moon.All but me.My father was born in the never-ending sunlight of the west. My mother is a daughter of darkness. I am split in two. Like the moth of our forests, one wing white and the other black, I am torn.

From award-winning author Sarah Prineas comes a brand-new digital short story! This original 50-page short story will enchant fans of the Magic Thief series.Thief-turned-wizard Connwaer has earned the reputation as one of the greatest magisters of the age, but not everyone believes in his abilities. When Verent, a young apprentice from neighboring Danivelle, comes to Wellmet to ask for Conn's help with his city's magical problems, he is less than impressed with Conn. Will Verent be...

When she’s awake in the world, the Young Dread can hear an enemy approach from a mile away, manipulate a whipsword into a thousand forms, and attack with it faster than the human eye can see.And yet, the Young Dread is not often awake. She, like the Old and the Middle Dreads, lives outside the stream of time, frozen for vast stretches. She was a child in the 1400s, but she’s alive today, and aged only into a teen.She wakes for short bursts, to observe the training of the fami...

Lief, Barda and Jasmine travel to the emerald isle of Keras. The Pipe is their only chance of saving the thousands of Deltorans enslaved in the Shadowlands, for it is said to be the only thing the Shadow Lord fears in his own domain. But can the Pipe be made whole? And if it can, will its ancient magic still prevail against the enemy's sorcery? Or are the companions walking into a trap? Lief, Barda and Jasmine are filled with doubts they move on, knowing that, whatever happens, their quest...

Ellie, Summer and Jasmine are delighted to meet the adorable Animal Keepers of the Secret Kingdom, who spread fun, friendship, kindness and bravery throughout the land. But when Queen Malice casts an evil spell to reverse their powers, it's up to the girls to find the Puppy Keeper and reunite him with his magical charm - before fun is lost from the kingdom forever!

Ellie, Summer and Jasmine have found three of the Animal Keepers, but the magical lion is still missing - and no one is brave enough to stand up to Queen Malice while his power is reversed! Can the three friends overcome their fears and return the bravery charm to the Lion Keeper, before the evil queen takes over the Secret Kingdom once and for all?

The fantastic prequel trilogy to the bestselling series GUARDIANS OF GA'HOOLE begins! It is a time of Legends and a time of chaos. Warlords vie for power and marauding outlaws roam the land. Good King Hrath and his queen, Siv, noble Spotted Owls struggle to keep peace in their kingdom. Grank, noble Spotted Owl, friend and supporter of King Hrath, has exiled himself to Beyond the Beyond, where he has developed his firesight and learns how to work with embers, fire and how to forge metals. H...