An antiques appraiser hunts a missing gem while probing her parents’ deaths in this cozy mystery series debut for fans of Ellery Adams and Jane K. Cleland!After her parents’ deaths, Avery Ayers takes over the family business, Antiquities & Artifacts Appraised, from the home office in Lilac Grove and a branch in Manhattan. Now living back at home with her younger sister—and their eccentric Aunt Midge and her Afghan hound—Avery’s life is filled with jewels, tapestrie...

Can Savanna Shepherd and her sisters unravel a deadly web of art and betrayal before the final brushstroke paints their doom?When Savanna Shepherd’s father, Harlan, and artist friend Sebastian Alexander vanish during a sailing regatta along Michigan’s west coast, the Shepherd family is plunged into turmoil. As the Coast Guard scours the Great Lake, Savanna sets aside her work on Sebastian’s art show to join her sisters in comforting their mother and aiding in the search.Whe...

The project-based activities nurture creative skills and give learners the opportunity to make decisions and develop projects that matter to them. Stage 2 projects focus on everything from designing a new piece of technology to navigating a maze, giving children the tools to build key computing and ICT skills, linking the five strands of theory to the practice of computing, and showing learners how computers work.Collins International Primary Computing series provides in-dept...

The project-based activities nurture creative skills and give learners the opportunity to make decisions and develop projects that matter to them. Stage 4 projects focus on everything from designing an online community to creating a podcast, giving children the tools to build key computing and ICT skills, linking the five strands of theory to the practice of computing, and showing learners how computers work.Collins International Primary Computing series provides in-depth cov...