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This beautifully illustrated picture book tells the story of Rat, who is having a hard time but finds it difficult to talk to her friend, Jackdaw, about how she’s feeling. Instead, Rat sets out into a storm. While running out in the rainy air helps Rat feel better, danger is also waiting. Rat avoids peril by trusting her intuition, then meets a friendly stranger who offers encouragement and inspires courage….
Monti the Mole loves living in Pocketville – stopping by the bakery for fresh bread from Mrs. Sheep, visiting Carl at the library to get good books, and enjoying his bread and books while sitting on his favorite rock by the river. When a new animal comes to town who likes the same things, Monti doesn’t know what to do;…
In her whole young life, Fern has really only experienced “home” in two ways: either it’s hopping from house to house and town to town as her mom tries to find a situation that will work for them, or it’s the other extreme—a secluded compound called The Ranch, run by a man named Dr. Ben, where everyone is taught to stay away from the things he considers the downfall of modern society….
Jenna and her best friend Reese are members of a scout troop which is visiting a big backcountry hiking and camping area in a dense forest in Maine. Jenna is a kid who is very acclimated to life in nature—her grandpa was the first Black forest ranger in the area—and she has grown up feeling more at ease walking the woods than being in a house….
A heartfelt story told from 2 points of view, in alternating chapters from
- A witty typewriter named Olivetti
- Ernest, a shy 12-year-old boy and one of the kids in the very busy Brindle family
When Mom goes missing, Dad and the 3 Brindle kids search high and low, only to find out 24 hours later that she had sold her beloved typewriter,…