by Maribeth Boelts
Beetle gives Stick Bug an attention-grabbing coat for his birthday–but is that what Stick Bug really wants? A delightful story about friends learning to understand each other.
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It’s been years and years since the Popper family lived in Stillwater, but the town is still riding high on its former penguin residents. Across the river, in Hillport, residents try to re-create the magic.
Nina and Joe Popper have just moved to Hillport and find two penguin eggs tucked snugly near the furnace! It’s up to them to find their newly hatched chicks a home. Setting off on the adventure of a lifetime, they endure perilous storms, a long journey to the Arctic, and of course penguins.
Share This Post With People You Know:First the rain brought seeds that grew into alien plants that burrowed and strangled and fed. Seth, Anaya, and Petra are strangely immune to the plant’s toxins and found a way to combat them, But just as they have their first success, the rain begins again. But our heroes aren’t able to help this time–they’ve been locked away in a government lab with other kids who are also immune. What is their secret? Could they be…part alien themselves? Whose side are they on?
Share This Post With People You Know:Clothilde has lived her whole life in the shadows with her (sometimes) thieving and (always) ailing father. But when he fails to meet her one morning, sending her instead a mysterious ticket, Clo finds herself journeying across the sea to reunite with him. The ticket, however, leaves her on a sunless island.
Frustrated and aching with the loss of her father, Clo must unravel the mysteries of the island and all that’s hidden.
Share This Post With People You Know:When Ellie is very small, she finds a loveable newborn dragon. Elli calls him Scratch, takes him home, and moves him into her dolhouse. Ellie is lucky to have an affectionate, house-trained dragon like Scratch! But dragons get quite large as they grow. And Ellie is growing, too, moving from dollhouses to dance parties, not noticing that Scratch’s brilliant green scales are beginning to fade a little…
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