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GREATESTWhen your name is Love Truly, you need to act with, well, love. But the new rhino in town, PeeWee is big, blue, and scary. When he spills his food tray, will Love Truly and her friends, Faith Deep and Hope Big, conquer their fear and step up to help? Or will they turn away? Learning to act with love may be the most courageous thing Love Truly ever does. "Three things will last forever-faith, hope, and love-and the greatest of these is love." I Corinthians 13:13 NLT This simple, yet profound story will challenge kids to think about their actions toward others in new ways. Come along on the emotional journey of learning to accept people who are different from you.

GREATESTWhen your name is Love Truly, you need to act with, well, love. But the new rhino in town, PeeWee is big, blue, and scary. When he spills his food tray, will Love Truly and her friends, Faith Deep and Hope Big, conquer their fear and step up to help? Or will they turn away? Learning to act with love may be the most courageous thing Love Truly ever does. "Three things will last forever-faith, hope, and love-and the greatest of these is love." I Corinthians 13:13 NLT This simple, yet profound story will challenge kids to think about their actions toward others in new ways. Come along on the emotional journey of learning to accept people who are different from you.Award-winning author teams up with illustrator Rich Davis to create a story that will resonate with kids in many situations.

A dog in an art museum? Maybe not most dogs, but Friday goes to the museum every Tuesday to visit his friends. One day Friday must say goodbye for the winter. Join the fun as Friday trots through the galleries, taking selfies and saying goodbye to all of his friends - Maman the spider, Rosie the Riveter, George Washington, and many others.

Follow Angel Persian as she tries to follow in her parents' footsteps and become a KittyTube star.

When the dust storms of the 1930s threatened to destroy U.S. farming and agriculture, Hugh Bennett knew what to do. But he needed the government's help. How do you convince politicians that the soil needs help? Hugh Bennett knew what to do. He waited for the wind.

It's the first day of school.Howie is worried. Will he find a friend?With high hopes, Howie goes to robotics club.But no one chooses him as a partner.Then Lincoln bounds into the room.The strange new bird is too big and fluffy.Howie hides!The teacher, however, puts the unlikely pair together.Will they be able to accept each other's wonky ideas and become friends?For STEM classes, this story emphasizes the discussion of form v. function. It encourages divergent thinking as Lincoln and Howie design a robot. For kids who are rigid and inflexible, they'll see the value of considering different options, and accepting those who are different. "e;. . .offbeat and clever. . . With pages filled with animals and robots, this tale will certainly appeal to kids. . . ."e; Kirkus ReviewsWHAT THEY ARE SAYING"e;A delightful story of friendship and teamwork."e; Dori Hillestad Butler, Theodore Geisel Honor Award for King & Kayla and the Case of the Missing Dog Treats, and Edgar award for The Buddy Files: The Case of the Lost Boy"e;Charming. . .Pattison's storytelling skills give readers a look into the give-and-take of friendship."e; Carla Killough McClafferty, author of The Many Faces of George Washington"e;What's WONKY? The heart-warming story of an unlikely friendship between Robot Club partners, told in Darcy Pattison's classic, charming voice. WONKY is a good reminder that friendships are often found with a heart that's open to the unexpected."e; Lynn Rowe Reed, illustrator of Punctuation Takes a Vacation"e;WONKY is a delightful mixture of a story about new friends and a robot club--honestly, what could be more fun? I adoredHowie and Lincoln, Darcy Pattison's endearing animal characters, and Nathaniel Gold's colorful illustrations just pop off the page!"e; Monica Clark-Robinson, author of Let the Children March

Dennis and Mellie, cousins, celebrate Grandma's birthday and then write informative or expository essays.

Jake Rose joins the courageous crew of the Eagle 10 as they streak across the galaxy to Rison, the other blue planet. Their goal is to find the umjaadi starfish, the host of an organism that is deadly to the Phoke, the water people of Earth. The mission is foolhardy because Rison will soon implode-the catastrophe is mere days away-from a science-gone-wrong scenario. Forced to enter the Risonian society at its darkest hour, the team struggles against local politics and races against time to find the starfish.Utz Seehafer, the son and heir-apparent, of the southern Bo-See coalition is assigned to help the Earthlings' search. He battles his own demons of a lost brother, a grieving father, and the urgency of escaping a dying planet. Will he be able to save his beloved Derry, and their pet project, the great white shark named Godzilla?Pilgrims is the exciting conclusion of an epic science fiction trilogy that pits Risonians and Earthlings against inevitable implosion of a planet. In a rush against time, they must deal with the politics of desperate men and the tricks of a dying planet. Will they find the cure and escape in time?