Lilly Little Nick Swim Safely At The Pool

Swimming is an important survival skill for people of all ages. As children begin swimming, it is important to learn and reinforce proper safety and common rules around swimming areas. In this educational tale, Lilly and her younger brother visit a community pool. As Lilly and Little Nick arrive at the pool, they learn about basic rules that all beginning swimmers should learn. Simply, yet important, rules are reviewed through easy-to-remember rhymes and vivid illustrations.

What's the only thing worse than being stalked by a bunch of ghosts? Falling in love with one of them. Lily Madison's problems began the day her life ended. After getting saved from a watery grave, she wakes up in a hospital surrounded by a herd of naughty ghosts. Most of them look like fuzzy blobs, but one is not blobby at all. He's a very hot, very annoying dead guy named Nick. Before she died, choosing a prom date was her biggest dilemma. Now she's being stalked by specters and haunted by hooligans. Lily begins to doubt her own sanity, until she finds out a Goth girl named Zoe can see the blobs, too. With the assistance of Zoe and Mr. Wan, the manicurist who almost killed her, she must get Nick and the other ghosts back where they belong or the whole world could be in terrible danger. But she's grown to care for Nick, and if sending the ghosts back means saying goodbye to Nick forever, Lily isn't sure she'll be able to let him go. ***Finalist in the Golden Pen, the Golden Leaf, the Dante Rossetti Book Award, and winner of the International Digital Award***

ARE YOU THE DADDY? Tragedy had left Carlee Denton to raise her best friend’sbaby, and her search for the little boy’s father had led straight to Nick Starke. But she couldn’t risk telling the handsome, wealthy orange grove owner that her new baby was his, too, until she knew what he wanted…. And everything, from the soulful way he touched her—kissed her—to the way he played with little Scotty, told her that this man wanted her. He wanted them. But was he really Scotty’s dad? Carlee wondered if she’d found—fallen for—the wrong man. Whatever the truth was, Carlee knew it was too late to turn back from the one man who could open her heart….

A teenage girl shipped off to prep school tries to solve the mystery of her own identity—and her mother’s past—in this “gem of a book” (Kim Culbertson). It’s always been just Wren and her mother, Hannah, living together in Southern California. But when Hannah receives a reporting assignment in Greenland, Wren is sent away to Hardwick Hall, her mother’s alma mater—even though her mother has refused to discuss her time at the exclusive Connecticut boarding school for as long as Wren can remember. Wren, a budding guitarist and singer, is unsuccessful at befriending her stuck-up suitemate, Honor. But she finds an escape in riding horses and in hanging out with cute rowers, like the adorably crinkly-eyed Nick. She also finds a niche in the campus’s underground music scene with Chazzy, a fellow musician with a hilarious sense of humor. But soon, clues about her mother’s dark past threaten to destroy Wren’s new life . . .

A poetic, gifty offering that combines first love, friendship, and persistent courage in this lyrical immigration story told in verse. Carrying just a suitcase and an old laundry bag filled with clothes, Kasienka and her mother are immigrating to England from Poland. Kasienka isn't the happiest girl in the world. At home, her mother is suffering from a broken heart as she searches for Kasienka's father. And at school, Kasienka is having trouble being the new girl and making friends. The only time she feels comforted is when she's swimming at the pool. But she can't quite shake the feeling that she's sinking. Until a new boy swims into her life, and she learns that there might be more than one way to stay afloat. The Weight of Water is a coming-of-age story that deftly handles issues of immigration, alienation, and first love. Moving and poetically rendered, this novel-in-verse is the story of a young girl whose determination to find out who she is prevails.

'Gripping subjects, brilliantly drawn characters and a twisty turny journey from beginning to end. A tense, thrilling read and definitely 5 humongous stars from me' Angela Marsons. Someone stole a baby... One sunny day in July, someone took three-month-old Alicia Owen from her pram outside a supermarket. Her mother, Marie, was inside. No one saw who took Alicia. And no one could find her. They silenced her cry... Fifteen years later, a teenager on a construction site sees a tiny hand in the ground. When the police investigate, they find a baby buried and preserved in concrete. Could it be Alicia? But the truth will always out. When Alicia disappeared, the papers accused Marie of detachment and neglect. The Owens never got over the grief of their child's disappearance and divorced not long after. By reopening the case, DC Beth Chamberlain must reopen old wounds. But the killer may be closer than anyone ever suspected... The latest crime thriller featuring Family Liaison Officer DC Beth Chamberlain, Hush Little Baby is tightly plotted, fraught with tension and impossible to put down. Perfect for fans of Cara Hunter and K.L. Slater. Praise for Jane Isaac: 'Jane Isaac knows how to tell a good yarn. Expertly plotted and true to life' Mel Sherratt on For Better, For Worse. 'Isaac does a superb job of escalating the tension and dread' Publishers Weekly. 'Move over La Plante...' Susan May, Suspense Magazine. 'Tense, dark and gritty: perfect combination' Ian Patrick, author of Rubicon. 'Crime writing at its best' David Evans, CWA Debut Dagger-shortlisted author of Torment. 'Jane Isaac just gets better with every book. Deeply unsettling and unputdownable' Rebecca Bradley, bestselling author of the DI Hannah Robbins series. 'Jane Isaac writes unmissable quality crime fiction' Michael Wood, author of For Reasons Unknown. 'Gripped from the very first page... and just when you think it's over, it's really only the beginning' June Taylor, author of Losing Juliet. 'Brilliantly and intricately plotted, Jane Isaac has produced a terrific page-turner' Lizzie Sirett, Mystery People.

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