Telephone Tales With Marinda And Miranda

Marinda and Miranda have been best friends since school. But they could not have been more different too. A princess becomes a basketball star, a nice old lady casts magic spells on household appliances, a police captain becomes invisible.... These stories are so full of fun and fantasy that you can easily catch the bug and try making up some stories of your own. Kathryn Thompson did a great job transferring this popular book from Russian into English. And the illustrations by Natalya Korsunskaya won the "Image of the Book" international competition in 2013.

Fifteen tales from Russia's mysterious capital city provide an absorbing and many-sided portrait in fiction for readers who love travelling, armchair travellers, lovers of Russian literature, as well as those who love Moscow.

On Prince Edward Island, a place of limpid beauty, there is a lovely old estate nestled among silver birch trees. It is Silver Bush Farm, where little Patricia Gardiner lives happily with her family. For Pat, nothing in the world is more precious than her home and her friends. A carefree childhood can't last forever; time inevitably brings unpredictable changes... and, no matter how hard she tries to fight it, Pat finds herself grappling with the most beautiful and difficult adventure of all: growing up.

How can we tell one lighthouse from another? What does a lighthouse keeper do? Where are the most unusual lighthouses in the world? Depart on an enchanting voyage with the school children in this book to discover the answers to these questions along with other fascinating facts about lighthouses and how they work. A charming journey through the science and history of lighthouses around the world.

Science meets design in this comprehensive introduction to the chemical elements that make up our universe

The story of Elgin Baylor, basketball icon and civil rights advocate, from an all-star team Hall-of-famer Elgin Baylor was one of basketball’s all-time-greatest players—an innovative athlete, team player, and quiet force for change. One of the first professional African-American players, he inspired others on and off the court. But when traveling for away games, many hotels and restaurants turned Elgin away because he was black. One night, Elgin had enough and staged a one-man protest that captured the attention of the press, the public, and the NBA. Above the Rim is a poetic, exquisitely illustrated telling of the life of an underrecognized athlete and a celebration of standing up for what is right.