In a powerful debut, rising star Sophia Thakur brings her spoken word performance to the page.
Be with yourself for a moment.
Be yourself for a moment.
Airplane mode everything but yourself for a moment.
From acclaimed performance poet Sophia Thakur comes a stirring collection of coming-of-age poems exploring issues of identity, difference, perseverance, relationships, fear, loss, and joy. From youth to

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Developing a chronic stomachache that she initially dismisses as a bug, young Raina discovers that her symptoms are related to her anxieties about school, food and changing friendships.

The former NBA player reflects on the lessons he learned from basketball legends such as LeBron James, Kobe Bryan and Pat Riley, and offers a path for young athletes pursuing the same journey.

In 1980, Marianne Boucher felt like a misfit. To the world, she was a high school student with a bright future as a powerhouse figure skater. But she always felt like she was performing--both on the ice and off. And then she found her people. Kind, open-minded and totally different. They didn't care about society's norms and expectations. And they liked her. Soon, she'd abandoned school, her skating and, most dramatically, her family to live with...

Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books, based on her own childhood and later life, are still beloved classics almost a century after she began writing them. Now young readers will see just how similar Laura's true-life story was to her books. Born in 1867 in the "Big Woods" in Wisconsin, Laura experienced both the hardship and the adventure of living on the frontier. Her life and times are captured in engaging text and 80 black-and-white illustrations....

Printz Honor Book

YALSA Nonfiction Award Winner

Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner

SCBWI Golden Kite Winner

Cybils Senior High Nonfiction Award Winner
From the author of National Book Award finalist Charles and Emma comes an incredible story of brotherly love.
The deep and enduring friendship between Vincent and Theo Van Gogh shaped both brothers' lives. Confidant, champion, sympathizer, friend—Theo

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How does a baby begin? What makes a baby male or female? How is a baby born? Children have plenty of questions about reproduction and babies — and about sex and sexuality, too. IT'S SO AMAZING! provides the answers — with fun, accurate, comic-book-style artwork and a clear, lively text that reflects elementary-school children's interest in how things work, while giving them a healthy understanding of their bodies. Created by the author

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From filmmaker, actor, and author Justin Baldoni comes a real-talk, self-esteem-building guidebook that helps boys ages 11 and up embrace their feelings and fears instead of repress them.

Filled with activities, sidebars, and inspirational quotes, this book is the perfect social-emotional learning tool for parents and educators to jump-start conversations about masculinity with the boys in their lives.

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Prepare for a heart-pounding journey into the eye of the storm with 'Twister Cyclone,' a gripping documentary that takes you on a wild ride through the world of tornadoes. From adrenaline-pumping chases to jaw-dropping footage of nature's fury, this film explores the awe-inspiring power and devastating beauty of these swirling tempests. Twister Cyclone will leave you breathless and in awe of the incredible, destructive beauty that is the tornado.

Discover more about the unknowns of science and how persistent mysteries help individuals understand how science works in this video lecture from an expert in the field.