"This treasure trove for book lovers explores fifteen classic novels with memorable maternal figures, and examines how our cultural notions of motherhood have been shaped by literature. Sweet, supportive, dependable, selfless. Long before she had childrenof her own, journalist Carrie Mullins knew how mothers should behave. But how? Where did these expectations come from-and, more importantly, are they serving the mothers whose lives they shape? Carrie's...

"A boy and his family's hike to the peak of Oregon's South Sister volcano is narrated in a series of haikus"--

Traces the history of Hispanic Americans from early Spanish influences to the present, highlighting Simon Bolivar, the Spanish-American War, and the growing Hispanic minority in the United States.

Presents step-by-step instructions for building LEGO creations, including dinosaurs, a Moon rover, and a camp site, that support brief narratives in such sections as "crash landing on the moon" and "the best worst camping trip ever."

Retells all six Star Wars films in 100 iconic scenes using LEGO Star Wars sets and minifigures. Learn fascinating facts about the LEGO Star Wars sets and rediscover your favorite LEGO Star Wars minifigures, from LEGO Darth Vader to LEGO Luke Skywalker.

"A historical glimpse of the land bridge that once existed between Asia and North America and the extinct giant animals that lived there"--

Illustrations and simple text depict opposite pairings in nature as a forest grows and changes.

"From bestselling and award-winning author-illustrator Marissa Moss, praised for her accessible blend of narrative nonfiction with graphic novel-style chapter openers in The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner, comes another fascinating story of a groundbreaking woman in STEM. One of the founders of U.S. cryptology who would eventually become one of the world's greatest code breakers, Elizebeth Smith Friedman (1892-1980) was a brilliant...

In this epic new saga about the Norse gods, warrior god Odin, chief of Aesir, travels the Nine Worlds in search of knowledge and discovers that nothing is learned without sacrifice.

"Part cultural history, part literary criticism, and part memoir, A Body Made of Glass is a definitive biography of hypochondria. Caroline Crampton's life was upended at the age of seventeen, when she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, a relatively rare blood cancer. After years of invasive treatment, she was finally given the all clear. But being cured of the cancer didn't mean she now felt well. Instead, the fear lingered, and she found herself...