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A heartfelt picture book celebrating the special bond between daddies and the children they love, perfect for fathers everywhere!

Popcorn Comes to School is the story of a kitten who becomes an unexpected guest in Wilson's kindergarten class. Wilson and his friends learn a lot about fear and aggression as they try to take good care of their furry little classmate.

A luminous story of a young artist grappling with first love, family boundaries and the complications of a cross-cultural relationship. Perfect for fans of Sandhya Menon, Erika Sanchez and Jandy Nelson.Praise for American BetiyaA Bank Street College of Education Best Book of 2022A YALSA Best Best Fiction for Young AdultsA Cosmopolitan Best 100 Books of All TimeA Book Riot best YA Book of 2021A South Asia Book Award 2022 honoreeA Children's Cooperative 2022 Best Book of the YearA 2022 Nerdy Book Club Best Novel Award WinnerRani Kelkar has never lied to her parents, until she meets Oliver. The same qualities that draw her in--his tattoos, his charisma, his passion for art--make him her mother's worst nightmare.They begin dating in secret, but when Oliver's troubled home life unravels, he starts to ask more of Rani than she knows how to give, desperately trying to fit into her world, no matter how high the cost. When a twist of fate leads Rani from Evanston, Illinois to Pune, India for a summer, she has a reckoning with herself--and what's really brewing beneath the surface of her first love.Winner of SCBWI's Emerging Voices award, Anuradha D. Rajurkar takes an honest look at the ways cultures can clash in an interracial relationship. Braiding together themes of sexuality, artistic expression, and appropriation, she gives voice to a girl claiming ownership of her identity, one shattered stereotype at a time."A brave, beautiful exploration of identity--those thrust upon us, and those we forge for ourselves." --Elana K. Arnold, award-winning author of What Girls Are Made Of"Captures the heartbreaking impetuousness of that all-consuming first love, the tightrope we walk as we seek to navigate cultural tensions . . .” —Gae Polisner, author of The Memory of Things"A bold coming-of-age piece.” –Buzzfeed

Where have all the monsters of Mayhem Elementary been? After many days of poor attendance, Finn Fiend and the monsters in Miss Gloop's class learn a lesson about the importance of good etiquette. With a little help from Mayhem Elementary School's nurse, Finn Fiend and his friends do their best to keep themselves and others healthy.

Includes an excerpt from The many half-lived lives of Sam Sylvester.

"Two girls--one from a city who lives with her mom, and one who lives by the beach with her dads and brother--come together at a lantern festival in a beautiful story of how we are all one, whether near or far, friend or newcomer."--Amazon website.

Otter loves playing with Rock. Manatee would like to join. But what happens when Manatee joins Otter and Rock for a boisterous game and disaster strikes? This is a story about finding the courage to face one's mistakes and take the plunge to save a friendship. It's also about Rock. . .who doesn't talk but experiences a lot.

Spring, 2020: High school senior Gracie Ingraham hasn't time traveled in ages. It's crazy enough living through the scary first months of the Covid pandemic, going to school on Zoom, and being quarantined with your best friend Zoey-and your ex-boyfriend Dylan. But suppose you start slipping into the past again in the middle of all that? Gracie's mom and brother might be under the power of a demonic glass artist from the late 1980's. And Dylan's obviously still in love with Grace. Cue the mysterious fires, the haunted stained glass, a pair of dangerous blue jeans-and a tornado! It'll take the whole gang from The Bean Books to figure out if time travel means breaking quarantine-and to sort out the devils from the saints!

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Chloe Gong comes two captivating new novellas surrounding the events of Foul Lady Fortune and following a familiar cast of characters from the These Violent Delights Duet!In A Foul Thing, Roma and Juliette have established themselves as the heads of an underground weapons ring in Zhouzhuang, making a living the way they do best while remaining anonymous in their peaceful, quiet life. But when they hear about several Russian girls showing up dead in nearby towns, they decide to investigate—and ultimately discover that this mystery is much closer to home than they ever imagined. In This Foul Murder, Benedikt and Marshall have been summoned by Roma to find the elusive scientist, Lourens, and bring him to Zhouzhuang. Time is of the essence aboard the week-long Trans-Siberian Express, but when someone is murdered on board, Benedikt and Marshall convince the officer in charge not to stop the train so that they aren’t thrown off-schedule. Instead, they pretend that they are investigators and promise they can solve the murder, but as they dig deeper, they realize that the murder might having surprising ties to their own mission…

The Magician's Daughter is a wondrous story about the power of community and giving everyone a chance to shine by the award-winning Caryl Lewis.