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Feel like you don't have a voice? You do. Think your opinion doesn't matter? It does. This engaging, illustrated journal is a rallying cry for young people. Small & Mighty challenges budding changemakers to investigate their complex world, valuable strengths, potential careers, and their utterly irreplaceable selves. Six themed chapters with dynamic, interactive layouts feature inspirational stories about real-life role models, self-reflective worksheets, checklists, and suggested activities anyone can do to hone in on their passions.

Now is the time to blaze new trails and to help shape the world into one we can all be proud of. This illustrated, fill-in activity journal acts as a guide to prompt girls (and girls, specifically) to explore their world, their strengths, their future, and their selves. Girl Almighty unites the spirit of girl scouting with real-world activism: Six themed chapters with dynamic, interactive layouts feature stories about real women and girl role models, diverse career explorations, self-reflective worksheets, checklists, and activities . . . all carefully chosen to incite and inspire our future leaders, today. Choose a journey and hit the ground running! Each challenge accepted and conquered is rewarded with a rebel badge sticker upon completion.

Introduce little ones to the stirring spectacle of ballet with this "BabyLit" take on "Swan Lake".

Wear your heart on your sleeve . . . or your backpack, tote, or lapel. This 3-pack button assortment for adventuring book lovers includes "'Squatch Reads," "Wild Reader," and "Reading Ranger." Buttons are 1.25 inches wide.

An engaging collection of 26 illustrations featuring every child's favorite zoo animals from around the world, from apes to zebras, all shown in their natural habitats. Illustrator Greg Paprocki's popular BabyLit alphabet board books feature his classically retro midcentury art style that's proven to be a hit with both toddlers and adults alike. Have fun discovering new details in each illustration with every successive reading.

In fighting to pass the 19th Amendment, brave suffragists like Susan B. Anthony and Emmeline B. Wells fought to end laws and take down barriers that prevented them from voting. Champions of Change introduces young readers not only to Anthony and Wells, but also to a diverse group of firsts and freedom-fighters in America's fight for equality. This timely collection of mini biographies highlights 25 champions for justice, includes colorful portraitures of each, and presents actual photos of the individuals.

Little Poet Walt Whitman: Miracles Everywhere shows little ones how to find the miracles of daily life with lines from Walt Whitman's "Miracles" in Leaves of Grass. Learn to spot the miracles in houses and towns, birds, bees, and butterflies, the moon and stars, and more with Whitman's famous poetry and Carme Lemniscates' adorable artwork. Inspiring little readers to Be Creative, Be Brilliant, and Be Yourself, with Walt Whitman, everything is a miracle!

This fun board book teaches toddlers both cardinal and ordinal numbers as they find out who won what place in the Zoolympics. Giraffe won first place in the bike race, the fox took third in gymnastics, and you'll never guess who placed sixth in the high jump--it was Snake!

Since its founding in 1797, Zuber & Cie wallpapers' fame has spread far and wide, from King Louis Philippe awarding Jean Zuber the Legion of Honor in 1834 to Jackie Kennedy installing Zuber's "Vues de l'Amérique du Nord" in the White House. According to France Today, the company still uses the same antique woodblocks, the same paint formulas, and the same time-honored processes to create its stunning wallpapers as it did in Jean Zuber's time. Gorgeous displays of friezes, borders, ceiling roses and architectural trompe l'oeil, have been photographed for Zuber in homes in the United States, France, and the United Kingdom.

Ralph Waldo Emerson's famous essay "Nature" declared that understanding nature was the key to understanding God and reality, and laid the groundwork for transcendentalism. His legacy of boldly questioning the doctrine of his day and connecting with nature will resonate with today's readers in search of meaning and enlightenment. Essays include "Nature" (1836) and Emerson's first series, published in 1841: "History," "Self-Reliance," "Compensation," "Spiritual Laws," "Love," "Friendship," "Prudence," "Heroism," "The Over-Soul," "Circles," "Intellect," and "Art." Nature and Other Essays joins Gibbs Smith's best-selling Wilderness series. Standing beside the works of his protégée Henry David Thoreau, as well as John Muir, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, and Jack London, these essays are reissued to encourage and inspire philosophers, travelers, campers, and contemporary naturalists.

Prepare, store, and serve 101 delicious meals, drinks, snacks, breads, and desserts in just one powerhouse dish, reducing waste, saving time, and stemming the never-ending tide of dirty dishes. From hearty soups and healthy salads to scrumptious breakfasts, sweet treats, and even homemade yogurts, pickles, jams, and jellies, 101 Things to Do with a Jar has something for everyone. No fancy gadgets needed, no bulky dishes taking up 'fridge space, just a simple jar and 101 exciting things to do with it.

The Sleeping Beauty: My First Ballet Book retells the classic story and introduces little ones to the beautiful art of ballet. Jennifer Adams' engaging text alongside adorable illustrations by Corey Egbert introduces little ones to The Sleeping Beauty story of kings, queens, fairies, and dancing. My First Ballet Books encourage babies to Be Creative, Be Active, and Be Brilliant through the classic art of ballet.

My Brother Otto is a child-friendly, endearing, and fun picture book for children about the love, acceptance, and understanding a sister, Piper, has for her little brother Otto, who is on the autism spectrum. The book provides explanations for Otto's differences and quirkiness in an easy-to-understand language, and highlights Otto's desires for adventure and love--just like his peers. To be more specific, My Brother Otto is a sweet story about a sister and a brother who engage in common, everyday experiences in their own unique way with the idea that kindness and understanding always win!

One of American's most distinctive poets, Emily Dickinson scorned the conventions of her day in her approach to writing, religion, and society. Hope Is the Thing with Feathers is a collection of her vast archive of poetry to inspire the writers, creatives, and feminists of today.

Paprocki presents a fun alphabet primer that celebrates the month-long Muslim observance of fasting and spiritual awareness--a time meant to focus on things such as sharing, empathy, compassion, generosity, and selflessness. Full color.

Arthur Elrod was the most successful interior designer working in the Palm Springs area from 1954 to 1974. His forward-thinking midcentury interior design appeared in primary homes, second houses, third houses, spec houses, country clubs, and experimental houses--in the desert and across the US. He was charming, handsome, and worked tirelessly for his A-list clientele, such as Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Lillian and Walt Disney, and Hoagy Carmichael. Perhaps his most famous work was done in his own home, known as the Elrod House in Palm Springs, built by architect John Lautner in 1968. Elrod's life was cut tragically short when the convertible he was riding in was hit by a drunk driver one morning in February 1974; he was 49. This in-depth biography of the midcentury's wunderkind interior designer, Arthur Elrod, is the first and only of its kind.

Pairing loving lines from The Bard's famous plays and sonnets with engaging illustrations by Lemniscates, this board book allows parents, grandparents, and other readers tell toddlers how loved they are in Shakespeare's own words. Full color.