Troublesome Words (PB)

Bill Bryson

What's the difference between mean and median, blatant and flagrant, flout and flaunt? Is it whodunnit or whodunit? Do you know? Are you sure? With Troublesome Words, Bill Bryson offers a clear, concise and entertaining guide to the problems of English usage that has been an indispensable companion to t...

The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Hide-and-Seek

Eric Carle

Play hide and seek with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this fantastic finger trail lift-the-flap book! Who is in the forest where it's bright and sunny? Busy, buzzing bees making tasty honey! A fun first introduction to woodland creatures and their habitats. With its gentle rhyming narrative, chunky f...

The Island of Missing Trees

Elif Shafak

Two teenagers, from opposite sides of a divided land, meet at a tavern in the city they both call home. The tavern is the only place that Kostas, who is Greek and Christian, and Defne, who is Turkish and Muslim, can meet, in secret, hidden beneath the blackened beams from which hang garlands of garlic,...