It all starts with a dream. Welcome to a magical world of endless curiosity, shimmering senses, and safe, snug places. You are a sleeping salamander... a dancing octopus... a graceful elephant... a sneaking tiger... even a playful child, full of wonder. Here you are, in every dreaming creature, sound asleep, and yet... wide awake.

After the death of her literary rival in a freak accident, author June Hayward steals her just-finished masterpiece, sending it to her agent as her own work, but as emerging evidence threatens her success, she discovers how far she'll go to keep what she thinks she deserves.

A Miami criminal defense lawyer helps a Grammy-winning popstar who signed an onerous contract as a teen that leaves her ex-husband with all her royalties.

"Tough-as-nails criminal defense attorney Jane Smith is hip-deep in the murder trial of the century. Actually, her charmless client might've committed several murders. She's also fallen in love with a wonderful guy. And an equally wonderful dog, a mutt. But Jane doesn't have much time. She's just received a terminal diagnosis giving her twelve months. Unless she's murdered before her expiration date"--

If you think you're nervous about the first day of school, imagine how your backpack feels. From the moment you shove your new binders down its throat, your backpack knows it's in for a serious test. How will it find its place in this scary new environment when half the time it can't even see where it's going? This hilarious yet reassuring tale filled with crowded hallways, heavy books, and other relatable back-to-school jitters will have kids braving...

"William Wooler is a family man, on the surface. But he's been having an affair, an affair that ended horribly this afternoon at a motel up the road. So when he returns to his house, devastated and angry, to find his difficult nine-year-old daughter, Avery, unexpectedly home from school, William loses his temper. Hours later, Avery's family declares her missing. Who took Avery Wooler?"--

The Cat in the Hat, with some help from Thing One and Thing Two, travels the planet and beyond to introduce beginning readers to 17 strange but true weather events, including dust devils, snow donuts, red sprites and metallic snow.

""Double, double, boil, and trouble!" Addition will be no trouble at all for young mathematicians with the help of the charmingly illustrated witches in this high-interest book, which features elementary addition skills supporting the Common Core. There's no magic involved, but readers will discover efficient adding strategies that will aid them in the classroom and in life. Fact boxes supply interesting info about the mythology of witches throughout...

"Did you know that many Highland dances use swords to prove their strength? Or that bharatanatyam dancers perform with bells around their ankles and red dye on their hands and feet? There's a whole world of dances out there! Told with simple language and shown with vivid photographs, A World of Dancers is perfect for emerging readers curious about the fascinating and varied dancers worldwide"--