A mysterious bird poops on the president's head during the State of the Union address. The bird could be a Chickcharney, the legendary bird from the Caribbean, which may have come to Washington to deliver a secret message. Is it for the president? Or Congress? Or for Fina’s friend, a cashier at the Capitol snack bar? Or maybe it's a message for Fina from her mom who passed away not so many months ago. Fina gets detecting help from a pair of congressional dogs as she searches for clues. The story mixes the mystery with a peek behind the scenes at the U.S. Capitol, including a congressional battle over immigration reform and a family battle when Fina’s grandmother is nearly arrested at an immigration protest. "State of the Union" is an introduction to civics for elementary school readers. It's "The West Wing" meets Nancy Drew.

Tillie Appelpit, die appelbloeiselwit kerkmuisie, is mal oor kuiergaste – en wanneer sy haar vriende vir tee nooi, ruik haar huisie tussen die heuwels altyd heerlik na vars gebak. Eendag ontdek sy ’n onverwagse gas voor haar deur: ’n Eier! Tillie neem daar en dan verantwoordelikheid vir die eier – want sy weet ’n eier moet warm gehou, vertroetel en versorg word. Wat sy egter nie weet nie, is dat daar ’n groot verrassing in die eier wag. Welkom by die wonderlike wereld van Tillie Appelpit!

From acclaimed author and Costa winner Hilary McKay comes The Time of Green Magic: a beautiful, spell-binding novel about family, magic, an old house and a mysterious visitor . . . Abi and her two step-brothers, Max and Louis, find that strange things happen when they are alone in their eerie, ivy-covered new house. Abi, reading alone, finds herself tumbling deep into books, while Louis summons a startling guest through his bedroom window. Even Max has started to see shapes in the shadows . . . Their busy parents see none of it - but Louis' secret visitor is growing too alarming to keep secret, and he finds he cannot manage without Max and Abi's help. Can they find out where the mysterious creature has come from - and how to get it back there?

Tillie Appelpit, die appelbloeiselwit kerkmuisie, hou van kuier met haar vriende en is baie lief vir naaldwerk. Eendag bring haar vriendin opwindende nuus ... daar is ’n groot naaldwerkkompetisie op die dorp met uitstekende pryse om te wen! Dadelik is al hier vriende druk besig met naaldwerk, en niemand word genooi vir tee nie. Die nuuskierigheid raak vir Tillie net te veel!! Wat maak hulle almal? En hoekom is almal so vreeslik geheimsinnig? Welkom by die wonderlike wereld van Tillie Appelpit!