"Unlikely Friendships" is a phenomenon. A book with its compelling message of hope and friendship and differences overcome. Temple Grandin called it ." . . amazing. It shows the power of friendship." Now "Unlikely Friendships" is rewritten for younger readers: "Unlikely Friendships for Kids," a series of hardcover chapter books for children, ages seven and up. Here are three collections each with five of the clearest, most interesting stories from the original book, like the monkey and the dove or the leopard and the cow. Chapter books give young readers a strong sense of accomplishment, and these heartwarming animal stories, with their incredible photographs and inexplicable mysteries of attraction, their focus on friendship, love, and the ways that creatures of all different species can find common bonds of affection, will keep kids turning the pages to find out about the unusual ways animals help each other and discover the love of new friends. Each is a perfect gift for young animal lovers, and a lovely subject to help kids get reading.

"Unlikely Friendships" is a phenomenon. It's a runaway "New York Times" bestseller with more than 260,000 copies in print in less than half a year; a book with its compelling message of hope and friendship and differences overcome. Temple Grandin called it ." . . amazing. It shows the power of friendship." Now "Unlikely Friendships" is rewritten for younger readers: "Unlikely Friendships for Kids," a series of hardcover chapter books for children, ages seven and up. Here are three collections each with five of the clearest, most interesting stories from the original book, like the monkey and the dove or the leopard and the cow. Chapter books give young readers a strong sense of accomplishment, and these heartwarming animal stories, with their incredible photographs and inexplicable mysteries of attraction, their focus on friendship, love, and the ways that creatures of all different species can find common bonds of affection, will keep kids turning the pages to find out about the unusual ways animals help each other and discover the love of new friends.Each is a perfect gift for young animal lovers, and a lovely subject to help kids get reading.

Most Catholics know the mechanics of saying the rosary. If given a booklet or a cheat sheet, most would even be able to add a recitation of the mysteries with each decade. There are several books that add a prayer at the beginning of each decade and these are all good. We are honoring Mary and learning about Jesus through the recitation of prayers. But Mary wanted more. We say the rosary to honor Mary. We honor Mary by getting to know her son. When Mary appears and tells us to pray the rosary, she is not selfishly asking us to honor her, she is begging us to long for a deeper understanding and knowledge of her son. In establishing that relationship between our families and the rosary and therefore her son we become all we can be as Catholics and Christians. So, it is time. Let us learn as families how to really know and form a closer relationship with Mary and Jesus with the rosary as our guide.

Another outing for the comedy franchise in which a bunch of hormonally-challenged teens try to hone their sexual prowess. Discovering a guide to seduction skills written by former pupils in the library of their school, Great Falls High students Rob (Bug Hall), Nathan (Kevin M. Horton), and Lube (Brandon Hardesty) decide to follow the advice to the letter. Unfortunately, a few of the pages have disappeared over the years, and the boys' earnest efforts to lose their virginity result in another round of comic moments.

What does the Universe do in its spare time? Or is there more than one Universe? If you meet your soulmate in this life, will you recognize her, him, or it in another one? Tuck, a hapless hardware salesman, finds out the answers for himself in this quirky story straight out of the Twilight Zone. DIRECTOR'S CUT is a riveting tale that blends history and mystery, fact and fiction, and New Age with Old World concepts in a thought-provoking story you can read again and again.