Little Mabel is an expert at not going to sleep. She knows all the best bedtime-avoiding excuses. "I'm thirsty." "I need to use the bathroom." "Will you tell me a story?" Luckily, Mom's quiver of bedtime tales includes the story of the Fae Queen, who paints children's dreams and can only visit when their eyes are closed. Inspired by Mercutio's soliloquy in Romeo & Juliet, in which he details how the tiny fairy queen influences people's dreams as she passes by in her flying chariot, the soothing story evokes images of an ant in a worn gray coat and a hazelnut-shell chariot with a roof of grasshopper wings. Told in lyrical language that adults will also appreciate, the story helps parents get their kids to sleep. For ages 0-6.

In this hilarious breastfeeding tell-all, the newly titled reissue of How My Breasts Saved the World, Lisa Wood Shapiro recounts her misadventures of new motherhood from the delivery of her daughter and her rookie days as a food source to the bittersweet end of weaning. This may be the information age, but so much of nursing and new motherhood know-how still exists in the smart gal's rumor culture. Only after Shapiro shares her own saga, complete with lactation consultants, chocolate binges, and a new use for green cabbage, do her friends and relatives confess to their own travails. New motherhood always happens to the childless, but it is not always instinctual, and one doesn't have to go it alone. There are professionals who can make it work without pain, and it does get easier. Whether or not your breasts have been involved in any world-saving activities, you won't be able to put this book down until you've read the last line.

The Human Hotel compares the body to a hotel. Reggie, a fun-spirited, hard working red blood cell, is your travel guide through this adventure. This book will captivate the attention of young readers and subtly deliver an educational message.

Conversations with children about stranger danger, bullying, and inappropriate touching need not be frightening or intimidating, especially if parents and children talk about strategies for coping with these issues before they happen. Footnotes, in the form of a ball, bounce from page to page and signal parents to refer to the back of the book for inspiration and information about dialoguing with young children about these important issues. There is even a recipe for a healthy snack that parents and children can prepare together. Okay With Me is fun-to-read. Written in rhythm and rhyme and complimented by soft whimsical illustrations, this book serves as a valuable teaching tool for those who love and care for young children.

"These well-organized, informative units will give students important understandings about the ocean. Marine science, the study of the ocean, holds a special wonder that sparks the imagination and stirs a sense of adventure. Book 1 focuses on the tide pool ecosystem. Grades K-2

"How My Breasts Saved the World is mother's milk for any new mama struggling with confounding transformation from woman into human canteen."--"Vanity Fair
"Refreshingly hysterical. Any woman can benefit from Shapiro's hard-won education."--"BUST magazine
"Shapiro's memoir . . . offers a welcome real-life complement to weightier breastfeeding advice."--"Brain, Child magazine
In this hilarious breastfeeding tell-all--the first of its kind-- Lisa Wood Shapiro recounts her misadventures of new motherhood from the delivery of her daughter and her rookie days as a food source to the bittersweet end of weaning.
This may be the information age, but so much of nursing still exists in the smart gal's rumor culture. Only after Shapiro shares her own nursing saga, complete with lactation consultants, chocolate binges, and a new use for green cabbage, do her friends and relatives confess to their own travails. Breastfeeding may be natural, but it is not always instinctual, and one doesn't have to go it alone. There are professionals who can make it work without pain, and it does get easier.
Whether or not your breasts have been involved in any world-saving activities, you won't be able to put this book down until you've read the last line.