A heartwarming and encouraging story told through beautiful 3D clay art illustrations. One of the wisemen, Melchior, has the same dream night after night in which he is urged to follow a newly risen star. Worried about the perils he might encounter but certain he must make the trip, he embarks on the journey with his nonchalant and wise camel, Nubia. What follows is a rich and engaging tale full of interesting meetings along the path, that ultimately help him gain confidence in himself. In these days when we all live with some sense of worry and anxiety, the book offers to children-and parents-a way to think about how we make the journey through life together and how we find calm and hope even when things feel uncertain.

Need a Halloween costume idea? Eenie Meenie has plenty! In this rhythmic read-aloud picture book, a little girl wonders what she should be for Halloween. Good thing she has a dress-up trunk full of different costume ideas! Eenie meenie Halloweenie, kitty, bat, or snake? Perhaps a bear? I might just wear a costume that I make! It's Halloween eve, and a little girl has a dress-up trunk full of different costume ideas! Orange tights and Daddy's tux can transform her into a penguin-or she could be an elephant, with pillowcases for her ears and a sock for her nose! What costume will she choose? Eenie Meenie Halloweenie is a celebration of the ingenuity of an adorable girl creating fun costumes from everyday materials. Readers will be inspired to do the same! This jacketed hardcover picture book is perfect for the not-so-spooky storytime. "'Eenie meenie Halloweenie'-so many choices. That's what the kid in this bouncy rhyming charmer faces. These rhymed musings about what to be on Halloween will give readers/listeners dress-up ideas that they may never have considered-and present simple, inexpensive homemade ways to achieve those ends with items easily found around the house." (Kirkus starred review) "In springy rhymed verse, Eaddy captures her heroine's inventive vision as she explores costume options while her inanimate menagerie patiently looks on. She gives multiple options a whirl, sourcing domestic props: 'Or what about an elephant?/ I could be one of those.// With pillowcases for my ears,/ a sock could be my nose.' Rendered digitally, pictures by Fleming give the wide-eyed, ginger-haired protagonist ample personality and energy, and imbue her toy animals with a winsome homespun quality." (Publishers Weekly)

The magical story of how a boy with a disability who is bullied finds the hero within. As Drake gets ready for bed, his mother entertains his questions about tyrants, pirates, and dragons-which are really questions about the power of bullies. Their conversation reminds us all that "Not even kings are allowed to be mean." Targeted for young children and their caregivers, Sir Drake the Brave is a declaration of ethics, integrity and faith: that kindness and courage ultimately are stronger than any sort of small-minded bullying or hate. Fun and entertaining, the story teaches lessons of accepting others, and welcoming others, including those who are different.

After she suspects her of a secret rendezvous with her husband, Sunshine devises a way to destroy Celia, the house servant, in more ways than one. She attempts an even more horrendous act: to kill Celia's only daughter, Shantae. It is Shantae however, who has plans of her own to demolish the forces of evil that burn in the souls of Capn and Sunshine and recaptures a forbidden love that may change the world forever. She is tortured, ridiculed and chased through a bottomless pit of darkness until, alas, she finds a light that leads her on another whirlwind of ignited action and adventure. Only a strand of hope pulsates through as she runs in the middle of the night through deepening murky waters, twisted vines and fallen trees to reach a fate she knows little about.