No matter what parents do, sometimes Mr. Crabby Pants takes over their child s personality. So what is a parent to do? They try to find the fastest way to get Mr. Crabby Pants to leave. After picking up her son from daycare one day, J.L. Peck came up with the idea for Mr. Crabby Pants after she realized her son was crabby. To keep the drive home interesting and fun, she encouraged her son to help make up the story with her. Her son had lots of fun helping to decide the outfit and activities for Mr. Crabby Pants.
Whether used for thematic story times, program and curriculum planning, readers' advisory, or collection development, this updated edition of the well-known companion makes finding the right picture books for your library a breeze. Generations of savvy librarians and educators have relied on this detailed subject guide to children's picture books for all aspects of children's services, and this new edition does not disappoint. Covering more than 18,000 books published through 2017, it empowers users to identify current and classic titles on topics ranging from apples to zebras. Organized simply, with a subject guide that categorizes subjects by theme and topic and subject headings arranged alphabetically, this reference applies more than 1,200 intuitive (as opposed to formal catalog) subject terms to children's picture books, making it both a comprehensive and user-friendly resource that is accessible to parents and teachers as well as librarians. It can be used to identify titles to fill in gaps in library collections, to find books on particular topics for young readers, to help teachers locate titles to support lessons, or to design thematic programs and story times. Title and illustrator indexes, in addition to a bibliographic guide arranged alphabetically by author name, further extend access to titles.
A new edition of Lauren Beukes's Arthur C Clarke Award-winning novel set in a world where murderers and other criminals acquire magical animals that are mystically bonded to them. Zinzi has a Sloth on her back, a dirty 419 scam habit, and a talent for finding lost things. When a little old lady turns up dead and the cops confiscate her last paycheck, Zinzi's forced to take on her least favorite kind of job -- missing persons. Being hired by reclusive music producer Odi Huron to find a teenybop pop star should be her ticket out of Zoo City, the festering slum where the criminal underclass and their animal companions live in the shadow of hell's undertow. Instead, it catapults Zinzi deeper into the maw of a city twisted by crime and magic, where she'll be forced to confront the dark secrets of former lives -- including her own.
Zoe Parker has an amazing secret -- she can talk to animals and they can talk back! Her special talent comes in handy at her great uncle's animal rescue zoo. At the rescue zoo, injured or endangered animals have a safe place to live. When a very lonely lion cub arrives, Zoe has a plan to help him, but it means taking a big risk!
STARRED REVIEW! "Messer has arrived at a fine combination here: few words and images, but not too few, and well-chosen to pave the way out of the grumps. The artwork possesses substance and delicacy. Really well turned, with balance, momentum, and all the right notes."—Kirkus Reviews starred review STARRED REVIEW! "This charming account of handling emotions is a great addition to other children's books about grumpy behavior."—School Library Journal starred review Can Penguin find a way to turn his grumpy day into a good night? Have you ever had a grumpy day and not known why? Penguin is having a grumpy day like that. No matter what he does, he just can't shake it! Sometimes the only thing left to do is wash the grumpy day away and start over. The simple text and lively illustrations are the perfect cure for even the grumpiest of days.
A brooding, gorgeous vampire isn’t going to stop her from doing her job. Vampire Alistar Kostas doesn’t know who he can trust. He had his hands on the deadly white-haired witch, but she slipped through his fingers. His failure cost his teammate his life. He’ll never stop hunting her, but a week into his search, there’s a new problem. Alistar endured torture by fire at the hand of humans for years. So when the very human Lexi shows up on his doorstep, assigned to help him find the wicked witch, he is less than thrilled about his new partner. Lexi’s mind works like a supercomputer—which is perfect for finding dangerous paranormals and uncovering the mole within New Orleans’s supernatural team of guardians. Her job was tough enough before the arrogant, distrustful vampire vowed to find out all her secrets. If Alistar thinks he can distract her from this case with heated looks and near kisses, he’s going to be disappointed. Soon, fireballs are flying, their banter gives way to something more, and now he is thirsty for blood from the source.
Forming a plan to render themselves the best Microsaur sitters ever, Danny and Lin are unexpectedly challenged by a pair of rampaging T-rex twins whose antics complicate a race against time to fix the Professor's wrecked lab before they are kicked out of the Microterium.
(Piano Vocal). This sheet music features an arrangement for piano and voice with guitar chord frames, with the melody presented in the right hand of the piano part, as well as in the vocal line.
