Addie B. and her cousins, Jack, Beanie, and Bodie are mourning the loss of their grandmother Winnie. While visiting their grandfather's beach house in Maine, Addie receives a mysterious treasure box once owned by her grandmother. In it is a moonstone ring and a mysterious poem. The poem leads Addie and her cousins to nearby Moonstone Cave where together they enter a secret and magical garden and embark on an adventure of a lifetime. Along the way,...

"The author of Second Nature challenges popular misconceptions to explore the complex lives of the planet's diverse fish species, drawing on the latest understandings in animal behavior and biology to reveal their self-awareness, elaborate courtship rituals and cooperative intelligence,"--NoveList.

Sanibel Island, Florida is, known for its gorgeous sunrises and sunsets, beautiful shelling beaches, and swaying palms right on the Gulf of Mexico. It is a place of peace, relaxation, and fun for families. The four cousins, Kate, Emma, Harrison, and Parker, are traveling there with their parents for a wonderful family vacation. They are all so excited to be together for two whole weeks! Little do they know the danger and mystery that awaits them...

The Curious Cousins and the African Elephant Expedition is a children's picture story that follows three cousins, Emilia Rose, Isla Mae and Audrey Jane, who use their dream lives to see for themselves if it's true that African Elephants are afraid of ants. The Curious Cousins know that as brave heroes they can go just about anywhere outdoors, and as truth-seekers can choose to be just about anything. In this magical adventure, they get help from the...

Nobody believes them. For Edward and Elizabeth, a summer on Bligh Island with their cousin Henrietta (it's Henri!) is like being sentenced to die of boredom. But adventure awaits! The island harbours family history and the hideout of a band of 18th century smugglers. It's all great fun . . . until modern-day smugglers show up! The kids take the case to the police, but the local officer won't believe them. They're on their own, and their lives are...

Pansies like the shaded places; With their little friendly faces, Always seem to smile and say: "How are all the folks to-day?" Nostalgia enthusiasts of all ages will treasure this illustrated collection of eighty-four flower poems. Originally published in 1910, the colorful book features cute anthropomorphic images of blossoms, presented in the order of their bloom cycles. Catchy rhymes about an eager daffodil, pretty honeysuckle, and other blooms...

In the years before the First World War, the great European powers were ruled by three first cousins: King George V of Britain, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Together, they presided over the last years of dynastic Europe and the outbreak of the most destructive war the world had ever seen, a war that set twentieth-century Europe on course to be the most violent continent in the history of the world.
 
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Discover the astonishing truth about our aquatic cousins: how they think and what they know, their experiences and unique behaviours, and the many things we have in common. There are 33,000 species of fish on our planet, and that number is constantly increasing. In context, that is more than all the species of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles added together, making fish the most numerous vertebrates on our planet. Waters worldwide are teeming...

The Neanderthals (Nea) became extinct about 30,000 years ago, about 10,000 years after Early Modern Humans (Sap) reached Southern Europe. This book is historical fiction concerning the extinction of the Nea. The early chapters are about the culture and social organization of the Nea and the Sap. Later chapters describe armed conflict between the Brown Bear tribe of the Nea and the Sap invaders. The Brown Bears learned their fighting skills from...