In his fifteenth book, the author brings us on a very different kind of journey. This tale travels between Aleppo, Syria, in 1915 and Bronxville, New York, in 2012, a sweeping historical love story steeped in the author's Armenian heritage, making it his most personal novel to date. When Elizabeth Endicott arrives in Syria, she has a diploma from Mount Holyoke College, a crash course in nursing, and only the most basic grasp of the Armenian language....

Illustrations and rhyming text follow a family spending a day at the beach, building sandcastles, playing in the waves, and hunting for seashells.

"For Jackie Pierce, everything changed the summer of 1979, when she spent three months of infinite freedom at her bohemian uncle's sprawling estate on the California coast. As musicians, artists, and free spirits gathered at The Sandcastle for the season in pursuit of inspiration and communal living, Jackie and her cousin Willa fell into a fast friendship, testing their limits along the rocky beach ... until the summer abruptly ended in tragedy, and...

A thriller about a family on a tropical holiday who discover that the secluded beach where they are relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly reducing their entire lives into a single day.

"Pack a beach bag and join Baby for that quintessential summer activity: a day at the seashore. With a new little pal in tow, it's time to put on sunscreen (rubby, rubby), set up the umbrella (ouch, this sand is hot!), splash in the waves (run away from the big ones!), and build a sandcastle (extra hands help!). And don't forget ice cream! Thankfully, there's a shower for rinsing off that sandy, sticky stuff. There's so much to do and see that it...

We use energy every day. It lets us cook food, drive cars, and so much more. But where does energy come from? Coal energy comes from rock buried deep underground. Kids will read this book to learn how coal is formed, mined, and burned for heat and power. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Applied to STEM Concepts of Learning Principles. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

We use energy every day. It lets us cook food, drive cars, and so much more. But where does energy come from? Oil energy comes from oil that rises from deep underground. Kids will read this book to learn how oil is pumped through wells and made into different fuels. Applied to STEM Concepts of Learning Principles. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

With this title, young makers will learn how to get inspired, problem-solve, and collaborate with others as they take on four electrical engineering challenges, including building a robot that moves and creating a light that looks like the night sky. Like a real electrical engineer, they ll have to meet demands while staying within limits. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing,...

"We use energy every day. It lets us cook food, drive cars, and so much more. But where does energy come from? Water energy comes from flowing water. Kids will read this book to learn how water energy is captured and converted into power. Applied to STEM Concepts of Learning Principles. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO." --

Leo spends the day at the park with his mother and his friend Suki playing on the swings, building a sandcastle, splashing in water, and having a picnic.