Dear Vampa

The Pires are cursed with new neighbors. Things were just fine on Nostfer Avenue until the Wolfsons arrived. There seems to be no end to the new family's strange rituals. They stay up all day long, lock their windows at night, and bathe—in sunshine. What's a nice vampire family to do?
Ross Collins has created an ironic, laugh-out-loud story that invites you to think about accepting others—perhaps your neighbors are less different than you think.

Children's Books

Collins, Ross

Animals

Katherine Tegen Books

The Pires are cursed with new neighbours. Things were just fine on Nostfer Avenue until the Wolfsons arrived. There seems to be no end to the new family's strange rituals. They stay up all day long, lock their windows at night, and bathe--in sunshine. What's a nice vampire family to do?

Humor

KTegenBks

Alvie Eats Soup

Alvie eats soup. That's it. No swapping, no sampling. Just soup. Alvie's parents are at their wits' end. And then it gets worse. Granny Francesca, Alvie's famous gourmet granny is coming to town. She's a chef extraordinaire! What will she think? What will she say? The boy only eatssoup?! This visit could be the icing on the...minestrone!Until Alvie discovers that his gourmet granny is more like him than his parents realise...

Oxford Univ. Pr.

In this lively history of writing, six goofy birds -- a penguin, two toucans, an owl, and two chickens -- team up to tour the world of writing: how it developed, where alphabets came from, and the origins of international languages such as Latin, Esperanto, and Morse Code, and much more. They begin their time-traveling journey in 4,000 B.C.E. with the Sumerians, who invented pictograms out of the necessity to keep trading records. One of the toucans flies on a kite tail to China to learn about characters, the penguin walks like an Egyptian in full headdress across the desert sands to uncover hieroglyphs, and then there's a mad rush of characters who pass the idea of an alphabet around Europe and the Near East. Delightfully illustrated in full color, Write Around the World includes light-hearted and informative sections on the world's alphabets, languages, handwriting, calligraphy, typefaces and punctuation, icons, and secret codes as well as a glossary of important words.

Write around the World: The Story of How and Why We Learned to Write

French, Vivian

History

Oxford University Press

The whimsical toucans, chickens, owl, and penguin from Write Around the World return, bumbling and tumbling around the world and through time, discovering where numbers came from. From the first counting machine (fingers), pebble markers (or calculus in Latin), and Incan knot-tying to the development of our modern counting system originating in India in 776 C.E. (which took suspicious Europeans 500 years to adopt!), From Zero to Ten is an entertaining and easy-to-understand introduction to the only truly universal language in the world -- numbers -- and related concepts such as trade, money, measurement, time, and even lucky numbers.

From Zero to Ten: The Story of Numbers

Education & Reference

Ben and his dog Belly live by the sea, and the sea is doing strange things. Ben and Belly set sail in their little boat, braving the rough seas until they find a hole, right in the middle of the sea.

Sea Hole

Action & Adventure

MACMILLAN PUB. LTD.

Alvie will eat only soup, and his parents are worried that his Granny Fanny, a famous chef, will find out.

Arthur A. Levine

It's off to ancient Greece for a split-your-side funny take on the politics of junior-high popularity. In ancient Greece lived a little girl called Medusa Jones. Medusa was a Gorgon, but apart from that, pretty normal. So she has snakes for hair instead of gorgeous blond ringlets like Cassandra. So her best friend is half horse. Is that any reason for the popular kids to be SO mean? Medusa's sure the school camping trip is going to be a nightmare. But a rock fall puts the popular kids in peril, and Medusa's the only one who can help. Will she be a hero -- or is her monster side finally going to come out? It's Freaks versus Heroes, brought to life by Ross Collins's hilarious illustrations!

Medusa Jones

Literature & Fiction

Arthur A. Levine Books

Examines courtship, mating, nesting, and caring for babies by various members of the animal kingdom

It Takes Two (Wonderwise)

Wallace, Karen

Franklin Watts

Ben has a wobbly tooth and is trying to sleep when, one by one, his room fills with a succession of noisy visitors, from a mouthy tooth fairy and a singing Sandman to a feeble ghost and the Thing-Under-the-Bed. The simple, funny text and bright illustrations make this book perfect for young readers. Age 3+

Busy Night

Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA

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Dear Vampa

Dear Vampa

Alvie Eats Soup

Write around the World: The Story of How and Why We Learned to Write

From Zero to Ten: The Story of Numbers

Sea Hole

Alvie Eats Soup

Medusa Jones

It Takes Two (Wonderwise)

Busy Night