Fearful Sarah comes to the rescue when her mother hurts her ankle while hiking on the beach.

Sarah's Surprise

Kastner, Jill

Alexander, Sally Hobart

Children's Books

Atheneum

It's Christmas Eve.The presents are wrapped. The tree is decorated. The stockings are up. Santa's milk and cookies are set out. And Princess Dinosaur and her friends are fast asleep. Ssshh...All is quiet and peaceful at Princess Dinosaur's house.Only kidding!!!!!There is absolutely, positively, definitely, and completely nothing quiet and peaceful about Christmas with Princess Dinosaur! But a merry, merry Christmas it most certainly will be!

Merry Christmas, Princess Dinosaur!

Animals

Greenwillow Books

The excitement of Christmas Eve is putting Princess Dinosaur into a fantastic mood as she dons her red skirt and shiny crown in excited anticipation of the big day ahead where climbing up the Christmas tree and diving down the chimney is all apart of the fun.

Holidays & Celebrations

Greenwillow

A fast-paced, gripping history of meddling, manipulation, and skulduggery among great power rivals In 2016, the United States was stunned by evidence of Russian meddling in the US presidential elections. But it shouldn't have been. Subversion--domestic interference to undermine or manipulate a rival--is as old as statecraft itself. The basic idea would have been familiar to Sun Tzu, Thucydides, Elizabeth I, or Bismarck. Russia's operation was just the latest episode, and there will be more to come. It came as a surprise in 2016 because the sole superpower had fallen asleep at the wheel. But what's really new? Have we entered a new age of vulnerability? To answer these questions, and to protect ourselves against future subversion, we need a clear-eyed understanding of what it is and how it works. In A Measure Short of War, Jill Kastner and William C. Wohlforth provide just that, taking the reader on a compelling ride through the history of subversion, exploring two thousand years of mischief and manipulation to illustrate subversion's allure, its operational possibilities, and the means for fighting back against it. With vivid examples from the ancient world, the great-power rivalries of the 19th century, epic Cold War struggles, and more, A Measure Short of War shows how prior technological revolutions opened up new avenues for subversion, and how some democracies have been fatally weakened by foreign subverters while others have artfully defended themselves--and their democratic principles. A primer on the history of subversive statecraft in great power rivalry, A Measure Short of War will leave readers smarter about foreign meddling, more prepared to debate national responses, and better able to navigate between the twin temptations of insouciance and overreaction.

A Measure Short of War: A Brief History of Great Power Subversion

Wohlforth, William C.

History

Oxford University Press

Nothing much happens on their quiet farm until Uncle Julius arrives with his Two-Ring Extravaganza, leaving Ben to groom the lion, while his best friend, Clarence the pig, auditions for the trapeze act.

Barnyard Big Top

Simon&Schuster Children's Publishing

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Sarah's Surprise

Merry Christmas, Princess Dinosaur!

Merry Christmas, Princess Dinosaur!

A Measure Short of War: A Brief History of Great Power Subversion

Barnyard Big Top