A balm for our times from the internationally bestselling author of Wintering. Our sense of enchantment is not only sparked by grand things. The awe-inspiring, the numinous, is all around us, all the time. It is transformed by our deliberate attention. The magic is of our own conjuring....

Only the truly devoted manage to swim every day at Whitstable, because the sea\"s only deep enough at high tide. So when Deb (ageing bikini, sunglasses) and Maisie (black wetsuit, swimming shoes, goggles) keep meeting on Reeves Beach, they strike up an unlikely friendship based on their love of swimming and their recent divorces....

Meet the Lotus Lane Girls! Kiki and her best friends, Coco and Lulu, all live on Lotus Lane, attend Amber Acres Elementary School, and have their own club, so when a when a Japanese girl named Mika moves in next door and also chooses fashion design for her art project, Kiki is seriously annoyed....

The second book in the Lotus Lane series features Coco. Coco loves hanging out with her friends, baking delicious cupcakes, and rescuing animals...like snails!?! The Lotus Lane Girls organize a cupcake sale to raise money for a veggie garden to help save the snails....

The Lotus Lane Girls Club is the most fun club ever! This third book in the series is written as Lulu\"s diary, with fun illustrations and doodles throughout. Lulu loves all things sparkly, adores her BFFs, and is a huge fan of her favorite actress, Penelope Glitter....

The Lotus Lane Girls Club has a new member! In this fourth book in the series, Kiki, Coco, and Lulu officially invite Mika to join the Lotus Lane Girls Club. The girls plan a surprise pajama party to welcome Mika to the club! Afterward though, Mika struggles to make time for all of the LLGC activities, Katy Krupski stirs up trouble (as usual!...

The second book in a sweet and funny Branches series about a pug and his human, told from the pug\"s pov! Pick a book. Grow a reader! This series is part of Scholastic\"s early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers....

Pick a book. Grow a reader! This series is part of Scholastic\"s early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!...

Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic\"s early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!...

Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic\"s early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!...

Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic\"s early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!...

Wintering is a poignant and comforting meditation on the fallow periods of life, times when we must retreat to care for and repair ourselves. Katherine May thoughtfully shows us how to come through these times with the wisdom of knowing that, like the seasons, our winters and summers are the ebb and flow of life....

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