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A world-renowned extreme athlete. A motivational speaker and philanthropist. He thinks they're a match destined for heaven. She's convinced they're polar opposites.

When Beverly Overholt's beloved Orange Blossom Inn is broken into, she's shaken to her core. As she puts the inn back together with the help of it's owner, Eric Wagler, and prepares for Christmas, the trust between them grows. Will Christmas bring a second chance at love for Beverly? And if it does, will she be brave enough to take it?

Edmund is a good man, and will make a decent husband, just not for Leona. The more time she spends with him and his overbearing ways, the less she wants to be his wife. But when a chance encounter with a wayward cat brings her face-to-face with a handsome, fun-loving Amish man named Zachary Kauffman, Leona's faced with two vastly different futures.

Drake's friends Mina and Caspar, their dragons, and Worm were trapped in stone by the evil wizard Astrid who has stolen their dragons' powers, but Drake himself was saved from a similar fate by Astrid's sister Hulda; now because of his strong connection with Worm, Drake is able to help his dragon to break free, but to free the others they need the assistance of three other dragons—a lava dragon, a sea dragon, and a wind dragon—and they have to do it before Astrid can steal the powers of even more dragons.

The evil wizard Maldred has stolen the gold and silver keys which will allow him to releasethe Naga, the powerful Earthquake Dragon at the center of the earth--so Drake and several of the otherDragon Masters travel to the Naga's Temple in the Dragon Islands, to try and stop Maldred, and preventhim and the Earthquake Dragon from destroying the kingdom .

Follow three brothers as they have a fun, adventurous day in Cypress Hills until Finn loses his precious bear along the way.

Kate's family has told her that on her thirteenth birthday she'll hear the "Whooooo" call of the moon, and howl back, and become a werewolf just like them. But she doesn't want to be a werewolf. She's always felt more like a duck. On the night of her thirteenth birthday, Kate stands near her family's cabin in the backwoods of New Brunswick and hears the moon calling-but it sounds like more of a "Whooooo?" as in "Who are you?" and Kate does what she's always wanted to do-she quacks. Quack, quack, quacks.

When two siblings go on a treasure hunt, they aren't sure exactly what kind of treasure they are looking for. What they do know is that treasures are shiny, mysterious and precious. And that all the really good treasures are hidden! As they explore the forest, their curiosity pays off when they find the biggest, shiniest, most mysterious and precious treasure hidden just over a hill. Told exclusively in dialogue, this beautifully illustrated picture book exudes a sense of wonder at the natural world and emphasizes the magical qualities of looking through a child's eye.

Simon tries to be kind. But sometimes he loses his temper and acts without thinking, which almost always gets him into trouble. As Simon begins to understand his outbursts, he imagines himself in a boxing ring with his emotions. Can he come out on top and learn how to acknowledge his feelings?

Travel the world with an intrepid explorer who's adventurous, brave and just a little bit forgetful. She searches for ancient loot but loses her swimsuit! Goes to beautiful places and misplaces three suitcases! From Canada to Nepal to Egypt and beyond, our narrator circles the globe while abandoning her possessions. She even loses her mother, briefly, in the desert. The cadence and rhyme, accented by quirky collage-style art, will propel readers along through this exciting excursion, ultimately landing on a fact page dedicated to the places you've just read about.