When a girl overhears a guy getting verbally destroyed by his friends for being catfished, she jumps in to save the day—and pretends to be his online crush. A young adult romance from the critically acclaimed author of Places We've Never Been.

Wren is used to being called a control freak. She doesn’t care; sticking to the list of rules she created for herself helps her navigate life. But when a cute guy named Asher walks through the door of her neighborhood coffee shop, the rulebook goes out the window.

Asher is cute, charming . . . and being catfished by his online crush. So Wren makes an uncharacteristically impulsive decision—she pretends to be the girl he's waiting for to save him from embarrassment. Suddenly she’s fake-dating a boy she knows nothing about. And it’s . . . amazing.

It's not long before Asher has her breaking even more of her own rules. But will he forgive her when he finds out she's not who she says she is? Wren's not so sure. . . . After all, rules exist for a reason.

A magical story to showcase the beauty of animals, nature, and our Earth. Each page is beautifully illustrated. You will get lost in the images. See if you can find all the animals!

A Best Selling picture bookin Children's Exploration Fiction and Children's Environment Books!

A young sapling sprouts! It is excited about its new world. It yearns to connect with all things that pass by. Unfortunately, human beings are too busy. So, it patiently waits and watches for a thousand years.

Follow its magical journey as humanity evolves and trees begin to slowly disappear. Until... a girl far in the future finds the seeking tree. With your help, she can change the course of history!

"The Seeking Tree was both fascinating and eye-opening to read. It is appropriate for children and parents to read since it perfectly explains the value of appreciating and protecting nature, which is currently one of the world's ongoing concerns."

A tree waits...and waits...for humans to pay attention in Dee's picture book.

In the late 1700s, a sapling wants to enjoy the presence of all other living creatures. But while most animals will stop and sit with the small tree, one group will not: humans. First represented by a group of Native hunters, then by European settlers in covered wagons and Puritan home builders, the humans go about their own business, never stopping to sit with the tree.

In a repeated refrain, the seeking tree asks, "Will you sit with us?" An older voice of the forest answers, "They are busy, Young One." Each time, the tree grows more frustrated, until the forest is cleared away, first for farmland, then a city, and finally a futuristic megalopolis. In this last setting, the tree stands alone and is finally approached by a human family in space suits, who sit with the tree and gather its seeds, hopeful for the future.

Dee and Oldaker create beautiful painted illustrations; the natural world's beauty is highlighted even as it diminishes in each spread until it is overtaken.The impact of the images, and of the frustration in the seeking tree's repeated text, ably communicates the message of how important it is to commune with the natural world.

An accessible call to appreciate nature.!

A favorite to teach global warming, historical fiction of the United States, and the impact trees have on our environment. Great story for Earth Day.

Three stories in one book! One story can be just the voices of the children, in white. Another story can be the Little Green Jacket speaking, in green. And another story can be both combined.



A best seller in Children's Books about Birthdays, Children's Fiction on Social Situations, and Children's Values Books







Seek and find all the recycling symbols hidden on the pages!



Multi-award-winning picture book!



Reader's Favorite 5 Star Review Award

Mom's Choice Award, Gold Winner

Purple Dragonfly Book Awards

Green Books/Environmental, Honorable Mention

Picture Books 6 & Older, Honorable Mention

International Book Award

Children's Fiction, Finalist

American Fiction Award

Juvenile Fiction, Finalist

Children's Picture Book, Hardcover Fiction, Winner

Next Generation Indie Books Award

Children's Picture Book Educational 6 Years & Up, Finalist

Based on true events, a little green jacket travels through the lives of different children, who live in very different places, and ends on the other side of the world after a natural disaster. Historical fiction.



"Destined to be an American classic", a truly unique and inspirational story with a dual perspective in the voice of a little green jacket. With enchanting illustrations this book demonstrates how giving has a magic of its own. A story that showcases the culture of donations, and how it can change lives, one item at a time.



With black and white illustrations with the color green, to honor recycling and Earth Day. Children learn the power of and want to donate. Thrifting and second hand stores are important, sharing, kindness, and caring.



Jodi Dee's picture book story, The Little Green Jacket, is quite simply amazing. In adult literature, this simple children's tale would compare to the The Red Violin as an object, in this case, a green jacket, makes its way from one owner to the next, sharing its warmth, love and the magic of caring. The illustrations are superb and cleverly executed.



"Love is universal. We need each other, even those we've never met. Giving is the thread that weaves us together."



Teachers pick and use in classrooms for Earth Day! Licensed by LETRS for training. Great vocabulary and perspective of different demographics and places in the United States.



Teachers favorite for ages 5 yrs through 9 yrs and Grades Kindergarten through Grade 3.

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • When it comes to romance, sometimes it doesn't hurt to play games. A fun YA romcom full of fake dating hijinks!

A COSMOPOLITAN BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE YEAR

No one loves musicals more than Riley Morris—her dream is to be a Broadway director. But when the spring show is canceled, Riley has to figure out a way to bring it back. Easier said than done—she’s stuck working at her dad’s game store. The place that means more to him than his family does.

Riley can't waste time at a dead-end job when her entire future is resting on making a name for herself. So she convinces her co-worker Nathan Wheeler—the floppy-haired, glasses-wearing guy she barely knows from school—to help her. In exchange, she’ll help him make his gamer-girl crush jealous. Plus it won’t hurt to show her egotistical ex, Paul, just what he’s missing without her.

Soon Riley and Nathan are “a couple,” and people seem to believe it. But selling the ruse means joining Nathan’s role-playing game. To Riley’s surprise, the game is almost fun. And even more surprising, flirting with Nathan doesn’t require as much acting as she thought it would. . . .

And don't miss Kristy Boyce's Dating and Dragons, out now!

It's a mystery, my dear Watson! Detective Squirrel Lock Holmes and her trusty sidekick Mole Watson are on the hunt for a missing pet rock in this first book of the hilarious early graphic chapter book series.

THE CASE OF THE MISSING PET ROCK

Victim: Reggie the Rabbit's Pet Rock, Dwayne (aka, "the Rock")
Scene of the Crime: Pet Rock Obedience School
Suspects: Reggie's classmates -- and even his teacher! 

Detective Squirrel Lock Holmes and her partner in crime-solving -- Mole Watson -- are experts in finding lost things. But can they find Reggie's pet rock? Or will they hit rock bottom? 

Early chapter book readers will laugh along at the problem-solving skills of the silliest sleuths in the forest in this full-color graphic novel.

Keep your eyes peeled for the next Squirrel Lock Holmes Mystery: A Corny Maze Mystery -- coming Fall 2026!

National Parks of the USA is the landmark treasury that brought America’s natural beauty to a generation of young readers. With four new national parks and a spectacular four-page fold-out of the Grand Canyon, this must-have updated edition is THE best way to experience the national parks for yourself, wherever you are in the world.

Divided into seven regional chapters, this book includes all 60+ national parks, from Acadia to Zion. Twenty-five parks are featured in glorious four-page fact-files, giving young explorers the need-to-know info on the history, wildlife, adventure sports, and natural phenomena that the parks are home to.

Throughout, Chris Turnham’s timeless postcard-perfect artwork makes the parks come alive on the page. See iconic vistas side-by-side with secret haunts as you encounter everything from billowing volcanoes in Hawaii to pristine trails in the Great Smoky Mountains. You’ll boat through the swamps of the Everglades, take the temperature in Death Valley, and marvel at Old Faithful in Yellowstone, the place where it all started.

This new, updated edition, published to celebrate the 250th birthday of the United States, includes new features on four national parks: Zion, Indiana Dunes, White Sands, and New River Gorge.

Plus, the brand-new gatefold lets you see the Grand Canyon in all its majesty, before opening up the page to see it up close in an eye-popping panoramic illustration.

With more to explore than ever before, there’s never been a better time to embark on this adventure and get to know the National Parks of the USA!

The highlighted parks include: Acadia, Badlands, Big Bend, Biscayne, Bryce Canyon, Channel Islands, Death Valley, Denali, Everglades, Glacier, Glacier Bay, Grand Canyon, Great Smoky Mountains, Hawaii Volcanoes, Indiana Dunes, Isle Royale, Mesa Verde, New River Gorge, Olympic, Sequoia and Kings Canyon, Virgin Islands, White Sands, Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Zion.

Do owls howl a-woo? No, that's what little wolf pups do!

Kids will love to touch, feel, and listen to the sounds of favorite forest animals at night in this adorable, interactive touch and feel book with sounds. Follow along with engaging rhyming text and touch tactile textures on every spread to hear the sweet animal characters howl, chirp, chatter, croak and more! Sensory exploration builds thinking skills and hand-eye coordination. The perfect gift for birthdays, holidays, and for little animal lovers.
 

• Touch and feel elements on every page! Textures include fur, felt, leather and more.
• 6 sound buttons featuring animal sounds from crickets, owls, wolves and more.
• Interactive elements help support the development of fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.
• Touch and feel books invite children to interact with the story and explore the world around them encouraging sensory exploration.
• Durable board pages designed to withstand traditional wear and tear from babies and toddlers.

Learn from home and explore the world with these fun and easy board books!

This cheerful and informative Hello, World! board book teaches toddlers all about gardens—with easy-to-understand facts about how plants grow and how gardening puts food on our tables.

Hello, World! is a series designed to introduce first nonfiction concepts to babies and toddlers. Told in clear and easy terms ("Roots spread into the soil below, and then a shoot pushes up out of the earth") and featuring bright, cheerful illustrations, Hello, World! makes learning fun for young children. And each sturdy page offers helpful prompts for engaging with your child. It's a perfect way to bring science and nature into the busy world of a toddler, where learning never stops.

Look for all the books in the Hello, World! series: 
Solar System • Weather • Backyard Bugs • Birds • Dinosaurs • My Body • How Do Apples Grow? • Ocean Life • Moon Landing • Pets • Arctic Animals • Construction Site • Rainforest Animals • Planet Earth • Reptiles • Cars and Trucks • Music • Baby Animals • On the Farm • Garden Time • Planes and Other Flying Machines • Rocks and Minerals • Snow • Let's Go Camping • School Day • Bedtime • From Seed to Pumpkin • Rockets and Other Space Machines • Baking

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Dungeons and Drama comes another gaming romance that's sure to win you over!

Quinn Norton is starting over at a new high school and hopes that joining a D&D game will be the trick to making friends. The plan sounds even better when she’s invited into a group that includes Logan Weber, the cute and charming guy she met on her first day of class. But this isn’t your average D&D campaign— this group livestreams their games and enforces strict rules: no phones allowed, and no dating other group members.

Quinn is willing to accept the rules, even if it makes Logan off-limits. And she quickly learns that doing so won’t be a problem, since Logan goes from charismatic to insufferable as soon as she agrees to join. As their bickering—and bantering—intensifies inside and outside the game, Quinn can’t help wondering: Is Logan’s infuriating behavior a smokescreen for hidden feelings? Quinn is risking it all, and the twenty-sided dice are rolling!

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A mother bestows a life-changing legacy on her five adult daughters in this profoundly moving novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel.

After the unexpected death of their mother, Felicia Morgan Weston, her five daughters are summoned to a historic Connecticut farmhouse for the reading of her will. Still reeling from shock, they hear revelations that will potentially change their lives—and they realize there was much more to their mother than they ever knew.

Charlotte, the oldest, always resented her mother’s advice, but now misses her terribly. An entrepreneur and single mother, she doesn’t dare hope for a second chance at love.

Although content with her career as a TV producer and her life with her partner in Greenwich Village, Quinne is about to have an opportunity to dream bigger.

Former ballet dancer Olivia has lived as a paraplegic since a car accident twelve years ago. Refusing to be a burden, she has denied herself the love of her life.

Despite her mother’s disapproval, Veronica resigned herself to a secret relationship with an ambitious married senator.

Happily married mother of three Isabelle has just found out that her husband is having an affair with his much younger intern.

Each sister is about to receive a gift beyond her wildest dreams from their very private but loving mother, who considered all her girls her favorites. Danielle Steel’s new novel is a moving testament to the power of a mother’s love and the importance of fully embracing life.

Can two lonely hearts
make the perfect pair?

When Malachi Stoltzfus's elderly aunt promises newcomer April Beiler his empty storefront for her business, he knows what the well-meaning matchmaker is up to. But still grieving the loss of her husband and child, April is determined to stay as single as he is. When Malachi suddenly needs help caring for his orphaned nephew and ailing aunt, April offers up a compromise: She'll care for his family in exchange for the space. But the more time they spend working together, the more their hearts start to soften. Will April's resolve to avoid romance be shaken when Malachi proposes a life together...as husband and wife?

From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope.

A fugitive seeking vengeance.
A witness in jeopardy. 

After twenty years in witness protection, Veronica Williams's illusion of safety is shattered when the kidnapper she testified against escapes from prison--and immediately targets her. Now forced to go on the run, she finds an unlikely refuge with Amish bookstore owner Matthew Yoder. Only danger is never far behind, and not even Matthew's peaceful community can keep away a criminal mastermind intent on silencing her. Can Matthew protect Veronica long enough to safely deliver her to her US Marshal handler before the abductor gets their long-awaited revenge?

From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.

Plain Secrets

Book 1: Amish Country Hideout

Nothing will stop this K-9
from shielding an innocent little boy.

When Iowa state trooper Jaysa Camerota and her K-9, Remy, discover a scared boy trapped in a car wreck, they narrowly survive the gunfire that follows. With an unknown assailant closing in fast and the nonverbal child struggling to communicate, Jaysa is forced to accept help from her ex-fiancé, social worker Ender Hammett. Soon it becomes clear that young Trevor is harboring perilous secrets--and that someone will do anything to have him silenced. When Ender's past becomes the key to exposing a killer, can they unravel this lethal plot...or is survival out of reach?

From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.

Iowa State Troopers

Book 1: Guarding the Child Witness

Forgiveness is the missing ingredient
for her fresh start.

After spending years in the Englisch world, Adele Bontrager returns to her Amish community, desperate to redeem herself and reclaim her faith. Working in an Amish bakery, she feels like her life is finally moving in the right direction...until Isaiah King arrives as the new head baker. Single father Isaiah has his hands full trying to raise his rebellious teenage daughter and is grateful when Adele strikes up a friendship with his sullen child, despite her obvious reluctance toward him. But when he learns of the quiet baker's troubled history, he'll need to decide if her past is worth risking their future...

From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope.

Solving an abduction case
means a relentless K-9 manhunt...

When search and rescue worker Hunter Shelton and his bloodhound Libby are called to a crime scene, he discovers his ex-fiancée murdered and her young daughter missing--and he's attacked. Soon, he realizes the little girl may have been taken by drug runners, and could possibly be his own child. With no one else to turn to, Hunter teams up with DEA Agent Marlee Price and her narcotics K-9, despite their rocky history. As they face escalating threats and uncover a rising body count, an old enemy from Marlee's past resurfaces. Will they be able to rescue the child and bring dangerous criminals to justice before time runs out?

From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.

K-9 Search and Rescue

The K-9 her daughter needs...
The second chance their hearts deserve.

The last person service dog trainer Seth Hudson ever expected to see again was Caroline Bright, the woman who broke his heart. Tragedy shattered Caroline's faith in him twelve years ago, but now the single mom is back to ask for help training a medical alert dog for her daughter, who has diabetes. Despite the tension between them, Seth can't bring himself to refuse, even though training will mean spending lots of time together. Little Nina instantly bonds with Spud--and Seth can't help adoring Nina. As old feelings resurface and their hearts begin to heal, can he show Caroline trust is worth rebuilding...especially if love comes next?

From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope.

K-9 Companions

Exposing a smuggling operation
could uncover dangerous secrets.

As veterinarian Erika Gunderson races to save her horses from a burning barn, she is assaulted--and left for dead inside. Newly hired ranch hand Daniel Fowler comes to the rescue just in time. Little does Erika know that Daniel is an undercover ATF agent, investigating gunrunners operating in the isolated Montana wilderness--and considers her a potential suspect. When they unearth a body on the ranch and Erika's father mysteriously vanishes, hidden family secrets begin to emerge. With more than just their lives on the line, they'll need to risk everything to take down the smugglers and expose the truth.

From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.

"When Zekial Broome stops a sadistic slave chaser, Grissum McCord, from whipping his captive, he and the girl have no choice but to flee west into the untamed lands of the wild frontier. If they can make it to the Green River country, no one will ever find them. What they don't count on is McCord. With a five-hundred-dollar bounty at stake and revenge in his heart, he'll follow them to hell and back, for as long as it takes. He's murdered before, but the revenge he plans for the buckskin-clad Broome would make a strong man quail. Zekial and Tilly are forced to keep running, always looking over their shoulders, until they have no choice but to find a place to make their stand. No matter what happens, they'll both be changed forever ... but will they find the peace they seek to get on with their lives? Non-stop action, life and death struggles, triumph and despair fill the pages of what may very well be the best yarn yet from the pen of legendary author Dusty Richards."--

"Smith is just a barroom piano player in Casper, Wyoming, with a secret the kind of secret that gets men killed. When Eliza Whitlock arrives in town, she quickly falls in love with Smith. But an ambitious man working for her father, a stagecoach tycoon, has other plans for Eliza and for Casper. His scheme is simple: destroy the local stage line, take control of the town, and force Eliza into a marriage. As bullets fly and the townsmen take sides in the fight for the lucrative stage route in and out of Casper, Smith digs his heels in to help the town. Too bad a gunslick discovers his secret in the process and decides to give the piano man a one-way ticket to hell."--Back cover.

There was silver in the hills... and blood on the land. Wyatt Langston, a burly stage driver with dreams of a better life, never expected his route through the lawless mining camps north of San Francisco to become a fight for survival. With bandits and bushwhackers lurking in every shadow, danger is part of the job. But it's the mysterious Ku Xuan, a half-Chinese beauty with secrets of her own, who's upending Wyatt's world. On a quest to find her American father, known only as "Big Cat," Ku Xuan hides a deadly truth-she's a Shan Tal priestess, trained in the ancient martial arts of the Orient. Her journey is shadowed by assassins and those who would see her silenced forever. As love blossoms between Wyatt and Ku, a deadly crossfire awaits them in the form of ruthless killer seeking revenge on Wyatt, a master assassin from Ku's past hunting her with lethal precision, and a sea captain long thought dead returning to face his own demons-ready to die for them. In a land where greed and violence rule, Wyatt must fight not only for his life but for the woman who holds his heart as the line between survival and desire blurs in a storm of bullets and betrayal.

"As a seasoned bounty hunter, Dane Calder's set his sights on the notorious Cottrell gang. With a lucrative bounty on their heads, Dane plans to offer them a simple choice---surrender to justice or meet their fates in a gun blazing showdown. Tracking the outlaws through rugged terrain, Dane faces deceptive tactics that test even his seasoned abilities. And as he closes in on the gang's elusive leader, a final showdown looms that will not only test his skill but also force him to make a choice that will define his legacy in the annals of the West. In a land where bullets speak louder than words, can Dane Calder deliver a reckoning on the bloody trail to Brimstone?"--Back cover.

A New York Times Bestselling Author
A Spur Award-Winning Author

When Clay Donovan busted out of prison, he had only one thing on his mind: find Brody Pike, the cutthroat who framed him and sent his brother to an early grave. Donovan never expected to end up riding shotgun for a $100,000 payroll on a two-hundred-mile trek to Buffalo, Wyoming ... or to be guarding it and his fellow travelers from the very man he hunted. Now, with a sick boy's life hanging in the balance, Clay must join forces with a gambler, a crusty old lawman, a badgering bank clerk, and a girl from his past, all with the hope of eluding Pike's savage wolf pack. If he fails, he won't be going back to prison. He'll be going to meet his maker. They all will.

"A drunken plan to make some quick money with two friends landed drifter Whit Ralston in the Yuma Territorial Prison-the worst prison in Arizona. Now he's doing hard time in the inferno the inmates call the Hell Hole, counting the days until his release. He's vowed never to do anything so stupid again... but then his crazy cellmate, Ratero, starts talking about a load of stolen gold stashed up in the mountains. At first, Whit dismisses it as fantasy, the feverish rantings of a man who'd spent too many years in stir. Then he's furloughed to help with a construction project outside the prison. The taste of freedom is intoxicating, but everyone he meets wants to know just one thing-where's Cordova's gold? Could Ratero's rantings possibly be based in truth? Could the gold really exist? When he falls for a beautiful, blue-eyed lady of the evening who seems as taken with him as he with her, Whit realizes he might have a new reason to run some risks. Once he gets out of prison, Whit starts making plans-but he's going to have to make better choices about just who to believe in order to hit pay dirt. People say a lot of things, but when it's money on the line, your best friend today could be holding you at gunpoint tomorrow. In the Old West, though, following the law is never as important as trusting the right people"--

"In the heart of Texas, an unexpected legacy shapes one man's destiny. Lee Edward Holt, raised in the embrace of Our Lady of Mercy Orphanage, cherishes the only home he's ever known. Unaware of his true parentage, he thrives within the familiar walls of his upbringing-until he uncovers a shocking truth. Stepping into the vast expanse of Kerr County, Texas, the discovered existence of Lee Edward's biological family awakens in him a sense of belonging. With a living mother and the late owner of Long Trail Ranch revealed as his father, he inherits an expansive 85,000-acre ranch alongside his stepsister, Mary Beth Hunter. When a neighboring ranch threatens their land, Lee Edward takes it upon himself to partake in a daring cattle drive to save his family's legacy. And in a breathtaking twist of events, he ends up on a perilous balloon flight, facing challenges that test the very fabric of his Texan spirit. Will Lee Edward's newfound love and the bonds forged on Long Trail Ranch be enough to conquer the challenges that lie ahead, or will this orphan cowboy's legacy slip through his fingers once and for all?"--