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"This fascinating book does not settle questions of theology. Instead, it presents young readers with a biography that covers what is known historically about Jesus and places in his life in the context of his world when Jerusalem was part of the Roman Empire. In an even-handed and easy-to-read narrative, this title--illustrated with black-and-white drawings--also explains the early origins of Christianity and how it became a major religion"--

Mad Libs is the world’s greatest word game and the perfect gift or activity for anyone who likes to laugh! Write in the missing words on each pumpkin-shaped page to create your own hilariously funny stories about all things spooky!Who knew Frankenstein's monster had a craving for TYPE OF FOOD? With 84 “fill-in-the-blank” stories about vampires, creepy treats, and trick or treat tactics, our Jumbo Jack-O'-Lantern Mad Libs will bring you eerie fun! Play alone, in a group, or in a haunted house! Mad Libs are a fun family activity recommended for ages 8 to NUMBER.Jumbo Jack-O'-Lantern Mad Libs includes:- Four complete Mad Libs books in one Jack-O'-Lantern shaped collection: Monster Mash Mad Libs, Undead Mad Libs, Mad Scientist Mad Libs, and Shark Attack! Mad Libs!- Silly stories: 84 "fill-in-the-blank" stories all about the Halloween season!- Language arts practice: Mad Libs are a great way to build reading comprehension and grammar skills.-  Fun with Friends: each story is a chance for friends to work together to create unique stories!

Put down your ADJECTIVE backpack and grab a steamy mug of TYPE OF LIQUID, because it's time to enjoy a day off with Home from School Mad Libs!Doesn't matter if you're home sick from school or if the snow drifts are piled up outside, Mad Libs is the perfect stay-at-home companion no matter the reason! Make yourself cozy and hunker down with these 21 hilarious fill-in-the-blank stories about all the causes for why kids may be stuck at home on a school day. Just don't get caught in a snowball fight!

Grab your COLOR pom-poms and your ADJECTIVE spirit, because Mad Libs is here to cheer!Y-E-L-L, everybody yell-Go Team! Mad Libs is here to bring the spirit and the excitement of cheerleading! Whether you're a flyer or a base, or even the team mascot, these 21 hilarious fill-in-the-blanks stories are perfect for any cheerleader who's ready to go, fight, win!

This year, celebrate Eid al-Fitr with your family, some sweet TYPE OF FOOD, and Mad Libs!Eid Mubarak! Celebrate the holiday with Zakat-al-Fitr, sweet treats, and Eid al-Fitr Mad Libs! Filled with good cheer and humor, these 21 fill-in-the-blank stories will give the whole family a new way to enjoy the traditions of the holiday together!

For fans of Nevermoor and Howl's Moving Castle comes an epic middle grade fantasy about a girl with the ability to unlock anything-including the empire's darkest secrets.Melanie Gate is a foundling with a peculiar talent for opening the unopenable-any lock releases at the touch of her hand. One night, her orphanage is visited by Traveler, a lifeless gearling automaton there on behalf of his magical mistress, who needs an apprentice pronto. When Melanie is selected because of her gift, her life changes in a flash, and in more ways than she knows-because Traveler is not at all what he seems.So begins an epic, overland adventure sparkling with magic, humor, secret identities, stinky cats, fierce orphan girls, impostor boys, and a foundling and gearling hotly pursued by the most powerful and dangerous wizard in the land. Along the way, Melanie never expects to uncover the source of her own true powers-or learn that she may be the key to saving the empire."Zack Loran Clark has spun a new classic. Perfect next read for fans of classics by Ursula LeGuin and Diana Wynne Jones." -Eliot Schrefer, two-time National Book Award finalist and author of The Lost Rain Forest seriesStory Locale: magical Grand Aeder Empire

Learn about the life and career of Olympic gold medalist and legendary snowboarder Chloe Kim in the new Who HQ Now format featuring newsmakers and trending topics.At the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, Chloe Kim became the youngest woman to ever receive an Olympic gold medal in snowboarding, and she was only seventeen! This amazing accomplishment led to Chloe winning three ESPY awards, becoming the inspiration for her own Barbie doll, and gracing the cover of Sports Illustrated. She is also the only athlete to have won three gold medals at the X Games before turning sixteen. Learn about Chloe's brilliant career and her lifelong love of snowboarding in this biography for young readers.

Whether you're a dog person, cat person, or ANIMAL person, Mad Libs is here to celebrate all the special pets in your life!Birds, and lizards, and rabbits, oh my! It's a pet party with Pets-a-Palooza Mad Libs! Mad Libs brings the pet shop to you with these 21 hilarious fill-in-the-blank stories about every type of pet you can imagine.

Ring in the holiday with some ADJECTIVE firecrackers and COLOR envelopes, and celebrate Lunar New Year with your family, friends, and Mad Libs!Lunar New Year (also known as Chinese New Year) is here, and Mad Libs is joining in the celebrations with Lunar New Year Mad Libs! Filled with good cheer and good fortune, these 21 fill-in-the-blank stories about the traditions and joy of the holiday will have the whole family ready to ring in the new year together.

In the second book in the series, Kingston and his friends must find a way to travel through the Realm to save their world from destruction.Kingston might have saved Echo City but the victory is bittersweet without his pops by his side. The holidays are approaching and if Kingston could have one wish, it would be to have his father, who is trapped in the Realm, come home. But as new problems arise and blackouts blanket the city, Kingston begins to have a persistent feeling of déjà vu, as if he's lived this same day before-and he has. Echo City living up to its name, is caught in a repeating time loop.Maestro, his father's old rival, has found a way to overwrite reality with an alternate timeline where he rules over all. It will be up to Kingston, Too Tall, and V to find a way to enter the Realm and travel back through time to stop Maestro and save Brooklyn before it's erased for good.

In the picture book that Booklist says "manifest[s] love and respect for the West and cowboys of color," celebrated creators Julius Lester and Jerry Pinkney share the true story of Bob Lemmons, a formerly enslaved Black man who became a renowned mustang wrangler.This collaboration by an award-winning team captures the beauty and the harshness of the frontier, a boundless arena for the struggle between freedom and survival. Julius Lester's lyrical writing partners perfectly with Jerry Pinkney's powerful illustrations to tell the true story of Bob Lemmons, a formerly enslaved Black man who rides his horse, Warrior, and hopes to corral a herd of mustangs.

Your favorite characters are now part of the Who HQ library!Journey to deep space and learn how James Tiberius Kirk became one of the greatest space heroes in the Star Trek universe. From appearances in live action and animated television shows, a series of films, comics, video games, and more, James T. Kirk is an established space captain in pop culture. Star Trek remains one of the most popular science-fiction series of all time, and Captain Kirk is one of the most famous and highly decorated captains in the history of Starfleet. As the commanding officer of starships like the U.S.S. Enterprise, viewers follow his adventures through space. But did you know that Kirk wasn't even the show's first Captain? And that the Star Trek series almost didn't happen? Author M. D. Payne takes readers aboard Starfleet starships as Kirk explores new worlds, encounters new villains, and "boldly goes where no man has gone before."

The #1 New York Times Best-Selling series tells the story of how COVID-19, a coronavirus, was first identified and how it spread throughout the world in the new Who HQ Now format for trending topics. The coronavirus disease COVID-19 emerged in November 2019. By March 2020, cities all around the world closed schools, offices, restaurants and other public spaces deemed "non-essential" in an attempt to contain the fast-spreading virus. People struggled to follow government orders, stay indoors, and limit contact with others. But the virus that caused one of the world's deadliest pandemics eventually killed over two million people worldwide. This is the story of how COVID-19 changed the world seemingly overnight, and forever.

Jada Jones is back for the fifth book of this popular, celebrated series perfect for STEM fans!"Readers who love Ivy and Bean or Katie Woo will want to meet Jada Jones."-School Library JournalJada is excited to do a school project about her hero Dr. Mae Jemison, a former NASA astronaut and the first Black woman to travel to outer space. She even gets to pretend to be her for the presentation in front of her teacher, parents, and friends! But when Jada's research reminds her how accomplished her hero truly is, she suddenly feels like she's made a mistake. How can she portray someone who seems to have everything together when she feels like she's falling apart?Praise for Jada Jones: Rock Star"Fast-paced, with supersimple vocabulary and a smattering of earth science to spark interest in young rock collectors everywhere."-Kirkus Reviews

At Jewish summer samp, Lila struggles to make friends until she meets a mysterious horse in the nearby woods who helps her develop confidence in this American Horse Tales story.Lila is a young girl attending Jewish summer camp. She doesn't initially connect with the other campers and finds herself alone in the forest, where she encounters Lonny, a beautiful brown horse with white spots on his face. In Lonny, Lila finds a friend who will listen to her problems as she develops the confidence she needs to befriend the other campers. Camp Mah Tovu is part of a series of books written by several authors highlighting the unique relationships between young girls and their horses.Series Overview: Each book in the American Horse Tales series features a different horse and young female protagonist set in a variety of time periods and geographic settings across the United States.

Discover the story behind Neil Armstrong and the Apollo 11 mission-written by Nathan Page and illustrated by Drew Shannon. Presenting Who HQ Graphic Novels: an exciting new program from the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series that spotlights pivotal moments in historical figures' lives in graphic novel form!From his childhood experiments to his first encounters with flight, explore the steps Neil Armstrong took in order to become the first person to land on the moon. A story of calculated risk, perseverence, and earth-defying reward, this graphic novel invites readers to immerse themselves in the life of the famous astronaut-brought to life by gripping narrative and vivid full-color illustrations that fly off the page.Series Overview: Presenting WHO HQ Graphic Novels: a new program from the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series that highlights one pivotal moment from a person life's or an event in graphic novel form!

Discover the story behind Joan of Arc and her journey to triumph in the Hundred Years' War-written by Sincerely, Harriet author Sarah Winifred Searle and illustrated by award-winning cartoonist Maria Capelle Frantz. Presenting Who HQ Graphic Novels: an exciting new program from the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series that spotlights pivotal moments in historical figures' lives in graphic novel form!Follow Joan of Arc on her journey to convince the Dauphin to let her lead the French army in the Battle of Orleans and win the Hundred Years' War. A story of faith, courage, and determination, this graphic novel invites readers to immerse themselves in the life of the teenage French heroine-brought to life by gripping narrative and vivid full-color illustrations that jump off the page.Series Overview: Presenting Who HQ Graphic Novels: a new program from the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series that highlights one pivotal moment from a person life's or an event in graphic novel form!

Elephant & Piggie meets Narwhal and Jelly in this hilarious new early-reader graphic novel series about Archie & Reddie, two fox friends who have wild fun! In this first book, Archie finds a cheesy treat in the forest and tries to keep it a secret-until Reddie comes along, ready to solve an irresistible mystery!When Archie stumbles upon a gift-wrapped pizza in the forest, he wonders who would possibly leave a perfectly good treat just lying around? So he does the only sensible thing and buries it so he can dig it up later for dinner! But with tummy rumbling, Archie discovers Reddie is trying to solve a mystery. It seems she's found a pile of dirt and wants to get to the bottom of it! Will Archie attempt to derail her investigation? You bet! But will he also ultimately fess up and share the cheesy goodness with Reddie? And who left that present in the forest anyway? It's all a mystery, and you'll have to read to find out what happens!Series Overview: Archie & Reddie: I Really Dig Pizza! (Fall 2021)Archie & Reddie: We Will Find Your Hat! (Fall 2021)Archie & Reddie: Look What We Can Do! (Spring 2022)Archie & Reddie #4 (Summer 2022)