A NEW YORK TIMES/NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN'S BOOK • A stunning picture book for young nature lovers about starlings and the fascinating phenomenon of murmurations. Illustrated by the award-winning artist Marc Martin, this book about the natural world vividly explores how such an enigma is even possible.Sweeping, diving, twisting, turning. To look up at a murmuration of starlings is an experience like no other. Hundreds, thousands, and someti...

How does a handful of seeds turn into a garden?With lyrical language and blooming illustrations, Mara Plants a Seed demonstrates the transformative power of simple actions. By cleaning up an empty lot and planting fifty sunflower seeds, Mara begins to create a flourishing, wild garden—but she doesn’t do it alone.Little does Mara know, flying insects, digging worms, hungry birds, noisy neighbors, and other secret gardeners are working to help transf...

Clear Answers to Tough Questions About RevelationIf we want to better understand the resurrected Jesus who now reigns in heaven and how He calls us to live in these last days, we need the book of Revelation. But whether we approach the book with Jesus as our focus or to better grasp God’s plans for the future, there are many statements and passages that are a challenge to understand and can leave us scratching our heads.That’s why Robert Furrow wrote Th...

There are some strange new pets in Sly's neighborhood: a cat on a diet that keeps getting fatter, a fish that seems angry at its owner, and a peculiar pet named Wilson that suddenly disappears!Only Sly the Sleuth can solve these mysteries. Grade-schooler by day, private detective by afternoon, Sly (a.k.a Sylvia) uses her sharp wits and reasoning skills to get to the bottom of these odd goings-on.Donna Jo Napoli teams up with her son, Robert Furrow, and illustrator Heather Mai...

ContributorsRobert L. Furrow | Skip Heitzig | Lenya Heitzig | Gary Hamrick | Daniel FuscoEd Taylor | David Guzik | Jim Gallagher | Sean McDowell | Frank TurekLooking at Effective Christ-Centered LeadershipWhile there are many traits that effective Christian and secular leaders share in common, there is one trait that sets them apart. For the Christian leader, every standard and measure of greatness is drawn not from profit mar...

Sly (a.k.a. Sylvia) has newly set up shop as a neighborhood detective, and the advice from Kirkus Reviews is plain and simple: "Clear some shelf space" for this funny, engaging series.With each zany mystery brought to her by friends and parents—this time involving soccer, ballet, swimming, and basketball—Sly uses her keen observation and reasoning skills to solve the case, while young readers will get a kick out of guessing the solutions alongside her.

Looking at Effective Christ-Centered LeadershipWhile there are many traits that effective Christian and secular leaders share in common, there is one trait that sets them apart. For the Christian leader, every standard and measure of greatness is drawn not from profit margins, popularity, or worldly acclaim, but uniquely from the Word of God.The Making of a Biblical Leader explores the essentials of spiritually guided leadership, both in character ...

A vacation ruined by a suspicious death. A mystery no one seems willing to solve. Rachael and Pippa are the only ones who can save the resort…in more ways than one.A fast-paced cozy mystery from USA Today Bestselling Author Stacey AlabasterRachael is a distinguished pastry chef with a knack for solving murders. When she goes on vacation to escape both, things go awry when the body of the resort’s executive chef washes up on shore. If she can’t solve this mu...

Sarah Robinson is deeply troubled in the wake of her dad's second marriage. She now has to deal with a new stepmom and two stepbrothers, Marco, who is her age, and Nacho, who's younger. Even though they've all moved from Texas to California to start life as a new, blended family, none of the kids seem remotely happy about it.Sarah's dad and stepmom then decide to take the whole family on a special vacation in order to break the ice and have everyone get to know one another. They'll...

Sarah Robinson and her family are shipwrecked on a remote and mysterious island. Their food is running out, and their fear is escalating-there is no sign of rescue. The mysterious girl they found unconscious at the beach is healing, and what she tells them about the strange island and especially about someone called the Keeper has the family on edge. When Sarah's dad and Marco's younger brother go missing, the mystery becomes dangerous. Now, it's a matter of life and death. Now, the family...

Did you know that Gorillas can catch human colds? or that cows from different regions moo in different accents? This fantastic quick-read eBook features 101 amazing facts split into categories such as record breakers, creepy crawlies, gross facts, primates and many more. So if you want to know what the fastest animal in the water is, or the disgusting thing a hoopoe bird does to scare away predators, then this is the book for you! Find the information you want, fast!

Bible prophecy expert Ron Rhodes offers an easy-to-understand yet detailed chronology and explanation of end-times events. The chapters are arranged around the major end-times themes: the rapture, the tribulation, the millennial kingdom, and the eternal state. Each chapter begins with a list of the specific events it covers, making this an extremely user-friendly chronological guide to end-times biblical prophecy. Rhodes allows for various interpretations among Christians. Yet the sequence...