Charlie’s confidence soars when he and the Quail Buddies achieve success in their first case. ​ He pushes through his fears, learns new detective methods, and takes on the next case! ​​Charlie, a mystery-solving Great Dane, is ready for the next case when Bill’s favorite sunglasses go missing and recruits his quick traveling partners, the quails. Stripes, the raccoon, wants quail for dinner. A chase through the alley leads Charlie to defend his territory against the nasty neighborhood predator. Stripes, scared off by the large dog, leaves vowing to return for her quail meal. Searching for the sunglasses proves more challenging and after an exhaustive mission, the team must face defeat. They haven’t found them and the Peterman family will be home soon. Charlie doesn’t want to quit because something terrible will happen to Bill so he pleads with his friends to continue until the very last second. Will Charlie and his Quail Buddies find the missing eyewear before Stripes has dinner?

The second book in the Children of the Red King series, TIME TWISTER offers more magical fantasy that is fast paced and easy to read.January 1916:Henry Yewbeam and his younger brother, James, have been sent to stay with their cousins at the Bloor's Academy. It is one of the coldest days of the year, and all Henry wants to do is hide from his mean cousins and play marbles. He finds a nice, long hall and begins to roll his marbles. Then he discovers a marble that doesn't look familiar to him. Suddenly a series of strange events takes place. Henry begins to disappear. He quickly scribbles on the floor GIVE THE MARBLE TO JAMES, and then he vanishes from the year 1916.

In this sequel to the New York Times bestselling Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation—which #1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Grabenstein called “a real page-burner”—Charlie searches for Charles Darwin’s hidden treasure in South America. Charlie Thorne is a genius. Charlie Thorne is a fugitive. Charlie Thorne isn’t even thirteen. After saving the world, Charlie is ready to take it easy in the Galapagos Islands. That is, until she’s approached by the mysterious Esmeralda Castle, who has a code she knows only Charlie can decipher. In 1835, Charles Darwin diverted his ship’s journey so he could spend ten months in South America on a secret solo expedition. When he returned, he carried a treasure that inspired both awe and terror in his crew. Afterward, it vanished, never to be seen again… But Darwin left a trail of clues behind for those brave and clever enough to search for it. Enter Charlie Thorne. In a daring adventure that takes her across South America, Charlie must crack Darwin’s 200-year-old clues to track down his mysterious discovery—and stay ahead of the formidable lineup of enemies who are hot on her tail. When an ancient hidden treasure is at stake, people will do anything to find it first. Charlie may be a genius, but is she smart enough to know who she can trust?

Charlie Mackesy’s beloved The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse has been adapted into an Academy Award® winning animated short film, now available to stream on Apple TV+ #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER · WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER · USA TODAY BESTSELLER “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse is not only a thought-provoking, discussion-worthy story, the book itself is an object of art.”- Elizabeth Egan, The New York Times From British illustrator, artist, and author Charlie Mackesy comes a journey for all ages that explores life’s universal lessons, featuring 100 color and black-and-white drawings. “What do you want to be when you grow up?” asked the mole. “Kind,” said the boy. Charlie Mackesy offers inspiration and hope in uncertain times in this beautiful book, following the tale of a curious boy, a greedy mole, a wary fox and a wise horse who find themselves together in sometimes difficult terrain, sharing their greatest fears and biggest discoveries about vulnerability, kindness, hope, friendship and love. The shared adventures and important conversations between the four friends are full of life lessons that have connected with readers of all ages.

A magical fantasy that is fast-paced and easy-to-read. Charlie Bone has a special gift- he can hear people in photographs talking.The fabulous powers of the Red King were passed down through his descendants, after turning up quite unexpectedly, in someone who had no idea where they came from. This is what happened to Charlie Bone, and to some of the children he met behind the grim, gray walls of Bloor's Academy. Charlie Bone has discovered an unusual gift-he can hear people in photographs talking! His scheming aunts decide to send him to Bloor Academy, a school for genius's where he uses his gifts to discover the truth despite all the dangers that lie ahead.

Harry Connors is at Penn State and in love with Sarah, a fellow student. They marry shortly after they are graduated. He gets a job with a contract agency of the Atomic Energy Commission involved in research programs related to atom bomb radiation effects, trigger devices and other secret projects. Harry´s work takes him to New Mexico, Philadelphia Naval Air Station and Indian Springs Air Force Base, Nevada. On the day that Harry disappears, a test atom bomb is detonated, an unmanned plane flown near the mushroom cloud to collect data explodes and a top-secret plan goes missing. Harry is never found and the government´s investigation circumstantially determines that Harry was an agent of the Soviet Union. Sarah, pregnant, returns to Pennsylvania. Four decades later, Harry´s son, Adam, sets out on an intriguing mission to find out what happened to his father. Along the way, with the help of his fiancee and two of his father´s fraternity brothers, he finds an aged member of the Russian spy machine, ex coworkers and a host of some very odd folks.

A true story of the American Dream, "Charlie Two Shoes and the Marines of Love Company" tells the heartwarming story of an eleven-year-old Chinese boy adopted by the men of Love Company, 4th Marines, 1st Marine Division, and his eventual arrival--35 years after their first meeting--in the United States. 33 photos. 2 maps.

The sheer amount of resources on the subject of information literacy is staggering. Yet a comprehensive but concise roadmap specifically for librarians who are new to instruction, or who are charged with training someone who is, has remained elusive. Until now. This book cuts through the jargon and rhetoric to ease the transition into library instruction, offering support to all those involved, including library supervisors, colleagues, and trainees. Grounded in research on teaching and learning from numerous disciplines, not just library literature, this book shows how to set up new instruction librarians for success, with advice on completing an environmental scan, strategies for recruiting efficiently, and a training checklist; walks readers step by step through training a new hire or someone new to instruction, complete with hands-on activities and examples; explores the different roles an instruction librarian is usually expected to play, such as educator, project manager, instructional designer, and teaching partner; demonstrates the importance of performance evaluation and management, including assessment and continuing education, both formal and informal; and provides guided reading lists for further in-depth study of a topic. A starter kit for librarians new to instruction, this resource will be useful for training coordinators as well as for self-training.

Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely, or so we are told. The question is, who says so, the victors or the vanquished? Who controls whom? Who controls the minds of the proletariat? You of course know the answer. Or do you? Embark on a journey where all is exposed as being corrupt and be prepared to join the corrupters and feel good about having your innermost dark secrets exposed. The question is... Can outrageous corruption ever have a noble cause?