Sara Varon's My Pencil and Me is a playful picture book that’s perfect for young artists, writers, and makers—especially if they struggle with confidence or writer's block. Sara loves to draw and tell stories, but sometimes it can be difficult to get started. What if she doesn't have any good ideas or her drawings turn out terrible?! Lucky for Sara, she has a friend who is always by her side—her pencil. With a little help from Pencil, Sara learns it's okay if her story isn't perfect, as long as she's using her imagination and having fun.

What if doorbells used smell instead of sound? What if watches told time more slowly on weekends? Designers at the ground-breaking firm IDEOthe most innovative design company in the worldpush themselves to ask seemingly outrageous questions like these daily as they work to construct the products that shape our lives. Following 12 design experiments conceived by designers at IDEO, I Miss My Pencil takes a voyeuristic look at what designers do daily, might get to do once, and sometimes only hope to do. Each experiment is made real through collaboration, sketching, prototyping, fabrication, and photographing to go beyond the conceptual to the curiously concrete.

A graphic novel classic — and now an Oscar-nominated animated feature! After best friends Robot and Dog spend a happy day at the beach, Robot's joints freeze up—they've become rusted through by the water. Dog is powerless to help Robot, who can't move an inch and is too heavy for Dog to carry. Eventually, Dog makes the difficult decision to leave Robot there, and return alone to the life they shared. The memory of their friendship lingers, and as the seasons pass, Dog makes (and loses) new friends, from a melting snowman to epicurean anteaters. But Robot, lying rusting on the beach, finds solace in dreams. A masterwork in wordless cartooning, Sara Varon's Robot Dreams is a whimsical and poignant meditation on the power and fragility of relationships.

The pencil is a single tool that has the power to reset mindsets, enhance thinking, improve retention, recall, and comprehension, calm us and make us smile...all this from our pencil! My Pencil Made Me Do It is a unique, hands-on, create-to-connect and doodle-to-learn book that will have readers DISCOVERING powerful moments, LEARNING the power behind visual thinking, and doodling to learn. Through honest perspective and creative insight, Carrie opens educators and students to VISUALIZING their thinking and their learning while enabling them to experience how they can bring visual thinking into our world. After reading this book, you can expect to: CONNECT with your very own visual learner and the deep power this holds. DOODLE your way through meaningful visual- and doodle-filled activities. REPEAT this creative epiphany tomorrow to bring out the best in yourself, your teaching, your children, and your students!

A purple marker shows his friends that being creative means sometimes coloring outside the lines in When Pencil Met the Markers, the imaginative, inspiring, and colorful follow-up to When Pencil Met Eraser from writers Karen Kilpatrick and Luis O. Ramos, Jr., and illustrator German Blanco. Perfect for back to school and all year round! Meet the Markers! They love to color. But Purple Marker colors everywhere—even outside the lines. When the other markers call his creativity a mistake, it’s up to Pencil and Eraser to help Purple discover how making mistakes and making art go hand-in-hand. This hilarious and clever picture book allows Pencil and Eraser to show Purple Marker—and the rest of us—how to turn our messes into successes and do what makes us happy. With engaging art and adorable characters, When Pencil Met the Markers gives center stage to every kid's favorite classroom materials, making this a perfect gift for teachers and the first day of school.

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Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. A cylinder of baked graphite and clay in a wood case, the pencil creates as it is being destroyed. To love a pencil is to use it, to sharpen it, and to essentially destroy it. Pencils were used to sketch civilization's greatest works of art. Pencils were there marking the choices in the earliest democratic elections. Even when used haphazardly to mark out where a saw's blade should make a cut, a pencil is creating. Pencil offers a deep look at this common, almost ubiquitous, object. Pencils are a simple device that are deceptively difficult to manufacture. At a time when many use cellphones as banking branches and instructors reach students online throughout the world, pencil use has not waned, with tens of millions being made and used annually. Carol Beggy sketches out how the lowly pencil is still a mighty useful tool. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.

Krissa Barnette has a secret. When she’s upset, she can hear what other people are thinking. And when she’s overwhelmed, things explode. A move to Clearwater, Michigan, gives her the chance to reinvent herself, but a fresh start is further away than she realizes. Her abilities magnify—making her a target for Crystal Jamison and the town’s circle of witches. Even with new friends at her side, Krissa can’t ignore the witches’ magnetic pull—especially when a strange illness rips through the town. If Krissa doesn’t push her fears aside, she could lose more than control. Learning to wield magic could consume her. Ignoring her gift could destroy the world. Wild Magic, Clearwater Witches #2, available now. Praise for Crystal Magic: "Freeman brewed great characters with an outstanding story concept and an unpredictable ending which resulted in a marvelous read. I can't wait for book two!" - Rebecca Austin "I found myself immersed in this story from the first page to the last. I couldn't turn the page fast enough to find out what was next." - M Pollard "Great read. Hard to put down." - Cherie Stephens "I absolutely loved this book! It held my attention from the first chapter to the last, and I couldn’t wait to find out what happened next. The ideas in the book were great. There were a few times where I literally laughed out loud. I cannot wait until the second book!" - Jodi Strand Google Subjects: magic, witches, witchcraft, psychics, young adult, YA, high school, free, paranormal, romance, YA paranormal books, YA paranormal fantasy, YA paranormal romance series, series or anthology, series, YA magic, fantasy and magic, YA coming of age, YA ebook, YA ebook free, free ebook, YA high school romance, YA teen, teen free book, YA urban fantasy, YA witches, YA witch romance, YA witch series, teen magic, YA paranormal fantasy, YA books free, YA free books, YA trilogy, YA urban fantasy romance, free teen and young adult books, free teen books for girls in high school, teen love triangle, teen novels for girls, paranormal, psychics, paranormal fantasy, young adult urban fantasy, young adult fantasy, young adult teen, young adult witches, young adult witch romance, free young adult fantasy and magic, magic, psychics, young adult, YA, high school, college, paranormal, romance, YA paranormal books, YA paranormal fantasy, YA paranormal romance series, series or anthology, series, YA magic, fantasy and magic, YA coming of age, YA ebook, ebook, YA high school romance, YA teen, teen book, YA urban fantasy, YA super heroes, YA witch romance, YA action and adventure, teen magic, YA paranormal fantasy, YA ebooks, YA books, YA trilogy, YA saga, YA urban fantasy romance, teen and young adult books, teen books for girls in high school, teen love triangle, teen novels for girls, YA for adult women, paranormal, elf magic, elves, fay, fae, psychics, paranormal fantasy, young adult urban fantasy, young adult fantasy, young adult fantasy romance, young adult teen, young adult folklore, young adult clean romance, young adult fantasy and magic, free first in series, free teenage girl books, free teenage books, free teenage romance books, free teenage books, free teenage fiction books, free ya romance books, free ya romances