Once upon a time, the North Pole was a very noisy place. A kingdom cowered under the maniacal rule of the White Queen, The Vikings raided and pillaged as they were wont to do, and the Winter Witch avoided talking to any of them. When her peace and quiet are obliterated by threats of war and Ragnarok, she'll try anything to get them back. When casting spells to become nearly invisible and dealing with otherworldly powers fail, the Winter Witch needs to forge an alliance with Santa—a retired warrior who's anything but jolly—to save the North Pole from calamity. Will the Vikings take up arms against the frost giants? Will an evil necromancer keep the kingdom in the grip of fear? And for the love of Christmas, will everyone who isn't the Winter Witch please stop meddling with dark forces beyond mortal comprehension for a bit? Deck the halls and bar the doors! We're in for a long winter's night.

'Apocalyptic sci-fi at its best... The action is anything but frozen' DAILY MAIL. WITHIN THREE MONTHS, ICE WILL COVER THE EARTH, AND LIFE AS WE KNOW IT WILL END. It was the last thing we expected, but the world is freezing. A new ice age has dawned and humanity has been forced to confront its own extinction. Billions have fled the glaciers, crowding out the world's last habitable zones. They can run from the ice, but they can't escape human nature: a cataclysmic war is coming. In orbit, a group of scientists is running the Winter Experiments, a last-ditch attempt to understand why the planet is cooling. None of the climate models they build makes sense. But then they discover an anomaly, an unexplained variation in solar radiation... and something else. Close to the burning edge of the sun, they catch a fleeting glimpse of something that shouldn't be there... Suddenly humanity must face the possibility it is not alone in the universe. And the terrifying possibility that whatever is out there may be trying to exterminate us. 'A complex, multi-stranded narrative spanning 700 pages that reads like a superior collaboration between Dan Brown and Michael Crichton' THE GUARDIAN.

A compilation of riddles intended for a juvenile audience.

Can humanity survive on a new world? The last survivors of the human race escaped a ruined Earth. Their new homeworld--Eos--seemed perfect at first. Warm. Hospitable. Safe from the grid. But everything isn't as it seems. The first colony of settlers--from the Carthage--have disappeared. Their settlement is still there, but everyone is gone. As James digs into the mystery of the lost colony, he discovers a series of spheres, buried on Eos. Are they the key to finding the lost colonists? Or are they responsible for their deaths? Just as James is unravelling the secrets of the spheres, a storm hits Jericho City. Emma, recently elected mayor, struggles to lead her people to safety while James tries to make his way home. In the middle of the chaos, a new danger emerges--a threat no one saw coming. With time running out to save the colonists, James and Emma face their hardest choice yet in the final pulse-pounding instalment in the Long Winter trilogy.

A new ice age on Earth. A mysterious object in space. And a desperate mission to save humanity from extinction. Each month, Earth grows colder. Snow falls in summer. Glaciers trample cities across North America, Europe, and Asia. Chaos erupts. Around the world, people abandon their homes, fleeing the cold, flocking to regions where they can survive the new ice age. Nations prepare to go to war for the world's last habitable zones.

Fourteen whimsical, lighthearted but engaging rhyming riddles with beautiful illustrations to reveal the answers. Older kids will puzzle their way through the riddles while younger children will delight in the pictures. Makes a fun interactive classroom read-aloud, an entertaining bedtime guessing game, or a great way to stump Grandpa! *Recommended for riddlers ages 4-8. *Perfect stocking stuffer or teacher gift. *Wonderful addition to your themed seasonal book collection. Puzzles and riddles are a great way for children to use their deductive reasoning skills and improve their mental speed and short-term memory. And all the while, they'll be having so much fun, they won't even know they're learning! Look for the full seasonal series with riddles for autumn, summer, Christmas, and Halloween! Collect them all! Shana Gorian is the author of the bestselling chapter book series, Rosco the Rascal. Note: this book uses a slightly different illustration style than the first four books.

Keep puzzlers busy all winter long! This winter-themed collection is packed with over 100 types of puzzles and activities, including ever-popular Hidden Pictures puzzles. With bright illustrations, varied levels of complexity, and plenty of humor, this 144-page book is sure to challenge, entertain and amuse kids ages 6-9 with expertly crafted activities. This collection is brimming with brain-boosting challenges like mazes, number puzzles, wordplay, brainteasers and Hidden Pictures puzzles. With a wide range of kids' favorite activities delightfully designed around snow, sledding and more winter fun, this activity book is a perfect solution to winter-break boredom for the whole family. Kids love working to achieve a goal, and every puzzle solved encourages them to take on new challenges and builds their self-esteem. Solving puzzles also help kids with following directions and developing concentration, attention to detail and reasoning skills. Like all Highlights products, Puzzlemania Winter Puzzles is well thought out, well constructed and visually appealing in order to bring kids meaningful benefits and maximum fun.

As the title says, 101 riddles for kids(or older) to distract yourself with the family, entertain the children, and see certain things from another perspective. Young or old, this pages of varied puzzles about animals, things, places, among others, will make you think and more than one will fall in the attempt. Are you ready?

I started to write riddles for my little daughter Sasha, when she started to ski. She was 3. I had fun rhyming and playing words. Sasha and my older kids were helping me with rhymes and sometimes with my language problems, corrected me. I'd like to dedicate this book to my daughters, my son and grandsons Asher and Noah, my nephew Sam and nieces Sofie and Mia. And I'd like to say Thank you to all who helped me with pictures, Sasha, Tanya - my daughters, Ivan - my husband and special thanks to Louise Lauriello and Anna Fantalin -- 10 year old girls, who drew beautiful pictures for this book.

This volume takes in a great number of winter sports, including skating and sledding and the building of a huge snowman.