After prying open a strange nut wiggling on the ground, sisters, Elsie and Theo find a miniature walrus named Benny inside, who accompanies them to school where the girls and their classmates build him a boat to sail home on.

When Benny has no luck buying a poster he really wants on Saturday, his luck stays the same when he runs into his teacher, Mr. Sanchez, at the supermarket. But a visit to a new snack shop could change everything. Full-color illustrations.

Discover the joy of being your true self in this uplifting and empowering picture book about Benny, who looks like a bat but knows that he really is a butterfly. Benny may look like a bat, but Benny doesn’t like flying at night, or eating bugs, or hanging upside down. Benny does like sunshine and fluttering and colorful wings. On the inside, Benny knows he is a butterfly! “I want my outside to match who I am inside!” With the help of some butterfly friends in the garden, Benny makes a happy change. And his friends and his Momma all love him just the same. Writer Norene Paulson and illustrator Anne Passchier's Benny’s True Colors is a transformative story about knowing your true self, and the joy of letting the world know you, too. An Imprint Book

Billionaire Benny tells of his exotic pets' vacations around the world.

Benny has to leave his friends, his school, his teacher, and move to a new school. He is terrified that he won't fit in or make friends. The night before his first day, Mom and Dad introduce him to a special friend. With this new boost of confidence, can Benny make his first day great?

Four brave siblings were searching for a home – and found a life of adventure! Join the Boxcar Children as they investigate the mystery of Surprise Island in the second book in this illustrated chapter book series beloved by generations of readers. The Aldens spend the summer on Grandfather's island! Joe, the island's friendly handyman, helps them with anything they need, but as the children continue to explore their summer home, they realize there is more to the island—and to their new friend—than meets the eye. What started as a single story about the Alden Children has delighted readers for generations and sold more than 80 million books worldwide. Featuring timeless adventures, mystery, and suspense, The Boxcar Children® series continues to inspire children to learn, question, imagine, and grow.

Beautiful, flame-haired Benny Melody was born to hardship and adversity. Handsome Beal Addison gave her his dream of building a timber dynasty. She loved him as a child, loved and wanted him as she grew into womanhood, but she never dreamed he would leave Oregon and return with an elegant wife. Beal was married, but even as Benny grew into beauty, married Beal's brother and joined his battle for justice, and eventually ruled her own mighty empire, Benny was driven by a consuming passion. Her heart would always belong to Beal. Her love for him was passionate, willful, and strong enough To Last a Lifetime.

Every story has a beginning. Every path has a journey. The Gem Project takes you through a world of intrigue and espionage. A new government program is created, and it focuses on dealing with the homeless crisis in the United States. Participants have the choice to join. They will receive care and be given training to serve in the military for two years. Upon completion, they will receive a new life. But there is another side to the program. Our heroes, Benny and J, homeless friends who have become brothers, find themselves in a life-changing situation that compels them to join. Demarah, assistant to the pharmaceutical CEO, spearheads the program at a cost. Choices begin to define their actions. What is ethically right begins to turn gray. What is justified fogs to become questionable. What will remain as their paths begin to curve? The first of a trilogy in a universe that demands certain uncertainty will show the results of what truly defines them.

'Before Benny, nobody from the Gorbals became World Champion of anything...' Benny Lynch was Scotland's first World Boxing Champion and the most talked-about British sportsman of his generation. In fact, many consider him to be the finest fighter the country has ever produced. Benny is the amazing account of how Lynch battled his way above and beyond the 'fifty-shilling men' of his home town of Glasgow to become the champion of Scotland, Britain, Europe and the world, earning a reputation as one of the greatest pugilists of all time. But this absorbing biography also details how his career sadly came to a premature halt because of Lynch's alcoholism, which destroyed his health and led to him being abandoned by his countless followers. It took his tragic death at the age of only 33 to restore the fallen idol to legendary status again. The gritty reality of the daily grind of life in the Depression-era Gorbals is captured vividly in this remarkable story of the rise and tragic fall of a fighting legend.

Benny and Babe is a sports story about a young man Benny who lacks confidence in himself. He desperately needs to believe in himself. A very unique friend Babe meets Benny and teaches him the power in believing. Benny had all the ability and talent to be a good pitcher but in his own mind he just did not think that he could do it. We all at time in life lack confidence to be successful, but there are people out there in your life that will help you garner that success. They are your teachers, parents, coaches, grandparents and good friends. They are out there, you must find them. Benny believed in himself and the rest as they say is history. Benny and Babe is more than a good sports story. It is a real lesson in life