"A sweet and loving twist on your favorite nursery rhymes!"--Back cover.

Bruce the bear likes to keep to himself. That, and eat eggs. But when his hard-boiled goose eggs turn out to be real, live goslings, he starts to lose his appetite. And even worse, the goslings are convinced he's their mother. Bruce tries to get the geese to go south, but he can't seem to rid himself of his new companions. What's a bear to do?

Named one of 2021’s Most Anticipated Historical Novels by Oprah Magazine ∙ Cosmopolitan ∙ and more! Nearly two hundred condemned women board a transport ship bound for Australia. One of them is a murderer. From debut author Hope Adams comes a thrilling novel based on the 1841 voyage of the convict ship Rajah, about confinement, hope, and the terrible things we do to survive. London, 1841. One hundred eighty Englishwomen file aboard the Rajah, embarking on a three-month voyage to the other side of the world. They're daughters, sisters, mothers—and convicts. Transported for petty crimes. Except one of them has a deadly secret, and will do anything to flee justice. As the Rajah sails farther from land, the women forge a tenuous kinship. Until, in the middle of the cold and unforgiving sea, a young mother is mortally wounded, and the hunt is on for the assailant before he or she strikes again. Each woman called in for question has something to fear: Will she be attacked next? Will she be believed? Because far from land, there is nowhere to flee, and how can you prove innocence when you’ve already been found guilty?

The death of her husband forced Garnet Wheelock to become a mail-order bride. The torturous ship voyage was eclipsed only by the cruelty of her master in the New World of Virginia. But the Lord's hand was upon her, and she has been bought by a new master and given a home. A widower of four years, Samuel Walsh longs for a women's touch upon his home and family. The Widow Wheelock seems perfect for the task - she's industrious and loving, and the children adore her. He's vowed never to marry again, but when news of her pregnancy spawns accusations of impropriety, Sam weds Garnet to preserve his honor. Could their feelings run deeper than mere obligation? Can the Lord weave two broken lives together and create a future stronger than the past that haunts them?

Round things like pebbles and puddles and marbles and bubbles remind Little Goose of something, but he can't remember what it is. So he sets off on a journey in order to recall the special feeling he gets when he sees baskets and buckets and balls that roll. But Turtle's round rock isn't quite right, and neither are the flies that buzz 'round Frog's head, nor Mouse's round house, deep down in a hole. Only when he returns home does Little Goose remember what makes him feel cozy and comfy, and happy, too-: -that most special place within the soft circle of his mama's wings. This timeless tale of coming home to a mother's love will ring true with explorers of all ages. Reviews“Apple’s full-bleed colored-pencil illustrations add appropriate warmth and gentleness to Mraz’s fable…”—Kirkus Reviews

Buster, an eight-month old cocker spaniel puppy, is just learning the dos and don’ts of puppyhood. He’s learning to do what is right and what is wrong. Buster knows what the rules are; but one day, while investigating his surroundings, he hears a voice crying out for help. His heart says to go help, but his head says to stay in the yard. Will Buster follow his heart, or will he follow the rules?

For abused sisters Joy and Anna, growing up under their teenage mother’s wing in the Great North has not been easy. Always dreaming of becoming more than what god intended, the girls try to break free from their small town and small life living seeking out solutions to childhood problems on the interstate. The road ahead leads the girls down winding roads of misery. Finding love and happiness is nothing what they thought it would be when the man all leave in the same manner.

Travel back in time with Jessie to the exciting 1900's oil boom in wild, beautiful Oklahoma -- to an era when those entrepreneurs BOLD enough to gamble on their dreams amassed fortunes!

Meet Aleda Vastag – a feisty, single, female pastor who wears red rubber boots, keeps a cranky old horse as a pet, and doesn’t mind a good drink, sometimes even in the church basement! Newly established as the parish’s first female pastor, Aleda struggles with feelings of inadequacy and questions the relevance of her ministry as she faces all the characters and challenges, both large and small, that define village life. What happens when the strawberry social is threatened, and when a tragedy shakes the village to its core? The Season for Strawberries is a heartwarming and heartbreaking tale brimming all the joys and sorrows of real life.

During the year following her parents' divorce, a sense of financial and emotional security gradually returns to a ten-year-old Swedish girl as she learns to accept her mother's new beau.