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When the people have deep questions about life, death, and how to find happiness, they journey to find Old Turtle, and she answers their questions with wisdom and love.

"Unlock the mystery of life on planet Earth . . . with a talking bacterium! In this full-color graphic novel, Bertie the Bacteria takes readers on a joke-fueled journey, revealing how small organisms became some of Earth's largest creatures, including the epically humongous blue whale. With laugh-out-loud text and colorful comic book art, science lovers and comic book fans alike will delight in exploring the history of our precious blue planet"--.

Lisa Aisato has gathered the best of her drawings and paintings and assembled them into a story about us as people and the course of our lives. This visual book represents the magic, laughter, and tears of childhood; the emotional, chaotic teenage years; the burden of being an adult; and the freedom, longing, and insight of old age.

"A . . . depiction of the earliest days of our universe and life on Earth. Our whole universe began as a tiny dot, filled with so much hot, dense energy that it burst. This event was the Big Bang, and from the remnants of that explosion, our whole universe was born. From those earliest beginnings 3.5 billion years ago to the mighty dinosaurs who roamed Earth 250 million years ago, this is the story of how life adapted, evolved, and survived exploding stars, flying meteoroids, and natural disasters"--Publisher.

"This whimsical rhyming picture book encourages young children to make the most of each day God gives. Bert's day starts with stubbing his toe. His favorite shirt is in the wash, so he has to wear his second favorite. Then his dog chews up his best sneakers. Bert decides this is the Worst Day Ever. But thanks to his understanding dad, Bert starts to realize that every day is full of reasons to be happy, if he chooses to look for them"--Provided by publisher.

. . . this picture book takes readers way back in time to tell the story of how life on Earth began.

"Author Ross Gay spent a year writing almost-daily essays about the things, large and small, that delight him"--Provided by publisher.

"Say you are afraid of heights. Very afraid. And say your friend is pressuring you to go sky diving with them. You're wavering, and they deliver a rousing speech about taking the opportunities you're offered. They tell you, Come on, you only live once! You relent. Why? In This Beauty, philosopher Nick Riggle investigates the things we say to inspire each other and ourselves: seize the day, treat yourself, you only live once. Riggle calls them existential imperatives, and they present a conundrum. Their meanings are at best vague, at worst stupid. They're as likely to encourage you to ride down a steep hill in a shopping cart as to marry the love of your life. They imply that you should do something wild with your life because your life is precious, which is a little like saying you should go swimming with your grandfather's watch because it is irreplaceable. And yet these exhortations can't help but be profound. We didn't choose to live this life, in this body, in these conditions. But when we consider the thought that we have only one life, that time is fleeting, or that we might die tomorrow, we often feel a tinge of inspiration, a sense of urgency. We want to embrace the life we were unwittingly given. Drawing on insights from his field of aesthetics and from his own experiences as a professional skater, an academic, and a new father, Riggle considers how they force us to confront what it means to live a worthwhile life. Existential imperatives shock us out of our predictable lives, he argues, and remind us that we aren't bound to the same thing every day, forever. Insightful and deeply humane, This Beauty offers a personal and searching inquiry into the mystery of life's beauty"--.

A picture book celebrating both the highs and lows that everyone experiences in the course of a life.

A collection of the webcomic "Xkcd" by Randall Munroe that covers math, science, love, and life in general.