dwellings

When Mia visits the home of her friend Pie, she is amazed by everything she sees, feels, smells, and tastes, but Pie is sure that her home is just as special.

The relationship between people and their environment is an essential part of both social studies and science, and readers dive deeply into fun facts and surprising statistics about this important curriculum concept with the help of short, simple blocks of text that keep readers engaged and make learning fun. Infographics, illustrations, and colorful photographs provide additional sources of information and serve as the focal point of the creative design. This fresh approach to a familiar topic is crafted to help readers remember and share what they've learned.

Timid Hedgehog wants to build a special house this year, but first she must get the pumpkin she selected home--a task that requires her to overcome her fears and ask for help from some other animals.

When nonbinary twelve-year-old Perigee tries to reunite their dad with his estranged mother, they end up facing off against their grandmother's mysterious sentient "puzzle house," which has a dangerous agenda all its own.

Labeled illustrations provide the English and Spanish translations of vocabulary words related to houses, such as roof, door, window, and porch.

As a young, queer couple who flip houses, Charlie and Eve can?t believe the killer deal they?ve just gotten on an old house in a picturesque neighborhood. As they?re working in the house one day, there?s a knock on the door. A man stands there with his family, claiming to have lived there years before and asking if it would be alright if he showed his kids around. People pleaser to a fault, Eve lets them in. As soon as the strangers enter their home, inexplicable things start happening, including the family?s youngest child going missing and a ghostly presence materializing in the basement. Even more weird, the family can?t seem to take the hint that their visit should be over. And when Charlie suddenly vanishes, Eve slowly loses her grip on reality. Something is terribly wrong with the house and with the visiting family?or is Eve just imagining things?.

"After seeing all of its neighbors' twinkling lights for the winter holidays, House hopes to shine too. When Huda and her family move in, House thinks its time to sparkle has finally come. But, Diwali, Hanukkah, and Christmas come and go without a shimmer. Quickly, House learns that every family celebrates joy and togetherness in their own way, no matter the season. And a few months later House will see that this new family has its own holiday to shine for"--Amazon.

"One rainy day, a kid opens their closet to discover a teleportation chamber. In the adventure of make-believe that follows, we are invited to see our homes as more than places to live--they are vessels for creativity and joy"--Publisher.

"Covering a wide variety of STEAM topics, including geology, paleontology, physics, astronomy, creative writing and drawing, this collection of poems is presented in the format of an allegorical house that sparks wonder and shows readers how to kindle it in themselves"--Provided by publisher.

"Down the road from a working-class pub, along a narrow brick alley, you just might find the entrance to Slade House. A stranger will greet you by name and invite you inside. At first you won't want to leave. Later, you'll find that you can't. Every nine years, the residents of Slade House extend an invitation to someone who's different or lonely: a precocious teenager, a recently divorces policeman, a shy college student. But what really goes on inside? For those who find out, it's already too late.... "--Back cover.