As part of the new Let's Read Together collection, this humorous story of friendship encourages language development in young readers. Early one morning, a funny noise wakes up Duck. It sounds like pshhh-pshh, and it is coming from right under her bed! Duck is not quite sure what it is, and she is too afraid to look... Let's Read Together is an ideal series to share special reading time with a child while introducing important gentle lessons. The series explores a variety of topics, including friendship, acceptance, teamwork, and empathy, all the while encouraging the development of language and reading skills.

Profiles dozens of different types of mysterious creatures rumored to exist around the world, with scientific facts and sightings that support their existence.

Gabe Brown's brother Ben has his own show on the Internet called Discover Cryptids. Gabe and his friends Tyler and Sean help Ben hunt down these monsters and make sure the show goes on! For this episode the Monster Hunters travel to West Virginia in search of the Mothman. Some of the locals think the creature might be an owl. But if so, what exactly had they seen in the woods? Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Calico is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.

Fifth-grade Will Allen enlists the help of Bigelow Hawkins, the great monster detective, when he finds a monster under his bed, but it is Will who must conquer the monsters himself.

Allow yourself to be enchanted in this magical story of Sophy, the young girl whose extraordinary adventure with a real wolf helps her discover her inner confidence. Sophy is a shy girl who struggles to fit in in the outside world. She is happiest at home, playing in her wolf suit in her den. It makes her feel strong like a wolf, fierce like a wolf, and maybe even a little bit brave like a wolf. She loves her suit so much she decides to wear it to school one day, but it doesn't go well. She tries to talk at school but the words get stuck in her throat and everyone laughs and whispers behind her back. But one day, an extraordinary thing happens… Sophy is whisked away to a magical snowy land where she meets a wolf and her cub. The unlikely trio roll, run and howl together, playing happily in the snow. Sophy has found friends and nothing can ruin her day… until a big, angry bear appears. But Sophyfinally finds her voiceand finds the courage she's been looking for all along. This beautifully told and enchantingly illustrated story carries important themes of overcoming the isolating feeling of being shy, finding friends and most importantly, finding your voice, and will delight readers young and old. Praise for Jo Loring-Fisher's other books: Taking Time (Lantana Publishing) ‘A soothing balm in book form’ – The Observer Picture Book Review ‘Children from around the world marvel at small wonders of nature in this dreamy story in verse.’ – The Bookseller Maisie's Scrapbook (Lantana Publishing) – Winner of the Northern Lights Book Award

Evil sets the edge in Castooli County to DC. Written by a seasoned political mind, it shows evil is worst when embodied in individuals held in the highest regard by a fawning public. Its fast-moving pages are filled with a terrifying menace that stalks, captures and kills its targets. Castooli County to DC entwines evil around two different worlds. One is the hard life of Capital Hill, where Joe Hickcock, top aide to the next President of the United States, is dogged by an evil that is with him every day and whom he knows excruciating well. He faces no greater threat than the person who wants him and many of his colleagues out of the way, permanently. The other world is a bucolic county in Michigan. Sheriff Arthur Bract must confront and solve a most hideous murder in the quiet community. The viciousness of the killing of the most unlikely of victims has the vigilant Sheriff scrambling to find answers before the murderer continues his on his heinous rampage. Castooli County to DC is an intelligent thriller, that brings the two worlds together at a raging pace, yet, still allows the reader to submerge themselves in the fear of monstrous evil. The conclusion, as ingenious as it is unexpected.