In a far corner of the Island of Serendipity stood the poorest of poor castles. Everything was poor including the villagers who lived inside. No matter how poor, the villagers took the greatest of pride in the baking and selling of muffins Every morning, villagers loaded them onto their only wagon and went from village to village selling all the muffins. One day there appeared at the castle a great and monstrous dragon—a muffin-munching dragon. With crumbs still on his face from the muffins he'd eaten at the last castle he'd visited, the dragon came waddling down the hill, right up to the drawbridge. From the smell of things, this was a perfect place for a muffin-munching dragon to live. From that day forward, he ate all of the muffins. With no muffins to sell, the castle folk had no money to buy supplies to bake more muffins. All would have ended here had they not all learned to work together. A delightful tale about simple economics.

A dragon is eating all of the muffins the villagers of Castle Crumb can bake, leaving them with nothing to sell. The villagers have to scramble to find ingredients to keep the dragon happy. Ages 5-9.

A muffin-munching dragon changes the fortune of some muffin-making villagers.

A poor village, surviving only by the sale of delicious home-baked muffins to the king, comes up against a muffin-munching dragon.

Children will sing and learn about a variety of foods while exploring nutrition and traditions.

25 incredible--and EDIBLE--science experiments to get kids excited about science! Did you know that all cooking is really chemistry? And that chocolate chip cookies will look--and taste--completely different if you swap out baking powder for baking soda? Or swap out brown sugar for white sugar? In this cookbook packed with 25 edible science experiment recipes kids can do in their own kitchen, chemistry professor and science entertainer Kate the Chemist introduces young scientists to the fascinating world of STEM--and cooking! Kids can make their own: • Chocolate-covered pretzels • Rainbow pasta • Ice cream • Pretzel bites • and more! Each recipe includes step-by-step instructions, an ingredients list, full-color photographs, a messiness factor rating, and a note from Kate explaining the science behind each delicious treat.

Book 3 in the DRAGON CORPS series by Natalie Grey, author of SHADOWS OF MAGIC and the TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS series in the Kurtherian Gambit Universe! New to the series? Start with DRAGON'S COVENANT! The Warlord of Ymir has spent years manipulating the Alliance, from Intelligence to the Navy, bribing politicians to look the other way, and even using the Dragon Corps to assassinate his rivals. The Dragons are done being used. With weapons for the resistance, allies on Ymir, and a team of loyal warriors, they are on their way to bring the Warlord’s nightmares to life. But there’s something they haven’t accounted for…. The Warlord hasn’t just made enemies among those who serve justice, but among those who crave the power he wields. And as the Warlord finds himself backed into a corner, he will be willing to do anything to keep control of Ymir. Even if that means killing everyone on the planet. Continue the DRAGON CORPS series with DRAGON’S HOPE - scroll up to grab your copy!