Your toddler throws a tantrum in the middle of a store. Your preschooler refuses to get dressed. Your fifth-grader sulks on the bench instead of playing on the field. Do children conspire to make their parents’ lives endlessly challenging? No—it’s just their developing brain calling the shots! In this pioneering, practical book, Daniel J. Siegel, neuropsychiatrist and author of the bes…
Kristy, Claudia, Mary Anne, and Stacey try to be prepared for anything when they baby-sit. So when they hear about the Phantom Caller, a jewel thief who's been breaking into nearby homes, they come up with a plan to keep their kids safe. But when Claudia and the other girls start receiving creepy phone calls while they're out on jobs, they start to get really spooked. Will the mystery caller…
"I believe that the reader will discover here the essential nature of one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history," Arthur Miller wrote in an introduction to The Crucible, his classic play about the witch-hunts and trials in seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts. Based on historical people and real events, Miller's drama is a searing portrait of a community engulfed by hyst…
The Pike family is taking a vacation to the beach, and Stacey and Mary Anne get to go along to help out! Two weeks of sun, sand . . . and the cutest lifeguard Stacey has ever seen! Mary Anne says that Scott the lifeguard is way too old for Stacey, and besides, she shouldn't be ignoring the Pike kids to spend more time with a boy. But Stacey is in love. What could possibly be more important t…
Stoneybrook has gone star-crazy! Derek Masters, an eight-year-old regular on a hit TV sitcom, has moved to town. Everyone's wondering what a real-live TV star will be like - will he drive to school in a limo? Jessi can't believe it, but even stars need baby-sitters, and she's the lucky club member to watch Derek Masters. Even though a lot of kids at school call Derek a spoiled brat, Jessi like…
Di balik pergantian musim, seekor anak kucing. yang baru saja diselamatkan dari tempat sampah, mengajarkan seorang lelaki bagaimana menjadi ayah yang baik untuk bayinya sendiri. Kita juga akan bertualang ke pulau kucing, bertemu dengan sekelompok kucing liar yang mengajarkan seorang anak laki-laki untuk tidak mengganggu alam. Lalu, ada seekor kucing tua yang merencanakan perjalanan ke dunia …
Bagaimana jika hewan yang terlihat imut, menggemaskan, ternyata bisa menjadi salah satu petarung paling hebat? Kali ini kita akan berpetualang di klan baru, dengan tokoh-tokoh baru. Termasuk mengetahui bahwa pandemi yang menyusahkan penduduk juga terjadi di klan-klan jauh. Tapi ingatlah selalu, setiap ada kesusahan, selalu muncul hal-hal menarik yang positif. Kisah ini tentang si Putih, kucing …
As the newest member of the BSC, Dawn is eager to prove herself. So when a big job comes along, she jumps at the chance to show everyone what she's made of. The Barretts are even more challenging than Dawn expected. The house is a mess, Mrs. Barrett is unreliable, and the kids are out of control. Dawn knows she's a great baby-sitter, but this is impossible! She only knows one thing for sure--a …