Hallie Ricardo

When seven-year-old Bean plays a mean trick on her sister, she finds unexpected support for her antics from Ivy, the new neighbor, who is less boring than Bean first suspected.

Second-grade best friends Ivy and Bean beg for ballet lessons, then, when they are cast as squids in their first recital, scheme to find a way out of what seems to be boring, hard, and potentially embarrassing.

"A child imagines what life would be like as a horse"-- Provided by publisher.

"A lovable pug tries his best to get attention from his distracted human family"-- Provided by publisher.

Marnie competes against her friend Orla and Gilly, a new student at Lady Sealia Foam's Mermaid School, for the lead role of Queen Maretta in the annual Clamshell Show.-- Provided by Publisher.

Late at night, the swamp is full of weird noises . . . spooky noises! Like the GUURNT GUURNT of the horrible Grunty Beast, the CHH CHH CHH of the chilling Chatter Ghosts, and the ZZUMP ZZUMP of the mechanical Zump Monster.

Warm and inviting collage artwork ponders endless possibilities for giving thanks, from the silly to the sublime, in this uplifting picture book about gratitude that spans the ages.

Best friends Ivy and Bean are back and looking for adventure in the second installment of this engaging series. This time they've made an amazing discovery: a ghost in the school bathroom! Ivy and Bean can see its cloudy form and its glowing eyes. They can hear its moaning voice. This is the best thing that ever happened at school until the teachers find out. Now Ivy and Bean have to figure out how to get the ghost out of the bathroom. Will they succeed?...

"Anderson Tupper, a member of one of Atlanta's richest families, has been murdered in the dugout of the Little League field where he was a volunteer coach, and it's up to Detective Shay Claypool, a single mother from the other side of town, to find his killer. With the exclusive area of Buckhead threatening to secede from the city of Atlanta and take its tax revenue with it, Shay is under pressure to solve the murder of one of Buckhead's own. Accustomed...

In a land torn between magic and alchemy, Sepha is an exceptional alchemist, but when a slip of the tongue lands her in prison with a mountain of straw and the threat of a death sentence, she is forced to make a deal with a conniving magician.