Bøger udgivet af Roaring Brook Press

A magical picture book about a Deaf girl who creates a butterfly with Sign Language and sends it on a journey around the world.On the day of the talent show, Aurora's hands tremble. No matter how hard she tries to sign, her fingers stumble over one and another and the words just won't come. But as she's about to give up, she spots a butterfly. Using her hands to sign the ASL word for "butterfly," Aurora sends a magical butterfly of her own into the world, inspiring Deaf people across the globe to add their own. The butterflies grow in numbers and strength as they circle back to Aurora, bolstering her with the love and support of her worldwide Deaf community.Deaf picture book creators author Adam Pottle and artist Ziyue Chen combine powerful text and sweeping art into a moving story of resilience and self-belief.

A mindful, gentle picture book about patience and learning to find beauty in the act of waiting.Sometimes, you have to wait.For the line at the public pool on a hot summer day.For mom to come home after being away.For your legs to grow just a bit longer to ride a new big kid bike.The seconds drag on... each one feels like forever. Why can't you have it now?But while you wait, you might notice things: a possible new friend who is also in line, why homecoming hugs are extra special, and how beautiful the world is when you're not racing by.Sometimes, when you have to wait, you find the good in the moments between now and later.

Enter the mad-cap world of Bad Kitty with the FULL-COLOR edition of the phenomenal graphic novel hit, BAD KITTY GOES TO THE VET.A sick Kitty is an unhappy Kitty.An unhappy Kitty is a BAD Kitty.When Kitty is sick, all she can do is lie in bed. But she wants to jump around! Eat everything in sight! Keep those slobbering puppies in their place!Looks like it's time for this sick kitty to go to...the VET.

Tag along with Kitty and Puppy in the FULL-COLOR edition of Nick Bruel's bestselling graphic novel BAD KITTY: PUPPY'S BIG DAY.Kitty's in a bad mood...a very bad mood. And Puppy is not helping.Uncle Murray is tasked with taking care of Puppy for the day, so they go on a walk through the park. Everything is going just fine...until Uncle Murray almost gets arrested and Puppy ends up in the POUND!It's there that Puppy meets some very peculiar new pals...

Mommy's New Friend is a heartfelt, lyrical story about accepting a new family member, even if it's not easy at first.When That Guy comes over and makes homemade pizza for dinner, it's not the same as before, when Daddy and Mommy and I would all eat together.But That Guy takes care of Mommy when she's sick, and That Guy laughs at my jokes.Maybe, That Guy isn't that bad, after all.Shelley Tougas and award-winning illustrator Sara Palacios' Mommy's New Friend is a gentle and uplifting tale about growing up, learning new perspectives, and accepting how blended families can evolve and expand.

Fall in love with a modern fairy tale inspired by a Jewish family memory in this magical picture book by award-winning picture book creators Elana K. Arnold and Magdalena Mora.Once, there was a girl named Kiki, who found a fish on the asphalt.The fish was very hot and very dry.But when Kiki put it in the bathtub, it started swimming, and growing, and . . . speaking?"I want to grant you a wish for saving me," it said.A wish-granting fish!Alas, this fish was only a fish of small wishes, and Kiki's wish was too big.Unless . . . there was a way for both their dreams to come true.Follow Kiki and the wish-granting fish in this contemporary fairy-tale perfect for fans of A Big Mooncake for Little Star and Carmela Full of Wishes.

1971. Brooklyn, New York. Undercover cop Frank Serpico is knocking on a drug dealer's door. His partners are there to back him up, but when the door opens, he's staring down the barrel of a gun-and his partners are nowhere to be found. For more than a century, the New York Police Department had been plagued by corruption, with cops openly taking bribes from gamblers and drug dealers. Not Serpico. He refused to take dirty money and fought to shed light on the dark underbelly of the NYPD. But instead of being hailed as a hero, he became a target for every crooked cop on the force. In Marked Man, John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro bring this true story of police corruption to life. Join Frank Serpico on his one-man crusade to clean up the largest police force in the United States. And discover the price he had to pay for being an honest cop.

Two children from different backgrounds show that friendship has no language in this epic bilingual story about being lost and finding a friend who understands.I'm lost.Soy naufrago.A boy and a girl lost at sea run into each other on an island, but they quickly realize there is a huge barrier between them.They speak two different languages. Hesitant and unsure, they must figure out how to connect despite their differences, if they want to find a way home. Dynamic picture book creators René Spencer and Rodolfo Montalvo join forces in this powerful picture book about connection and the perseverance of friendship.

Lies destroy. Disinformation tears at the fabric of democracy.A Firehose of Falsehood: The Story of Disinformation breaks down disinformation tactics and offers tools for defending and restoring truth.From Darius I of ancient Persia (522-486 BCE), to blood libel of the Middle Ages, to Soviet disinformation tactics and modern election deniers, Teri Kanefield and Pat Dorian show how tyrants and would-be tyrants deploy disinformation to gain power. Democracy, which draws its authority from laws instead of the whim of a tyrant, requires truth. For a democracy to survive, its citizens must preserve and defend truth. Now that the Internet has turned what was once a trickle of lies into a firehose, the challenge of holding on to truth has never been greater. A Firehose of Falsehood offers readers these necessary tools.

From New York Times and Indie bestselling author Joan He, come the dazzling and sweeping conclusion to The Kingdom of Three duology, Sound the Gong, the breathtaking sequel to the critically-acclaimed Strike the Zither. All her life, Zephyr has tried to rise above her humble origins as a no-name orphan. Now she is a god in a warrior's body, and never has she felt more powerless. Her lordess Xin Ren holds the Westlands, but her position is tenuous. In the north, the empress remains under Miasma's thumb. In the south, the alliance with Cicada is in pieces.Fate also seems to have a different winner in mind for the three kingdoms, but Zephyr has no intentions of respecting it. She will pay any price to see Ren succeed-and she will make her enemies pay, especially one dark-haired, dark-eyed Crow. What she'll do when she finds out the truth-that he worked for the South all along...Only the heavens know.

Are you ready to find some Easter eggs, Kitty?Kitty doesn't want an Easter egg. Kitty wants the Easter egg. Kitty wants...the GOLDEN EGG!So she goes on the hunt.There! A blue egg! But Kitty doesn't want a blue egg.Or there! A purple egg! But Kitty doesn't want a purple egg.But then...Kitty sees something! Something round...and sparkly...Will Kitty find the GOLDEN EGG?Find out in this uproarious new addition to the New York Times bestselling Bad Kitty series.

Yellowjackets meets She Is a Haunting in this debut speculative thriller that follows a disgraced teen idol who comes face-to-face with the demons of her past in a glittering, cutthroat K-pop competition.After a shocking scandal that abruptly ended her teen popstar career, eighteen-year-old Sunny Lee spends her days longing for her former life and cyberstalking her ex-BFF and groupmate, Candie. The two were once inseparable, but that was then-before the tragedy and heartache they left in their wake. In the here and now, Sunny is surprised to discover that Candie is attending a new K-pop workshop in her hometown. Candie might be there chasing stardom, but Sunny can't resist the chance to join her and finally confront their traumatic history. Because she still can't figure out what happened that horrible night when Mina, the third in their tight-knit trio, jumped to her death. Or if the dark and otherworldly secrets she and Candie were keeping had something to do with it . . . But the workshop doesn't bring the answers Sunny had hoped for, nor a happy reunion with Candie. Instead, Sunny finds herself haunted by ghostly visions while strange injuries start happening to her competitors-followed by even stranger mutilations to their bodies. In her race to survive, Sunny will have to expose just who is behind the carnage-and if Candie is out for blood once more-in Linda Cheng's spellbinding sapphic thriller that will have readers screaming and swooning for more.

Lee sobre la primera astronauta Latina en el espacio, Ellen Ochoa, quien se encuentra entre los héroes hispanos y latinos más innovadores e icónicos que han dado forma a nuestra cultura y al mundo en esta apasionante biografía escrita por Claudia Romo Edelman y Nathalie Alonso con ilustraciones en blanco y negro por Manuel Gutierrez, perfecta para los fanáticos de la serie ¿Quién fue? (Who Was?)Conoce a Ellen Ochoa, antes solo una niña de Los Ángeles, California. La nieta de inmigrantes de México, Ellen siguió la carrera de física en su juventud, y alcanzo recibir una maestría y doctorado en ingeniería eléctrica de Stanford University. En el 1993, Ellen se convirtió en la primera astronauta Latina en el espacio. Ya retirada, Ellen ha trabajado como directora del Johnson Space Center, defensora por las mujeres y otras minorías en los campos STEM, y fue incluida en el Salón de la Fama de Astronautas Hispanic Star celebra con orgullo a los héroes latinos e hispanos que han hecho grandes contribuciones a la cultura estadounidense y representan una fuerza indiscutible para labrar su futuro. Si puedes verlo, puedes serlo.

A book for anyone who has ever loved a dog.Dear Dogs,Thank you for being there when we are sick, or hurt, or in trouble.Thank you for licks and hugs when we feel down, or just need to smile.Thank you for all that you do, for always being at our sides.This is our love letter to you!Give thanks to every human's best friend, in this sweet and inclusive ode to dogs of all kinds - with an emphasis on service dogs - written by animal expert Maria Gianferrari and illustrated by Ishaa Lobo.

This smoldering enemies-to-lovers novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu puts a superstar global phenomenon and a hotshot young spy on a collision course with danger-and Cupid's arrow-in an electric new series perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and Ally Carter.Meet Winter Young-Global pop sensation, with a voice like velvet and looks that could kill. His star power has smashed records, selling out stadiums from LA to London. His rabid fans would move heaven and earth for even a glimpse of him-just imagine what they'd do to become his latest fling.Meet Sydney Cossette-Part of an elite covert ops group, Sydney joined their ranks as their youngest spy with plans to become the best agent they've ever had. An ice queen with moves as dangerous as her comebacks, Sydney picks up languages just as quickly as she breaks hearts. She's fiery, no-nonsense, and has zero time for romance-especially with a shameless flirt more used to serving sass than taking orders.When a major crime boss gifts his daughter a private concert with Winter for her birthday, Sydney and Winter's lives suddenly collide. Tasked with infiltrating the crime organization's inner circle, Sydney is assigned as Winter's bodyguard with Winter tapped to join her on the mission of a lifetime as a new spy recruit. Sydney may be the only person alive impervious to Winter's charms, but as their mission brings them closer, she's forced to admit that there's more to Winter Young than just a handsome face . . .Romance and danger abound in Stars and Smoke, a "brilliant, breathtaking ride that will leave you clamoring for the sequel." - Tahereh Mafi, #1 internationally bestselling author of Shatter Me.

Brian "Box" Brown brings history and culture to life through his comics. In his new graphic novel, he unravels how marketing that targeted children in the 1980s has shaped adults in the present.Powered by the advent of television and super-charged by the deregulation era of the 1980s, media companies and toy manufacturers joined forces to dominate the psyches of American children. But what are the consequences when a developing brain is saturated with the same kind of marketing bombardment found in Red Scare propaganda?Brian "Box" Brown's The He-Man Effect shows how corporate manipulation brought muscular, accessory-stuffed action figures to dizzying heights in the 1980s and beyond. Bringing beloved brands like He-Man, Transformers, My Little Pony, and even Mickey Mouse himself into the spotlight, this graphic history exposes a world with no rules and no concern for results beyond profit.

You've Reached Sam meets The Good Place in this deeply-felt, surreal love story about a girl, a boy, a dreamer, and a dream from best-selling and award-winning author Adam Rex.Zelda is stuck in a dream. A very strange dream, where people can fly, bears sneeze money, and her childhood cat, Patches, is somehow alive - despite being run over years ago. Things only get stranger when Zelda meets Langston, a sweet if overly timid guy who feels more real to her than anyone she's ever met.As Zelda and Langston explore the far reaches of the dreamscape together, they find themselves growing closer and closer. But what they uncover along the way pushes them towards a truth neither of them wants to face. Will it turn out that he's the guy of her dreams, or is she the girl of his?Full of mind-bending artwork, Adam Rex's A Little Like Waking is a tender, insightful read that defies time, space, and expectation that's perfect for fans of Every Day and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

In this long-awaited third volume in Adventure in Cartooning series, you'll find everything you need to dream up and draw fantastical worlds for your character to inhabit!The Knight is back and ready for another cartooning adventure with Edward the Horse! As every adventurer knows, you can't have an epic journey without an epic new world to explore. They could fly to a floating metropolis or swim through an underwater empire, trek across a frozen tundra or climb to the top of a majestic mountain-the possibilities are endless! But before they do, they'll need to draw it first. Luckily for them, the Magical Cartooning Elf is ready to help, with brand-new tips and tricks that will turn simple drawings into boundless worlds.

Follow Skeletina as she helps an ordinary girl navigate her extraordinary dream in Skeletina and the Greedy Tooth Fairy, a charming picture book about nightmares, bravery, and honesty by Susie Jaramillo, and the otherwordly follow-up to Skeletina and the In Between World. Skeletina's day starts just like any other in the mixed-up, upside-down, in-between world she calls home. That is, until she hears a strange sound coming from right inside her house. There's a little girl crying behind the walls, and her teeth keep falling out! But Skeletina knows who can sniff out the truth. Join fun-loving and fearless Skeletina on another in-between adventure as she helps a frightened little girl conquer her fears and turn a scary dream into something much more fun!Welcome to the in-between world, where the living go when they are fast asleep and where ghosts hang out when they have unfinished business. Visitors who come to the in-between world can confront their fears or see a loved one who has recently left the world of the living. Luckily, anyone who visits the in-between world can face their fears and anxieties with friends at their side. In the in-between world, anything is possible!

Lee sobre Selena Gomez, quien se encuentra entre los héroes hispanos y latinos más innovadores que han forjado nuestra cultura y el mundo en Hispanic Star: Selena Gomez, uno de los libros que forma parte de la fascinante serie de biografías Hispanic Star, creada por Claudia Romo Edelman para jóvenes lectores.Conoce a Selena Gomez, una muchacha de Grand Prairie, Texas, a quien le encantaba actuar para su familia. Su valentía, su empuje y su empatía han sido los pilares de su carrera desde sus comienzos en el programa de televisión Barney &Friends. Su ascenso a la fama de Selena la llevó de Disney Channel a ser nombrada una de las personas más influyentes del mundo por la revista Time en 2020. Emblema de su generación, Selena demuestra que debes aceptarte tal y como eres y dedicarte a las cosas que te apasionen.Hispanic Star celebra con orgullo a los héroes latinos e hispanos que han hecho grandescontribuciones a la cultura estadounidense y representan una fuerza indiscutible para labrar su futuro. Si puedes verlo, puedes serlo.

From New York Times-bestselling author Carl Safina comes Learning to Be Wild, a young readers adaptation of the notable book Becoming Wild that explores community, culture, and belonging through the lives of chimpanzees, macaws, and sperm whales.What do chimpanzees, macaws, and whales all have in common?Some believe that culture is strictly a human phenomenon. But that's not true! Culture is passed down from parent to child in all sorts of animal communities. It is the common ground that three very different animals - chimpanzees, macaws, and whales - share.Discover through the lives of chimpanzees in Uganda, scarlet macaws in Peru, and sperm whales in the Caribbean how they - and we - are all connected, in this wonderous journey around the globe.

In this punny picture book with bright and colorful illustrations an adorable monster learns about determination after a series of baking disasters, perfect for fans of Marigold Bakes a Cake. Tomorrow is Grandmonster's 247th birthday, and Tillie has a boo-rilliant idea. She's going to bake a birthday cake! But when Uncle Hairy gobbles up Tillie's near-Pierrefect Squirmin' Chocolate Cake, she rushes to bake another. SPLAT!And another. "MY CAKE!"And another. SHRIEK!Baking on her own isn't easy, and Tillie makes many mistakes, learning that with a little patience, care, and determination, she can do just about anything. After all, like star chef Pierre du Monstère says, "A baker always rises to the occasion!"Monster Baker includes a recipe of Tillie's favorite cookies: Chocolate Cherry Scaries!