Unusual Animals

A delightfully quaint mountain town, my cozy tearoom, a missing couple, and there’s something seriously weird about my bird. I didn’t expect to get wrapped up in a mystery through my husband… He’s dead. Retreat to the mountains, settle into my inherited family home and try to move on … a widow with kids and a parakeet. It was a good plan. It should have worked. I didn’t ask for a missing couple to complicate my first days, but there they were…or, rather, weren’t. I KNEW my detective husband was gone … but then here he was. Colorfully solving mysteries with me … he’s ...

When Kara has adventures, especially scary ones, she also has a visitor. A little green frog who is able to talk and who seems to bring out the best in Kara. Kids and their parents will enjoy following Kara from a precocious baby about to have surgery on her cleft lip to a thoughtful 11-year-old.

Late in 2013, snowy owls started showing up in places no one expected to find them - including Florida. What had caused so many of these majestic birds to leave their Arctic home and fly to southern Canada and the United States? Scientists quickly began working to find out. Author Sandra Markle brings together firsthand reports from the scientists involved along with stunning photographs of the owls to explain this rare event, known as an irruption.

A fantastic story comes alive in this adventure audiobook - a perfect gift for any occasion! Cecily is having trouble sleeping because of the strange mark on her calendar. It shows that tomorrow is Opposite Day! A joyful but unusual day unfolds when she has to take over running the household because her parents won’t get out of bed. This challenges her to take charge of the family through the end of the day. She must overcome obstacles such as misbehaving animals, getting dressed with clothes that won’t “match", and a day at school unlike one that she's ever had!