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NEW BOOKS BY
HEATHER ALEXANDER
Amazing Art Mysteries: On the Trail of Notorious Fakers, Forgers, Thieves, and Smugglers
Illustrated by Robbie Cathro
From stolen masterpieces to clever forgeries, readers help solve the mysteries of astonishing real-life art heists and hoaxes using science, history, and puzzles.
Art, mystery, and forensic science collide as readers go undercover to reveal the true stories behind history’s most daring heists, clever fakes, and unbelievable cover-ups. How did cat hair help catch a cunning forger? How did New Year’s fireworks help thieves pull off the perfect crime? And how do art detectives and curators across the globe nab the crooks, bust the fakes, and bring stolen treasure home? Middle grade readers dive into real science and use deductive reasoning to solve a slew of art crimes, learning to spot fakes and crack the clues.
Welcome to Critter City
by Josh Fisher and Heather Alexander
illustrated by Bill Ledger
Welcome to Critter City is a comedy-fueled picture book series centered around building community, introducing early civics, and planting seeds that inspire young people to get involved.
A joyful mishmash of hamsters, ferrets, hedgehogs, squirrels, and other cute little ground creatures, known as “crittizens,” have started their very own town. Except nothing works in Critter City! Traffic is bananas, there’s trash all around, and everyone does whatever they want. It’s critter chaos!
Enter new-squirrel-in-town Gertie. Instead of seeing problems, she sees challenges waiting for a solution. She knows that everything can work when everyone works together.
With funny animal crittizens and themes like elections, traffic rules, emergencies, and libraries, young readers will discover why we need the rules and order through some of their favorite topics, including cars and fire trucks and vehicles that go, everyday heroes like firefighters and teachers, and familiar events like doctor’s visits and grocery shopping.
In Critter City, every day is a big, silly adventure in figuring out how to make their growing community over-the-acorns amazing!
WE LIVE IN TREES!
by Heather Alexander
Not just any animal can live in the treetops—it needs special adaptations to help it survive. A kinkajou has a prehensile tail to hold onto branches. A gibbon uses its long arms to swing from tree to tree. And a red panda has furry feet to help it grip icy branches in winter. Discover eleven different animals and the many ways they’re adapted to thrive among the leaves.
Actual Factual Files: Ancient Egypt
by Ali Adams (who’s really Heather Alexander)
Crack open this fascinating book and become an expert on everything Egypt, from pyramids and pharaohs to mummies and tomb raiders. Engaging text and easy-to-understand explanations will make amateur Egyptologists out of any elementary reader—just beware of the Curse of the Pharaohs …
Haunted USA: Spine-tingling Stories from All 50 States
by Heather Alexander
Illustrated by Sam Kalda
We’ve got spirits, yes we do! This gorgeous treasury draws on fact, folklore, and urban legend to shine a light on ghosts, ghouls, cryptids and even a haunted carousel. Meet a chocolate-loving ghost in Iowa, a spectral blue dog in Maryland, Vermont’s tap dancing phantom, and a headless pirate skeleton in Mississippi!
With scares from all 50 states, Haunted USA is perfect for cozy evenings around Halloween, summer road trips, sleepover parties–and the really, really brave.
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