Family eBook of The Day
Friendship List #1: 11 Before 12
Fans of Lauren Myracle and Wendy Mass will love acclaimed author Lisa Greenwald’s new duology about two best friends who kick-start middle school with a bucket list of eleven things they need to do to become AMAZING before their joint twelfth birthday party.
The first day of middle school means trading in freeze tag at the pool for new schedules, fabulous outfits, and a fresh start. But for eleven-year-old Kaylan, the chaos of new locker combinations, cafeteria cliques, and potential first kisses is more than she can handle. She dreads the start of sixth grade and feels like she wants—no, needs—a winning game plan.
Luckily, Kaylan and her effortlessly chill BFF, Arianna, have a fool-proof plan for tackling transitions: a list of eleven things they need to do to totally transform themselves before they both turn twelve in November.
But between making guy friends, getting detention (and makeovers!), helping humanity, and having super-candid conversations with their moms about their flaws, the first 100 days of school turn out worse than Kaylan ever imagined. Kaylan and Ari forget to focus on their friendship and soon their loyalty to the list—what was meant to help them keep it together—becomes the very thing tearing their lives apart.
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Good Deeds Gone Wrong
– Learn MoreBeautiful picture book for kids about kindness.
It’s Good Deeds Week again! And Stephen is starting out his favorite week of the year with enthusiasm in his heart and the Good Deeds checklist in his hand. He can hardly wait to get started showing kindness to others. But when one thing after another goes wrong, Stephen becomes all too familiar with the old saying, “No good deed goes unpunished.” Stephen even considers giving up before he messes up anything else! Will Stephen be able to brush it off and carry on?
Based on real kids’ experiences with the Great Kindness Challenge, Good Deeds Gone Wrong will make you laugh, make you cringe, and make you wonder why Stephen doesn’t give up much sooner! This colorful, engaging picture book will inspire children to perservere in showing kindness, even when it does not turn out as the expect.