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How to Be Friends with This Merman

Erin Savory (author) Ana Zurita (illustrator)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781731643780

Meet Milo the merman. He wants to be friends. How can you be a good friend to Milo? In How to Be Friends with This Merman, you'll learn valuable friendship skills surrounding processing emotions of disappointment and the need for quiet time. There are many ways to be a good friend. The How to Be Friends series models positive ways to interact with and support friends through vivid illustrations and empathy-focused stories. Beginning readers will learn to model friendship-building skills in this easy-to-read fiction series featuring fantasy characters on each of its 24 pages.

How to Be Friends with This Werewolf

Erin Savory (author) Ana Zurita (illustrator)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781731643797

Meet Walda the werewolf. She wants to be friends. How can you be a good friend to Walda? In How to Be Friends with This Werewolf, you'll learn valuable friendship skills surrounding anxiety and fears. There are many ways to be a good friend. The How to Be Friends series models positive ways to interact with and support friends through vivid illustrations and empathy-focused stories. Beginning readers will learn to model friendship-building skills in this easy-to-read fiction series featuring fantasy characters on each of its 24 pages.

Strudels with Susan B. Anthony

Kyla Steinkraus (author) Katie Wood (illustrator)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781683424987

Susan B. Anthony takes Fiona and Finley to the 1870s, where the kids learn that women can’t vote yet. But Susan B. Anthony has a plan! Includes extensive back matter with biography, further reading, and author interview.

Pastries with Pocahontas

Kyla Steinkraus (author) Katie Wood (illustrator)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781683424963

Fiona and Finley travel to the 1600s with Pocahontas to see her forest home. Pocahontas wants to help the troubled English settlers in Jamestown, but trouble is brewing. Pocahontas’ father, Chief Powhatan, has captured one of the Englishmen. Can Pocahontas save him before it’s too late? Includes extensive back matter with biography, further reading, and author interview.

Cake Pops with Rosa Parks

Kyla Steinkraus (author) Katie Wood (illustrator)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781683424970

Rosa Parks makes a special visit to the Sweets Shop and whisks Finley and Fiona away on a historic journey of courage. Includes extensive back matter with biography, further reading, and author interview.

Cupcakes with Sally Ride

Kyla Steinkraus (author) Katie Wood (illustrator)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781683424994

The Sweets Shop always gets special customers, but when Sally Ride comes to visit, Fiona and Finley go on a special trip—into outer space! Finley and Fiona have a blast, but there’s more to learn on this epic journey than they expected. Includes extensive back matter with biography, further reading, and author interview.

Birthday Gone Wrong

Meg Greve (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781634305655

Jocelyn and Kami have been best friends ever since they could play in the mud. Even though they don’t always agree or like the same things, these two have done everything together. When Kami’s parents go out of town for business on her birthday, Jocelyn knows just how to cheer her up: a birthday party! With these best friends what could possibly go wrong as they plan a birthday together? But Jocelyn didn’t expect her friend to find a new BFF. Kami didn’t realize that Jocelyn could be so bossy. Will the birthday party still happen? Can Kami and Jocelyn still be friends even though they are so different? Paired to the nonfiction title How to Bake a Cake.

Field Trip Fiasco

Kelli Hicks (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781634305679

Barrett is going to have the best day ever. He gets to go on a field trip to the farm and his best friend is his field trip buddy. Nothing can go wrong today. Or can it? Barrett comes out of the bathroom to find everyone has disappeared. Has Barrett been left behind? After checking every inch of the farm, Barrett must venture into the corn maze. Will he find his class in there? Can Barrett make it through the maze that he is so scared of? Paired to the nonfiction title School Uniforms Yes or No.

Kickin' It

Meg Greve (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781634305662

Luis knows he is the best soccer player at his school because he always scores the most goals. Now he gets to play on a really team! He can’t wait to show his teammates and coach how good he is. The problem is, no one seems impressed. In fact, they seem like they don’t want him on the field. Can Luis show his team that he’s a team player before the big game? Paired to the nonfiction title Winning By Teamwork.

Charlie's Big Break

Reese Everett (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781634305723

Charlie’s gymnastic team earned the top spot in the Blueberry Festival parade. Better yet, Charlie was picked to lead the whole parade! It’s all she can think about. That is, until Charlie breaks her leg. Now everything is ruined! At least she has her best bud Leo to keep her company for the next six weeks. Or does she? Leo is avoiding her and Charlie doesn’t understand why. Leo doesn’t stay with her at recess or take her calls. Are they still friends? Why doesn’t Leo want to hang out anymore? Paired to the nonfiction title Dealing With Defeat.

Milkshakes with Maria Mitchell

Jessica Anderson (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781681914572

Join Fiona and Finley as they travel back in time with America's first professional female astronomer, Maria Mitchell.

Doughnuts with Francis Scott Key

Keli Sipperley (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781681914602

Francis Scott Key takes Finley and Fiona back in time to see first-hand what inspired him to write "The Star-Spangled Banner."

Gingerbread with Abigail Adams

Keli Sipperley (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781681914619

Abigail Adams, the First Lady of the United States, takes Fiona and Finley back in time to her new home at the White House to share her story.

Brownies with Benjamin Franklin

Jessica Anderson (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781681914589

Fiona and Finley travel back in time with Benjamin Franklin.

Ice Cream with Albert Einstein

Keli Sipperley (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781681914596

Fiona and Finley are going on a family hiking trip. Finley is determined to invent an ice cream that won't melt to celebrate. Albert Einstein enters the Sweets Shop to take Finely on an adventure that might inspire some answers.

Sundaes with Harriet Tubman

Kyla Steinkraus (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781681914541

Harriet Tubman stops in and tells Fiona and Finley about the Underground Railroad. Fiona and Finley don't just want to hear about it, they want to help.

Dessert with Daniel Boone

Kyla Steinkraus (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781681914565

Daniel Boone stops by the Sweets Shop and takes Fiona and Finley on an adventure through time to the frontier wilderness of Kentucky. The text discusses incidents and language of negative stereotypes.

Apple Pie with Amelia Earhart

Kyla Steinkraus (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781681914527

Fiona is ready to quit her school's model rocket club. Things start to look up when Amelia Earhart stops by the Sweets Shop and whisks Fiona and Finley on a historic flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

Toffee with Thomas Edison

Kyla Steinkraus (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781681914558

When inventor Thomas Edison visits the family's Sweets Shop, Finley and Fiona embark on a sweet adventure through history.

Cookies with Clara Barton

Kyla Steinkraus (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781681914534

Time Hop customer Clara Barton takes Fiona and Finley on a journey back to the Civil War, where they help her care for wounded soldiers.

Responsibility

Kelli L. Hicks (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781618103895

Learning responsibility at home and in school are addressed in this book. How it makes you feel better about yourself if you are responsible and do the right thing and how other people notice too.