What’s the best way to nurture your green thumb when you don’t have a yard or space? Houseplants!

When you want to raise plants but just don’t have the space, then it’s time to turn to houseplants! Houseplants is the definitive guide to the millions of varieties that houseplants come in, and the different levels of maintenance, care and know-how they all require.

Now is your chance to dive into this pleasant, no-yard-required hobby without the questions of which potting mix to try, what the right level of light you’ll need, or how to shift your plants as seasons change. Houseplants profiles more than 150 different plants, and gives you the best techniques to raise them to be happy, green, and healthy. And as you watch them grow, you can stimulate your inner botanist with the included information on each plant’s Latin family, varieties, bloom period, mature height, and other scientific specs.

Where to Purchase:
US: Amazon.com – Barnes & Noble – IndieBound – Indigo
UK: Amazon.co.uk – Waterstones – Book Depository – Books Etc.
AU: Booktopia

Is it Friday yet? Get ready to go behind the desk with this insider’s look at a year in the life of an everyday educator. Written for teachers by teachers, this hilarious snapshot into the lives of the overworked and underpaid will have you laughing so loud, you’ll worry it might get confiscated.

Hear! The same question be asked over and over again.
Feel! The strange allure of the laminator!
See! Paper Mountain as it grows before your bloodshot eyes!

Full of administrative frustration, madcap humor; and heartfelt love for the most underappreciated profession of them all, Teachers is the perfect gift for that special someone who spends all day with your kids.

Where to Purchase:
US: Amazon.com – Barnes & Noble – IndieBound – Indigo
UK: Amazon.co.uk – Waterstones – Book Depository – Books Etc.
AU: Booktopia

Santa wasn’t smiling, not one little bit. In fact, poor old Santa, was about to have a fit! One elf helps Santa come up with a plan when the reindeer fall ill with chickenpox.

Delightful and humorous with wonderful illustrations

Where to Purchase: Missing Piece Press – Amazon – Various aquarium gift shops

This boxed set contains three What on Earth? timelines-Nature, Big History, and Science-
covering a complete spectrum of knowledge from history and nature to science. Created in association with the American Museum of Natural History, each title includes a unique 10-foot-long fold-out timeline with more than 1,000 pictures and captions. Full color

Where to Purchase: Book stores – Amazon

ZIPIT Drawing Easily is a revolutionary approach to learning how to draw.  Our innovative technique uses 5 simple steps that anyone can learn, making drawing a fun easy experience.

ZIPIT Drawing Easily was developed by world renowned comic artist Amit Offir. Amit is widely recognized and has sold millions of comics, both digital and physical, worldwide. Through ZIPIT’s collaboration with Amit, the ZIPIT Drawing Easily technique was developed, leading to the launch of a unique series of How to Draw Booklets and How to Draw Activity books.

“We believe that with the right set of tools and a dash of inspiration everything is possible!  That’s why we partnered with Amit and created this wonderful easy technique that anyone can use” Says ZIPIT’s CEO Itamar Cohen.

ZIPIT Drawing Easily will:

•    Improve your drawing skills substantially
•    Enable parents to have fun, quality time with their children.
•    Help children express themselves and strengthen their self-confidence
•    Inspire you to create endless characters and tell new stories with just a few strokes

In over 200 recipes, Jessica Fisher shows budget-conscious cooks how they can eat remarkably well without breaking the bank. Good Cheap Eats serves up 70 multi-course dinners–main dish, side dishes, and add-ons such as bread or dessert–all for less than ten dollars for a family of four. Chapters include “Something Meatier,” on traditional meat-centered dinners, “Stretching It,” which shows how to flavor and accent meat so that you are using less than usual but still getting lots of flavor, and “Company Dinners,” which proves that you can entertain well on the cheap. The hard-won wisdom, creative problem-solving techniques, and culinary imagination Fisher brings to the task have been chronicled lovingly in her widely read blog Good Cheap Eats. Now, with the publication of the book Good Cheap Eats, she shows budget-challenged, or simply penny-pinching, home cooks how they can save loads of money on food and still eat smashingly well.

In over 200 recipes, Jessica Fisher shows budget-conscious cooks how they can eat remarkably well without breaking the bank. Good Cheap Eats serves up 70 multi-course dinners—main dish, side dishes, and add-ons such as bread or dessert—all for less than ten dollars for a family of four.

 

Chapters include “Something Meatier,” on traditional meat-centered dinners, “Stretching It,” which shows how to flavor and accent meat so that you are using less than usual but still getting lots of flavor, and “Company Dinners,” which proves that you can entertain well on the cheap. The hard-won wisdom, creative problem-solving techniques, and culinary imagination Fisher brings to the task have been chronicled lovingly in her widely read blog Good Cheap Eats. Now, with the publication of the book Good Cheap Eats, she shows budget-challenged, or simply penny-pinching, home cooks how they can save loads of money on food and still eat smashingly well.

“A story of travel from here to there, a young armadillo who goes everywhere.”

Armando is the story of an adventurous armadillo who heads out to see the world. In time, he encounters suburban neighborhoods with yards, homes, people and pets. Will Armando safely find his way back home?

Gentle themes of shared habitat, human-animal interaction and wildlife management, make this book an engaging way to introduce the concept of kindness towards wildlife.

“Cheetahs, considered the fastest on land, are now in a plight they don’t understand.
A story of hunger and lost habitat, a mother who hunts but avoids combat.”

Chitraka, a young cheetah mother faces habitat depletion, loss of prey and poaching as she tries to provide for her young cubs. Will Chitraka survive her many challenges?

Themes of predator-prey relationships, human-wildlife interaction and habitat loss make this book a realistic introduction to the plight of the endangered cheetah.

“In tanks of concrete, glass and steel, I wonder how the dolphins feel.
A story of rescue, where kids save the day, working together, they don’t back away.”

Daphina, a captured bottlenose dolphin, is a favorite entertainer at an aquarium. She appears to be happy, but years of confinement and boredom are taking a toll on her health. What will become of Daphina?

Themes of capture and exploitation, human-animal interaction and marine life management, make this book a thought-provoking glimpse into the lives of confined intelligent animals.