New Releases by Jess Brallier

Tina and Tuck are back for another adventure—this time, to solve a ghostly mystery at Boone School! Perfect for young readers who are ready to make the leap from picture books to chapter books. Strange bumps! Spooky shadows! Mysterious noises! No wonder Tina and Tuck are convinced that Boone School is haunted! But when the two mice stumble upon real burglars sneaking through the halls, they start to think the school “ghost” might not be so scary after all. With clever teamwork, quick thinking, and maybe a little ghostly help, Tina and Tuck are ready to take on their biggest adventure yet! This beautifully illustrated, full-color chapter book is perfect for young readers. Which is saying a lot, considering it''s written by a mouse! “Bright, bubbly, and full of fun! A great adventure for young readers.” —Lincoln Peirce, creator of the bestselling Big Nate and Max & the Midknights, for Tuck and Tina and the Lost Fortune “Meet Tuck and Tina—your new best friends! Heartwarming and hilarious!" —Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, for Tuck and Tina and the Lost Fortune

Meet Tuck and Tina, two mice pals on a quest to save their elementary school! This is the first book in an all-new, adorable, and colorful series that''s perfect for young readers who are ready to make the leap from picture books to chapter books, from bestselling creators Jess Brallier and Jack Keely. Tina and Tuck are two unlikely class pets who are ready for adventure! Tina lives at Boone School. She loves listening to lessons and seeing all the kids having fun with their friends. She just wishes she had a real friend of her own. So when a new class pet arrives, Tina wonders if her wish might come true. However, Tuck is a ball of energy, causing chaos wherever he goes. But when the school faces closure, Tina and Tuck must put aside their differences and work together to find a secret fortune rumored to be hidden somewhere in the school. Can these two smallest of heroes save the day--and their home? This beautifully illustrated, full-color chapter book is just right for fans of Jeff Kinney, Lincoln Peirce, and Rachel Renée Russell. Which is saying a lot, considering it''s written by a mouse! "Bright, bubbly, and full of fun! A great adventure for young readers." - Lincoln Peirce, creator of the bestselling Big Nate and Max & the Midnights "Meet Tuck and Tina--your new best friends! Heartwarming and hilarious!" - Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Meet Tina and Tuck - two unlikely friends ready for adventure! A fun, full-colour series for 6+ children, ideal for readers moving from picture books to chapter stories. Strange bumps! Spooky Shadows! Odd noises! No wonder Tina and Tuck think that Boone School is haunted! But when the two mice spot burglars prowling in the school corridors, they wonder if maybe the school "ghost" might not be so bad after all. And that perhaps the Boone School spook can even help them scare off the crooks . . .? Praise for the Tuck and Tina series: ''Heartwarming and hilarious!'' Jeff Kinney, bestselling author of The Diary of a Wimpy Kid

A collection of criminally funny quotations, anecdotes, and jokes about the legal profession, ranging in hostility from gentle teasing to fierce loathing. People love to hate lawyers. You can’t live with them, but you also can’t live without them. So you may as well laugh at them, as we have for centuries. In Lawyers and Other Reptiles, Jess Brallier compiles some of history’s most humorous quips, quotations, anecdotes, and jokes about those in the legal profession. Enjoy the wit of such notables as Clarence Darrow, Jay Leno, Groucho Marx, Richard Nixon, Richard Pryor, Will Rogers, Theodore Roosevelt, Carl Sandburg, William Shakespeare, and Mark Twain. This book is certain to entertain any client, relative, or friend of a lawyer—and perhaps garner a nod of recognition from those employed in the illustrious legal community.

A collection of quotes on drinking from more than one hundred of the greatest thinkers (or drinkers) in history, sure to entertain, inspire, or enlighten. US President Herbert Hoover called the cocktail hour "the pause between the errors and trials of the day and the hopes of the night." It''s a period for relaxation, reflection, and, of course, socializing. Some of our greatest minds have observed the cocktail hour, enjoying a good, stiff drink and the stimulation, amusement, and insight it can offer. In Cocktail Hour: A Mixer of Quips and Quotations, Jess Brallier and Sally Chabert mix together quotations from more than one hundred luminaries. Sip the wit and wisdom instilled in these pages from the likes of Tallulah Bankhead, Winston S. Churchill, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fran Lebowitz, Dorothy Parker, George Bernard Shaw, Tom Waits, Tennessee Williams, and Gore Vidal. With this book, you''ll find the ultimate literary accompaniment for those who enjoy a proper drink, a charming companion, and delightful banter. Bottoms up!

The launch of a picture book series about the adventures of a book-loving bat and his buddies as they patrol and protect their library home. Booker the bat has completed his training and he’s excited to report for duty as the newest guard at the Joanina Library in Coimbra, Portugal. His job is to fly through the stacks at night, gobbling down the bugs that are in turn eating the 200,000 antique leather books. It’s the perfect job for Booker, because he loves to read. And now he’s saving books! There’s only one problem: how will he fit in with the other guards? They’re so cool and confident, and what if they don’t like him? But when Booker spots a human attempting to steal pages from one of the valuable books, he summons his courage, (echo)locates the other bat guards, and swoops in with a plan to save the day!

Hiroshima is where the first atomic bomb was dropped. Now readers will learn the reasons why and what it''s meant for the world ever since. By August 1945, World War II was over in Europe, but the fighting continued between American forces and the Japanese, who were losing but determined to fight till the bitter end. And so it fell to a new president--Harry S. Truman--to make the fateful decision to drop two atomic bombs--one on Hiroshima and one on Nagasaki--and bring the war to rapid close. Now, even seventy years later, can anyone know if this was the right choice? In a thoughtful account of these history-changing events, Jess Brallier explains the leadup to the bombing, what the terrible results of it were, and how the threat of atomic war has colored world events since.

Chi era Albert Eistein? Una delle menti più brillani mai esistite, uno scienziato le cui teorie e scoperte hanno portato alla TV... ma anche alla bonba atomica, un pacifista con capelli davvero folli... e molto altro

Everyone has heard of Albert Einstein-but what exactly did he do? How much do kids really know about Albert Einstein besides the funny hair and genius label? For instance, do they know that he was expelled from school as a kid? Finally, here''s the story of Albert Einstein''s life, told in a fun, engaging way that clearly explores the world he lived in and changed.