New Release Books by Jessica Young

One More Kiss. A charity romance anthology with stories from over 50 romance authors, benefiting suicide awareness and prevention. All proceeds from eBook and paperback sales will be donated to The Keith Milano Memorial Fund at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Participating Authors include A.C. Wilds • Alexa Padgett • Angela Sanders • Anne Mercier • Annie Anderson • April Canavan • April D Berry • Autumn Archer • Beck Knight • Bella Faust • Carmen Bishop • Celia Kyle • Dee Lagasse • E.S. McMillan • E.C. Land • Echo Grayce • Elena Gray • Elizabella Baker • Ember Leigh • Eve L. Mitchell • Harlow Layne & Ella Kade • Heather Young-Nichols • Isla Drake • J.A. Hardt • J. Saman • Janine Infante Bosco • Jenn D Young • Jessica Wayne • J.L. Beck & C. Hallman • Julie Trettel • Kelsie Rae • Kennedy Fox • Kimberly Halstead • Kristie Leigh • Laynie Bynum • Lesley Hoover • Lexxi James • Linzi Baxter • Lucy Eden • Mandy Bee • Margo Bond Collins • Morgan James • Neya Wara • Rachel Rawlings • Rae B. Lake • Raven de Hart • Ruby St George • Rue Lennox • Sarah Stein • SE Rose • Skye Turner • Sofia Aves • Stephie Walls • Tina Glasneck • Zoe Blake

Travel to a magical moonlit party with fairy friends Ruby, Iris, and Pip in this wondrous early reader series! Pick a Book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic''s early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency. Acorn books plant a love of reading and help readers grow! Best friends Ruby, Iris, and Pip are on their way to a full moon party! In five dazzling stories, the fairy friends use their powers to create their own ride, play fun games to win prizes, and have a dance party! With easy-to-read text and charming full-color artwork throughout, this series is perfect for beginning readers!

Fairy friends Ruby, Iris, and Pip explore Fairy Forest in the wintertime in this magical early reader! Pick a Book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic''s early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency. Acorn books plant a love of reading and help readers grow!Join best friends Ruby, Iris, and Pip as they zoom around a winter wonderland! Across five magical stories, these fairy friends enjoy snowflake tea, help their neighbors stay warm, plant seeds, and make cozy fun out of chilly days. With easy-to-read text and charming full-color artwork throughout, this series is perfect for beginning readers!

Fly along with the Fairylight Friends -- Ruby, Iris, and Pip -- in this magical early reader series!

"A child and parent journey through life together--always remembering that even if the other is far away they can meet in their dreams"--

For fans of Press Here, this new interactive picture book line invites readers to touch and move and "play" with the book. To start our show we need a band--maybe you can lend a hand! There are lots of ways little hands can make music. Each page of this interactive book invites readers to strum the guitar, slide the trombone, crash the cymbals, and more--no instruments required! With a delightful rhyming text and engaging illustrations, this book is full of instruments waiting to share their sounds. The only thing this band needs is YOU! Just use your imagination, turn the pages, and Play This Book! Pair with Pet This Book, another title in this young picture book line that comes printed on heavy-duty card stock pages to stand up to all kinds of play!

For fans of Press Here, this new interactive picture book invites readers to touch and move and "pet" the book. Hello, friend! It''s time to play! We''re taking care of pets today. There are lots of ways little hands can care for animals. Each page of this book invites readers to pet the cat, wash the puppy, brush the horse''s mane, and more--no animals required! With a delightful rhyming text and engaging illustrations, this book is full of pets who can''t wait to play. The only thing they need is YOU! Just use your imagination, turn the pages, and Pet This Book! Pair with Play This Book, another title by author Jessica Young and illustrator Daniel Wiseman that comes printed on heavy-duty card stock pages to stand up to all kinds of play!

When a child makes a wish, where does it go? Like a tiny seed carried on the wind, a wish journeys through adversity, takes root, and grows.

Inspired by her sister Evie''s favorite show, Finley decides to become a fashion designer. She creates Fin-tastic Fashions and starts making samples for her friends to model. The orders come pouring in, but just as the fad is taking off, Finley''s mom finds out that Finley has been using the family''s forks in the name of fashion. Not wanting to disappoint her first fashion fans, Finley wracks her brain trying to come up with another necessary accessory. While eating lunch in the cafeteria, Finley is inspired to tweak her original concept, creating a new fashion fad with a mission.

It''s time for Finley''s class to vote on a service-learning project, and Finley has a Fin-tastic plan. A class garden would beautify the school grounds, combat soggy cafeteria vegetables, and create a place to have class outside. The students get their hands dirty and work hard to build raised beds, prepare the soil, and plant a garden. Finley''s group picks seeds that are supposed to sprout first. But after days of watering and waiting, Finley and her friends are starting to wonder if their seeds are duds. The friends try everything--even singing to the seeds to help them grow. Will they ever enjoy the fruits of their labor, or will all of their hard work be in vain?

Once upon a time, there was a girl named Cindy Jay. Cindy Jay loved to dream and make believe. Cindy Jay felt like she had no talent, only make-believe talent. Make Believe with Cindy Jay is based on a story about a girl accomplishing her dreams. She feared that she has no talent at all and came to find out a lot of amazing things about herself.

Halloween is coming and Finley and her friend Henry are busy planning their costumes for the school parade--but when they get to school they discover that their costumes are missing and they have to think fast to manufacture substitutes, preferably ones that will not dissolve when it starts to rain.

In this compilation of two separately published works, Finley tackles two problems for her class assignments--invent something that will help the world, and produce a presentation that will define "art."

Finley wantsÜno, needsÜa pet. But before Mom and Dad will even consider it, she�ll have to prove that she''s ready for some responsibility. When her next-door neighbor needs a last-minute pet sitter, it seems like the purr-fect opportunity. But Finley soon learns that taking care of a pet isn�t all cuteness and cuddlesÜespecially a cat like Goo-Goo. When Goo-Goo proves to be more than she can handle on her own, Finley enlists her brother and sister to help. While they don�t always agree, together they come up with some creative ways to get the job done.

Meet Haggis and Tank--two dogs with BIG imaginations!

Haggis and Tank get chased by a werewolf! Pick a book. Grow a reader! This series is part of Scholastic''s early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!In the third book in the series, Haggis and Tank''s imaginations take them across the globe -- to Scotland! They fly an airplane, visit a castle, play bagpipes, and even get chased by a... werewolf?! This series is full of clever wordplay and homophones that make Haggis and Tank''s adventures even more fun! And James Burks'' engaging, full-color artwork appears on every page!

This series is part of Scholastic''s early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow! Tank is a clumsy, outgoing Great Dane. Haggis is a dapper and grumpy Scottie dog. In the first book in the series, Haggis and Tank set sail as pirates. At first, Haggis doesn''t see what Tank does--that an adventure awaits them with just a little imagination! But soon, Haggis joins in the fun and the two friends go on a pirate adventure. They talk like pirates, swab the deck, and even search for buried treasure. This series is full of clever wordplay and homophones that make Haggis and Tank''s adventures even more fun!

A boy and his imaginary toy go on adventures all across the town. Even though some people may not understand him, the boy knows that imagination is the most wonderful thing to have. A heartwarming tale for young dreamers everywhere.

Finley can''t wait to start the inventors project at school -- after all, thinking up new ideas is her thing. But when the prototype of her Supersonic Sibling Sublimator fails and her older brother plays a joke on her, Finley discovers that everyone could stand to lighten up a bit. Starting over, she creates a hilarious device guaranteed to make people laugh more and live longer. But will her entertaining invention work on the super-serious invention judges?

Finley can''t wait for the class field trip to the art museum. After all, she''s always painting and gluing and snazzifying and glitterizing. When Mr. Spark assigns a project based on the question: “What is art?” Finley figures it''ll be a snap. But the more art she sees, the more mixed-up she gets, especially since bossy Olivia Snotham won''t keep her opinions to herself. Finley starts to worry she''ll never figure out the answer. As Finley and Henry make some art-rageous portraits of each other, they discover the power of art, and Finley makes her mark in a Fin-tastic way.