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Yoga's popularity is soaring, but its widespread acceptance as an exercise for physical fitness and the recognition of its health benefits have not been matched by an understanding of the emotional, intellectual, and spiritual development that the yogic tradition can also offer. In Light on Life, B.K.S. Iyengar explains this new and more complete understanding of the yogic journey.

Luke Dellar, age twelve, is weary of his flip-flop life. He flies to his father's house in San Diego one month and back to his mother's house in Seattle the next. He's even more tired of taking pills for his ADHD that has worsened since his parent's divorce. A solution to his flip-flopping, pill-popping life? Run away and hike the Pacific Crest Trail, a 2650 mile, five-month journey from the Mexican border to the Canadian border.

London calling at Christmastime! A display window at Harrods Department Store! A red telephone booth! The London Eye! All those small, cozy places for the Wilsons to stay in! But after some royal heroics at the Tower of London, they end up spending Christmas Eve in a guardhouse outside Buckingham Palace. Only the best! Book with Tunes. Scan the QR codes to hear the Elevator Family songs. 4th book in The Elevator Family series.

Scientists predict that within the next few decades, the entire Arctic region, including the North Pole, will be free of ice. Only one person, fourth-grader Tom Tucker, has asked the important question. What will happen to Santa? Santa is in trouble. Global warming has wreaked havoc upon his North Pole home. The toy factory roof leaks. The reindeer barn is flooded, and the snow is too slushy for safe sleigh take-offs. In order to be ready for Christmas Eve, Santa has no choice. He must move. His helpers will build a ship, the Arctic Ark, and from there Captain Claus can prepare for ...

Del and Estelle perch on the streetlight at the intersection of College and Ashby. Estelle is tidy and polite. Del puts the "pig" in pigeon. Somehow these two birds manage to get along. Book with Tunes! Scan the QR codes or click on links to hear the songs.

The rousing sequel to Apple Island, or the Truth About Teachers. The Thinking Cap has been stolen, and Bradley Zimmerman, by request from the Gods of Education on Mt. Academy, must take another long and perilous trip to try and retrieve it. What is more, he must also rescue his class (again) from Flunk, the God of Failure and the Lord of the Underschool.

It's long, low and cozy! Just the type of lodging the Wilson family prefers to stay in. And an added bonus! Every evening they have visitors while a baseball game goes on right outside their front door. Play ball! Book with Tunes. Hit on the links to hear the songs! 5th book in The Elevator Family series.

The tight-knit Wilsons family hikes up Mt. Baldy and stays in a cozy cabin on top of a tall steel tower. What a view! And what friendly neighbors they find staying in the wilderness around them! Only the best! Book with Tunes. Scan the QR codes to hear the Elevator Family songs. 3rd book in The Elevator Family series.

Walter, Winona, Winslow, and Whitney Wilson take a train to the Twin Cities to attend the SMALL (the Society of Minimal and Living Little) Conference. They find the snow and ice-covered lakes to their liking. The small Warming Hut beside the ice-skating rink is a perfect place for them to stay. Better yet, how about the tiny hut they find on the ice of Lake Minnetonka? Book with Tunes. Scan the QR codes to hear the Elevator Family songs! 7th book in The Elevator Family series.

“Only a bedbug knows how it goes while you doze.” That's the motto of the three bedbugs who live in Irene’s four-poster bed. One night, when the moon is particularly bright, Irene meets this helpful trio, who tell her about her nighttime visitors--the Sandman, the Tooth Fairy, the Nice Dream Man, Night Mare, and the dreaded Boogeyman--and how the bedbugs protect her from the mayhem, mischief, and mishaps that can happen while she sleeps. Mercy me! Hit on the song links to hear the songs!

Loren, a lonely girl longing for playmates, learns the mystery of a sixteenth-century village she discovers in the coastal mountains of Oregon, a village filled with children playing games.

Global warming has wreaked havoc upon Upper Poyntz Colony. The Pixel Corps of Discovery-one millimeter-tall Speck, Dotty, Bitty, Nano, and Grandpa Grain Pixel-is sent to find the source of the excess CO2 in the atmosphere. Days later, the Pixel's plane crash lands in a strange world, on the desktop of fourth-grader Faith Singer. To escape, the family must make a long, perilous journey...through the inside of Faith’s desk and out the bottom. Meanwhile, Faith and her classmate Fulton Black discover the Pixels living in Faith’s pink pencil sharpener on her desktop, They must hide the micro...

The cozy sequel to The Elevator Family. This time the tight-knit Wilson family stays in a toll booth on a bridge crossing the Mississippi River. Fantabulous accommodations! The best place west of the Mississippi, east of the Mississippi, and above the Mississippi. So why are all the people rushing past? What is more, why do all the drivers hand the Wilsons money? Book with Tunes! Scan the QR codes or click on links to hear the Elevator Family songs. 2nd in The Elevator Family Series.

The tightly-knit Elevator Family--Walter, Winona, Winslow, and Whitney Wilson--along with their scruffy, gray dog, Cat, have been invited to the Big Apple to appear on the Not Too Late Show! Where do they choose to stay? In perhaps the most famous elevator of all, the one that goes up to the eighty-sixth floor of the Empire State Building. Book with Tunes! Scan the QR codes or click links to hear the songs. 6th book in The Elevator Family series.

Captain John Paul Jellyfish has led his fleet across the Atlantic to America. He doesn't like what he finds there. Follow the adventures of the bravest jellyfish to ever sail the Seven Seas. His fleet's challenge? To rid the Eastern seaboard of the pesky Portuguese men-of-war and make the beaches safe again for summer swimming. A Book with Tunes! Scan the QR codes or click on the link to hear the songs.

Maxwell School Elementary School is larger on the inside than the outside. The vast maze of hallways and classrooms is divided into two wings, the North Wing where students attend classes and the South Wing, the Unknown Zone, that is off limits to everyone. Rumors abound about this forbidden wing, especially about Classroom One, said to grant the one true wish, the inner most desire, of anyone who steps inside. With the aid of a zone guide, fourth-grader, Riley Long, enters the Unknown Zone to find this mysterious classroom. He finds much more than that.

“A fable about finding your bliss” Our Teacher, age ten, rescues a sea lion on a beach in Oregon. As a reward, the sea lion tells Our Teacher about the magical Thinking Cap, a hat when worn reveals a person’s calling. In pursuit of the cap, Our Teacher travels around the world and learns his true purpose, what he was meant to do with his life. Along the way, he discovers the attributes he has that will make him a great teacher. This edition includes 25 AI illustrations. Book with Tunes! Scan the QR codes or click on links to hear the songs.

Ahoy! What joy! Oh, boy! Nothing suits the tight-knit Wilson family better than life on a small sailboat with its tiny berths, snug main cabin, and little galley. So, why not set sail on a six-month cruise to visit the tiny islands of the South Pacific? Book with Tunes! Scan the QR codes to hear the songs. 9th book in The Elevator Family series!

Th microchips have taken control! Why have the microchips in Deacon’s neighborhood—chips in traffic signals, ATM machines, mobile phones, and cars---started to communicate with Deacon? Do they just want to help him out, to get free ice cream, good grades, or the occasional day off from school. No, the Chip Network wants much more from him and many other children in Silicon Valley whose parents work for high-tech companies.

Meet the Specials, the school superheroes and supersheroes-- Ace+, Jump Rope, Spitball, Noise, and Gold Star. We’re glad they are at our school. This time the Specials do battle with Dr. TT, a former school principal, who attempts to take control of the local school board and become School Board Emperor.