Animal Adaptations

Darcy came to Hertfordshire to find Bingley a wife. He found Elizabeth instead— Fitzwilliam Darcy has a plan. His friend Bingley needs a wife, and the eldest Bennet daughter is perfect: beautiful, amiable, and appropriately situated in the Hertfordshire countryside. All Darcy needs to do is engineer their attachment while keeping his own attention firmly fixed on business rather than a certain impertinent second daughter with muddy petticoats and devastating wit. Elizabeth Bennet has a plan too. Get Jane married, stay comfortably redundant, and avoid the matrimonial market forever. She ...

Step into the wild with this fresh adaptation of Jack London's classic, "White Fang," now tailored for the modern reader. This edition revitalizes the timeless tale with contemporary typography and clean formatting, allowing for an effortless journey through the rugged landscapes of the Yukon. The lightly clarified language maintains the original tone and intensity, ensuring that the core of London's storytelling is both accessible and engaging for today's audience. Set against the harsh backdrop of the Klondike Gold Rush, "White Fang" explores themes of survival, nature versus nurture, and...

Find out how animals survive Earth's most extreme regions! From the rain-drenched treetops to the sun-starved forest floor, the rain forest is a tough place to live. But many animals from geckos to jaguars thrive in this environment. Discover the amazing body parts and behaviors that make living there possible.

Discover the amazing ways animals adapt to the most extreme regions on Earth. Fiery temps and little rain make the desert a difficult place to survive. But several animals from fennec foxes to kangaroo rats have adapted to these harsh conditions. Find out how their unique behaviors and body parts allow them to call this biome home.

What if Mr. Darcy’s dog recognized Elizabeth Bennet’s worth… before his master could admit his own heart? When Elizabeth Bennet arrives at Hunsford Parsonage, she expects three tedious weeks of Mr. Collins’s pomposity and Lady Catherine’s condescension. She does not expect to be claimed—immediately, dramatically, and in front of everyone—by an enormous Irish wolfhound who belongs to the last man in England she wishes to see. Caractacus has never shown interest in any woman. Until Elizabeth. Now the great grey beast follows her everywhere: pressing against her skirts at dinner,...

How do animals survive in planet Earth's most extreme regions? Snow, ice, and subzero temps make the North and South Poles nearly impossible places to live. But several animals from musk oxen to penguins call these regions home. Find out how their amazing behaviors and body parts have adapted to these harsh conditions.

Read by author Gregory Maguire! The New York Times bestselling sequel to Wicked, the multimillion-copy bestseller and basis for the #1 smash hit movie starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. When a Witch dies—not as a crone, withered and incapable, but as a woman in her prime, at the height...

You think you know the story of "Three Billy Goats Gruff"? You're in for a surprise. The troll SAID he wanted to gobble up the billy goats, but what's the real story behind his stomps and roars? A classic fairy tale gets a trip-trapping twist as the troll tells all.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER “Magnificent.” —The New York Times * “Beguiling, observant, and howlingly funny.” —San Francisco Chronicle * “Spectacular.” —Star Tribune (Minneapolis) * “Full of astonishments.” —The Boston Globe Susan Orlean—the beloved New Yorker staff writer...

The Big Bad Wolf has escaped and our new superheroes, the Three Little Superpigs, must save Fairyland before it is too late. After defeating the Big Bad Wolf, the Three Little Superpigs spend their days fighting crime and enjoying their newfound fame. But one day, the Big Bad Wolf escapes from prison and plunges Fairyland into fear. Our curly-tailed friends soon discover that bricks are missing all over town. The Superpigs return to their homes to solve the mystery when they realize it has all been a trap!

"Brian Nishii narrates this imaginative tale set in Japan about the complexities of death, life, and cats...A brief, charming parable." — AudioFile Magazine The international phenomenon that has sold over a million copies in Japan, If Cats Disappeared from the World--now a Japanese film--is a...

New York Times bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author Neil Gaiman’s modern classic, Coraline—also an Academy Award-nominated film "Coraline discovered the door a little while after they moved into the house...." When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar...

Animal scientists have long considered domestic livestock to be too dumb to know how to eat right, but the lifetime research of animal behaviorist Fred Provenza and his colleagues has debunked this myth. Their work shows that when given a choice of natural foods, livestock have an astoundingly refined palate, nibbling through the day on as many as fifty kinds of grasses, forbs, and shrubs to meet their nutritional needs with remarkable precision.

Introduce your child to one of the greatest adventure stories ever told with Moby Dick: A Brambletale Press Adaptation. This beautifully illustrated children’s book retells Herman Melville’s classic tale in simple, engaging language designed for early book explorers ages 5-8.

A Dog’s Purpose—the #1 New York Times bestseller and major motion picture—is a perfect gift to introduce dog lovers to this wonderful series. Based on the beloved bestselling novel by W. Bruce Cameron, A Dog’s Purpose, from director Lasse Hallström (The Cider House Rules, Dear John, The...

Listen along as Woody and the gang go on a campout; Anna, Elsa, and Olaf have a slumber party; Pongo puts his puppies to bed; and more! With one story for every day of the year, bedtime has never been so much fun...

Return to the unforgettable world of the Newbery Medal-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling novel The One and Only Ivan (soon to be a major motion picture!) in this incredible sequel, starring Ivan’s friend Bob! Don't miss the audiobook, read by Danny DeVito! Bob sets out on a dangerous...

Adventure awaits! Take a trip inside Riley’s head with Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust; travel to infinity and beyond with Buzz Lightyear and Woody; swim the oceans with Marlin and Dory; and more. Featuring retellings of all seventeen Disney-Pixar feature films, this collection is sure...

From Susan Orlean—acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Orchid Thief and The Library Book—Rin Tin Tin is “an unforgettable book about the mutual devotion between one man and one dog” (The Wall Street Journal). He believed the dog was immortal. So begins Susan Orlean’s...

The Sunday Times Bestseller A new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough’s seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet. Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals thrive or survive within every extreme of climate and habitat that it offers. Single species...