English Books

Make counting exciting with this engaging book that introduces your child to numbers 1-10 using engaging visuals in Brain Quest's signature question and answer format. My First Brain 123s is a delightful counting book that introduces the numbers one through ten. Each number is presented in a variety of number name, numerals, and objects. Bright, fun images, rhyming text, and engaging questions help young learners to count, discuss observations, and build on prior knowledge. Smart, colorful, grounded in educational principles, and reviewed by a panel of early learning experts, this board book introduces numbers in a fun, engaging way.

Introduce your child to the foundational skill of learning their ABC's with this fun and engaging guide to the alphabet. My First Brain ABCs is a delightful alphabet book that helps babies and toddlers learn the letters of the alphabet, expand their vocabulary, and develop phonics skills. Each letter of the alphabet is showcased with an engaging alliteration, a fun illustration, and questions that support conversation about counting, colors, comparison, and more. Smart, colorful, grounded in educational principles, and reviewed by a panel of early learning experts this board book introduces the alphabet in a bright, engaging way.

Introduce foundational vocabulary into your child's life for items found all around your home using bright and colorful pictures in Brain Quest's signature question and answer format.​ My First Brain First Around the Home introduces babies and toddlers to more than 100 foundational vocabulary words from scenes in and around a cozy, colorful family home—from the kitchen to the bathroom to the garden. In addition to labeled illustrated objects, each scene has questions that help reader and child talk about what they see on the page. There’s counting, colors, comparison and more!

Give your toddler a strong social and emotional foundation for early learning with this charming introduction to nine familiar emotions. My First Brain Feelings introduces babies and toddlers to nine core emotions—happy, sad, scared, excited, angry, shy, proud, surprised, and calm—to help develop essential emotional literacy skills, promote social and emotional health, and set a strong foundation for early learning. Each brightly illustrated spread features an emotion in context, spotlighting facial expressions, body language, and social situations. Brain Quest's signature question-and-answer format encourages self-reflection and gives young readers the opportunity to practice talking about their feelings.

Strengthen your toddler’s pre-math skills and vocabulary with this fun and engaging introduction to the concept of opposites, featuring 10 foundational opposite pairs. My First Brain Opposites introduces the concept of opposites, a foundational pre-math observation skill, through ten visually engaging scenes depicting common opposite pairs—up and down, hot and cold, awake and asleep, wet and dry. Smart, colorful, grounded in educational principles and defined by Brain Quest's signature question-and-answer format, each spread features two illustrations that present the opposite pairs in context while encouraging conversation and observation.

In his eagerly awaited fourth novel, New York Times-bestselling author Nick Hornby mines the hearts and psyches of four lost souls who connect just when they've reached the end of the line.

How do we find the courage to always be true to ourselves—even if we are unsure of whom we are? That is the central question of international bestselling author Paulo Coelho's profound new work, The Witch of Portobello. It is the story of a mysterious woman named Athena, told by the many who knew her well—or hardly at all.

HE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE GREENPRINT AND CREATOR OF 22 DAYS NUTRITION—WITH A FOREWORD BY BEYONCÉ. A groundbreaking plant based, vegan program designed to transform your mental, emotional, and physical health in just 22 days—includes an Introduction by Dr. Dean Ornish. Founded on the principle that it takes 21 days to make or break a habit, The 22-Day Revolution is a plant based diet designed to create lifelong habits that will empower you to live a healthier lifestyle, to lose

The Brontë sisters are among the most beloved writers of all time, best known for their classic nineteenth-century novels Jane Eyre (Charlotte), Wuthering Heights (Emily), and Agnes Grey (Anne). In this sometimes heartbreaking young adult biography, Catherine Reef explores the turbulent lives of these literary siblings and the oppressive times in which they lived. Brontë fans will also revel in the insights into their favorite novels, the plethora of poetry, and the outstanding collection of more than sixty black-and-white archival images. A powerful testimony to the life of the mind. (Endnotes, bibliography, index.)

Sarah Grimké is the middle daughter. The one her mother calls difficult and her father calls remarkable. On Sarah's eleventh birthday, Hetty 'Handful' Grimké is taken from the slave quarters she shares with her mother, wrapped in lavender ribbons, and presented to Sarah as a gift. Sarah knows what she does next will unleash a world of trouble. She also knows that she cannot accept. And so, indeed, the trouble begins ...