Girl Explorers

Staid, responsible Elodie Buchanan is the eldest of 10 sisters growing up in a small English market town in 1861. The girls barely know their father, a plant hunter usually off adventuring through China, more myth than man. Then disaster strikes: Mr. Buchanan reneges on his contract to collect an extremely rare and valuable orchid. He will be thrown into debtors' prison while his daughters are sent to the orphanage and the workhouse.

Ms. M's Cold Pointy Nose. Do you want to be a teacher when you grow up? Ms. M just happened to be one. With a nose long and pointy, she stared down her students with a cold gaze. Whether you want to be an astronaut, doctor, or even Superman, your heart needs to be in the right place. This little book holds a secret ingredient to happiness. One that will inspire little explorers, while they lighten up others' life's journey.

In search of a quieter, simpler life, style icon and longtime New Yorker Amanda Brooks moved with her family in 2012 from New York City to her husband's farm in England. Originally intended to be a yearlong creative sabbatical, Brooks's relocation became permanent as she discovered newfound personal and professional freedom, told here through a year's changing seasons. Creatively inspiring, warm and witty, and brimming with delicious recipes and entertaining how-tos, Farm from Home is a chronicle of the joys and challenges of a more focused way of living.