The girls are in charge in this full-to-the-brim collection featuring ten stories that can each be read aloud in five minutes flat. Fearless, fun, determined, daring, kind, and confident . . . these girls rule Whether you're looking for a strong role model, a quick pick-me-up, a jolt of inspiration, or just a giggle, this treasury has all that and more A padded cover with plenty of glitz and gloss makes this the perfect book for gifting. Get a good dose of girl power with these ten titles: Karen Beaumont and Dave Catrow's I Like Myself ; Beth Cadena and Frank Dormer's...

Have you ever tried to learn more about some incredible thing, only to be frustrated by incomprehensible jargon? Randall Munroe is here to help. In Thing Explainer, he uses line drawings and only the thousand (or, rather, "ten hundred") most common words to provide simple explanations for some of the most interesting stuff there is, including:

• food-heating radio boxes (microwaves)
• tall roads (bridges)
• computer buildings (datacenters)
• the shared space house (the International Space Station)
• the other worlds around the sun (the solar...