"If you didn't have any bones, what would you look like? It wouldn't be pretty! Read all about vertebrates--animals with bones--and find out just how bones shape what all kinds of animals look like." --Back cover. Compares animal skeletons and discusses the size, length, and strength of their bones.

"This isn't a fairytale where the princess marries a prince. It's one where she kills him. From Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes an original and subversive new fantasy adventure. After years of seeing her sisters suffer at the hands of an abusive prince, Marra -- the shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter -- has finally realized that no one is coming to their rescue. No one, except for Marra herself. Seeking help...

One by one, the magical inhabitants of Elder Valley are disappearing and it's up to Maeve, a runaway witch with an erratic nature and dubious powers, to save them. Maeve's been a vagabond, riding the roads with her trucker friends, but the magic she's tried to escape for years is forcing her home. Worse, it has given her responsibility for a strange lonely witch, an impertinent little harpy, and a love-struck dragon. With an evil sorcerer's thugs...

In a land where all the goddesses are dead, the world's greatest assassin becomes a necromancer. The goddesses won't stay dead for long.

Jill Ellington's twin sister hasn't spoken a word since she allegedly murdered her husband and her three-year-old son is missing. No one in the small, idyllic town of Paradise saw or heard a single thing. The chief of police already has Jill's twin convicted and her nephew dead and buried. Jill is going to need a miracle to uncover the truth. Dr. Paul Phillips has a gift or a curse depending upon how sober he is when asked. He agrees to review Jill's...