When Max cuts out words from magazines and newspapers, collecting them the way his brothers collect stamps and coins, they all learn about words, sentences, and storytelling.

"A surreal and shockingly original debut novel set in a dystopian world shaped by language -- literally. Vanja, a government worker, leaves her home city of Essre for the austere, wintry colony of Amatka on a research assignment. It takes some adjusting: people act differently in Amatka, and citizens are monitored for signs of subversion. Intending to stay just a short while, Vanja finds herself falling in love with her housemate, Nina, and decides...

"Scripps National Spelling Bee champion Zaila Avant-garde teaches young readers about the joy of learning new words in this Step 1 leveled reader"-- Provided by publisher.

"It's hard to believe there could be a more enjoyable novel than Scattered All Over the Earth -- Yoko Tawada's rollicking, touching, cheerfully dystopian novel about friendship and climate change -- but its sequel, Suggested in the Stars, delivers exploits even more poignant and shambolic. As Hiruko -- whose Land of Sushi has vanished into the sea and who is still searching for someone who speaks her mother tongue -- and her new friends travel onward,...

"Before she thinks of herself as Little Alien, our protagonist is a lonely girl who doesn't understand the world the way other children seem to. So when a late-night TV special introduces her to the mysterious Voynich Manuscript -- an ancient tome written in an indecipherable language -- Little Alien experiences something she hasn't before: hope. Could there be others like her, who also feel like they're from another planet? Convinced the Voynich...

On his first day of first grade in a new country, Santiago has a dinosaur-sized problem: how will he make new amigos when he does not speak English?

When Dat starts school in a country where he does not speak the language, everything around him sounds like gibberish until a new friend helps him make sense of his new world.

"What happens when a new friend arrives who doesn't speak your language? A young girl searches for the words to help her friend feel welcome and happy in her new home, and along the way learns about differences and similarities in countries and words. The two forge a strong bond while they each learn the other's language, exploring the world around them."--Publisher marketing.

A little girl greets people in her neighborhood in many different languages.

"The story of two giraffes - one English-speaking and one Spanish-speaking - that overcome the language barrier to forge a friendship"-- Provided by publisher.