Books with title Play Outside!

Explore the beauty of the natural world and discover hundreds of creatures in a vibrant picture book fantasy.Two children are running around the house, knocking over furniture and getting in their mother’s way, so she tells them to go play outside. Beginning in the garden, their outdoor adventure takes them on a tour through breathtaking landscapes, crossing deserts, climbing mountains, sailing the seas, and exploring jungles. Along the way they encounter 250 different species of animals, from black bears and scorpions to barracudas and orangutans, and many of which are endangered or nearly extinct.Blending storytelling and adventure, Laurent Moreau’s striking picture book celebrates human connection to the world around us. Play Outside! includes an index of the animals found within its pages, giving their level of vulnerability to extinction.

15-year-old Alaina Roberts can count on one hand the number of times she’s left Shiloh, a cult compound in the North Georgia mountains. After being found beaten in a shed during an FBI raid, she’s forced to leave the only home she’s ever known and live among the sinners she’s been raised to fear. At first, she does her best to resist the influences of her Aunt Beth and Cousin Holly, worried that their kindness is a deception meant to lead her astray. But when she learns the truth about Shiloh and its leaders during court supervised visits with her mother, things get far more complicated.The rules that she’s always lived by don’t make any sense outside of Shiloh. And the people she’s been told are evil are anything but. Particularly Adam, the blue-eyed boy that Alaina can’t seem to stay away from.As her relationship with Adam develops, Alaina learns some hard truths about her mother. Now believing herself to be a prophetess, her mother is hell-bent on saving Alaina’s soul and will go to any extreme to turn her from her “sinful” ways, even if it means someone has to die.

When Mom and Dad find their four Couch Potatoes in their all too regular habitat - slouched around the couch playing with their electronic games - they decide it's time to take drastic actions and teach them a valuable lesson.Forced by their parents to hand over all of their electronic toys and to 'go play outside', the Couch Potato Crew discovers not only the unlimited fun they can create with their imaginations, but a sudden self-awareness helps them realize how their actions affect others.Younger children will enjoy having the book read to them while 7 - 10 year old can enjoy reading it on their own.

"This is well-written, sensitive on issues such as sexual abuse, and, whether in her tower or the outside world, Ele's voice and vision of the world will keep readers intrigued." Books for Keeps 'Impossible to put down - this is a writer to watch.' C.J. Skuse_____Here's the thing about being Inside. Ain't no one believes that they are.Ele has never been Outside, but she knows it exists - she just has to prove it. Her whole world is Inside. Trapped with her books and the Others and Him. She has never seen a tree or felt the rain but that's about to change. Ele's getting out. For good. ____In the spirit of Emma Donoghue's Room, Outside is a poignant story of strength, friendship and unconditional love, even in the most challenging of circumstances.

When Connie gets home from school, she drops her heavy backpack to the ground, gets her favorite snack, and uses the remote control to surf channels in search for her favorite cartoon. Connies mother tells her its a beautiful day outside and that she should go out there and play. But what will she do?Tuesday is crisp and breezy. Wednesday is wacky. Thursday is rainy. Friday is fantastic. Every day holds a great adventure, no matter the weather. Thats exactly what Connie and others kids, like Jeffrey and Brooke and Patsy, learnits fun to go play outside!Including colorful illustrations, Go Play Outside encourages children to be active and play outside, reminding them how fun it is to enjoy the benefits of fresh air and create lifelong memories with old and new friends. Indoor pastimes can wait. Its time to go outside to play!

Daniel’s ready to talk. And his friends Krystina and Jeremy are ready to help. But is it too late? Set in separate but simultaneous lunch periods at two different high schools, the teenagers are faced with acknowledging what drove them apart. At his new school, Daniel speaks to the Gay-Straight Alliance about the bullying and depression that forced him to move. He looks back fondly at the bond he formed with Krystina and Jeremy in history class and the trauma he faced from anonymous text messages. At his former school, Krystina and Jeremy are setting up for their first GSA meeting while grappling with the guilt of not doing more to help their friend. For the first time, Daniel has an appreciative audience, but his friends face an empty room. The narratives intertwine as Daniel gains more confidence in his queer identity and Krystina and Jeremy try to assess their boundaries as straight people who want to create a safe space. By talking about mistakes, abuse, a suicide attempt, and a move, the teens find comfort in perspective and power in numbers.