"Stories of Your Life and Others delivers dual delights of the very, very strange and the heartbreakingly familiar, often presenting characters who must confront sudden change—the inevitable rise of automatons or the appearance of aliens—with some sense of normalcy. With sharp intelligence and humor, Chiang examines what it means to be alive in a world marked by uncertainty, but also by beauty and wonder." --publisher's website

"When a big thunderstorm shakes their woodland home, the Squirrelly family must flee their nest for a hollow in an oak tree. To their surprise, the McMunk family had the exact same idea. This family of squirrels and a family of chipmunks must find ways to live together–which isn’t always easy since they come from different backgrounds. But after some important lessons in compromise, the Squirrellys and the McMunks realize that life is better together...

"Denied a dog, a baby, and even a faithful fiancé, Cat suddenly craves a snake: a glistening, writhing creature that can be worn like 'jewelry, living jewelry' to match her black jeans. But when the budding social media star promptly loses the young 'Burmie' she buys from a local pet store, she inadvertently sets in motion a chain of increasingly dire and outrageous events that comes to threaten her very survival....[This novel] transports us to...

"On the island of Habit, there lives a very big creature with big teeth, big eyes, and very big feet. Every day the creature does the exact same things in the exact same order. He gets up in the morning, eats three pineapples and two bananas, collects shells, says hello to the fish, rocks, trees, and crabs of the island before he eats three more pineapples and two bananas, and finally goes to bed. It is exactly the way the big creature likes it. That...

"Yuki Hirano is just out of high school when his parents enroll him, against his will, in a forestry training program in the remote mountain village of Kamusari. No phone, no internet, no shopping. Just a small, inviting community where the most common expression is 'take it easy.' At first, Yuki is exhausted, fumbles with the tools, asks silly questions, and feels like an outcast. Kamusari is the last place a city boy from Yokohama wants to spend...

"Catalina has an almost purrrfect life, although sometimes she is sad and sometimes she is a little bit lonely. Then one day her owners come home with not one, not two, but three puppies. Now she isn't lonely; she's cranky! What's a cat to do? It takes a while, but Catalina comes to see that perhaps puppies aren't so bad after all."--back cover.

"Léo est l'un des meilleurs joueurs de l'équipe élite de volley-ball de l'école Saint-Nicolas. Pourtant, lors de la finale du championnat provincial, il rate un coup décisif qui fait perdre son équipe. Il faut dire que depuis quelque temps, sa vision lui joue des tours. Et puis, le verdict tombe: Léo est en train de perdre la vue. À l'annonce de cette nouvelle, le jeune homme sent sa vie s'écrouler. Aidé par son entourage, les spécialistes...