ARGYLE FOX PUBLISHING TITLES

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THE ARGYLE FOX PUBLISHING CATALOG

Welcome to the Argyle Fox Publishing catalog. Look below to learn about and purchase our latest titles and your next favorite book.

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My Grandma Comes from Whales?

By Caitlin Harris | Illustrated by Yumiko Kitazono

There’s an international picnic coming soon at school. As if this isn’t exciting enough, Abigail finds out her grandmother comes from whales, and she can’t wait to share her cuisine!

What ensues is a hilarious investigation that turns on its head when Abs finds out one important bit of information.

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Your Real-Life Playbook

By Austin Collins

Your Real Life Playbook is an interactive workbook designed to help you understand how money, decisions, and lifestyle choices connect in the real world. Instead of vague advice, this playbook uses real numbers, real scenarios, and guided exercises to show how everyday decisions shape your future.

Throughout the book, you will build a realistic life simulation by choosing a career path, estimating take-home pay, creating a budget, and seeing how decisions about college, debt, cars, housing, and investing affect your long-term outcomes.

Ollie Fights the Sting

By Frank Clark, MD | Illustrated by Khaidir Syafei 

Sometimes, life stings. When Ollie gets stung, he feels guilty. Then he starts a bad habit to cope with his bad feelings.

Ollie Fights the Sting helps children understand that mental health issues are real, and mental health experts are here to help. This gentle, rhyming book addresses these topics with compassion and honesty, serving as a great way to start or continue talking about mental health with youngsters.

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The ABCs of the Laboratory

By Panayotta Delinois Roberts | Illustrated by TBD

Ever wondered what goes on inside a laboratory? This fun book walks you through the entire lab experience, from A to Z.

It’s the perfect book for curious children you want to encourage toward a fulfilling life in science.

The Big Jump

By Anne Cairnes Federlein | Illustrated by Chris Fowler

Joe Roop was born in the coal-mining town of Martwick, Kentucky, but he didn’t want to be a miner. He wanted to play basketball.

Combining his natural height and athletic ability with dedication and hard work, Joe played his way to a college degree and local legend status.

His story proves that when you make the most of your natural gifts, there is no limit to what you can do.

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Olive Gets a Tummy Ache

By Amy Myers-Koon | Illustrated by Nastya Bankulova

When Olive gets left home alone, she eats as many sweets as possible. Soon, she learns that it is possible to get too much of a good thing.

The first in the Oh, Olive! series of books, Olive Gets a Tummy Ache introduces readers to the fun, adventurous pup and teaches a valuable lesson to youngsters who always think more sweets is better.

Ticked Off & Thriving: Alpha-Gal-Friendly Meals That Don’t Miss the Moo

By Sabra Stone

Diagnosed with Alpha-Gal Syndrome and suddenly allergic to mammal meat? You’re not alone, and you don’t have to settle for boring meals. Ticked Off & Thriving is the ultimate cookbook for anyone navigating life without beef or pork.

Packed with creative, comforting, and downright delicious recipes, this book shows you how to cook with alpha-gal-safe proteins like emu, ostrich, duck, and more without sacrificing flavor.

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Recycla-Bull

By Jackson Becker | Illustrated by Nastya Bankulova

When the animals on Farmer Jo’s farm wake to find their home covered in litter, they call on Recycla-Bull to help clean it up.

The heroic steer teaches the animals—and young readers—how to recycle, reduce waste, and make sustainable choices to protect their natural resources.

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Mel the Snail’s Writing Trail

By Amanda H. Midkiff | Illustrated by Rodrigo Paulo 

Mel the Snail loves the read. Now, he wants to write, to share his own thoughts instead of just learn what others think. It’s a hard journey, but he sticks with it and is rewarded for his efforts!

Teaching children to write is a slow but rewarding process. At first, students may feel reluctant to put pencil to paper, but once they realize writing is talking through that pencil, they, like Mel the Snail, become enthusiastic about sharing what they have to say.

The Day Saturn Lost Its Rings

By Jelena Wright | Illustrated by Chris Fowler

Zane can’t believe his eyes. A spaceship is in his backyard!

He soon comes face to face with an alien named Xander, who begs Zane to help find Saturn’s missing rings.

Soon, the pair zooms through space, looking for pieces of the missing rings.

Will they be able to put the rings back together and in place or will Saturn lose its name as the ringed planet?

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Black Graffiti

By MeChele Sand

From the introduction: Have you ever felt that you didn’t fit in or belong because of how someone made you feel? Have you ever been made to feel unpretty?

This poetry book aims to redefine how we see beauty. Our beauty isn’t defined by the color of our skin. Real beauty is found in who we are as human beings and how we love.

Sam and the Superpowered Pencil from Outer Space: A story about the power of words

By Sara Jane Briggs | Illustrated by Admiral Sya 

Sam loves school, but he’s not that good at it. When an alien from outer space gives him a pencil with superpowers, that all changes.

Suddenly, Sam aces his tests at school. Then, he learns a valuable life lesson he’ll never forget.

Nerds in the Burbs, Book Two

Written and Illustrated by Michael Adam Jones

Join cousins Billy Bathwater and Jack Nerdstrom and their friends as they once again vie for supremacy of the suburbs against the villainous Shadee Fella and his team of henchmen/roommates. This time, Shadee and his crew find that their luck has run out as they look for a temporary place to stay in the burbs, and Nate the Pumpkin learns that success may come at a steep price.

A Bat Among Bruins

By Brock Enloe

It’s 1988. John and Billy Daggon’s father took a new job, forcing the family to move to Burdine, Missouri. Soon after arriving at the small town, John begins to notice odd things: stores close before dark, no one goes out after dusk, and there’s talk of killer bats decades earlier.

After a basketball game, the team throws a bonfire party on the mountain and John gets attacked by native American vampire bats. Realizing he’s slowly becoming a creature of the night, John and his friends scramble to stop the transformation before it’s too late.

Day and Night: The 21st Century Work Environment

By Candice Waldo 

Today’s workplace is brutal. If you’re not careful, it can take everything you have and leave you empty. But with the right attitude, you can move through the work environment with grace, and the hardships of life can make you stronger.

This collection of poems by Candice Waldo illuminates these truths and captures the modern worker’s dilemma without apology.