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The Ranger of Marzanna (The Goddess War #1)
By Jon Skovron. 2020
'A magical tale of power and sacrifice, manipulation and betrayal' Melissa Caruso Two siblings. Two nations. One war for it…
all. Sonya is training to be a Ranger of Marzanna, an ancient sect of warriors who have protected the land for generations. But the old ways are dying, and the rangers have all been forced into hiding or killed off by the invading Empire.When her father is murdered by imperial soldiers, she decides to finally take action. Using her skills as a ranger she will travel across the bitter cold tundra and gain the allegiance of the only other force strong enough to take down the invaders.But nothing about her quest will be easy. Her brother, Sebastian, is the most powerful sorcerer the world has ever seen.And he's fighting for the empire.The Ranger of Marzanna begins an epic tale of warring siblings, powerful magic and daring adventures. 'This is epic fantasy done right' Publishers Weekly'An undeniable page-turner that will have readers salivating for the next volume' KirkusStrange Light Afar: Tales of the Supernatural from Old Japan
By Rui Umezawa. 2015
A bitterly jealous brother, a samurai who makes the ultimate sacrifice, a cold-hearted husband, a monk who mistakes desire for…
piety, a fraudulent merchant who meets his match in a supernatural river otter — the motives underlying these traditional Japanese folktale characters are explored with haunting results. Prompted by the sometimes illogical and perplexing actions of folktale characters (Why doesn’t the wolf kill Little Red Riding Hood right away?), master storyteller Rui Umezawa revisits eight popular Japanese folktales, delving beneath their sometimes baffling plot lines to highlight the psychological motivations behind the characters’ actions.In “Betrayal,” a treacherous husband poisons his wife so he can marry another woman. In “Paradise,” a young man saves the life of a sea turtle, who takes him to a luxurious underwater palace, where his every whim is fulfilled. A brother in “Rage” is consumed by jealousy when his brother’s dog digs up a cache of gold. In “Honor,” a samurai kills himself to keep a promise made to his blood brother.Tales of addiction, bravery, sex, greed, abuse and control — these stories take their inspiration from the great Japanese storytelling traditions, as well as from Noh and Kabuki. Sometimes laced with ironic humor, sometimes truly horrifying, these stories of the strange and supernatural will appeal to readers of all ages, but they particularly speak to teenagers.Evocative and haunting illustrations by the stunningly talented Mikiko Fujita add to the eerie beauty of this collection. A detailed afterword outlines the author’s storytelling approach and provides source material for each tale.The Several Lives of Orphan Jack
By Sarah Ellis. 2003
Winner of the Mr. Christie's Book Award and the IODE Violet Downey Book Award For young Jack, life is tough…
at the Opportunities School for Orphans. But Jack is good at staying out of trouble. He has skipped over trouble, danced around trouble, slid under trouble, melted away from trouble, talked his way out of trouble and slipped between two close troubles like a cat through a picket fence. When Jack turns twelve, he is given the biggest opportunity of all, but suddenly his life is nothing but trouble. Still, he is a clever and resilient boy, and eventually he makes his way into the big world. Jack is rich in ideas, and soon he finds there is a place for an enterprising boy who has whims, concepts, plans, opinions, impressions, notions and fancies to spare. In the tradition of Natalie Babbitt, Sarah Ellis brings her quirky sense of humor and imagination to bear in this witty, warm fable. Bruno St-Aubin's evocative black-and-white illustrations capture perfectly the dreadful Schoolmaster Bane, the crowlike accountant Mr. Ledger, Lou the skinny bun merchant, and Christabel, the miller's little daughter.When Apples Grew Noses and White Horses Flew: Tales of Ti-Jean
By Jan Andrews. 2011
A USBBY Outstanding International Books Honor Book and a nominee for the 2012 Silver Birch Express Award in the Ontario…
Library Association's Forest of Reading Program and the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award In these three imaginative stories, Jan Andrews introduces us to Quebec's traditional folktale hero, Ti-Jean. He's an endearing character who is both wise and foolish, and though he does find himself in hard situations (often of his own making), in the end, he somehow manages to do what needs to be done. In "Ti-Jean and the Princess of Tomboso" he outwits a greedy princess; in "Ti-Jean the Marble Player" he gets the best of a pint-sized scoundrel; and in "How Ti-Jean Became a Fiddler" he turns the tables on a too-clever-for-her-own-good seigneur's daughter, and finds true love in the process.The Playgrounds of Babel
By JonArno Lawson. 2019
From the international best-selling author of Sidewalk Flowers and a world-renowned illustrator, this picture book is about the power of…
song, inspired by the story of the Tower of Babel. This unusual, thought-provoking story begins with an old woman telling a tale to a group of children in a playground. One of the boys can’t understand what she is saying, so another offers to translate. The old woman’s tale is inspired by the Tower of Babel story: In the days when everyone spoke the same language, the people built a tower to reach God. But God was annoyed and sent a dragon to destroy the tower, then created new languages for everyone so that they couldn’t understand each other. Fortunately, two little girls find a way to communicate through song. Told entirely through dialogue, moving back and forth between the old woman’s tale and the exchange between the two boys, this original, sometimes funny story raises questions about what divides us and what brings us together, in spite of all our differences — it is the power of song in this case, which ultimately brings hope. Piet Grobler brings a masterful visual interpretation to this layered story, rendering the old woman and children in the playground in monochromatic tones and the characters in the old woman’s tale in a naïve style with vibrant color, complete with incomprehensible languages in hand-drawn speech balloons. An author’s note explains JonArno Lawson’s inspiration for the story. Key Text Features author’s note Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.6 Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.9 Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story (e.g., Cinderella stories) by different authors or from different cultures.A Coyote Solstice Tale
By Thomas King. 2009
Winner of the American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Awards, Best Picture Book.Trickster Coyote is having his friends over for…
a festive solstice get-together in the woods when a little girl comes by unexpectedly. She leads the party-goers through the snowy woods to a shopping mall -- a place they have never seen before. Coyote gleefully shops with abandon, only to discover that fi lling your shopping cart with goodies is not quite the same thing as actually paying for them. The trickster is tricked and goes back to his cabin in the woods -- somewhat subdued -- though nothing can keep Coyote down for long. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.4Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.Thrice Upon a Marigold: A Royal Kidnapping Caper (Upon a Marigold #3)
By Jean Ferris. 2013
Princess Poppy, the bouncing baby daughter of Queen Marigold and King Christian of Zandelphia-Beaurivage, is in terrible danger. The kingdom's…
former torturer-in-chief and poisoner-in-chief have joined forces to kidnap the baby as an act of revenge for their exile! Can a ragtag parade of rescuers--including the king and queen, the evil kidnappers' mortified children, five dogs, a white elephant, and a washed-up wizard--save Princess Poppy in time?La Prova degli Elementi
By J. A. Armitage. 2021
Benvenuti al secondo round della Corsa Fatata: un’epica avventura attraverso un regno tanto affascinante quanto letale… La Corsa Fatata si…
è dimostrata più sanguinosa e letale di quanto Jacqueline avesse creduto possibile. Con una prova alle spalle e due da affrontare, sembra che i produttori del reality show non si fermeranno davanti a nulla per ottenere i loro ascolti… neppure all’omicidio. Servirà tutta l’astuzia di Jacq per uscire illesa dalla prossima prova, ma tutto ciò a cui lei riesce a pensare è la scoperta che sua sorella è viva. Peccato che la sua ricerca di risposte l’abbia solo lasciata con altre domande e nuovi nemici. Costretti a lavorare fianco a fianco coi loro bellissimi e infidi avversari, Orin e Jacq vengono gettati nuovamente in un mondo magico pieno di bizzarre creature, ramificate cospirazioni e non abbastanza da mangiare. Ogni sfida fa avvicinare i due sempre più… ma questo significa solo avere di più da perdere. Riuscirà Jacq a raggiungere l’ultimo checkpoint col cuore e la vita intatti, o La Prova degli Elementi si dimostrerà una sfida eccessiva? La Prova degli Elementi è il secondo libro della serie La Corsa Fatata, una gara avvincente ed emozionante in un reame diverso da qualunque cosa abbiate mai visto prima. Scorrete in su e cliccate una volta per continuare l’avventura!La Montaña de los Maldecidos
By Albireo Svyatoslav. 2021
Pensé en Contarles un cuento de hadas sobre la Salvación de un villano, sobre la astucia. Pero resulto en un…
cuento de hadas absolutamente sin villanos. Solo acerca de una elección. Que puede convertirse en una condena o puede convertirse en un cuento de hadas.Le Procès de la Sorcellerie: Livre un dans Les Courses de Fées
By J.A. Armitage & Claire Luana. 2021
Bienvenue à la Course Fantastique des Fées, une aventure épique à travers un royaume aussi fascinant que mortel ... la…
Célébrité. La Fortune. Votre souhait le plus extravagant exaucé. Ce sont les prix promis à l'équipe qui gagnera La Course Fantastique des Fées, la première et la seule émission de télé-réalité à s'aventurer dans le royaume dangereux des fées. Mais ce n'est pas pour ça que Jacqueline Cunningham veut participer. Elle cherche tout signe de sa sœur, qui a disparu sans laisser des traces, dans le monde des fées il y a deux ans. Jacq pensait que se lancer dans la course serait la partie la plus difficile. Mais elle ne comptait pas sur les autres concurrentes, qui ne reculeront à rien pour finir les premiers. Ou son partenaire beau, distrayant et crétin, qui semble cacher ses propres secrets. Plongée dans un monde où tout veut la tuer, ce qui commence comme une chasse à la vérité se transforme dans une lutte désespérée pour la survie. Maintenant que Jacq est dans la course, il lui faudra tout son esprit pour atteindre la ligne d'arrivée vivante. Le Procès de la Sorcellerie est le premier livre de la Course des Fées, un voyage à suspens, au bord du gouffre, à la recherche de sensations fortes ... à travers un royaume différent de tout ce que vous avez déjà vu.Chants to Persephone: The Time for Alexander Series (The Time for Alexander Series #5)
By Jennifer Macaire. 2018
In the fifth book in the Time For Alexander series, the Oracle of Amon tells Alexander he must go to…
the Land of Ice and Snow, so they leave their home in Alexandria and head north, to Gaul. But the Thief of Souls not only captured Alexander’s soul. He also wants Paul, and the druids have raised an army to capture him. In the heart of winter, in ancient Gaul, a terrible sacrifice is made to Persephone, goddess of the Underworld – and Ashley finds herself taking part in a deadly ceremony.Starve Acre: 'Beautifully written and triumphantly creepy' Mail on Sunday
By Andrew Michael Hurley. 2019
The worst thing possible has happened. Richard and Juliette Willoughby's son, Ewan, has died suddenly at the age of five.…
Starve Acre, their house by the moors, was to be full of life, but is now a haunted place.Juliette, convinced Ewan still lives there in some form, seeks the help of the Beacons, a seemingly benevolent group of occultists. Richard, to try and keep the boy out of his mind, has turned his attention to the field opposite the house, where he patiently digs the barren dirt in search of a legendary oak tree.Starve Acre is a devastating new novel by the author of the prize-winning bestseller The Loney. It is a novel about the way in which grief splits the world in two and how, in searching for hope, we can so easily unearth horror.The Little Red Hen: Fairy Tale with picture glossary and an activity (My Very First Story Time #9)
By Ronne Randall, Pat-A-Cake. 2019
The Little Red Hen works really hard all by herself to plant, grow and harvest some wheat and then makes…
some delicious bread - no thanks to the scatty cat, mucky duck, and big fat rat, who have refused to help her all along.This story is a perfect introduction to the classic tale, with its gentle, rhythmic text and bright, friendly illustrations.It's never too early to introduce children to the magic and wonder of classic tales. Familiar characters are brought to life at each turn of the page with spellbinding artwork and lyrical writing. A visual glossary at the beginning introduces new vocabulary and promotes understanding. A lively activity at the end invites discussion and will make even the very youngest children want to return to these story books again and again. Fairy tales and classic stories are a vital introduction to the basics of storytelling like setting, characters and plot. They boost a child's imagination and also teach valuable life lessons about good overcoming evil, the difference between right and wrong and the importance of rising to a challenge. Also available: Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Three Little PigsThe Charwoman's Shadow
By Lord Dunsany. 1926
An old woman who spends her days scrubbing the floors might be an unlikely damsel in distress, but Lord Dunsany…
proves once again his mastery of the fantastical. The Charwoman's Shadow is a beautiful tale of a sorcerer's apprentice who discovers his master's nefarious usage of stolen shadows, and vows to save the charwoman from her slavery.The Deep
By Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes. 2019
WINNER OF THE LAMBDA LITERARY LGBTQ SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY/HORROR AWARDThe water-breathing descendants of African slave women tossed overboard have built their…
own underwater society-and must reclaim the memories of their past to shape their future in this brilliantly imaginative novella inspired by the Hugo Award-nominated song "The Deep" from Daveed Diggs's rap group clipping.Yetu holds the memories for her people-water-dwelling descendants of pregnant African slave women thrown overboard by slave owners-who live idyllic lives in the deep. Their past, too traumatic to be remembered regularly, is forgotten by everyone, save one-the historian. This demanding role has been bestowed on Yetu.Yetu remembers for everyone, and the memories, painful and wonderful, traumatic and terrible and miraculous, are destroying her. And so, she flees to the surface, escaping the memories, the expectations, and the responsibilities-and discovers a world her people left behind long ago.Yetu will learn more than she ever expected to about her own past-and about the future of her people. If they are all to survive, they'll need to reclaim the memories, reclaim their identity-and own who they really are.Inspired by a song produced by the rap group Clipping for the This American Life episode "We Are In The Future," The Deep is vividly original and uniquely affecting.Snow, Glass, Apples
By Neil Gaiman. 2019
A chilling fantasy retelling of the Snow White fairy tale by bestselling creators Neil Gaiman and Colleen Doran. A not-so-evil…
queen is terrified of her monstrous stepdaughter and determined to repel this creature and save her kingdom from a world where happy endings aren't so happily ever after. From the Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, Nebula Award-winning and Sunday Times-bestselling writer Neil Gaiman (American Gods) comes this graphic novel adaptation by Colleen Doran (Troll Bridge). 'Like Ray Bradbury before him, [Neil Gaiman] writes lovely little horror stories, fairy tales and fantasies which are as familiar as they are fabulous, stories that are never quite what the reader expects...' A.V. ClubOrchard Bedtime Stories
By Margaret Mayo. 2018
Twelve classic bedtime stories, including Goldilocks and The Elves and the Shoemaker, illustrated by bestselling artist Alison Murray.The collection includes…
favourite fairy tales Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Elves and the Shoemaker, The Ugly Duckling, The Three Little Pigs and The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, along with traditional tales such as Anna and the Bear, Twenty Cheeky Monkeys and Little Peachling and the Giants, and more, retold with warmth and humour by acclaimed author Margaret Mayo.Sometimes all you need is a good book... Sarah Dove, the seventh Dove daughter of Dove Pond, believes that books…
are magical. As the town librarian she makes sure every book finds the reader who most need it and when a new resident moves to town Sarah knows it is up to her and the books to welcome her.After her sister's tragic death Grace Wheeler has moved to Dove Pond with her grieving young niece and ailing foster mother to focus on her family. Except the residents of her new hometown have other ideas, drawing Grace into a whole new world outside of her comfort zone.Can the magic of books help heal a broken family and save a town?The Ten Thousand Doors of January: A spellbinding tale of love and longing
By Alix Harrow. 2019
***Shortlisted for the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards for Best Novel***'A gorgeous, aching love letter to stories, storytellers and the…
doors they lead us through . . . absolutely enchanting' Christina Henry, bestselling author of AliceACCORDING TO JANUARY SCALLER, THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO RUN AWAY FROM YOUR OWN STORY, AND THAT'S TO SNEAK INTO SOMEONE ELSE'S . . . In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr Locke, she feels little different from the artefacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored and utterly out of place.But her quiet existence is shattered when she stumbles across a strange book. A book that carries the scent of other worlds and tells a tale of secret doors, of love, adventure and danger. Each page reveals more impossible truths about the world, and January discovers a story increasingly entwined with her own.'One of the most unique works of fiction I've ever read' Tamora Pierce, New York Times bestselling author'A gorgeously written story of love and longing, of what it means to lose your place in the world and then have the courage to find it again' Kat Howard, author of An Unkindness of Magicians'Devastatingly good, a sharp, delicate nested tale of worlds within worlds, stories within stories and the realm-cracking power of words' Melissa Albert, author of The Hazel Wood'The Ten Thousand Doors of January healed hurts I didn't even know I had. An unbearably beautiful story about growing up, and everything we fight to keep along the way' Amal El-Mohtar, Hugo Award-winning author'Beautiful, achingly gorgeous ode to storytelling, magic and family' S. A. Chakraborty, author of The City of BrassThe Little Mermaid: Fairy Tale with picture glossary and an activity (My Very First Story Time #11)
By Ronne Randall, Pat-A-Cake. 2019
The Little Mermaid lives under the sea, but she wants to know what it's like to walk on land. She…
visits a Sea Witch, who promises to change her tail for legs, but only in exchange for her lovely singing voice. Will the Little Mermaid be able to get her voice back? This story is a perfect introduction to the classic tale, with its gentle, rhythmic text and bright, friendly illustrations.It's never too early to introduce children to the magic and wonder of classic tales. Familiar characters are brought to life at each turn of the page with spellbinding artwork and lyrical writing. A visual glossary at the beginning introduces new vocabulary and promotes understanding. A lively activity at the end invites discussion and will make even the very youngest children want to return to these story books again and again. Fairy tales and classic stories are a vital introduction to the basics of storytelling like setting, characters and plot. They boost a child's imagination and also teach valuable life lessons about good overcoming evil, the difference between right and wrong and the importance of rising to a challenge. Also available: Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Three Little Pigs.