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The Chocolate Touch (Mammoth Read Ser.)
By Patrick Skene Catling. 1952
It all started when John found the funny old coin. The man at the candy store was more than glad…
to trade John a box of chocolates for it. And John loved chocolate more than anything in the world. Or so he thought. . . . At first John was disappointed because inside that big box was just one piece of chocolate. But after he ate it, everything tasted like chocolate! That was when John discovered that his chocolate touch was moremuch morethan he'd bargained for!The Three Captive Princesses
By Noelle Nicholson. 2018
This legend tells the story of three Moorish princesses who are locked away by their father, the sultan. What happens…
when the girls fall in love with foreign knights? Will they be able to be with their loves, or will they remain stuck in their tower forever?Monster High Diaries: Frankie Stein and the New Ghoul at School
By Nessi Monstrata. 2015
There's a new ghoul in school named Isi Dawndancer and Frankie has volunteered to show her all around Monster High-after…
all, she knows what it's like to be the new ghoul! Isi is scary-sweet so Frankie is thrilled to help her out.... even though Frankie's new pet seems to prefer the new ghoul to her. But when it starts to seem like maybe Frankie's BFFs prefer the new ghoul too, Frankie starts to feel really lonely and confused. What's a ghoul to do?© 2015 Mattel. All Rights Reserved.Crisanta Knight: To Death And Back (The Crisanta Knight Series #5)
By Geanna Culbertson. 2019
And here I thought saving one realm was enough to fill up my to-do list.Following the revelation that the antagonists…
were after the location of all of Book's genies, my friends and I knew our Wonderland road trip was far from over. With the magic fluctuation event known as the Vicennalia Aurora days away, antagonists and magic hunters hot on our tail, and my treacherous brother Alex and I in competition to claim Excalibur, matters were becoming larger-than-life very quickly. I was one of those matters. My Pure Magic powers of life were growing incomparably strong. As I discovered the extent of my abilities, I was being tempted by the corruption that came with them. But how could I stop? Camelot's terrain was unlike anything we'd ever encountered. From evil kings to bloodlusting Bluebeards to the Questor Beast, I needed my magic now more than ever. This world and so many others depended on me. And yet, as my friends and I ran against the clock, our enemies, and the prophecies of the future that pursued us like hungry shadows, I'd come to learn one thing with absolute certainty. One thing that I would keep learning again and again. In a world where my beliefs about goodness and morality were being tested, and my soul was at stake, it was not my abilities of life that were my most valuable strength; it was my friends. They were my greatest source of magic.The Crisanta Knight seriesBook 1 - Protagonist Bound;Book 2 - The Severance Game; Book 3 - Inherent Fate; Book 4 - The Liar, The Witch, & The Wormhole;Book 5 (to be released in April of 2019) - To Death & Back.La profecía oscura (Las pruebas de Apolo #Volumen 2)
By Rick Riordan. 2017
Todo el mundo sabe que no hay que meterse con Zeus,pero su hijo Apolo parece no darse por aludido... No…
te pierdas esta segunda parte de la saga más espectacular de Rick Riordan: #LasPruebasDeApolo. Para castigar a Apolo, el dios del trueno decide mandarlo a la Tierra bajo la apariencia de Lester, un adolescente granujiento y sin poderes, claro. Ahora, el único modo que Apolo tiene de regresar al monte Olimpo es devolviendo la luz a las profecías de los oráculos que se han o curecido. Pero ¿qué podrá hacer un Apolo desprovisto de poderes? Tras superar una serie de pruebas peligrosísimas (y, para qué engañarnos, bastante humillantes) en el Campamento Mestizo, se embarcará en un viaje a través de Estados Unidos para conseguir localizar todos los oráculos. Por suerte, todo lo que ha perdido en poderes lo ha ganado en amistades, así que no va a tener que arreglárselas solo.Laberinto en llamas (Las pruebas de Apolo #Volumen 3)
By Rick Riordan. 2018
Antes era el glorioso dios Apolo.Ahora es Lester, un simple mortal. No te pierdas el tercer libro de la saga…
más espectacular de Rick Riordan: #LasPruebasDeApolo. Con la ayuda de algunos amigos semidioses, Lester ha conseguido sobrevivir a las dos primeras pruebas: una en el Campamento Mestizo y la otra en Indianápolis, donde Meg recibió la profecía oscura. Las palabras que pronunció sentada en el Trono de la Memoria revelaron que un dream team de tres emperadores romanos supervillanos planea atacar el Campamento Júpiter. Mientras Leo vuela a toda velocidad para alertar a los miembros del Campamento del peligro inminente , Lester y Meg deberán cruzar el Laberinto para encontrar al tercer emperador (y a un Oráculo que habla con juegos de palabras) en algún punto de suroeste de América. Por suerte, había un verso en la profecía que les da un poco de esperanza: Solo el guía ungulado sabe cómo no perderse. Está claro que van a tener un sátiro que les acompañe y Meg sabe exactamente a quién tiene que pedir este favor. Sobre Las pruebas de Apolo se ha dicho:«Lo peor de terminar de leer un libro de Rick Riordan es tener que esperar meses hasta el siguiente; gracias a los dioses que ha empezado a publicar dos libros al año , y solo nos quedan unos pocos meses para leer algo nuevo de él.»The Best Read Yet «En La profecía oscura volvemos a encontrarnos con las claves del éxito de Rick Riordan. Este autor nunca decepciona y hace que leer sus libros sea una auténtica maravilla. Quiero muchas sagas como las publicadas hasta la fecha.»Vorágine interna «Soy una fan indiscutible de Rick Riordan y me encanta saber que no pierde la chispa. Cada historia es única, divertida, atrayente. Consigue modelar a sus personajes de tal forma que aunque haya miles, los distingues perfectamente unos de otros y, creedme, nos va a hacer falta. En resumen, estoy encantada con esta saga.»Fiebre LectoraA Wonder Book: Heroes and Monsters of Greek Mythology (Dover Children's Evergreen Classics)
By Nathaniel Hawthorne. 2012
Teeming with monsters, magic, and adventure, this captivating children's classic by one of America's greatest writers retells six legendary tales…
of incredible warriors and evil creatures.Using a fictional narrator who tells engrossing stories to his young relatives on quiet hillsides, in secluded vales, and other attractive settings, Nathaniel Hawthorne draws his readers into the imaginative and ancient world of Greek mythology. There, they meet King Midas, the man with an unusual power, in "The Golden Touch"; Hercules, the legendary hero and strongman, in "The Three Golden Apples"; cruel witches with snakes for hair, in "The Gorgon's Head"; and "The Chimaera," a monster that is part lion, part goat, and part snake. An enchanting account of Pandora and an enticing box is recounted in "The Paradise of Children," while "The Miraculous Pitcher" tells a heartwarming tale about the rewards of hospitality and goodness.An excellent way to acquaint youngsters with a number of classical heroes and evil-doers, A Wonder Book will enchant readers of all ages.Excerpt: "Of all the hard-working people on the earth, there are none so serviceable to her neighbours as the moon.…
She lights lovers and thieves. She keeps watch-dogs waking. She is a constant resource to poets and romance-writers. She helps the compounders of almanacks amazingly. She has something to do with the weather, and the tides, and the harvest; and in short she has a finger in every man's pie, and probably more or less effect upon every man's brain. She is a charming creature in all her variations. Her versatility is not the offspring of caprice; and she is constant in the midst of every change."A Country Doctor: Revised Edition Of Original Version (Classics To Go #499)
By Franz Kafka. 2013
"A Country Doctor" is a short story written in 1919 by Franz Kafka. The plot follows a country doctor's hapless…
struggle to attend a sick young boy on a cold winter's night. A series of surreal events occur in the process, including the appearance of a mysterious groom in a pig shed. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)La Perla i la bossa perduda (Col·lecció La Perla #Volumen)
By Wendy Harmer, Mike Zarb. 2014
En aquesta ocasió, la Perla, la fada del bosc, haurà de fer de detectiu per descobrir on és la bossa…
vermella que ha perdut la senyora Brown. La trobarà? La senyora Brown ha perdut la bossa vermella de piquets blancs en algun lloc del Parc de l'Alegria. On deu ser? La Perla i els seus amics es transformaran en detectius per resoldre el misteri. Una nova aventura de la Perla, la fada del Parc.The Convict: A Tale (Classics To Go)
By G.P.R. James. 2018
Excerpt: "In a small high room of the oldest part of St. John's College, Cambridge, in a warm and glowing…
day of the early spring, and at about seven o'clock in the morning, there sat a young man with his cheek leaning on his hand, and his eyes fixed upon the page of an open book. There were many others closed and unclosed upon the table around him, as well as various pieces of paper, traced with every sort of curious figure which geometrical science ever discovered or measured. The page, too, on which his eyes were bent, was well nigh as full of ciphers as of words, and it was evident, from everything around, that the studies of the tenant of that chamber were of a very abstruse character."The Club of Queer Trades: Large Print (Classics To Go)
By G. K. Chesterton. 1987
"The Club of Queer Trades" is a collection of stories by Gilbert Keith Chesterton first published in 1905. Each story…
in the collection is centred on a person who is making his living by some novel and extraordinary means (a "queer trade", using the word "queer" in the sense of "peculiar"). To gain admittance one must have invented a unique means of earning a living and the subsequent trade being the main source of income. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)Hercules and the Nine-Headed Hydra (Heroes in Training #16)
By Tracey West. 2019
Zeus and his friends are back for another adventure in this latest Heroes in Training chapter book!Since defeating the Titans,…
Zeus and his fellow Olympians have taken over Mount Olympus. Things are nearly back to normal…until a stranger named Hercules shows up, asking for help. He&’s on the run from Eurythseus, King of Argon, who is after Hercules for egging his temple. Before Zeus can help, Eurythseus himself appears. It turns out that Hercules has also been bragging that he is the ruler of Olympus, and Eurythseus intends to declare war on the Olympians&’ new home. Zeus&’s friends come up with an idea—maybe Hercules could make up for egging Eurythseus&’s temple. The Oracle Pythia reveals that in order to do this, Hercules must get a scale from a huge, nine-headed serpent—the Hydra. Will this be enough to please Eurythseus? Or is another battle on the horizon for the Olympians?A Dragon for William
By Julie E. Czerneda. 2019
Set after the Aurora Award-winning novel, A Play of Shadow, this novella explores the story of a young boy whose…
fanciful tales of dragons and dangers may prove to be more than just fiction.Werfol returns to Vorkoun with his family to find their fortunes changed for the worse. His father is in disgrace and banished from court. Meanwhile, Vorkoun has been ceded to Asnor by the prince's treaty and no one knows what that will mean. And to complicate matters further, Werfol is now a truthseer, able to discern if another is lying. His training has barely begun, but his mother refuses to send him back to his uncle in Marrowdell. Werfol, bored and heartsick, retreats to his imagination, secretly writing a story about a brave boy who befriends a young dragon. In their adventures, &“Prince William&” is always the hero but, in real life, Werfol grows angrier and more afraid every day. It doesn&’t help that Werfol's brother Semyn, once his closest confidant, can&’t remember Marrowdell&’s magic. Then Semyn, worried about Werfol, finds his story and shows their parents. Their mother, plagued by dangerous dreams, fears her son may become a doorway to a threat far more dangerous than a treaty. For Werfol wrote of a dragon the colour of a Sei, a being so potent its curiosity once tore apart worlds. Suddenly, no one, not even Werfol, can be sure where his imagination ends and the magical Verge begins. Can a boy who sees the lies in others find the truth within himself?Walk the Wild With Me
By Rachel Atwood. 2019
In this new historical fantasy, a young man must use the power granted by a goddess to infiltrate the realm…
of Faery and save a kidnapped victim before the door is sealed once again.Orphaned when still a toddler, Nicholas Withybeck knows no other home than Locksley Abbey outside Nottingham, England. He works in the scriptorium embellishing illuminated manuscripts with hidden faces of the Wild Folk and whimsical creatures that he sees every time he ventures into the woods and fields. His curiosity leads him into forbidden nooks and crannies both inside and outside the abbey, and he becomes adept at hiding to stay out of trouble.On one of these forays Nick slips into the crypt beneath the abbey. There he finds an altar older than the abbey&’s foundations, ancient when the Romans occupied England. Behind the bricks around the altar, he finds a palm-sized silver cup. The cup is embellished with the three figures of Elena, the Celtic goddess of crossroads, sorcery, and cemeteries.He carries the cup with him always, listening as the goddess whispers wisdom in the back of his mind. With Elena&’s cup in his pocket, Nick can see that the masked dancers at the May Day celebration in the local village are actually the creatures of the wood: The Green Man—known to mortals as Little John—and Robin Goodfellow, Herne the Huntsman, dryads, trolls, and water sprites. Theirs are the faces he&’s seen and drawn into his illuminations.Guided by Elena along secret forest paths, Nick learns that Little John&’s love has been kidnapped by Queen Mab of the Faeries. The door to the Faery mound will only open when the moons of the two realms align. That time is fast approaching. Nick must release Elena so that she can use sorcery to unlock that door, allowing Nick&’s band of friends to try to rescue the girl. Will he have the courage to release her as his predecessor did not?The Piper's Pursuit
By Melanie Dickerson. 2019
A fairy-tale journey of intrigue and romance that reimagines the classic Pied Piper story.A plague of rats. A giant beast…
outside the village walls. A host of missing children. And one young woman determined to save her people.In 1424 Hamlin, Katerina faces threats from all sides. An outbreak of rats has overtaken the village, a mysterious beast is on a killing rampage of the village&’s children, and Katerina&’s evil stepfather is a dark presence inside the walls of her own home. Katerina is determined to hunt and kill the Beast of Hamlin herself before more lives are lost.When Steffan, the handsome but brash duke&’s son, comes to town seeking glory and reward, Katerina decides he might be the ally she&’s been looking for—even though the only gentle thing about him seems to be the sweet music he plays on his pipe. But there&’s more to Steffan than she suspects, and she finds herself drawn to him despite her misgivings.Together Katerina and Steffan must stop the enemy from stealing the children of Hamlin. But their interference might create an even worse fate for the entire village.Praise for The Piper&’s Pursuit&“The Piper&’s Pursuit is a lovely tale of adventure, romance, and redemption. Kat and Steffan&’s righteous quest will have you rooting them on until the very satisfying end!&” —LORIE LANGDON, author of Olivia Twist and the DOON seriesFull length clean fairy tale reimaginingIncludes discussion questions for book clubsChipo et la Sirène & Autres Histoires
By Grace Ashley. 2018
Chipo et la Sirène et trois autres contes folkloriques africains. Plongez dans cette histoire africaine de Cendrillon. Apprenez comment Chipo…
voit tous ses vœux accordés par une gentille sirène. Lisez les manigances amusantes du Lapin et des Babouins dans deux contes amusants. Ne jamais juger un livre à sa couverture! Lisez comment deux princesses apprennent cette leçon importante.Excerpt: "It was an awfully dark and tempestuous night; the wind howled in fury through the trees, and round the…
towers; the large drops of rain dashed against the casements, the small lozenges of glass rattled and clattered in their leaden frames, and the thick boards of the oaken floor heaved and shivered under the force of the tempest. From time to time a keen blue streak of lightning crossed the descending deluge, and for an instant the great black masses of the forest, and the high and broken rocks around, appeared like spectres of a gone-by world, and sank into Egyptian darkness again, almost as soon as seen; and then the roar of the thunder was added to the scream of the blast, seeming to shake the whole building to its foundation."Wake, Siren: Ovid Resung
By Nina MacLaughlin. 2019
In fierce, textured voices, the women of Ovid's Metamorphoses claim their stories and challenge the power of mythI am the…
home of this story. After thousands of years of other people’s tellings, of all these different bridges, of words gotten wrong, I’ll tell it myself.Seductresses and she-monsters, nymphs and demi-goddesses, populate the famous myths of Ovid's Metamorphoses. But what happens when the story of the chase comes in the voice of the woman fleeing her rape? When the beloved coolly returns the seducer's gaze? When tales of monstrous transfiguration are sung by those transformed? In voices both mythic and modern, Wake, Siren revisits each account of love, loss, rape, revenge, and change. It lays bare the violence that undergirds and lurks in the heart of Ovid’s narratives, stories that helped build and perpetuate the distorted portrayal of women across centuries of art and literature. Drawing on the rhythms of epic poetry and alt rock, of everyday speech and folk song, of fireside whisperings and therapy sessions, Nina MacLaughlin, the acclaimed author of Hammer Head, recovers what is lost when the stories of women are told and translated by men. She breathes new life into these fraught and well-loved myths.