Author: Natalie Lloyd
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545552729
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 317
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Introducing an extraordinary new voice---a magical debut that will make your skin tingle, your eyes glisten . . .and your heart sing. Midnight Gulch used to be a magical place, a town where people could sing up thunderstorms and dance up sunflowers. But that was long ago, before a curse drove the magic away. Twelve-year-old Felicity knows all about things like that; her nomadic mother is cursed with a wandering heart.But when she arrives in Midnight Gulch, Felicity thinks her luck's about to change. A "word collector," Felicity sees words everywhere---shining above strangers, tucked into church eves, and tangled up her dog's floppy ears---but Midnight Gulch is the first place she's ever seen the word "home." And then there's Jonah, a mysterious, spiky-haired do-gooder who shimmers with words Felicity's never seen before, words that make Felicity's heart beat a little faster. Felicity wants to stay in Midnight Gulch more than anything, but first, she'll need to figure out how to bring back the magic, breaking the spell that's been cast over the town . . . and her mother's broken heart.
Author: Enid Blyton
Publisher: Bounty Books
ISBN: 9780753726723
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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A selection of short stories by Enid Blyton suitable for readers aged 5-8 years.
Author: Henry Herz
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing
ISBN: 0884487903
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Named to the Evanston Public Library's Blueberry List: Kids' Book that Inspire Love of Nature and Action for Planet Earth Selected for the Notable Social Studies 2022 list Named to the ALA Notable Children's Books 2022 “Wowww!”—– Raina Telgemeier, #1 NY Times, #1 USA Today, #1 Publishers Weekly bestselling author/illustrator KIRKUS STAR: Lustrous illustrations and meditative text reflect on the role of smoke in nature and civilization... Smoke dissipates quickly, but this poetic text will linger. KIRKUS'S LIST OF 150 MOST ANTICIPATED FALL 2021 BOOKS Smoke itself acts as narrator, telling us how it has served humankind since prehistoric times in signaling, beekeeping, curing and flavoring food, religious rites, fumigating insects, and myriad other ways. Smoke speaks in mesmerizing riddles: “I lack a mouth, but I can speak…. I lack hands, but I can push out unwanted guests…. I’m gentler than a feather, but I can cause harm…". This rhythmically powerful narration is complemented by illustrations in which swirling smoke was captured on art paper held over smoky candle flames, and the dancing smoke textures were then deepened and elaborated with watercolors and Photoshop finishes. With this unique method, Merce López “let the smoke decide how the idea I had in mind would dance with it, giving freedom to the images.” The resulting illustrations are astounding, and they resonate with the otherworldly text.
Author: Michelle Faciana
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449052169
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
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Do you ever wonder what your pet does when you are not at home? The fun begins when Snickers' owners leave the house for the day. Follow Snickers on his journey throughout his neighborhood. What will he do? Who will he see?
Author: Peter Guthrie
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780883341841
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Author: Harvey P. Newquist
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0670015741
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162
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"From its origin as the sacred, bitter drink of South American rulers to the familiar candy bars sold by today's multimillion dollar businesses, people everywhere have fallen in love with chocolate, the world's favorite flavor...Join science author HP Newquist as he explores chocolate's fascinating history."--
Author: Steve Almond
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1565124219
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 279
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A self-proclaimed candy fanatic and lifelong chocoholic traces the history of some of the much-loved candies from his youth, describing the business practices and creative candy-making techniques of some of the small companies.
Author: Bill Bryson
Publisher: Anchor Canada
ISBN: 0385674546
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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God only knows what possessed Bill Bryson, a reluctant adventurer if ever there was one, to undertake a gruelling hike along the world's longest continuous footpath—The Appalachian Trail. The 2,000-plus-mile trail winds through 14 states, stretching along the east coast of the United States, from Georgia to Maine. It snakes through some of the wildest and most spectacular landscapes in North America, as well as through some of its most poverty-stricken and primitive backwoods areas. With his offbeat sensibility, his eye for the absurd, and his laugh-out-loud sense of humour, Bryson recounts his confrontations with nature at its most uncompromising over his five-month journey. An instant classic, riotously funny, A Walk in the Woods will add a whole new audience to the legions of Bill Bryson fans.
Author: H. L. Reasby
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781502982230
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Talaria Press knows that some of your favorite characters will always be monsters. Be they friendly or fearsome, dear or deadly, they fascinate humanity and call to a primal element of our nature. Inspired by their power to terrorize and captivate, we present Snicker-Snack, Monster Stories to Cower By. Within these pages, you'll meet werewolves and vampires, and monsters that lurk under the bed-- or sometimes lie in them. Curious readers may find out just what moved in the corner of their vision, or where their nightmares come from. Lured into the light by the magic of Talaria's writers, Snicker-Snack introduces some of the monsters that lurk in our imaginations: In The Reconquista, Martin Schiller shows us what happens when the monsters we drove out find a way back into our world. They Always Come by Garth Reasby forces us to face our childhood fears when they leave us nowhere to run. Quiana Kirkland introduces us to a very special guardian monster in Old Things and New. Skinwalker takes us back to the world of Sekhmet's Light to explore two of its most popular secondary characters, Special Agents Bailey and Weber. And finally, we're pleased to share a Talaria Press first: the first contribution by Friend of Talaria Press, Aaron Douglas. Douglas' Under the Bed shows that sometimes going home again is the most hazardous thing you can do. Also included in this anthology are samples of other works by the Talaria Press founders and Associate Author, Martin Schiller. As you read these stories, we invite you to consider the words of David Mamet, "When we fear things I think that we wish for them ... every fear hides a wish."
Author: Natalie Lloyd
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338118501
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
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The highly anticipated new novel from Natalie Lloyd, the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of A Snicker of Magic! Twelve-year-old Mallie knows better than to dream. In Coal Top, you live the story you're given: boys toil in the mines and girls work as servants. Mallie can't bear the idea of that kind of life, but her family is counting on her wages to survive.It wasn't always this way. Before the Dust came, the people of Coal Top could weave starlight into cloth. They'd wear these dreaming clothes to sleep and wake up with the courage to seek adventure . . . or the peace to heal a broken heart. But now nothing can penetrate Coal Top's blanket of sorrow.So when Mallie is chosen for a dangerous competition in which daring (and ideally, orphaned) children train flying horses, she jumps at the chance. Maybe she'll change her story. Maybe she'll even find the magic she needs to dream again.But the situation proves even more dangerous when Mallie uncovers a sinister mystery at the heart of Coal Top's struggles -- a mystery some powerful people will do anything to protect.
