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Publisher
Greathall Productions
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
Designed to encourage children to read original stories on their own, or with the help of more experienced readers in their lives.
This exciting introduction to the Bible features nondenominational portraits of biblical characters as caring, understandable humans facing extraordinary situations.
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Series
Language
English
Description
When the government of the magic world and authorities at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry refuse to believe in the growing threat of a freshly revived Lord Voldemort, fifteen-year-old Harry Potter finds support from his loyal friends in facing the evil wizard and other new terrors.
Author
Language
English
Description
"How to introduce kids to Shakespeare--not just to the stories behind the plays but to the richness of his language and the depth of his characters. That's the challenge that Leon Garfield, a wonderful children's book writer, undertook to meet in his monumental and delightful Shakespeare Stories. Here are twenty-one of the Bard's plays, presented in what is not a series of dry retellings, but rather a refashioning of the dramas as stories, in a way...
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Meet the boggarts, changelings, pixies, goblins and other creatures of Arthur Spiderwick's magical, fantastical world. From clever and informative introductory sections explaining essential preparations for your own faerie investigations and faerie world basics, to 6 exhaustive sections featuring 31 fabulous faerie species, to an addendum created by Jared Grace, the long-awaited companion to the Spiderwick Chronicles is sure to please any fan of the...
Author
Series
Enchanted forest chronicles volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
With the aid of King Mendanbar, Princess Cimorene rescues the dragon Kazul and saves the Enchanted Forest from a band of wicked wizards.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
In this magnificent companion volume to Shakespeare Stories, superbly illustrated by Michael Foreman, Leon Garfield presents in narrative form another nine of Shakespeare's best-loved plays. Skillfully, the author conveys the plots, characters, settings and moods of the original works, and reveals their unique theatrical impact for today's reader. While he has refashioned the dramas as stories, Garfield has retained much of Shakespeare's own language,...
Author
Publisher
Bala Kids
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"This fun and playful story uses the analogy of a parade to help children acknowledge and manage big feelings. Watch as anger passes and sadness disappears...it's all part of the parade. Written in verse, The Parade helps children name and work with emotions in engaging ways. Simple enough for little ones with the depth to support children as their social and emotional intelligence grows"--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Updated to incorporate the final decades of dePaola's career, an anecdotal portrait explores the biographical elements in the Hans Christian Andersen Award-winning artist's folktale and nursery-rhyme interpretations as well as the inventive world of his famed character, Strega Nona.
18) Fairest of all
Author
Series
Whatever after volume 1
Language
English
Description
After moving to a new house, ten-year-old Abby and her younger brother Jonah discover an antique mirror that transports them into the Snow White fairy tale.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Follow Jar Jar Binks through the Naboo swamp and see Darth Maul on his Sith speeder bike. Young readers will be on the edge of their seats as the LEGO toys and Star Wars come together in the fun retelling of the first prequel, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace."--Publisher.
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