Laura Watkinson
Author
Series
Publisher
Cassava Republic Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
Princess Arabella can't wait to have a younger sibling to play with. But what would be most fun, a brother or a sister? Sisters seem great, until she meets Prince Mimoen's sister. A brother then? Princess Ling's brothers seem like too much trouble! What do Mum and Dad have in store for Princess Arabella?
Author
Series
Letter for the king volume 1
Publisher
David Fickling Books/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
On the night of his final vigil before being knighted, Tiuri answers a request to deliver an urgent letter to a distant kingdom across the Great Mountains--a journey that will threaten his life and teach him the true meaning of what it is to be a knight.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
Every evening Lampie, the lighthouse keeper's daughter, must light a lantern to warn ships away from the rocks, but one stormy night disaster strikes. The lantern is not lit, a ship is wrecked, and someone must pay. To work off her debt, Lampie is banished to the Admiral's lonely house, where a monster is rumored to live. The terrors inside the house aren't quite what she thought they would be--they are even stranger. After Lampie saves the life of...
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When Emilia de Wit ran away to New York City, she planned everything to a T. Plane ticket, purchased. Cute apartment, rented online. Subway map, printed and highlighted. This was no ordinary trip -- this was Emilia's declaration of independence. Her chance to escape the life her parents were ruining. To get away from the horrible scandal that had rocked Amsterdam, the scandal that was all her dad's fault. To see if her mom, the glamorous, world-famous...
Author
Publisher
Rock the Boat, an imprint of Oneworld Publications
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"It only takes one day at their new school for Parker and Sven to become mortal enemies. Parker's had a terrible summer and just wants to be invisible, while Sven is desperate to make an impression and be known as anything other than 'that boy with epilepsy.' When Parker discovers her beloved dog Alaska--who she had to give away last year--now belongs to Sven, she's determined to steal her back. Of course, that's easier said than done"--Provided by...
10) Mister Orange
Author
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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Description
When Linus Muller takes over making deliveries for his family's Manhattan grocery store in 1943, including bringing a crate of oranges every other week to an artist from Europe, the two become friends as they discuss war, the future, freedom, and imagination.
Author
Publisher
HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A sapphic reimagining of Mary Shelley's youth, vividly exploring innocence, young love, gothic mystery and the roots of her literary masterpiece, Frankenstein. Switzerland, 1816. A volcanic eruption in Indonesia envelopes the whole of Europe in ash and cloud. Amid this "year without a summer," eighteen-year-old Mary Shelley and her lover Percy Bysshe Shelley arrive at Lake Geneva to visit Lord Byron and his companion John Polidori. Anguished by the...
Author
Series
Letter for the king volume 2
Publisher
Pushkin Children's Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
One of the King's most trusted knights has vanished in the snow, so young Sir Tiuri and his best friend Piak must journey into the shadowy heart of the forest to find him. The Wild Wood is a place of mysteries, rumours and whispered tales. A place of lost cities, ancient curses, robbers, princesses and Men in Green. As the darkness surrounds him and reports grow of secret plots and ruthless enemies, Tiuri finds himself alone and fighting for survival...
13) Get on your bike
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"When William and Bobby have a fight, Bobby jumps on his bike and leaves, but as he travels through the countryside, he starts to mull things over"--
14) A tiger like me
Author
Publisher
Amazon Crossing Kids, Amazon.com, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A little boy--um, no, a tiger!--tells us all about what he gets up to on an ordinary day: how he wakes up in his tiger den, what he eats for breakfast at his feeding spot, and how little tigers feel when they are wide awake, hungry, thirsty, or in the mood for adventures. But at night, even the wildest of tigers is happy to curl up in bed with Tiger-Mom and Tiger-Dad and become a cuddly little tiger cub.
15) Vincent
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Series
Publisher
SelfMadeHero
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"The turbulent life of Vincent van Gogh is a constant source of inspiration and intrigue for artists and art lovers. In this beautiful graphic biography, artist and writer Barbara Stok documents the brief and intense period of creativity Van Gogh spent in Arles, Provence. Away from Paris, Van Gogh falls in love with the landscape and light of the south of France. He dreams of setting up an artists' studio in Arles - somewhere for him and his friends...
16) Little wise wolf
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
"Little Wise Wolf is very wise. He loves reading books and soaking up all the knowledge embodied within them. One day, Little Wise Wolf is called on to use his impressive wisdom to help the ailing king. But on his way to the palace, he slowly realizes he may not be as wise as he thinks he is, and that the world is much bigger than that contained within his books."--
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"With decades of scientific knowledge behind him and a ... sense of fun in his approach, Jan Paul Schutten rewards curiosity with ... explanations about some of the most complicated scientific issues that exist, and tells readers that there is much left to discover. For example: Why does the paramecium deserve a standing ovation? How do you build a planet? Does a tree want to be tall? How does a bacterium turn into a blue whale?"--
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Bear likes playing piano for all the other animals, but they keep asking him for more, and Bear has trouble setting boundaries and expressing that he needs time for himself until he finds sympathetic Zebra."--
19) Just for today
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"This decalogue for daily living from a beloved pope and saint offers the perfect reminder of how to make the most of every day"--Back cover.
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