On the spell-crossed Phaer Isle, young Xemion and his friend Saheli just made one little mistake, but now they're in a fight for their own lives and the future of all Phaer.
Bookworm Akira has read about the conniving ways of Yokai, but when he trips over one along a forest path, he decides to help the creature back to its murky water home.
For thousands of years, Chinese storytellers have delighted listeners with stories about the value of virtues like honesty, respect, courage and self-reliance.
From famous stories like "e;Hansel and Grethel"e; and "e;Cinderella"e; to the lesser-known "e;One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes,"e; this collection of twenty-five fairy tales is full of talking animals, naughty children, wicked parents, magic objects, and honorable heroes and heroines.
Set in the faraway (and terrible-smelling) land of Rancidia, where it's good to smell bad and bad to smell good, this uproarious send-up of Snow White follows the adventures of the profoundly stinky Hobgoblin as he flees the jealous wrath of a monstrous, democracy-hating ogre tyrant named Fiddlefart.
In captivating text and illustrations, this beautiful multicultural children's book presents a collection of cherished fables, myths, legends and fairy tales from Thailand that have been passed down through generations of Thai families.
Promote the love of story, familiarize children with a variety of story forms and stimulate curiosity in diverse subjects while building basic literacy skills.
Every morning Laila Bansal wakes up before dawnhours before her job at the family wineryand trains in hand-to-hand combat with her adopted aunts who, when not tending to their thriving vineyard, are immortal demons sworn to protect Laila's mythological bloodline.
The Pulitzer Prize-nominated author recounts her Holocaust experience-her imprisonment at Auschwitz and her dramatic escape-in this book for young readers.
