Tiddler by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler, tells the story of a small fish with a very big imagination. Every day, Tiddler arrives late for school and explains his lateness by telling his teacher an extraordinary story. He claims that he has ridden a seahorse, met a mermaid, and experienced other amazing adventures under the sea. His classmates and teacher find his stories diffi…
This book is a collection of traditional folktales from different countries and cultures, featuring brave girls and women as the main characters. The stories include clever girls who outsmart thieves, women who disguise themselves to fight in wars, and heroines who overcome difficult challenges through courage, intelligence, and determination. Drawing on traditions from countries such as China,…
In the land of dolls, there is magic. In the land of humans, there is war. Everywhere there is pain. But together there is hope. Karolina is a living doll whose king and queen have been overthrown. But when a strange wind spirits her away from the Land of the Dolls, she finds herself in Kraków, Poland, in the company of the Dollmaker, a man with an unusual power and a marked past. T…
Paige the Pantomime Fairy is in trouble...She needs the help of Rachel and Kirsty to save Christmas and stop naughty Jack Frost from spoiling the celebrations for everyone!
Adam is surprised when the ghost story his sister Lisa tells him about the Blackwell mansion, where the third grade is temporarily meeting, seems to be true
One day, when they have no food left, Jack's mom sends him to market to sell the cow. On the way, Jack bumps into a funny little man wearing a big, baggy jacket with big, baggy pockets. In the pockets lie six bewitched beans, but the funny little man has lost the instructions for them. Jack's adventure begins when he swaps Daisy the cow for six magic beans that grow to the land of the clouds.
Nikki Maxwell’s favorite fairy tales get dork-tastic twists in this eighth installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series! After a bump on the head in gym class on April Fool’s Day, Nikki has a wild dream in which she, her BFFs Chloe and Zoey, her crush Brandon, and mean girl MacKenzie all end up playing the roles of some familiar classic fairy tale characters. Of c…
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, known as the Brothers Grimm, present a collection of the folklore and fairy tales of Germany. The brothers gathered the tales that bewitched young readers, no matter how scary they were. From the abandonment of children to the magic of a fairy stepmother, the brothers kept the folklore tradition alive. Ten of the most well-known tales preserved by the Brothers Grimm are…
In this story, seven sweet children are transformed by an evil witch into specific types of food. “The inherent drama of the story, combined with the haunting images the art provides, gives the picture book a timeless quality.”--Booklist