Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Aladdin, Sinbad the Sailor: these are just some of the strange and amazing stories that clever Scheherazade tells to c aptivate her husband, King Shahryar...and to save her own life. Each one is more fantastic than the last, filled with demons and dervishes, caliphs an d genies, men transformed into dogs and monsters with eyes that glow. Like the king, children will find themselves enchanted by every tale. View More...
Over 2 million people have read the #1 New York Times bestseller Wonder and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordi nary face. Readers have also been treated to three stories offering a speci al look at Auggie's world through new points of view. Now, they'll be avail able all together in a special package! These stories are an extra peek at Auggie before he started at Beecher Prep and during his first year there. R eaders will see him through the eyes of Julian, the bully; Christopher, Aug gie's oldest friend; and Charlotte, Auggie's new friend at school. Tog... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Readers who have followed Dido Twite's escapades in Black Hearts in Batters ea and Nightbirds on Nantucket will welcome her return in another wild adve nture. Now back in print, Dido and Pa continues the Wolves Chronicles, the exhilarating and imaginative series that stemmed from Joan Aiken's classic The Wolves of Willoughby Chase. Dido Twite is finally back home in London and reunited with her old friend Simon, now the Duke of Battersea and a favorit... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Having had enough of life on board the ship that saved her from a watery grave, Dido Twite wants nothing more than to sail home to England. Instead, Captain Casket's ship lands in Nantucket, where Dido and the captain's daughter, Dutiful Penitence, are left in the care of Dutiful's sinister Aunt Tribulation. In Tribulation's farmhouse, life is unbearable. When mysterious men lurk about in the evening fog, the resourceful Dido rallies against their she... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. When Dido Twite sets foot back on English soil, more mischief awaits. As her friend Captain Hughes recovers from a carriage accident, Dido stays at the Dogkennel Cottages and meets the odd inhabitants of Tegleaze Manor: strange old Lady Tegleaze, her nephew, Tobit, and his wizened, witchy nurse, Sannie. Soon suspicious things happen. A priceless miniature is stolen. Tobit is framed and then kidnapped. A twin sister is found. And when Dido catches a gl... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Readers who have followed Dido Twite's escapades in BLACK HEARTS IN BATTERS EA and NIGHTBIRDS ON NANTUCKET will welcome her return in her wildest adven ture yet. Now back in print, THE CUCKOO TREE and THE STOLEN LAKE continue the Wolves Chronicles, the exhilarating and imaginative series that stemmed from Joan Aiken's classic THE WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE. A dazzling piece of dramatic, snowballing adventure, THE STOLEN LAKE is full of fantastical det... View More...
When Vesper Holly embarks on a quest for legendary treasure and an army of magical warriors, she is plunged instead into the fierce struggle between I llyria's rebel forces and their Zentan rulers. "A truly exciting story."--Kirkus Reviews. An ALA Notable Children's Book, An IRA-CBC Children's Choice. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Get on a T-roll with a stylin' reading experience that will introduce you t o the magical world of the five spell-casting teen Trollz. Find out why you 'd rather be bald than miss these books! Step-by-step instructions show readers how to draw the Trollz, from pencil sketch to final, full-color illustration! View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Every summer Liam and Max roam the wild countryside of Northumberland - but this year things are different. One hot summer's day a jackdaw leads the two boys into an ancient farm house where they find a baby, wrapped in a blanket, with a scribbled note pinned to it. And so begins Jackdaw Summer. A summer when friendships are tested. A summer when lines between good and bad are blurred. A summer that Liam will never forget. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Keeper was born in the ocean, and she believes she is part mermaid. So as a ten-year-old she goes out looking for her mother-an unpredictable and unco mmonly gorgeous woman who swam away when Keeper was three-and heads right f or the ocean, right for the sandbar where mermaids are known to gather. But her boat is too small for the surf-and much too small for the storm that i s brewing on the horizon. Kathi Appelt follows her award-winning and New York... View More...
Peter Sam and Sir Handel get special new parts and Duncan, who gets nothing but an extra run, sulks until he hears about Rheneas, the engine that save d the Railway, and who is about to return. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. "The Devil's Storybook" is a 1974 New York Times Book Review Notable Childr en's Book of the Year and a 1975 National Book Award Finalist for Children' s Books. An ALA Notable Book Chosen by "School Library Journal "as one of the Best of the Best Books. View More...
The quickest way to gen up on everything about everybody in time for the Eu ro 2004 finals! From Arsenal's FA cup history to Zidane's scoring record - get your facts right or face the penalty! View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. One family's household has been in a state of disarray because of one small furry problem. Meet Houdini, an extraordinarily brilliant escapologist. No, not that Houdini. This one is a hamster. Once you meet him, you will understand that his owners just couldn't name him anything else, for his name is quite fitting. He can escape from anything-a cage or the clutches of a mean cat. While on his escapades, he causes all kinds of trouble from chewing thro... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. White Stag, the first book in a brutally stunning series by Kara Barbieri, involves a young girl who finds herself becoming more monster than human an d must uncover dangerous truths about who she is and the place that has bec ome her home. A Wattpad break out star with over a million reads! Now expanded, revised a nd available in print and eBook. As the last child in a family of daughters, seventeen-year-old Janneke was raised to be the male heir. Wh... View More...
