Jane Yolen
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"An unlikely-and entirely unforgettable-tale of a most unusual friendship between Flora, an elephant calf stolen from her African home, and David, the circus impresario and magician, who adopts, trains, and ultimately liberates her in a tale freely inspired by actual events"--
82) Love birds
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A shy and quiet boy wanders his new home town, listening to the birds, until he meets a fellow bird lover and friend.
84) Kiki kicks
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
At her first karate lesson, a young girl named Kiki regains her confidence and strength after being bullied at school.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
It's 1942 in Poland, and the world is coming to pieces. At least that's how it seems to Chaim and Gittel, twins whose lives feel like a fairy tale torn apart, with evil witches, forbidden forests, and dangerous ovens looming on the horizon. But in all darkness there is light, and the twins find it through Chaim's poetry and the love they have for each other. Like the bright flame of a Yahrzeit candle, his words become a beacon of memory so that the...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A young woman discovers the power to speak up and take control of her fate-a theme that has never been more timely than it is now... You think you know this story. You do not. A harsh, controlling father. A quiescent mother. A house that feels like anything but ahome. Natasha gathers the strength to leave, and comes upon a little house in the wood: A house that walks about on chicken feet and is inhabited by a fairy tale witch. In finding Baba Yaga,...
96) Briar Rose
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
From one of America’s most celebrated writers comes an exquisite and heartwrenching novel that no listener will forget. Jane Yolen takes the fairy tale of Briar Rose, the Sleeping Beauty, and tells it anew—set this time against the terrifying backdrop of the Holocaust. Briar Rose is easily Yolen’s greatest accomplishment—blend of beautiful myth and dark history.
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Español
Description
De enorme estornuda a gemidos gigantescos, las payasadas vergonzosas de estos dinosaurios dañosos enfermizos golpearán un acorde y traerán una risa a cualquier niño o adulto que alguna vez ha olido, se ha sorbido los mocos, ha tosido o ha dolido.
From enormous sneezes to gigantic wails, the outrageous antics of these mischievous ailing dinosaurs will strike a chord and bring a smile to any child or grown-up who has ever sniffed, snuffled, coughed...