Thomas is an aquarium toad of unknown parentage. He doesn’t know his past and the prospects for his future are dim. While he’s read extensively about faraway lands, Thomas has never ventured beyond the glass walls of home. But when happenstance leaves a door open into a brave new world, Thomas hopes he’ll finally discover where he belongs.As the story unfolds, this humble but educated toad finds himself in the middle of a civil feud between rival frog clans and a lost kingdom yet t...

Classic western adventure. Made for the next generation. The Boys Book of Western Stories brings together the best of the pulp West: hard-riding heroes, outlaw showdowns, and wide-open country where courage is the only currency that matters. Eight short stories spanning the golden age of American frontier fiction and bold new voices curated for boys ages 10 to 16 who are ready for stories with real grit. Perfect for reading aloud around the campfire or quietly at the end of a long day.Buil...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “BREATHTAKING.”—The Boston Globe • An Entertainment Weekly All-Time Greatest Novel • A Newsweek Top 100 Book of All Time • Winner of the Costa Award and the British Book Award • A Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Book of the Century • The Inspiration for the HBO Original Series His Dark MaterialsDON’T MISS THE EPIC FINALE TO LYRA’S STORY: THE ROSE FIELD, AVAILABLE N...

The Daughter of Odren is a short fantasy story of betrayal and revenge set in the world of Earthsea, in which Weed, the daughter of Lord Garnet, waits for the day she will have her father back.For fourteen years, Weed, as she is called, the daughter of Lord Garnet, has brought offerings to the standing stone. Alone in a shallow valley, she implores the stone not to forget her. To remember who he is and the life he led. To wait until the day he will be avenged.Now t...

Newbery Medalist and New York Times bestselling author Lois Lowry transports readers to an Iron Age world through the suspenseful dual narrative of a boy and girl both battling to survive. In an utterly one-of-a-kind blend of fiction and history, a master storyteller explores the mystery and life of the 2,000-year-old Windeby bog body.Estrild is not like the other girls in her village; she wants to be a warrior. Varick, the orphan boy who helps her train i...

Albert Einstein is quoted as saying, "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." For Ellia McAllister, it couldn't be more accurate.Thousands of years after a devastating cataclysm, humanity lives in a new dark age. Technology and science are forbidden and a matriarchal church rules society. However, Ellia is ruled only by her curiosity. Defying the Church, she learns that all is not as it seems in the holy boo...

A tree that makes our every desire come true can be a great blessing but, when selfishness is our guide, its powers can quickly turn against us.The queen of fireflies Silena and her sister, the beautifull iridescent fairy Lilidrin, both want to conquer the heart of the poet sorcerer and are determined to use the wondertree's power to have him. The lesson they learn though is more important than any prize.Read this dreamy story, follow them to the edge of the world that no man...

A gorgeous new take on Aesop's Fables with stories from around the world masterfully illustrated by an award-winning print-maker.The world is connected, and so are our stories. In this picture book, stunningly illustrated with Holly Berry's hand-carved wood cuts, we're introduced to short versions of Aesop's Fables as they're told in various corners of the globe.The stories included are:The Heron (USA, New England marsh)The Lion and the Mouse ...

A bad summer, and the crops didn't grow. Now winter is coming. Everyone is hungry. People are searching for nettles and acorns.Elka and her little brother Daw huddle under their blankets, trying to keep warm. Elka is too hungry to sleep. Awake in the dark, she listens to her parents whispering."I don't want to watch them starve. Take them into the wood and leave them. Take them far in, so they won't find their way back, and leave them."The next day their father takes t...

"This book is the third one in children's reading material. However, the author is a writer of collections of prose-poetry, humor and biography. The seven pieces in this book cover the following genre: JUV002000 JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / General, JUV044000 JUVENILE FICTION / Readers / Intermediate and JUV038000 JUVENILE FICTION / Short Stories. The reading is appropriate for children ages 9 to 12."

"Dragoon felt the chilling breeze rush through the vast camp. He twitched his thin whiskers and continued to walk through the golden dust. He stopped when he reached the restless sea, and he deeply breathed in the salty marine air. Something wasn’t right... Darkness soon shall fall, flood shall come, evil will invade, but there shall be true-hearted heroes who have the power to end the malice." OneFoot and Monk are two flawed feline protagonists that are living in a seemingly utopian parad...

A small group of intellectuals from a primitive culture of modified monkey-like humans are banished from the treetops for heresy. In their exile on the ground they have to adapt to vastly different circumstances, fight monsters resembling dinosaurs, and finally happen upon the godly giants, whose existence they had questioned.(Goodreads) This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.