This is a story about a child getting lost in the forest and meeting a flimmogel, one of those small people who live only in the Fraser Valley and who cannot be seen by humans. Together they brave the dangers of the night forest, and face threats from various beasts. Through their shared love for the teachings of the Great Good Lady (the child's aunt), they come to understand each other and learn to be friends.

The Dunes bring hope to a young girl's life through the Goddess. She faces her own personal battles but finds strength in the stark face of a goddess who rules the Dunes in a tree overlooking this kingdom. A message of hope.

A book of poems for children (and adults) with some lyrical, some ballads, some humorous and some riddles. All previously published the NSW School Magazine (Australia). A collection garnered over many years of writing, including poems on the days of the week, the phases of the moon, mythical animals, ballads based on famous tales and many others. Approved by the leading educational editors of the School Magazine under the auspices of the NSW Education Department.

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...

Spring will marry you. A promise!Cuckoo brings the message: May.O new clothes! O get your house ready!Expectation keeps you starry.But at which church and on what day?In these poems Ted Hughes invites the reader to try and catch the spring (but she's elusive); to take a closer look at the March calf; to listen to the happiness of the summer grass; and to notice the 'weak-neck snowdrops' in winter. Earth is revealed in all its surprising richness...

Grace is fascinated by the natural world. To increase this precious sense of wonder she is chosen by Nature’s spirit guides and guardians to travel on ‘a funny sometimes fearful journey’ with an amethyst stone as her guide and promise of help along the way. Creatures she expects to assist her are too self-important. Her allies are small, often overlooked plants, flowers and insects. Her main goal seems to be discovering what lies in and beyond the rainbow, but her adventures bring her only...

Horrifa, a headstrong young witch, has her heart set on attending a mortal ball, hosted by a handsome prince at his nearby castle. Although her mother, Dragunda, is appalled that a sorceress would aspire to mortality, Dragunda finally agrees to help her fairytale-struck daughter transform herself into a blond haired, blue-eyed beauty, complete with a lacy pink gown. As Horrifa's Magic Makeover unfolds, Dragunda's spellbound innovation results in complete pandemonium dashing Horrifa's hopes to...

Little Cricky, a children’s book by Domnita Georgescu-Moldoveanu, is a story in verse of a little cricket’s adventures, translated from Romanian by Liliana Hoton and Miruna Nistor, whose children were the first avid readers of Little Cricky.The author is a Romanian who emigrated to France during communism, and passed away in Paris in 2013. She began writing from an early age, and tried different genres: news, children's tales, novels, poems... She was a member of ...

First published in 1984, this book of prose-linked animal poems won both the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the Signal Poetry Award. This new, illustated edition remains 'a very beautiful book: God and his son go to visit mankind and ask a few simple questions . . . the poems are pure enchantment' (The School Librarian).

A collection of noted comic poet Graham Denton's hilarious poems for children. With poems on topics from sport to family to TV to aliens, and a lot of silliness thrown in, this is guaranteed to keep kids chuckling. A brilliant book to get young readers enjoying poetry, and a great resource for teachers looking for poems that kids will love to learn by heart.

In Bannertail: The Story of a Graysquirrel a baby squirrel is adopted by a farm cat after his mother is killed, but when he is half-grown the barn in which he is living catches fire and burns to the ground. Bannertail flees into the woods, where he learns to survive and make a new life. He meets his mate and they have a family, but, they don't all live happily ever after, reinforcing the message that you should do what your parents say!Ernest Thompson Seton...

In this book the surprising and wonderful fairy tales written in Russia are collected. They are interesting and clear for adults and children. Because they tell us about simple and eternal problems. These fairy tales are about good and evil, truth and lie, bravery and cowardice, unselfishness and greed, about hatred and love. Likely therefore the first publication of this book has been let out in Russia by church publishing house. The priests have considered that it is useful to read such ...