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RP Kids
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"A Kid's Guide to the Chinese Zodiac is a charming, fun-filled introduction to eastern astrology, perfect for discovering what your sign-Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, or Pig-says about you. Are you loyal like the Dog? Or stubborn like the Ox? What does the time you were born say about who you are? Can knowing more about your Zodiac empower you in your day to day? A Kid's Guide to the Chinese Zodiac offers...
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Duke Classics
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English
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"At the Back of the North Wind" is a classic children's story first serialized in England in 1868 and published into a book in 1871 by the Scottish author George MacDonald. This enchanting fairy tale follows Diamond, a sweet, innocent, and joyful young stable boy in Victorian London who goes on adventures with the majestic North Wind. The North Wind is personified as a lovely and mysterious woman, both severe and kind, who teaches young Diamond about...
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Pub. Date
2023
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English
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"An original and probing debut work of nonfiction by a brilliant new writer, rooted in her years-long quest to study the cultural legacy of the wolf In this enthralling, kaleidoscopic exploration of wolves both real and symbolic, Erica Berry weaves historic and scientific findings alongside criticism, journalism, and memoir to illuminate the strands of our cultural constructions of predator and prey, and what it means to navigate a world in which...
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Duke Classics
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English
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Oedipus the King is Sophocles' legendary rendition of the myth of the great king Oedipus, perhaps the best known of all of the Greek Tragedies.
When an oracle foretells that the young prince Oedipus will grow up to murder his father he is cast out of the kingdom by the king who hopes by doing so that he will avoid his fate. Oedipus grows up and many years later, not knowing his own identity, or the identity of his father, meets him at
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Duke Classics
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English
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Sir James George Frazer's The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion is a broad comparative study of mythology and religion. Treating religion as a cultural phenomenon rather than discussing it from a theological perspective, the effect of The Golden Bough on both European literature and the emerging discipline of anthropology was substantial. The pioneering anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski said of it: "No sooner had I read
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W.R. Gingell
Pub. Date
2015
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English
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Old maids! Murder! Masked Beast Lords!
Lady Isabella Farrah didn't expect a proposal from a masked man at the Annual Ambassadorial Ball—nor did she expect a murder.
She got both.
Happily for society at large, Isabella is of the opinion that noses were made for sticking into other peoples' business, and she is delighted to do just that in the service of the murdered man—and perhaps in service of a certain Beast Lord,
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Duke Classics
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English
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Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince and Other Stories(1888) is an inscrutable, magical fairy tale collection that has filled readers of all ages with joy and wonder. Each story explores profound truths of love, morality, and suffering; yet there is a poignant beauty that shines through each of these remarkable and timeless tales.
The opening story, "The Happy Prince" is set in a town full of suffering, where a little sparrow who had been abandoned by...
9) We could fly
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"At a sparrow's urging, a young girl feels a mysterious trembling in her arms, a lightness in her feet, a longing to be free. Her mother tells her that her Granny Liza experienced the same, as did many of their people before her. Perhaps it's time, Mama says, to slip the bonds of earth and join the journey started long ago. To hold each other tight and rise"--
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Duke Classics
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English
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Full of exquisite moonlit scenes that play out like dreams and underground escapades descending into nightmare, this is a must-read for all fantasy aficionados and fans of Tolkien, Lewis, and RowlingEight-year-old Princess Irene lives a lonely life in a wild, desolate, mountainous kingdom, with only her nursemaid Lootie for company. She is protected from the outside world and oblivious to the existence of goblins, hideous creatures that live underground...
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Publisher
Oni Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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From the time she was little, Althalia's abuela taught her about their culture; there was music, there was food, there was history, and then there was magic. The magic of the brujas. Althalia, along with her two companions, Dana, a were-coyote, and Chuey, a chupacabra, uses her abuela's training to help and assist others from all manner of spirits, demons, hell beasts, and even priests who seek the brujas destruction.
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Duke Classics
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English
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The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm is fantastic collection of stories, decorated with Arthur Rackham's splendid illustrations. Included, are such well-known and loved stories as 'Briar Rose', 'The Frog Prince', 'Rapunzel', 'The Valiant Little Tailor', 'Hansel and Gretel', 'Little Red Riding Hood', 'The Robber Bridegroom', 'Tom Thumb', 'Aschenputtel', and many more.
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Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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Irish Fairy Tales is a selection of mythical stories highlighting themes of love, duty and deception in the magical setting of ancient and medieval Ireland. Each narrative presents internal and external conflicts that test the moral code of its leading characters.
James Stephens explores Ireland's cherished history though the eyes of fabled hunters, soldiers, kings and queens. Many stories feature the Fianna, a group of tribal warriors, and their...
14) Disney Frozen
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Dark Horse Comics
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Discover more about Anna and Elsa, from their perspectives, in this expanded retelling of the timeless Oscar®-winning film.
Return to the unforgettable world of Frozen and experience the captivating story of family, love, acceptance, and magic from the first-person perspective of the two sisters! Anna and Elsa are separated by fear and panic when the kingdom suddenly discovers Elsa's magical ability to create ice and snow on...
Return to the unforgettable world of Frozen and experience the captivating story of family, love, acceptance, and magic from the first-person perspective of the two sisters! Anna and Elsa are separated by fear and panic when the kingdom suddenly discovers Elsa's magical ability to create ice and snow on...
15) Érase una vez
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Series
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Océano Gran Travesía
Pub. Date
2024
Language
Español
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«Por un segundo mi cerebro se apagó por completo. No estaba asustada. No estaba sobrecogida. No estaba nada de nada. Sólo tenía un pensamiento, y era la única cosa que mi cabeza podía contener.
Los grifos existen.
Lentamente reconstruí el mundo en mi cabeza. Seguía siendo Marjan Dastani. Seguía en secundaria. Mis amigas seguían siendo Carrie Finch y Grace Yee. Papá seguía muerto y yo seguía en Inglaterra. Todo permanecía igual, sólo...
16) Hooky: Volume 3
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Series
Hooky volume 3
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Clarion Books, HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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The thrilling, heartfelt finale to the New York Times bestselling Hooky series, based on the beloved WEBTOON comic. Reeling from three years of anti-magic rule under the king--and three years disconnected from twin witches Dani and Dorian--Princess Monica, Nico, Damien, and Prince William know that it is now their responsibility to save the kingdom, and their friends, before darkness prevails. Determined to uncover the circumstances of Dorian's disappearance...
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Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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The second magical bookwandering adventure in the nationally bestselling Pages & Co. series, featuring Tilly Pages as she journeys to France to wander inside a peculiar book of fairytales. Perfect for fans of Inkheart and The Land of Stories.
Tilly and her best friend Oskar are bookwanderers: a remarkable group of people who, using the magical power of books, can travel inside any story they choose. But on a wintry...
Tilly and her best friend Oskar are bookwanderers: a remarkable group of people who, using the magical power of books, can travel inside any story they choose. But on a wintry...
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Pub. Date
2024
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English
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When attempting to rid herself of magic, seventeen-year-old Liska is captured by the demon warden of the spirit-wood who offers her one year of servitude in exchange for any wish, but she soon discovers the sinister truth at the heart of their deal.
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The stolen heir volume 2
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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"Prince Oak must find a way to stop a war between Elfhame and North"--
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Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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For as long as Sigrid could remember, she's wanted to become a mighty, fearless valkyrie. But without a winged mare, she's a mere stable hand, left wondering who her parents were and why she's so different. So when the Eye shows her a vision where she's leading a valkyrie charge on the legendary eight-legged horse Sleipnir, she grabs the possibility of this greater destiny with both hands, refusing to let go. Too bad that the only one who can help...