Author Catherine Y. Fridey has tapped into her love of time travel and archaeology to write the first in a series of books exploring those themes through the journeys of her spunky heroine, Jillian Spencer, and her companion and mentor, Mezradine Bakri.
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A 7-year-old, very determined little girl enters Winchesterfield-Downsfordvale Academy for Proper Young Ladies. She discovers that the school has problems, very big problems!
George is a dog with all the best intentions. And his owner, Harry, has all the best hopes that George will be a well-behaved dog when he leaves him alone for the day. But when George spies a delicious cake sitting on the kitchen table, his resolve starts to waver. You see, George loves cake. . . . Uh-oh. What to do now?
Elsie is a terrible speller and hates school. The only thing she’s ever been good at is art. Then one day, she gets a letter. It’s from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes stories.
Debut author Veronica Rossi discusses the creation of “Under the Never Sky” — the first in a captivating trilogy of post-apocalyptic romance.
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Zero is a number, and a very important number ~ but all the other numbers are having a hard time figuring out just how important he really is. In this hilarious new book by Joan Holub and New York Times bestselling author/illustrator Tom Lichtenheld, we learn the value of the letter zero, and have some laughs along the way.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again is the long-awaited sequel to Ian Fleming’s much loved book. Penned by Carnegie Award winner Frank Cottrell Boyce you’d better fasten your seat belts you’re in for a high-speed adventure!
This is the story of Nigel, the largest, strongest and brightest blue dragonfly ever born. In exchange for the power to fly, darning needles carry for the devil evil whispers to the ears of men, women, and little children everywhere. Nigel is the first to break this pact.
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