Tag Archives: Stories

Fire Star (Dragon Trilogy)

Rating: (16 reviews)
Author: Chris D’lacey
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks

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In the thrilling third book in Chris d’Lacey’s popular series, David Rain is faced with a perilous task. ICEFIRE’s evil sibyl Gwilanna is back, this time determined to resurrect the dragon Gawain on the ice cap of the Tooth of Ragnar. Can David and [...]

Gingerbread Friends

Rating: (3 reviews)
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Publisher: Putnam Juvenile

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That popular little character is back looking for friends, in an adventure he’ll never forget.
Confident and cocky, the Gingerbread Baby happens upon a bakery, where he dances and prances in front of a sugar cookie girl, trying to make friends. But she just stares [...]

The Big Picture Story Bible

Rating: (41 reviews)
Author: David Helm
Publisher: Crossway Books

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Rather than simply retelling the most familiar short scenes from the Bible, this book presents the big picture the unified story running through the Old and New Testaments. This delightful book will help children learn the Bible s whole story and begin to appreciate [...]

The 13 Clocks

Rating: (36 reviews)
Author: James Thurber
Publisher: NYR Children’s Collection

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Once upon a time, in a gloomy castle on a lonely hill, where there were thirteen clocks that wouldn’t go, there lived a cold, aggressive Duke, and his niece, the Princess Saralinda. She was warm in every wind and weather, but he was [...]

A Giant Problem (Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles)

Author: Holly Black
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing

Product Description
Talk about out of the frying pan, into the fire! I was pretty sure that my freaky stepsister and that freaky field guide of hers would ruin my life. But now it looks like they’re going to ruin all of Florida, too! Okay, maybe that’s [...]

Sir Fartsalot Hunts the Booger

Rating: (4 reviews)
Author: Kevin Bolger
Publisher: Razorbill

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Sir Fartsalot’s on a quest to defeat a villain most foul!
Things really stink in the Kingdom of Armpit. King Reginald the Not Very Realistic has had it up to here with his naughty son Prince Harry, who loosens the tops on all the Royal [...]

Howl’s Moving Castle

Rating: (190 reviews)
Author: Diana Wynne Jones
Publisher: Eos

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Sophie has the great misfortune of being the eldest of three daughters, destined to fail miserably should she ever leave home to seek her fate. But when she unwittingly attracts the ire of the Witch of the Waste, Sophie finds herself under a [...]

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (Caldecott Medal Book)

Rating: (49 reviews)
Author: Simms Taback
Publisher: Viking Juvenile

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When Joseph’s favorite overcoat gets old and worn, he makes a jacket out of it. When the jacket is more patches than jacket, Joseph turns it into a vest. When the vest’s number is up, Joseph makes a scarf. This thrifty industry continues until there’s [...]

Wee Sing Bible Songs (Wee Sing) CD and Book Edition (Wee Sing)

Rating: (16 reviews)
Author: Pamela Conn Beall, Susan Hagen Nipp
Publisher: Price Stern Sloan

Book Description
The bestselling Wee Sing line is now tailored for the most modern Wee Sing fans! These eight classic Wee Sing titles are now in a great new package—a book and CD in a reusable blister!

Ink Exchange

Rating: (9 reviews)
Author: Melissa Marr
Publisher: HarperTeen

Product Description
Unbeknownst to mortals, a power struggle is unfolding in a world of shadows and danger. After centuries of stability, the balance among the Faery Courts has altered, and Irial, ruler of the Dark Court, is battling to hold his rebellious and newly vulnerable fey [...]

The Neverending Story

Rating: (256 reviews)
Author: Michael Ende
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile

Silvermist and the Ladybug Curse (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))

Author: Gail Herman
Publisher: RH/Disney

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NOTHING RATTLES SILVERMIST. She’s the calmest water-talent fairy around, and as cool as a deep mountain lake. But then an “unlucky” white ladybug lands on Silvermist’s head, and her orderly world goes topsy-turvy. She’s never been the type of fairy to lose things or have accidents or make mistakes [...]

The Seeing Stone (The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 2)

Rating: (64 reviews)
Author: Holly Black
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing

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In the Spiderwick Chronicles’ second book, things get even more exciting–and kind of scary–for the Grace kids, as the strange faerie world hinted at in The Field Guide blooms to full life around them.
After making tentative peace with Thimbletack (a [...]

Swimmy (Knopf Children’s Paperbacks)

Rating: (23 reviews)
Author: Leo Lionni
Publisher: Dragonfly Books

Book Description
Illus. in color. “An exquisite picture book. A little fish, the lone survivor of a school of fish swallowed by a tuna, devises a plan to camouflage himself and his new companions.”–(starred) School Library Journal.  

Arthur Spiderwick’s Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You: Movie Tie-in Edition (The Spiderwick Chronicles)

Rating: (49 reviews)
Author: Holly Black
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing

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Spiderwick fans will adore this gorgeous guidebook to the fantastical creatures featured in Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi’s spectacular series. The superdeluxe, lavishly illustrated “field guide” features 142 information-packed pages, 41 full-color plates, 6 spectacular gatefolds, 6 watercolor landscapes, scores of [...]

The Christmas Story

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Jane Werner Watson
Publisher: Golden Books

Book Description
Beautiful paintings by Eloise Wilkin and inspiring text, make this story of the birth of Jesus one to share again and again.

Baboushka: A Christmas Folktale from Russia (Christmas & Hanukkah)

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Publisher: Candlewick

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This holiday Baboushka tale blends the Nativity with the tradition of Christmas gift giving.
Everyone in the village is bubbling with excitement about the new star in the sky—everyone except old Baboushka, who is busy sweeping, scouring, and polishing her house. Then three strangers arrive. When Baboushka invites them to stay [...]

Wicked Lovely

Rating: (70 reviews)
Author: Melissa Marr
Publisher: HarperTeen

Book Description
Rule #3: Don’t stare at invisible faeries.
Aislinn has always seen faeries. Powerful and dangerous, they walk hidden in mortal world. Aislinn fears their cruelty—especially if they learn of her Sight—and wishes she were as blind to their presence as other teens.
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The First Noel: A Christmas Carousel

Rating: (7 reviews)
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Publisher: Candlewick

Book Description
Part carousel, part shadow box, this elegant, stand-alone Nativity book, designed by a master paper engineer, reflects all the wonder of Christmas and will be treasured for seasons to come.
Part carousel, part shadow box, this elegant stand-alone Nativity book designed by a master paper engineer reflects [...]

Merry Fairy Holidays: Three Enchanted Christmas Stories (Flower Fairies Friends)

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Cicely Mary Barker
Publisher: Warne

Book Description
This wonderful holiday collection features three Flower Fairies Friends chapter book stories about the most popular winter Flower Fairies, The Christmas Tree Fairy, Snowdrop Fairy and the Holly Fairy as they each celebrate the festive season. Discover how the Christmas Tree Fairy uses her [...]

The Beginner’s Bible: Timeless Children’s Stories

Rating: (68 reviews)
Author: Karen Henley
Publisher: ZonderKidz

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Written for early readers, The Beginner’s Bible includes 95 classic Bible stories, rewritten in a language children can understand. From the baby Moses (”A Basket Boat”) to the baby Jesus (”The Most Special Baby”), from Noah (”The First Rainbow”) to David and Goliath (”The Giant”), children [...]

The Story of Christmas

Rating: (6 reviews)
Author: Patricia A. Pingry
Publisher: Candy Cane Press

Book Description
Here is the story of the birth of Jesus and the original reason behind Christmas told in a simple manner that toddlers will understand, in a compact board book version.

Fire Star

Rating: (11 reviews)
Author: Chris D’lacey
Publisher: Orchard Books

Book Description
In this thrilling final installment of Chris d’Lacey’s popular trilogy, David Rain is faced with a perilous task. ICEFIRE’s evil sibyl Gwilanna is back, this time determined to resurrect the dragon Gawain on the ice cap of the Tooth of Ragnar. Can David and [...]

In the Realm of the Never Fairies: The Secret World of Pixie Hollow (Disney Fairies)

Rating: (26 reviews)
Author: Monique Peterson
Publisher: Disney Press

Book Description
MAGIC MIGHT BE CLOSER THAN YOU THINK. For just beyond the world you see, there is another world where the air shimmers with pixie dust and the impossible happens every day.Far beyond the horizon, on the magical island of Never Land, there is a [...]

Legend of the Christmas Tree, The

Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Rick Osborne
Publisher: Zonderkidz

Book Description
A fathers prayer for his family to understand the deeper meaning of our Christmas celebrations becomes a reality during the search for a perfect Christmas tree. The family discovers the meaning behind one of their favorite Christmas traditions in The Legend of the Christmas Tree.

The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus

Rating: (17 reviews)
Author: Joel Chandler Harris
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

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It’s been more than a hundred years since the publication of the first Uncle Remus book, and it was in 1955 that all of the delightful and inimitable tales of Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, Brer Bear, and Brer Wolf were gathered together in [...]

The Night before Christmas

Rating: (42 reviews)
Author: Clement Clarke Moore
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
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Whose tiny faces are peeking out from Santa’s golden sleigh? Yikes! It’s two of Santa’s elves who are Christmas Eve stowaways. Beloved illustrator Jan Brett’s version of The Night Before Christmas lets these two mischievous elves add their rambunctious spirit to this familiar 1823 [...]

Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast

Rating: (227 reviews)
Author: Robin Mckinley
Publisher: Eos
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This much-loved retelling of the classic French tale Beauty and the Beast elicits the familiar magical charm, but is more believable and complex than the traditional story. In this version, Beauty is not as beautiful as her older sisters, who are both lovely [...]

The Gingerbread Cowboy

Rating: (4 reviews)
Author: Janet Squires
Publisher: Laura Geringer

Book Description
“Giddyup, giddyup as fast as you can. You can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread Man!”
The Gingerbread Cowboy can run from the rancher, he can dash past the javelinas, and he can giddyup right by the cattle grazing on the mesa. But [...]