Theme: Adventures

Noah Barleywater Runs Away

By Book Importer | Published: May 31, 2011

Eight-year-old Noah’s problems seem easier to deal with if he doesn’t think about them. So he runs away, taking an untrodden path through the forest. Before long, he comes across a shop. But this is no ordinary shop: it’s atoyshop, full of the most amazing toys, and brimming with the most wonderful magic. And here [...]

Descriptors: Europe, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Ireland, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures #7: The Flying Chinese Wonders

By Book Importer | Published: May 3, 2011

There’s no place on Earth a flat kid can’t go! Watch out, Stanley! Ouch! Stanley accidentally caused twin acrobats Yin and Yang to take a tumble, right before their Chinese New Year show. Yang’s foot is broken–but luckily, Flat Stanley is flexible enough to take his place. To make up for his mistake, Stanley travels [...]

Descriptors: Asia, China, Fantasy, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment

Bubble in the Bathtub

By Book Importer | Published: March 17, 2011

Tiny dynamo Nilly and his friend Lisa, first introduced in Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder (S & S, 2010), return to save the day (and the doctor). At the end of their last outing, Doctor P. headed back to Paris to save the love of his life, Juliette Margarine, from having to marry evil Claude Cliché. [...]

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Digging for Troy

By Book Importer | Published: March 17, 2011

It started as a legend told to each new generation-a war between the Greeks and the Trojans, with heroes battling over a beauty named Helen. While some question if this war and even the city of Troy itself existed, the tales have enticed people to look for clues in order to elicit fact from fiction [...]

Descriptors: Europe, Fantasy, Greece, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Little Polar Bear

By Book Importer | Published: March 17, 2011

Your favorite little polar bear in a BIG board format.  What makes Lars, the little polar bear, so special?  Stories that “incorporate the unexpectedness of life events, the power of experiences to help form personal values, and the importance of both friendly help and self-reliance.” (School Library Journal)  Now available as a 9×9 “lap edition” board [...]

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Fantasy, Primary (ages 6-9), Switzerland » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment

King of Ithaka

By Book Importer | Published: February 15, 2011

Telemachos has a comfortable life on his small island of Ithaka, where his mother Penelopeia keeps the peace even though the land has been without its king, his father Odysseus, since the Trojan War began many years ago.  But now the people are demanding a new king, unless Telemachos can find Odysseus and bring him home. With [...]

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Have Fun, Anna Hibiscus!

By Book Importer | Published: February 10, 2011

Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa. Amazing Africa. But she is spending Christmas with her granny in Canada. She cant wait to see snow for the first time! And how will it feel to be so far from home?

Descriptors: Africa, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Revenge of the Witch (The Last Apprentice, Book One)

By Book Importer | Published: February 22, 2010

For years, Old Gregory has been the Spook for the country, ridding the local villages of evil. Now his time is comimg to an end. But who will take over him? Twenty-nine apprentices have tried-some floundered, some fled, some failed to stay alive. Only Thomas Ward is left. He’s the last hope; the last apprentice. [...]

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The Last Apprentice: Clash of the Demons

By Book Importer | Published: February 22, 2010

“You can’t make alliances with witches and suchlike and hope to avoid being drawn toward the dark.” As the Spook’s apprentice, Thomas Ward’s first duty is to protect the County from ghosts, boggarts, and other dangerous creatures. But now his mother has come back from her homeland to seek his help. One of the most [...]

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Glint

By Book Importer | Published: February 22, 2010

Ellie and her little brother Danny spend their lonely days making up stories about a young girl in a world of dragons and shape-shifters, a girl as brave and cunning as they would like to be. Five years later Danny disappears. The police have no clues. They fear he is dead, but Ellie knows better. [...]

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