Theme: Fear

Tom the Tamer

By Book Importer | Published: January 11, 2012

Tom’s father is afraid of animals. The father learns through Tom’s creativity and courage that he can conquer his fear.

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Prayer for the Twenty-first Century

By Book Importer | Published: September 7, 2011

A compelling text speaks to both young and old, expressing the deeply held hopes and fears that everyone recognizes. Illustrated with paintings, photographs, and collages, this call from the heart contains a message we all wish for our loved ones.

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Firebird

By Book Importer | Published: June 27, 2011

“In the shadow of King Vaslav’s Palace was a marvelous garden, and in the middle of that garden stood a tree that grew apples of solid gold, each one as dazzling as the sun.”Someone is stealing the king’s famous golden apples, and the culprit must be found. The palace gardener spots the luminous Firebird snatching [...]

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The Tzar’s Bird

By Book Importer | Published: May 5, 2011

A tzar’s fear of going to the edge of the world grows when Baba Yaga threatens him, but in time he learns that fear of the unknown is a senseless fear.

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Dark Night

By Book Importer | Published: May 4, 2011

when he wanders into the forest at night, Felix, terrified by the ferocious animals he sees, finds refuge in an unusual underground house.
 

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Zee Is Not Scared

By Book Importer | Published: May 4, 2011

Zee is furious. There’s a scary movie on TV, but he is not allowed to watch it. His parents say it will give him nightmares. But Zee is sure he wouldn’t be scared. And he decides to be a ghost himself.

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Dinkin Dings and the Frightening Things

By Book Importer | Published: May 2, 2011

Dinkin Dings is afraid of everything. Only the Frightening Things-the three monsters who live under his bed-don’t scare him. So when Dinkin suspects the people next door are evil zombies in disguise, he enlists his three friends to help take them down. But can a ghost, a skeleton, and a monster help a panic-stricken boy [...]

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The Children of the Lost

By Book Importer | Published: March 17, 2011

Cast out of the city of Agora where they were left at the end of The Midnight Charter, Mark and Lily must now survive in a dense forest. The strange villages, terrifying nightmares, and powerful witches they find there are even more frightening than Agora with all its slums and secrets. In an adventure that [...]

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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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Dorje’s Stripes

By Book Importer | Published: February 10, 2011

Dorje is a beautiful Royal Bengal tiger but he has no stripes. In a small Buddhist monastery in Tibet, Master Wu explains the reasons behind Dorjes missing stripes, and offers hope for the future.

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