Theme: Magic

Wee Granny’s Magic Bag

By Book Importer | Published: January 18, 2012

Emily and Harry love going on trips with Wee Granny. Surprising things always happen when she brings her tartan bag. One Christmas when they were carol singing Harry’s torch stopped working, so Granny reached into her bag and pulled out a lamppost to help them see! Last summer they were on the beach and Wee [...]

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Little Fairy Can’t Sleep

By Book Importer | Published: January 11, 2012

Faith, the little fairy, can’t get to sleep. It’s a lovely summer’s night and magic is in the air, so she flies off to see who else is still awake. Faith meets a mother fox and her young cubs, who can’t get to sleep, an elf father whose children can’t get to sleep, and the [...]

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Fantasy, Germany, Picture Book » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

The Princess Curse

By Book Importer | Published: December 12, 2011

Thirteen-year-old Reveka, an herbalist’s apprentice in the Middle Ages, attempts to break the mysterious curse on the princesses of Sylvania and instead discovers a door to the Underworld.

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

The Jewel of the Kalderash

By Book Importer | Published: December 12, 2011

Fourteen-year-old Petra, her tin spider Astrophil, and their friends become entangled in the competition for the Roma crown, then set out for Prague in hopes of finally finding a cure for Petra’s father.

Descriptors: Czech Republic, Europe, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Fox and Phoenix

By Book Importer | Published: December 12, 2011

The king of Long City is dying. For Kai Zu, the news means more than it does for most former street rats in the small mountain stronghold, because he and the king’s daughter are close friends. Then the majestic ruler of the ghost dragons orders Kai to travel across the country to the Phoenix Empire, [...]

Descriptors: Asia, Fantasy, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Witch’s Revenge

By Book Importer | Published: December 12, 2011

Two months after she saved the Eye of Lornish, a large white stone that prevents the magical kingdom of Mor from being discovered, Morag is adjusting to life in the secret northern kingdom. But dark dreams trouble her, and a series of unsolved robberies proves that even with the protection of her friends—Shona the dragon, [...]

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Magical Mischief

By Book Importer | Published: December 12, 2011

What if magic took over everything in its path? This is the fate of the old Hardbattle Bookshop. Magic has settled in every corner and brought chaos to Mr. Hardbattle’s life, driving away all of his customers. Then one day, just when Mr. Hardbattle’s had enough, a young boy named Arthur stumbles in. And soon [...]

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Children of the Lamp: The Grave Robbers of Genghis Khan

By Book Importer | Published: December 12, 2011

While volcanoes spew golden lava around the world, djinn twins John and Philippa, with their parents, Uncle Nimrod, and Groanin, face evil more powerful than ever before when they try to stop the wicked djinn trying to rob the grave of Genghis Khan.

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The Magic Hummingbird: A Hopi Folktale

By Book Importer | Published: October 13, 2011

Malotki & Lacapa, who previously collaborated on THE MOUSE COUPLE, bring this magical HOPI FOLKTALE to life, telling how two children left behind in the drought stricken village of Oraibi, through their creativity & playfulness, influence Muy’ingwa, the god of fertility, to return the land to fruitfulness. EKKEHART MALOTKI, professor of languages at Northern Arizona [...]

Descriptors: Folklore, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Picture Book, United States of America » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Hocus Pocus

By Book Importer | Published: October 3, 2011

This zany tale pits a grouchy pooch against Hocus Pocus, a mischievous blue bunny who lives in a magician’s hat. When Hocus Pocus spots a bunch of tantalizing carrots poking out of a shopping bag, he decides he must have them. But to reach the kitchen counter, he must risk waking Dog, a pet canine [...]

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