Rosie and Nona are sisters. Yapas. They are also best friends. It doesn’t matter that Rosie is white and Nona is Aboriginal: their family connections tie them together for life.The girls are inseparable until Nona moves away at the age of nine. By the time she returns, they’re in Year 10 and things have changed. Rosie prefers to hang out in the nearby mining town, where she goes to school with the glamorous Selena and her gorgeous older brother, Nick.When a political announcement highlights divisions between the Aboriginal community and the mining town, Rosie is put in a difficult position: will she have to choose between her first love and her oldest friend?

An unflinching look at ten young lives suspended outside of time and bravely proceeding anyway inside the Katsikas refugee camp in Greece.

It’s not the journey that changes his life, but those he meets along the way.Albie is on a mission! The king has commanded him to deliver an important message to the neighboring castle. Dutifully he dashes away. But once on his way, something comes up and then another thing, and then another! What is one to do when a squirrel, a tired mother and her many children, and an old animal need Albie’s help, just has much as his king?

Anthony’s house is full of family photos of his parents’ trip to Paris, his great aunt, and Anthony himself as a toddler, holding his favorite rock. When Anthony wakes up one morning, he sees that his rock has cracked open it’s hollow inside. He doesn’t see the little face peering out from the closet. Later, he discovers the newly hatched creature and they become friends. Anthony asks his mother about the rock, and she shows him a photo album of a trip to Paris. Anthony sees that his friend resembles the gargoyles at Notre-Dame cathedral. Back in his room, he shows the photos to the baby gargoyle who looks at them with longing. News arrives that Anthony’s great aunt is in hospital. The family travel to Paris to visit, and Anthony secretly brings the baby gargoyle. When the family have a chance to climb Notre Dame’s tower, Anthony and his friend wander from one gargoyle to the next until the baby gargoyle sees one that looks just like him. A bittersweet story of true friendship and letting go.

An Extraordinary Story Of A Boy Who Protects A Baby Whale That Locals Believe Is Threatening Their Livelihood. Will Jackson Is Hiding Out, A City Boy Reluctantly Staying With His Uncle In Small Town New Zealand While He Struggles To Recover From A Brutal Attack And The Aftermath Of A Humiliating Youtube Clip Gone Viral. After He Discovers A Young Abandoned Orca Whale His Life Is Further Thrown Into Chaos, When He Rallies To Help Protect It Against Hostile, Threatening Interests. This Threatens To Tear Apart The Small Fishing Community And Forever Changes Will’s Life. The Boy And The Whale Develop A Special Bond, Linked By Will’s Love Of Singing.

Young readers can discover what life is like for children all around the world as they explore everything from food to family, and even learn how to say hello in many different languages.

Sung in Portuguese, these 30 lullabies and nursery rhymes from Brazil and Portugal invites children on an authentic musical journey exploring the strong cultural ties that bind the two countries.

Imagine living and working every day in the same small kiosk. For years, the kiosk has been Olga’s life. She spends her days inside reading travel magazines and dreaming of escaping to distant places. One day a chance occurrence turns her upside down literally and sets her off on an unexpected journey.

When Sarra’s parents die, they leave her with an important warning: never let Dan Auta, her little brother, cry. But Dan Auta loves to make trouble. He hitches a ride on the back of a bird, pokes the eye of the king’s son, and even pees on the king’s head. Making sure he doesn’t cry is much harder than Sarra thought! But Dan Auta’s unbridled curiosity and determination may be exactly what everyone needs: a terrible monster called the Dodo is attacking the city and Dan Auta is the only one with the courage to take him on.

Kept by a ruthless gang, three children manage to escape from slavery. But freedom isn’t just waiting on the outside.Separated, scared and looking after a small child, Esra will do whatever she can to reunite with her friend Miran, who was captured by the police, the police who she mustn’t trust. Hiding in the shadows of the forest, Esra is found by a local boy, a boy with his own story. Together they will create a man out of mud. A man who will come to life and lead them through a dark labyrinth of tunnels until they finally have the courage the step above ground. Until they finally have the courage to speak their story. Until they finally have the courage to be free.