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Moominpappa At Sea (Moomins, 7)
Leave Moominvalley? Is it possible? Yes, even the Moomin family need a change of scenery sometimes, so they’re off to live in a lighthouse on a tiny island. Here they find space to grow, and to do things they couldn’t in their comfortable, cluttered valley home. As they discover their new home, the family also discover surprising, and wonderfully funny, new things about themselves.
Keys
In this picture book, as Dad tucks his daughter into bed, he tells her fantastically imaginative stories about the keys on his key ring and what they unlock from a zippenburger that takes him to work, to a rocket to collect space noodles, a treasure box in the jungle, a chocolate biscuit factory where he taste tests all the biscuits, and a paddock where he rides a woolly mammoth that only eats yellow food.
Out Of The Blue
A house where everything is arranged just so, there lives a boy whose days are filled with peace, quiet, and solitude. Every morning, he wakes up and follows the exact same routine, without fail until the day something new appears, out of the blue: a bear! In this imaginative and empowering picture book, a meticulous child steps out of his comfort zone of control and opens himself up to unfamiliar and unexpected experiences.
Sitti’s Bird: A Gaza Story
A sensitive and heart warming story of how a little girl in Gaza finds strength and hope through her painting. Sitti’s Bird is a unique children’s picture book, written and illustrated by Palestinian artist, Malak Mattar, reflecting her experiences of childhood in Palestine.Malak is a little girl who lives in Gaza with her parents. She goes to school, plays in the ocean, and visits Sitti’s house on Fridays. One day while she is in school, bombings begin. She spends the next 50 days at home with her parents worrying and feeling scared, until one day she picks up her paintbrush …Sitti’s Bird: A Gaza Story is a unique children’s picture book, written and illustrated by Palestinian artist, Malak Mattar. Reflecting her experiences of childhood in occupied Palestine, Malak’s story brings warmth and wonder to children as it tells of her rebirth as an artist during the 2014 airstrikes on Gaza. It is the story of a young girl whose love for her family and discovery of art help her channel her fears and overcome traumas that few of us can imagine—traumas shared by countless children in Gaza and around the world.
The Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, And Helped Win World War Ii (Scholastic Focus)
From award winning author Candace Fleming, comes the powerful and fascinating story of the brave and dedicated young women who helped turn the tides of World War II for the Allies, with their hard work and determination at Bletchley Park. Events are brought to dramatic life through a treasure trove of photographs, which show the goings on at Bletchley and the sobering progress of the war and through the author’s meticulous research.
The Most Beautiful Winter
When snow begins to blanket the trees, naptime is here for the animals of the forest, everyone, it seems, except for Badger! He doesn’t feel like sleeping, and he’s got some big plans for the cold months ahead. But Mr. Bear has posted a “DO NOT DISTURB” sign. Marmot won’t answer the door. Even the nighthawk is sound asleep. Badger draws, knits, and reads for hours, but he doesn’t want to spend all this time alone. Can he find anyone to join his winter fun?
Invisibly Grace
High school is hard enough when you’re healthy. When you’ve got some weird, undiagnosable chronic illness, it’s a special hell. Meet Grace Turing. She loves art, weird trivia, and her little sister, Ivy.Grace has a secret. One that she’s determined to keep at her new school, in a new state, where no one knows her as ‘Sick Girl’. This is her chance to make friends and seem normal while her illness is still invisible. But is an invisible illness really invisible? How long can she keep a secret this big? And who else is she hurting by keeping her pain to herself?
Where Dreams Take You
Where dreams take you. It isn’t a question but the certainty that prepares us for an extraordinary journey .A book where illustration and poetry merge, transporting the reader to a world where art accompanies them on every page. An invitation to let our imagination soar as dreams take shape and become a reality. A dreamlike text without a starting point, which feels as if it has no end; a world of fantasy, which makes its presence felt right from the cover, with its bold, atmospheric title. It’s time to dream, and no one can say whether it’s just a fantasy, a desire for something to come true, or things that happen while we are asleep. That’s the magic of this book: we’ll never know whether she was dreaming about being an ant or if she was one, but, in any case, it happened. A story that symbolizes our goals, challenges, aspirations, and, above all, the fierce determination to achieve our objectives without giving up, overcoming our fears through the magic formula of trusting in ourselves.
I Am, You Are: Let’s Talk About Disability, Individuality And Empowerment
A powerful, practical book to help children and adults have meaningful discussions about disability.