To save their father’s life, a brother and sister must journey across a land full of magical beings from Colombian folklore and find the most powerful and dangerous of them all–the Madremonte.
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The Little Black Fish
The Little Black Fish may be small, but he has big questions about the world and is determined to find the answers to them. Whilst all the other fish in the pond just follow each other around, too scared to do anything different, Little Black Fish swims over the edge of the pool, into the stream towards the river and on to the sea. On his adventure Little Black Fish sees many wondrous and beautiful things, encounters danger lurking around every corner and is finally faced with his ultimate challenge.
Bear Is Never Alone
Bear likes playing piano for all the other animals, but they keep asking him for more, and Bear has trouble setting boundaries and expressing that he needs time for himself until he finds sympathetic Zebra.
Quiet Time With My Seeya
A lush and endearing picture book about the special days a child spends with her Sinhalese grandfather, her Seeya, despite their language barrier.
The Gilded Ones
Namina Forna Could Be The Toni Morrison Of Ya Fantasy.-refinery 29 The Start Of A Bold And Immersive West African-inspired, Feminist Fantasy Series For Fans Of Children Of Blood And Bone And Black Panther. In This World, Girls Are Outcasts By Blood And Warriors By Choice. Sixteen-year-old Deka Lives In Fear And Anticipation Of The Blood Ceremony That Will Determine Whether She Will Become A Member Of Her Village. Already Different From Everyone Else Because Of Her Unnatural Intuition, Deka Prays For Red Blood So She Can Finally Feel Like She Belongs. But On The Day Of The Ceremony, Her Blood Runs Gold, The Color Of Impurity-and Deka Knows She Will Face A Consequence Worse Than Death. Then A Mysterious Woman Comes To Her With A Choice: Stay In The Village And Submit To Her Fate, Or Leave To Fight For The Emperor In An Army Of Girls Just Like Her. They Are Called Alaki-near-immortals With Rare Gifts. And They Are The Only Ones Who Can Stop The Empire’s Greatest Threat. Knowing The Dangers That Lie Ahead Yet Yearning For Acceptance, Deka Decides To Leave The Only Life She’s Ever Known. But As She Journeys To The Capital To Train For The Biggest Battle Of Her Life, She Will Discover That The Great Walled City Holds Many Surprises. Nothing And No One Are Quite What They Seem To Be-not Even Deka Herself.
Spin
Sixteen year old Archne turns to weaving for solace, but when word spreads of her skill she is confronted by the goddess Athena and the two enter a weaving contest that results in transformation and redemption.
Border Crossings
As two ocelots attempt to cross the United States-Mexico border, they face obstacles that drive home the catastrophic effects of a wall on the plants and animals of the border–and the many benefits of keeping the border barrier-free.
The Speckled Feather
In the wide savanna there are three birds named Ade, Emem, and Nuru, that live on the back of an elephant. They are best friends. But one day the wind blows a bright speckled feather into their midst, and in no time their peacefulness is over.
Akpa’s Journey
After thick-billed murre Akpa emerges from his egg, high on an Arctic cliff, he soon learns that he must embark on a long migration before he is even able to fly. Flinging himself into the icy water with his father to guide him, Akpa must swim 1,000 kilometres of his journey south before he is able to finally fly the final leg of his journey. Adult male murres are also unable to fly during this time of the year, due to their changing feathers, so father and son must navigate south on the choppy ocean waves, meeting new and unfamiliar creatures along the way.
Nura And The Immortal Palace
Searching for her buried friend after the mines collapse, twelve-year-old Pakistani mica miner Nura finds herself at the Sijj Palace, a luxury hotel for the dangerous and deceitful jinn, where she must discover the truth beneath the glitter or be trapped forever.