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The bear and the nightingale : a novel
A novel inspired by Russian fairy tales follows the experiences of a wild young girl who taps the mysterious powers of a precious necklace given to her father years earlier to save her village from dark and dangerous forces.
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Fiction - JH & HS
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A visit to Highbury
A novel that looks at life in Jane Austen's village through gossipy letters exchanged by Mrs. Goddard, the local school principal, and her sister in London.
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Fiction - JH & HS
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Fiction - JH & HS
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The dark and hollow places
Alone and listening to the moaning of the Dark City dying around her, Annah wants to find her way back home, to her sister and family and their village in the Forest of Hands and Teeth.
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Fiction - JH & HS
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My swordhand is singing
In the dangerous dark of winter in an Eastern European village during the early seventeenth century, Peter learns from a gypsy girl that the Shadow Queen is behind the recent murders and reanimations, and his father's secret past may hold the key to stopping her.
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Fiction - JH & HS
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The Safe-Keeper's secret
Fiona is Safe-Keeper in the small village of Tambleham, where neighbors and strangers alike come one by one, in secret, to tell her things they dare not share with anyone else.
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Fiction - JH & HS
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El gallo que no se callaba! = The rooster who would not be quiet!
The villagers of a noisy city elect a new mayor who outlaws all singing, but a brave little rooster decides to sing anyway, despite the progressively severe punishments. Presented in English and Spanish.
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Picture Book - Elementary
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The rooster who would not be quiet!
"The mayor of the noisy city of La Paz institutes new laws forbidding all singing, but a brave little rooster decides he must sing, despite the progressively severe punishments he receives for continuing to crow. The silenced populace, invigorated by the rooster's bravery, ousts the tyrannical mayor and returns their city to its free and clamorous state"-- Provided by publisher.
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Picture Book - Elementary
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Doña Flor : a tall tale about a giant woman with a great big heart
Doña Flor, a giant lady with a big heart, sets off to protect her neighbors from what they think is a dangerous animal, but soon discovers the tiny secret behind the huge noise.
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Picture Book - Elementary
