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A girl made of stone, forever twelve years old, has outlasted the father who carved her and gave her life, but now the magical marks that animate her are fading and she must leave her mountain home and find help in the valley below if she wants her story--and those of her family--to continue.
44) Fishbone's song
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"Deep in the woods, in a rustic cabin, lives an old man and the boy he's raised as his own. This sage old man has taught the boy the power of nature and how to live in it, and more importantly, to respect it. In Fishbone's Song, this boy reminisces about the magic of the man who raised him and the tales that he used to tell--all true, but different each time."--
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2019.
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Winner of the 2018 Carnegie Medal! New from Michael L. Printz Award winner Geraldine McCaughrean comes an extraordinary story of eight boys stranded on a rock in the middle of the sea, left to fight for their survival. Every time a lad went fowling on the stacs, he came home less of a boy and more of a man. If he went home at all, that is. Every summer Quill and his friends are put ashore on a remote sea stac to hunt birds. But this summer, no one...
47) Brilliant Bea
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[2021]
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36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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With help from Ms. Bloom and some new friends, Beatrice discovers that learning differently is not something to be afraid of, and that dyslexia does not define who she is.
49) Big bunny
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[2018]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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A parent and child share the telling of a story about a giant bunny who eats carrots-- and maybe trucks and bridges (according to the child).
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"We shall all, in the end, be led to where we belong. We shall all, in the end, find our way home. In a time of war, a mysterious child appears at the monastery of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing. Gentle Brother Edik finds the girl, Beatryce, curled in a stall, wracked with fever, coated in dirt and blood, and holding fast to the ear of Answelica the goat. As the monk nurses Beatryce to health, he uncovers her dangerous secret, one that imperils...
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[2023]
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35 pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm
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"Have you ever wondered why Rabbit has such long ears? Or why Raccoon is wearing a mask? In this collection of funny and unique short stories, young Skye enlightens us in a number of Indigenous teachings, passed down to her from her Ojibway grandfather. Through her natural gift of storytelling, Skye encourages other children to embrace the art and become storytellers, too!"--Back cover.
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Pig in a wig volume 1
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[2015]
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34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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Illustrations and rhyming text introduce an increasing, then decreasing, cast of characters sharing a boat in a moat with a pig in an enormous wig.
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2023.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
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"Once upon a time there was a story no one has ever heard before, inspired by a carrot on the run, a knight who'd trade his sword for a pal, and an alien who just wants to get some rest and relaxation. It's a story about how to tell a story. From choosing a main character to crafting a problem to solve to arriving at a satisfying conclusion"--
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Elephant and Piggie books volume 14
Pub. Date
c2011
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57 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
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Gerald the elephant tells his best friend Piggie a long, crazy story about how he broke his trunk.
58) Eat, Leo! Eat!
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[2015]
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32 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm.
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On Sunday, Leo and and family gather at Nonna's house for a big lunch. Everyone is hungry--except for Leo. Then Nonna starts telling a story that includes the star-shaped pasta in her soup. The following week, she continues the story with a different kind of pasta, and Leo's appetite for the story--and Nonna's food--grows and grows.
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2006
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1 v. (unpaged.) ; col. ill. : 22 x 27 cm.
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Although Matilda the cat is the worst waitress at Burt's Diner because her mind is usually somewhere else--dueling pirates, lassoing bad guys, or wrestling twisters with one hand tied behind her back--no one cares since she is also the best storyteller.
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