Alyson Waters
1) My valley
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A journey through an enchanted world inhabited by 'Touims' (tiny, adorable, monkey-like creatures), secret tree dwellings, flying buildings, and sad giants"--
2) Our fort
Author
Language
English
Description
Three friends set out to visit their secret fort at the edge of the woods, but as they are enjoying the freedom and nature all around them a big storm rolls in.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A contemporary Frankenstein that defies expectations, this is a thrilling novel, couched in luminous, captivating prose, about a journalist, Cédric Allyn-Weberson, who suffers a horrific accident, paralyzing him from the neck down. An ideal candidate for a body transplant, Cédric survives the surgery but has both physical and existential trouble with his recovery and adaptation: encountering his lover with a new body, discovering the life history...
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
National Picture Book Month - November 2022
Talking to Children About War, Violence, and the Refugee Crisis
Talking to Children About War, Violence, and the Refugee Crisis
Formats
Description
"In a besieged city, Noor watches as his neighbors pack their bags and flee their homes--but a dog named Bobby is left behind. As Noor sets out across the ravaged city to save him, he discovers pockets of life and hope in this moving story of friendship in the face of adversity." --
Author
Language
English
Description
A rabble of soft, golden "chicklets" are awoken one morning to a startling proclamation: they only have ten short days to prepare for their best friend Bertha Daye's party. It's time to get to work building a larger-than-life castle cake to house and feed the revelers. Made of chocolate scooped out of chocolate mines, "finer than fairy dust" flour from the hillsides, and fruit carried down twigs and stems in the forest, this will be the best -- and...
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"No Room at the Morgue came out after Jean-Patrick Manchette had transformed French crime fiction with such brilliantly plotted, politically charged, unrelentingly violent tales as Nada and The Mad and the Bad. Here, inspired by his love of Dashiell Hammett, Manchette introduces Eugene Tarpon, private eye, a sometime cop who has set up shop after being kicked off the force for accidentally killing a political demonstrator. Months have passed, and...
10) Meeselphe
Author
Language
English
Description
"Confident, bristly-haired Meeselphe tumbles headfirst into a whimsical world of riddles, monsters, and magical landscapes. Malivicious monsters stand in her way and nothing is as it seems in this whimsical and sometimes unfriendly world, but Meeselphe isn't fazed: she has an answer for every riddle and a red paintbrush for every self-conscious ladybug. In detailed illustrations and Claude Ponti's trademark wordplay, cleverly rendered in this inventive...
12) A king alone
Author
Language
English
Description
Deep in winter, inhabitants of the village begin mysteriously to disappear, and Langlois is sent to investigate. A manhunt begins and Langlois brings the case to what appears to be a successful conclusion. Some years later, again in winter, Langlois returns to the village, now having been promoted to the position of captain of the brigade that protects the inhabitants and their property from wolves. Langlois is a charismatic and enigmatic kingly figure...
14) Hiznobyuti
Author
Language
English
Description
Unattractive from birth, Hiznobyuti hides himself away until a fight with his family and a message from the stars set him on an adventure of self-discovery, communication, and reconciliation.