Pine begins life as a tiny seedling beneath a forest of towering Oaks, Cedars and Gums. He longs to grow tall, belong among the older trees and feel the sunlight on his needles.Then the Wind asks Pine to dream.With the help of a well-travelled—and wonderfully imaginative—Ant, Pine begins picturing mountains, oceans and faraway places. When his life in the forest unexpectedly changes, his dream carries him farther than he ever imagined.Parts of Pine become paper for ...

The Laughing Contest is a warm and humorous story about the choices we make when we laugh.When creatures from around the world gather beneath the Great Cedar, two unlikely contestants are chosen: Orio the hyena and Ciril the kookaburra. Both know how to laugh—but for very different reasons.Through a series of funny, surprising and thoughtful challenges, the animals discover that laughter can hurt, heal, embarrass, encourage, divide or bring everyone togethe...

Little Wing is a girl who encounters a life changing Oak Tree deep in the forest. As she begins to hear the story of where she is from and how wonderful she is, she realises that within her is a spark that will never go out. The spark embodies seven magical elements about herself and is a reminder to all young people of how special they truly are. The Oak teaches her why she is feeling lost and sad and once she discovers the reason, she knows that she is different and in a truly awesome wa...

This is a true story.I had long searched for a young, white mule to raise and train and was expecting to find one around six months old.When I did finally find one he was a newborn and being sold along with his mother.They were consigned to a Fox Trotter sale that was coming up in a couple weeks.I was not interested in the mare and did not attend the sale.Little did I know, the owner had decided her baby was a worthless, white mule and may hinder her sale.He left the little, three ...

In a time when darkness covered the land, a boy named Weget is born who is destined to bring the light. With the gift of a raven's skin that allows him to fly as well as transform, Weget turns into a bird and journeys from Haida Gwaii into the sky. There he finds the Chief of the Heavens who keeps the light in a box. By transforming himself into a pine needle, clever Weget tricks the Chief and escapes with the daylight back down to Earth.Vividly portrayed through the art of Roy Hen...

Robena searches for meaning in her life and wants to know what the magical numbers of 11:11 mean. She finds a message of faith through the help of swamp dragons.

Девочка Пель - Шель - маленькая, пятилетняя девочка, которая живет во вполне обычной сказочной стране, в самой обыкновенной семье из пяти человек. Хотя никто, конечно, не решится при ней назвать ее маленькой.

Всё-таки быть смотрителем облачков не так просто, как кажется на первый взгляд. Порядок нужно поддерживать о-го-го! Тут и форму облачку придай необыкновенную, за силой ветра присматривай да успевай перелетать, если вдруг облачко в тучку начнёт превращаться.

In America's Gulf Coast region, where grounded oil tankers are being broken down for parts, Nailer, a teenage boy, works the light crew, scavenging for copper wiring just to make quota - and hopefully live to see another day.But when he discovers an exquisite clipper ship beached during a recent hurricane, Nailer faces the most important decision of his life: Strip the ship for all it's worth or rescue its lone survivor, a beautiful and wealthy girl who could lead him to a better l...

In this story Peach the Solar Kitten learns how expecting a 'thank you' sometimes makes one's life really miserable. His magic skills are put through a rough test of weather and ingratitude. Is the Solar Kitten up to the challenge?

The third book in Lois Lowry's Giver Quartet, which began with the bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning The Giver.Trouble is brewing in Village. Once a utopian community that prided itself on welcoming strangers, Village will soon be cut off to all outsiders.As one of the few able to traverse the forbidding Forest, Matty must deliver the message of Village’s closing and try to convince Seer’s daughter Kira to return with him before it’s too late. But Forest is now hostile ...