One of School Library Journal's Best Fiction Books of 2011Some secrets are better left buried; some secrets are so frightening they might make angels weep and the devil crow.Thought provoking as well as intensely scary, Marcus Sedgwick's White Crow unfolds in three voices. There's Rebecca, who has come to a small, seaside village to spend the summer, and there's Ferelith, who offers to show Rebecca the secrets of the town...but at a price. Finally, there's a...

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"Updates Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story . . . Teens who enjoy brooding love stories will not be disappointed" ( School Library Journal).Jill Jekel has always obeyed her parents' rules—especially the one about never opening the mysterious, old box in her father's office. But when her dad is murdered, and her college savings disappear, she's tempted to peek inside, as the contents might be the key to a lucrative chemistry scholarship.To improv...

P. L. Travers introduced Mary Poppins to the world in 1934. Ever since, the no-nonsense English nanny has been beloved by children and adults everywhere.Originally published in 1962 and long unavailable, Mary Poppins from A to Z offers a unique glimpse of the famous Poppins cast. Twenty-six vignettes—one for each letter of the alphabet—weave unexpected tales of Mary Poppins, the Banks children, and other characters from Travers's timeless novels. As an added twist, each vi...

Nora Bee is a witch, living alone in her cottage with an endless amount of tasks to do. A surprise visitor who arrives whilst she is in the woods changes her life, and on this night of the moving shadow on the moon everything will change.Enjoy this short story and meet Nora and her animals.

Twins Carlos and Jill have just lost their mother in a tragic accident. On the brink of insanity and in a desperate attempt to bring his beloved wife back from the dead, their father unwittingly transports his children to a mysterious planet instead. The twins find themselves in a place inhabited wholly by the dead ― a midway point for those waiting to pass on to the next stage ― and are suddenly embroiled in a plan to allow the dead access back to their home planet. After they get separat...

A Cheeky Book of Verse and Rude Rhymes for Kids

The ‘Creative Writing Tutor’ scheme provides a lively series of themed booklets that will stimulate your child’s imagination and inspire him or her to write in a more interesting way and to achieve better results. The booklets provide ‘a tutor’ for the child, fun features and stories to read, follow up activities to complete, harder vocabulary to prepare children for more advanced writing and many helpful tips and techniques to improve writing style.Written by an experienced teacher, they ...