Jane Yolen
1) Owl moon
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On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl.
8) On bird hill
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Series
On bird hill and beyond volume 1
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The Cornell Lab Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
A boy and his dog find a newly hatched bird in a nest in a magical little valley.
9) Briar Rose
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T. Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
[1992]
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Ever since she was a child, Rebecca has been enchanted by her grandmother Gemma's stories about Briar Rose. But a promise Rebecca makes to her dying grandmother will lead her on a remarkable journey to uncover the truth of Gemma's astonishing claim: I am Briar Rose. A journey that will lead her to unspeakable brutality and horror. But also to redemption and hope.
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Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2013
Description
All magic has consequences Long ago, the seawitch Dread Mary fell in love with a hard-hearted prince and gave him the Magic Three of Solatia: three silver buttons that could fulfill any wish-but at a price. Centuries later, the buttons belong to Sianna of the Song, a button maker's daughter and heir to all of Dread Mary's magic secrets. But the cruel King Blaggard of Solatia seeks to wed the lovely Sianna and steal her power. Sianna will need her...
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Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Eek, you reek,
You make a funk.
Where you have been
Things stink, stank, stunk.
You've left a path,
A swath of smell,
And-yuk!
You did it very well.
Readers will be delighted by the malodorous melodies of poems calling out the different pungent attributes of a full cast of foul-smelling creatures.
12) Monster Academy
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The Blue Sky Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
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It is the first day of school at Monster Academy, where all the monsters go, and the lesson for the day involves counting missing teeth, and Vic the vampire is sad because he still has both fangs--until Jo, a troublemaking student who whirls like a dervish but is actually a human, gives him an apple at lunch.
15) Kiki kicks
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Beaming Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
At her first karate lesson, a young girl named Kiki regains her confidence and strength after being bullied at school.
"Kiki has watched her mama practice karate for a long time, and now she wants to learn too. She wants to become strong and steady like a mountain. The bullies at school are strong for the wrong reasons. They make Kiki feel small. But today at her first karate lesson, everything changes. Award-winning author Jane Yolen joins forces...