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Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The Secret of Wildflowers is a colorful tribute filled with odd, little-known facts and wonderful superstitions about some of North America's most beautiful and common plants. This book includes natural history, folklore, habitats, horticulture, uses for plants, and origins of names. More than 100 species of North American wildflowers are included and all are organized by blooming seasons.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Everyone loves chocolate chip cookies! But not everyone knows where they came from. Meet Ruth Wakefield, the talented chef and entrepreneur who started a restaurant, wrote a cookbook, and invented this delicious dessert. But just how did she do it, you ask? That's where things get messy!
Author
Series
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Colfer comes a gorgeous, full-color fairy-tale treasury.
Dear Reader, you hold in your hands a very special book that contains more than thirty-five classic fairy tales and nursery rhymes, plus your very own survival guide to the Land of Stories. If you notice the pages glowing, followed by an inviting humming noise, don't be afraid! That is just the book's magic. But whatever you...
Dear Reader, you hold in your hands a very special book that contains more than thirty-five classic fairy tales and nursery rhymes, plus your very own survival guide to the Land of Stories. If you notice the pages glowing, followed by an inviting humming noise, don't be afraid! That is just the book's magic. But whatever you...
Publisher
Discovery Communications, LLC
Pub. Date
[2007].
Language
English
Description
Mythbusters: outtakes and revealed: See the side of Mythbusters cast & crew you've never seen before. These segments and episodes reveal behind-the-scenes footage, hilarious outtakes, and myths that ended up on the cutting room flow.
Prehistoric park: T-Rex & Mammoth: John Nigel Marven as he travels back in time to rescue prehistoric animals. Experience some of Earth's mot devastating extinctions and find out what caused the demise of the mighty...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Everyone thinks they know the real story behind the villains in fairy tales—but the villains themselves beg to differ. In Troll's-Eye View, you'll hear from the Giant's wife ("Jack and the Beanstalk"), Rumpelstiltskin, the oldest of the Twelve Dancing Princesses, and many more. A stellar lineup of authors, including Garth Nix, Jane Yolen, and Nancy Farmer, makes sure that these old stories do new tricks!
3066) Hoffman Foundation Wayne County history scholarship essays: submitted for 1958 scholarship awards
Author
Publisher
s.n
Pub. Date
1958?]
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Caught between the covers of a cursed story…
Ever since the extraordinary events of Inkspell, when the enchanted book Inkheart drew Meggie and her father, Mo, into its chapters, life in the Inkworld has been more tragic than magical. Dustfinger is dead, having sacrificed his life for his apprentice’s, and now, under the rule of the evil Adderhead, the fairy-tale land is in bloody chaos, its characters far beyond the control...
Ever since the extraordinary events of Inkspell, when the enchanted book Inkheart drew Meggie and her father, Mo, into its chapters, life in the Inkworld has been more tragic than magical. Dustfinger is dead, having sacrificed his life for his apprentice’s, and now, under the rule of the evil Adderhead, the fairy-tale land is in bloody chaos, its characters far beyond the control...
Publisher
[Lyons Public Library]
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The little mermaid: Ariel is a fun-loving and mischievous mermaid who is enchanted with all things human. Disregarding her father's order to stay away from the world above the sea, she swims to the surface and, in a raging storm, rescues Prince Eric, the man of her dreams. Determined to be human, she strikes a bargain with the devious sea witch, Ursula, and trades her fins and beautiful voice for legs. With her best friend Flounder, and her reluctant...
Author
Series
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Unlike everyone around her, Princess Azalea has never been especially troubled by the curse placed on her at her christening. But, as her sixteenth birthday approaches, even Ben-usually her only sanctuary from her well-meaning protectors-starts to worry. Not to mention he begins acting strangely about the betrothal that's bound them since childhood. Being forced to marry her best friend has always seemed like a far bigger problem than a mere curse-until...
Author
Series
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
After a lifetime with a grief-stricken father and a self-absorbed brother, Felicity isn't daunted by sacrifice. But when protecting her father means falling afoul of the curse that has swallowed the Summer Castle, and Prince Justin along with it, her own safety is not all that's at stake. The prince's monstrous form is the least of her concerns-the whole castle has been trapped by his pride, and his absence from the capital is driving the kingdom...
Publisher
Flowerpot Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Wizard of Oz: After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great wizard in order to return to Kansas ; Chicken Little: Chicken Little and his feathered friends, alarmed that the sky seems to be falling, are easy prey to hungry Foxy Loxy when he poses as a police officer in hopes of tricking them into his truck ; Sorcerer's apprentice: An apprentice, wishing for an easier way to do his work, tries his hand at magic only...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Charles Perrault's classic and timeless "Cinderella" holds a special place in all children's hearts. Sweet, beautiful Cinderella is cruelly mistreated by her evil stepmother and stepsisters until her magical fairy godmother appears, turns Cinderella's rags into a sumptuous ball gown, and sends her off to win the heart of the handsome prince. Also included in this book are the classic tales "The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood," "Little Red Riding Hood,"...
3073) The little mermaid
Author
Series
Publisher
Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A young mermaid falls in love with a prince. A sea witch gives her a potion to make her human, but the prince has to fall in love with her, too.