"In a witch's house, nothing is as it seems. When a scarecrow climbs over the garden wall, delivering twelve-year-old orphan Zita Brydgeborn a letter saying she has inherited a distant castle, she jumps at the chance of adventure. But little does she know that she is about to be thrust into a centuries-old battle between good and evil. Blackbird Castle was once home to a powerful dynasty of witches, all of them now dead under mysterious circumstances....

Visiting her grandmother in the Louisiana bayou, ten-year-old Maddy begins to realize that she may be the only sibling to carry on the gift of her family's magical legacy.

When her adorable baby brother is replaced by an ugly, ill-tempered changeling, Mollie is determined to find the so-called Kinde Folke who took baby Thomas, return the changeling she calls Guest, and make them give Thomas back. Natural and magical obstacles and her own reckless temperament make her journey arduous and full of dangers, and a plot rich in surprises and twists makes this book a must-read for Mary Downing Hahn's fans.

Moishe, a milkman who is kind to everyone in his poor village of Wishniak, receives a magic frying pan that produces an unlimited supply of delicious Hanukkah latkes.

"As the daughter of a prominent judge of Khazaria, twelve-year-old Ziva is expected to focus on learning etiquette and decorum in hopes of finding a good husband. But she doesn't care about any of that. Instead, she spends her days with her twin brother, Pesah, as they work to try to find a cure for his leprosy. Now Pesah's getting worse. The best doctors have given him mere weeks to live, and even more alarming, Pesah has a vision: the Angel of Death...

Arrah must decipher the legacy of her past life as the orisha Dimma to restore peace to all their worlds, which may require the ultimate sacrifice when her half-demon sister resumes her quest for destruction. Immortal magic, shocking twists, and star-crossed romance collide in the electrifying conclusion to Rena Barron's trilogy. A king with a score to settle. A demon sowing rebellion. A girl who holds the power of the gods. Arrah has sacrificed...

A collection of forty-one fairy tales from the folklore of Japan, Scandinavia, Sicily, Africa, and Spain.

Ceridwen tal Desmond dreams of ruling like her father over the nation of Soldonia, where warriors ride to battle on magical steeds--soaring on storm winds, vanishing in shadow, quaking the earth, and summoning the sea. After a tragic accident claims her twin brother, she is exiled and sworn to atonement by spending her life--or death--for her people. But when invaders spill onto Soldonia's shores and traitors seize upon the chaos to murder her father,...

Thirty-five fairy tales from the folklore of England and the Continent, including The Princess on the Glass Hill, Snow-White and Rose-Red, Beauty and the Beast, Why the Sea is Salt, and The Yellow Dwarf.

Forty-two fairy tales from the folklore of France, Germany, and other countries, including The Three Little Pigs, The Fisherman and his Wife, The Clever Tailor, and The Story of the Three Bears.