Supposedly, a giant lives in secret in Billys town, but he thinks it is a tall tale his Grandad likes to tell, until the day he finds himself face-to-face with the giant and Billy must decide if he'll let fear stop him from making a new friend.

This short, 32-page chapter book will appeal to kids who enjoy imaginative stories featuring classic, familiar characters. Glinnie loves to hear Granny Dot's imaginative stories. The strange story of Nick Chopper the Tin Woodsman, Nimee Amee, and the menacing Witch of the East seem very familiar. Who exactly is the little girl from Kansas who wears silver slippers-and why does Granny Dot have such a twinkle in her eye? Glinnie can't wait to find out!...

This short, 32-page chapter book will appeal to kids who enjoy imaginative stories featuring classic, familiar characters. Glinnie loves to hear Granny Dot's imaginative stories. The strange story of Nick Chopper the Tin Woodsman, Nimee Amee, and the menacing Witch of the East seem very familiar. Who exactly is the little girl from Kansas who wears silver slippers-and why does Granny Dot have such a twinkle in her eye? Glinnie can't wait to find out!...

Banished from his town... Exiled from his country... Forgotten by his race... The ordinary life of Derith "Silver" Sylvarado, the hunter for his village, gets suddenly torn away when a fateful run-in with a dying man imbues him with the power of the Ladrian, an ancient and accursed race empowered with strength, speed and the ability to transform. Despite his earnest efforts to keep his new power a secret, an attack on his town by the royal army...

The Royal Search for Shenanigans Princess Lillian, an adventurous modern-day princess, faces many changes when her father becomes king. An ancient spell cast centuries before by a set of grand wizards has left Princess Lillian with a riddle and destiny of monumental proportions. As a young Princess, her life was always planned by others. However, now she must embark on a journey where all of her choices and their consequences will be her responsibility....

In this wordless picture book--a variation on the classic fairy tale--Little Red has baked a cake with her father and she sets off for Grandma's house, but along the way she's trailed by a cat who loves cakes.

Louise, sur le point de fêter ses dix ans, se considère suffisamment grande pour être libre d'organiser ses mercredis comme elle l'entend. Avec ses copines et non pas chez Maddy, son adorable grand-mère. Mais l'arrivée de Tom, voisin de sa mamie, chamboule son rêve. D'autant plus qu'elle constate l'existence d'un curieux poil qui pendouille sur le menton de Maddy. Serait-ce un poil de sorcière? Et ce cahier des Secrets, o va-t-il la mener?...

This illustrated multicultural children's book presents classic Chinese fairy tales and other folk stories-providing a delightful look into a rich literary culture. Chinese folklore tradition is as colorful and captivating as any in the world, but the stories themselves still are not as well-known to Western readers as those from The Brothers Grimm, Mother Goose, or Hans Christian Andersen. Tales of a Chinese Grandmother, written by Frances Carpenter,...

This multicultural children's book contains legends and myths from the Eskimo people along with traditionally-drawn illustrations. The Singing House is where the Eskimos assembled in the ancient days to sing the songs that told the stories of why the raven is black or how the fog came to be. For without the means to record these tales, how else but through these songs were the succeeding generations to know of the past? These ancient Eskimo folk tales...

Jane is terrified of the masks hanging along her grandmother's stairwell, and even more scared of the Spirit Man in her grandmother's bathroom. After a week of avoiding him during a summer visit, she finally summons the courage to face him, minutes before leaving for the trip home. But her moment of triumph marks the beginning of a year of trouble for Jane and her family, trouble only Jane (and the Spirit Man) can fix.