When he is gifted a handmade drum by his mother, Ren learns the teachings of the drum that are also passed down to him. He discovers that through this special drum, he is able to connect to his culture and find a confidence in his voice to joyfully share in singing the traditional songs of his Nuu-chah-nulth Nation.

Sent to stay with their uncle in a ship-like home called Drift House, twelve-year-old Susan and her two younger stepbrothers embark on an unexpected adventure involving duplicitous mermaids, pirates, and an attempt to stop time forever.

As the daughter of immigrants who came to America for a better life, Annie Inoue was raised to dream big. And at the start of seventh grade, she's channeling that hope into becoming the lead in her school play.

Enhanced ebook featuring a narrated story by Patrick Lacoursière and two recorded songs performed by Liu Fang and Idrissa Zal Sissokho. Take an imaginary journey to unknown lands as you listen to lullabies from around the world (China, Senegal, Haiti, Mexico, Egypt...) The earth-toned, dreamlike illustrations by Sylvie Bourbonnière reflect both the subject and country of origin of the music.

Enhanced ebook featuring a narrated story by Patrick Lacoursière and two recorded songs performed by Bïa and Hart-Rouge. Take an imaginary journey to unknown lands as you listen to lullabies from around the world (Brazil, Belgium, Algeria, Senegal, Israel...) The earth-toned, dreamlike illustrations by Sylvie Bourbonnière reflect both the subject and country of origin of the music.

Willa has never known her father. In fact, her mother has refused to tell the eight-year-old anything at all about him. Willa dreams about what he might look like and who he might be. She often asks herself why her hair, which is "afro-crinkly", and her skin, which is dark, are so different from her mother’s brown hair and pale skin. A substitute teacher’s request that the class draw pictures of their dads for a Father’s Day card launches Willa on an odyssey to discover the truth. Her head filled with fantasies of kings and princesses, Willa gathers the clues and, with the help of her good friend Marina, begins the alternately amusing and touching search for her father.

This special edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series soars back in time to give listeners a glimpse of Pyrrhia through new eyes. For decades dragons have wondered how three small scavengers managed to kill Queen Oasis. Until now.Travel back to before the War of SandWing Succession, and experience Pyrrhia as we've never seen it before — through the eyes of humans.

Dans ce conte multicolore et poétique, deux tribus de dragons sont en conflit depuis la nuit des temps sur une île isolée. Les dragons d'un bleu outremer éblouissant contestent la rare nourriture aux dragons aux écailles jaunes couleur de soufre. Mais des évènements inattendus vont bientôt transformer à tout jamais cet ordre trop bien établi. In this poetic and colorful tale, two dragon tribes have been in conflict since the dawn of time on a remote island. The dazzling bright blue dragons fight the sulfur-like yellow dragons to get the scarce food. But unexpected events will soon dislocate the stark established order.

A gripping upper-middle-grade fantasy set in Bronze-Age Crete from Nim's Islandauthor Wendy OrrThe girl has had many selves in her short life. The first she remembers is Aissa, the daughter of Mama and Dada, sister to Zufi who watched the goats. Then the Bull King's raiders came, and Mama said, "Don't make a sound till I come back." And when the villagers found her she was silent as stone, because Mama never came back again.So the villagers cursed her as back luck and made her No-Name, lowest of the servants to the Lady, the island's priestess. But there were whispers, as she grew, of another self: of the Lady's rejected first daughter, born imperfect with two extra thumbs. The silent girl looks at the scars on her wrists and wonders, but she has more pressing concerns. The villagers blame her bad luck for the tribute the Bull King now demands of them: two youths given each spring to dance with his bulls and die for his god's glory. And the servants hate and fear the unnatural way the animals all come to her. For Aissa, though, this bond with creatures of fur and scale is the first clue in finding the true self that no one else can give to her, or take away.Wendy Orr, the author of Nim's Island, introduces a resourceful and resilient heroine for slightly older readers. Inspired by an archeological trip to the island of Crete, where frescoes show figures leaping over the backs of bulls, Orr weaves an intriguing mythological portrayal of the Bronze Age Minoan civilization. Lyrically written and refreshingly unpredictable, Dragonfly Songsuggests a fascinating origin for the legend of the Minotaur and his dark tribute.