Having long indulged himself in daydreams more exciting than his mundane life as a carpet merchant, Abdullah unexpectedly purchases a magic carpet and his life changes dramatically as his daydreams come true and dangerous adventures...
Juvenile fiction
- Author:Jones, Diana WynneSummary:
- Author:Czekaj, JefSummary:
Important secrets about how best to live a cat's life will be revealed only to those who can prove that they are genuine cats.
- Author:Walters, EricSummary:
Taylor and his mother have moved from a small northern town to the heart of Toronto. The differences are dramatic as Taylor becomes part of a classroom of kids as diverse as the city itself. While taking a shortcut across a junkyard...
- Author:Hutchinson, GarySummary:
Catch me the moon, cries Madeline. Okay, says Poppa. He makes her a moon box. But when she looks inside, the moon is never there. So Poppa finds a bigger box. And then one night, it happens...
This colourfully illustrated picture...
- Author:Gugler, Laurel Dee.Summary:
Rose is moved from an all Mennonite school to another school where she faces problems and participates in baseball and discovers something about herself.
- Author:Olsen, SylviaSummary:
The year is 1957, and Bobby lives on the Tsartlip First Nation reserve on Vancouver Island where his family has lived for generations and generations. He loves his weekend job at the nearby marina. He loves to play marbles with his...
- Author:McDunn, GillianSummary:
Cat and her brother Chicken have always had a very special bond. When Chicken has a meltdown, Cat's the one who scratches his back and reads his favorite story. She always knows what he needs. Since their mom has had to work double-hard...
- Author:Cushman, KarenSummary:
The thirteen-year-old daughter of an English country knight keeps a journal in which she records the events of her life, particularly her longing for adventures beyond the usual role of women and her efforts to avoid being married off...
- Author:Watson, TomSummary:
Stick Cat is going to his best friend Edith's apartment. It's got everything: donut crumbs in the sink, a fire escape, and a window with a view of the big city. But through the window, Stick Cat sees that Hazel, the bagel...
- Author:Le Guin, Ursula K.Summary:
Four young cats with wings leave the city slums in search of a safe place to live, finally meeting two children with kind hands.
- Author:Le Guin, Ursula K.Summary:
Wishing to visit their mother, two winged cats leave their new country home to return to the city, where they discover a winged kitten in a building about to be demolished.
- Author:D. Lamy, FernandeSummary:
Malgré l'interdiction de ses parents de trop s'éloigner de la maison, Thierry Roy jeune aveugle de 14 ans, aventureux entreprend l'exploration de son nouvel entourage avec son chien-guide Lumino. Découverte stupéfiante: leur résidence...
- Author:Bonin, Pierre-AlexandreSummary:
Mathis a gagné un concours pour faire partie d'une expédition en partance pour Mars. Comme l'ensemble des voyageurs, il aurait dû être plongé dans un hypersommeil tout le long du trajet. Seulement un message d'alerte le sort brutalement...
- Author:Haddix, Margaret PetersonSummary:
When Jonah and Katherine travel to early 1900s Switzerland and Serbia to return Albert Einstein's daughter, Lieserl, to history, her mother Mileva grasps entirely too much about time travel and has no intention of letting her daughter...
- Author:Willett, EdwardSummary:
The fourth shard of Excalibur might come with a price Ariane doesn't want to pay: her mother.
Seeking to recover the shards of King Arthur's sword Excalibur before Rex Major (the ancient sorcerer Merlin in a modern-day guise),...
- Author:Derting, KimberlySummary:
Cece loves science! In this STEM-themed Level 3 I Can Read! title, Cece and her friend Isaac learn about the opposite forces of push and pull, and use their new knowledge to create a treat dispenser for Cece's dog, Einstein. Perfect for...
- Author:Rivera, KaelaSummary:
When a powerful desert spirit kidnaps her sister, Cece Rios must learn forbidden magic to get her back, in this own voices middle grade fantasy perfect for fans of The Storm Runner and Aru Shah and the End of Time. Living in the remote...
- Author:Schoenborn, MélinaSummary:
Un spécialiste des écureuils, lui-même écureuil, entreprend de transmettre avec beaucoup d'enthousiasme différentes informations sur son espèce lorsqu'un impertinent dinosaure fait irruption dans les pages du livre. Les écureuils...
- Author:KarensacSummary:
Après un long voyage à travers le monde pour tenter de sauver sa soeur Hazel, qu'elle a transformé par erreur en chèvre, l'apprentie sorcière Cendre a fini par rentrer au village... pour constater que son sort avait en réalité...
- Author:Rud, JeffSummary:
In this high-interest sports novel, Jake Burnett must choose between advancing his basketball career and doing the right thing when he uncovers the truth about the prestigious Centerville Prep school.