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Amaya was born on a winter night-and every experience and memory helps to build her identity. She is a little bit of Mama, whose family is far away in India, and a little bit of Papa, whose mother immigrated from China for a new life. She is a little bit of the salty ocean and a little bit of the rolling storm. A little bit of the stars in the sky, and a little bit of so many other things. When Amaya's new sibling arrives, she knows just what to say...
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Featuring children's own words and heart-warming pictures, this board book, this is the perfect book for children to share with Grandpa! 'I love my grandpa because... ' Everyone's grandpa is the best. And who better to tell the world than children themselves? This charming book combines endearing things said by children about their grandpas with gentle illustrations of familiar animals. The text is amusing and insightful, with reasons why grandpas...
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Prince Rei, Regent of Suiran, has set out on the progress around the region to convince the lords to help him defend his country and people from the Lord of Tarc. Ore needs to learn how to become a clan head of Tarc before they reach the end of the progress and Mizi and Ilena are the newest royalty of Ryokudo, so they go with more than one goal in mind. When they reach Kouzanshi University, they learn more about Ilena's past and how she began on her...
4) Grannysaurus
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A boisterously funny new picture book from David Walliams and Adam Stower, perfect for young dinosaur fans! One night, Spike creeps downstairs in his pyjamas to find that his granny has turned into a dinosaur – GRANNYSAURUS! There are dinosaurs BOOGYING in the living room. With Brontosaurus, Stegosaurus and Giganotosaurus, it's a DINO DISCO! Spike wants to stay up and party too! How will Grannysaurus ever get him back to bed? Perhaps her next guest,...
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"Slow and steady," that's how you make a grandfather clock. Grandpa should know. He and Cayley have made nineteen clocks together. Now they are making Cayley's very own, a Lord Nelson. Then, one night, Cayley awakes to the sound of a siren. Grandpa is gone. Cayley is scared by what she sees when she is allowed to visit him in the hospital. But scared or not, she knows what Grandpa needs, and she tells him, "Slow and steady" as he heals. The Lord Nelson...
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Zoey loves poutine with its French fries, gravy, and squeaky squeaky cheese curds. It's her favourite dish to make with her father. And it's their annual tradition to make it for their shared July 1 birthday. Zoey is excited. Tomorrow is her fifth birthday! It's also a holiday in Canada. This year, family members--grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins--from across Canada are coming to celebrate Zoey's birthday. But as a surprise to Zoey, everyone is...
7) L'héritier
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Halfdan, adolescent de treize ans, apprend d'une manière inattendue qu'il est l'héritier d'une lignée de « héros » remontant à cinq mille ans. En effet, son ancêtre, Arymir, avait naguère été choisi afin de repousser telle une Jeanne d'Arc les armées des Ténèbres des royaumes en paix. Or, pour Halfdan, rien ne se passera comme prévu, car il devra avant tout se vaincre lui-même.
Avec cette fantaisie classique et émouvante, John...
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From the author of bestselling debut Boy Underwater comes another moving, hilarious novel of friendship and family secrets, which shows that people are people, no matter where they're from. BOY UNDERWATER WAS SHORTLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE AWARD, AND SELECTED AS WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE MONTH. Here's something you won't believe: someone is doing TERRIBLE things to Mrs Martin, Cymbeline Igloo's favourite teacher of all time. Cymbeline has to find the...
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In this high-interest accessible novel for middle-grade readers, fourteen-year-old Charlotte wants to use her new drone to prove that Dottie, the elusive lake monster of Dorothy Lake, really exists.
The truth is about to surface.
Charlotte is going to prove her grandma is right-the lake monster is real!
When Charlotte gets a drone for her fourteenth birthday, she's determined to get footage of Dottie, the elusive lake monster of Dorothy Lake....
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