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Can Science Fiction Save Us?
Jane Alexander, Charlie Jane Anders, Eric Brown, Anne Charnock, David L Clements, Leigh Harlen, Ian Hunter, Ken MacLeod, Tim Major, Paul McAuley, Colin McGuire, Megan Neumann, Jennifer R. Povey, Juliana Rew, Peter Roberts, Michael F Russell, Holly Schofield, Marge Simon, Guy Stewart, Adrian Tchaikovsky, JS Watts, Davyne DeSye, Jane Yolen, Victoria Zelvin
A special edition of Shoreline of Infinity published in partnership...
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Jane Yolen's Emily Writes is an imagined and evocative picture book account of Emily Dickinson's childhood poetic beginnings, featuring illustrations by Christine Davenier.
As a young girl, Emily Dickinson loved to scribble curlicues and circles, imagine new rhymes, and connect with the natural world around her. The sounds, sights, and smells of home swirled through her mind, and Emily began to explore writing and rhyming her thoughts and impressions....
83) Arch of Bone
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Continuing the story from where Moby Dick left off, this compelling boyhood adventure, penned by beloved author Jane Yolen (Owl Moon), hearkens to timeless coming of age tales of yore. Lovingly illustrated by Ruth Sanderson, the journey of a boy and his dog comes to life on the page, renewing the joy of a classic tale.
88) The flying witch
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Relates how a turnip farmer's daughter outwits the fearsome witch Baba Yaga.
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A Highland lad comes of age at the brutal battle of Culloden in 18th-century Scotland. In the year 1745, the cry goes out across the Scottish Highlands for every able-bodied Scotsman to take up arms in support of Bonnie Prince Charlie. Stalwart and brave but prone to sudden seizures, young Duncan longs to join his da and the other men of clan MacDonald in the noble fight against the English. His father decrees the boy must remain behind, but the call...
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Before he led the Argonauts on the quest for the Golden Fleece, Jason saved an ancient city . . . Jason is an orphan training to be a warrior under the instruction of the centaur Chiron. But when wild centaurs steal Chiron's most precious possessions-two jars of Gorgon's blood, one with the power to heal any wound and the other a poison deadly enough to massacre multitudes-Jason must recover the blood before it can destroy the city of Iolcus. As he...
93) Tam O'Shanter
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Three Billy Goats Gruff are trying to cross a bridge to get to the sweet green grass on the other side. But there's a troll under the bridge who wants to eat them up! Read this Norwegian story to see if the Three Billy Goats Gruff can defeat the troll.
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The Little Red Hen finds a grain of wheat. She wants to plant it, but Dab the duck, Tib the cat, and Tod the fox won't help her. They won't help her cut it, or thresh it, or mill it. But what about eating it? This English tale teaches the value of lending a hand.
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In this Russian folk tale, the farmer's wife cannot keep a secret. When the farmer finds a box of gold he knows that by the end of the day, the entire village will know, and by the end of the week, the whole country, including the greedy king. How can the farmer keep the king from taking the gold?
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Little Daughter was picking flowers, when she saw a beautiful flower on the far side of the gate. So Little Daughter picks it. In this African-American story, Little Daughter strays farther and farther away, when she meets a wolf. How will she make it back home safely?
99) Robe of Feathers
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Rosha's brother Tup is mad Rosha likes to play alone instead of with him. One day he cuts her hair and uses it to trap the sun. Rosha asks the animals to help her free the sun, but only the mole will. Can such a small animal help with such a big job? Learn why moles live underground in this folk tale from the Maya highlands.