A Sydney Taylor Book Award 2023 Middle Grade Notable!
A Jewish Book Council Award Middle Grade Finalist!
The moving true story of how young Ukrainian Jewish piano prodigies Zhanna (alias "Anna") and her sister Frina outplayed their pursuers while hiding in plain sight during the Holocaust. A middle grade nonfiction novel-in-verse by award-winning author Susan Hood with Greg Dawson (Zhanna's son).
She wouldn't be Zhanna. She'd use an alias. A for Anna. A for alive.
When the Germans invade
Black joy is . . .
The babble and buzz of the barber shop.
Chicken and chips after school with your girls.
Stepping foot in your mother country for the very first time.
Feeling at one with nature.
Learning to cook souse with your mum.
Connecting with the only other Black colleague in your workplace.
Loving and finding complete happiness in your fatness.
Joy surrounds us. It can be found it in the day to day. It's what we live for. So why do we so rarely allow ourselves to revel in it? This mu
This joyful ode to the everyday moments in a child's life is a child-friendly reimagining of the classic poem "Pippa's Song" by poet Robert Browning. Perfect for Poetry Month and for fans of Liz Garton Scanlon and Cynthia Rylant.
Waffles for breakfast, walking to school with a friend, playing in the park, making dinner, getting tucked into bed...these moments shape the familiar rhythms of a child's life.
This lyrical celebration of the everyday, with the comforting refrain "all's right with t
Castor is a honest girl with a younger brother. One day she comes across a nasty, wicked witch who is turning children into animals and gnomes.
Castor is unfortunate and is turned into a cat with a very bushy tail. Her younger brother then comes to her aid and sees to it that she is saved, but not before being turned into a stone statue himself.
Castor must do all she can to save the heroic brother and at the same time save all those unfortunate children turned into creatures and inanimate ob
-What did come first, the Chicken or the Egg?
-Who is a better Shepherd than Bo Peep?
-When does Heaven hold a Party?
-What can happen when you choose the wrong friends?
These questions and more are all answered inside with the aim of helping children understand how to apply the lessons from the Bible into their every day lives.
For those times when quietness and restfulness are necessary and when the older generation can read to the younger generation about some of the messages that
Antonio goes on an adventure to explore outer space, in this rhyming journey he goes past the plants, moon, and milky way.
Antonio prepared for a big adventure,
To go all the way to outer space!
Getting so excited for this adventure to begin,
Beyond the stars to a magical place.
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You think you know the fairy tales, the princesses, ogres, witches, wolves, little pigs, and Happily Ever After's.
In this anthology, twenty-one talented young writers from around Australia share the untold stories behind the Fairy Tale and get to the bottom of what REALLY happened.
A children's guide to monsters that make the floorboards creak late a night or they move like shadows on the wall. The definitive guide to things that go bump in the night!