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Publisher
Nelvana International
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
In the Forbidden Forest, Bastian meets a scared little spook named Gaya, who tells Bastian about her brother Meeka's capture into Spook City. Through the help of a wise Necromancer, Bastian and Gaya are given a magic compass allowing them to travel to the City. Once inside, they meet many of its strange inhabitants, including a mysterious monkey named Argax, The Night Watchman, Land Ghost, and finally, Fantasia's most evil of creatures: Gmork, who...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A narrative by the Tower of London's official Ravenmaster about what it's like to live among the ravens at England's most famous national monument, woven together with insight from folklore, history, and contemporary behavioral science about this unusual bird"--Provided by the publisher.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: A handsome, cocky young man is swept up by a dark horseman and cast into a life-or-death adventure. A pair of green children emerge from a remote hollow and struggle to adapt to a strange new land. A dauntless farm girl finds that her fearlessness earns her a surprising reward. Dark but often funny, lyrical yet earthy, the folktales presented here have influenced our landscape and culture. This definitive collection of forty-eight...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1972]
Language
English
Description
Includes "chapters on everything from children's rhymes to epitaphs, including folk beliefs and superstitions, proverbs, legends, tales, folk language, songs and ballads, sections on the folklore of birth, marriage, and death ... seventy-one songs with music."
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Think more critically, learn to question everything, and don't let your own brain trip you up.
This fresh and exciting approach to science, skepticism, and critical thinking will enlighten and inspire readers of all ages. With a mix of wit and wisdom, it challenges everyone to think like a scientist, embrace the skeptical life, and improve their critical thinking skills.
Think shows you how to better navigate through the maze of biases and traps...
9) Praisesong for the kitchen ghosts: stories and recipes from five generations of Black country cooks
Author
Publisher
Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Years ago, when O. Henry Prize-winning writer Crystal Wilkinson was baking a jam cake, she felt her late grandmother's presence. She soon realized that she was not the only cook in her kitchen; There were an abundance of ancestors stirring, measuring, and braising with her. These are her kitchen ghosts, five generations of Black women who arrived in her region of Appalachia and made a life, a legacy, and a cuisine. Part food memoir, part cookbook,...
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