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By Rowan and Yew by Melissa Harrison

November 1, 2021 By achuka Leave a Comment

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The breathtaking sequel to By Ash, Oak and Thorn from acclaimed nature writer and Costa Award-shortlisted novelist Melissa Harrison, with cover illustration by Lauren O’Hara.

As autumn arrives, Moss, Sorrel, Burnet and Dormer decide to return home to Ash Row to unravel a riddle that might explain why their kind are fading from the Wild World. When you’re only one-hand high, it’s a journey filled with both danger and delight: golden leaves, shiny conkers and the brightest of berries, but also storms and the first frost of winter. They have friendship, good sense and humour on their side, but will it be enough to secure a future for the Hidden Folk? Or will they need to go further, and find a way to work with the most unreliable of creatures … humans?

A tale of disappearing wilderness that couldn’t be more relevant in today’s environmental crisis, brought to life for children by three tiny, funny, eternal beings—the hidden folk. Inspired by 1942 classic The Little Grey Men by BB, with shades of The Borrowers.

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: autumn, little people, nature

Ollie’s Lost Kitten by Nicola Killen

October 5, 2020 By achuka Leave a Comment

A new Ollie title from the creator of The Little Reindeer.

One windy day, Ollie and her cat Pumpkin are playing outside when they discover a little kitten. After lots of fun and games, Ollie learns that the kitten is actually lost, and she must help him find his way home! But after returning the kitten to his rightful owner, she realises she has lost something very dear to her . . .

With playful cutouts for little ones to look through and explore, Ollie’s Lost Kitten is the perfect gift book, and the next in the bestselling Ollie series.

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Filed Under: Illustrated Tagged With: autumn, Halloween, pumpkin

The Most Anticipated Children’s and YA Books of Fall 2016

July 29, 2016 By achuka Leave a Comment

Drawn from the pages of PW’s Fall Children’s Announcements issue, here are our editors’ picks for the most notable and hotly awaited titles for children and teens out this fall. (Click here for PW’s list of most anticipated fall adult books.)

Here are the junior fiction pics

Middle Grade

Ashes by Laurie Halse Anderson (Atheneum/Dlouhy, Oct.) – Anderson brings her Revolution War–era Seeds of America trilogy to a close as Isobel, a onetime slave, is finally reunited with her younger sister, Ruth. Much remains for the sisters to resolve, however, and Anderson provides a visceral account of the hardships, conflicting loyalties, triumphs, and losses that defined the birth of the nation.

 

The Best Man by Richard Peck (Dial, Sept.) – In his first book in three years, Newbery Medalist Peck combines the close-knit family stories he’s known for with a thoroughly modern setting as he introduces Archer Magill, a boy learning what kind of person he wants to be. Peck mixes media circuses, gay rights, budding friendships, and other topics with a featherlight sense of humor and a deep understanding of human character.

 

Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier (Graphix, Sept.) – Sisters Cat and Maya face the prospect of imminent loss as their family moves to a foggy, coastal California town, where the sea air may help Maya’s cystic fibrosis. Incisive dialogue and telegraphic comics paint a vivid picture of the sometimes uneasy dynamic between the sisters, as well as their growing awareness of mortality once they discover that the town is home to some very real ghosts.

 

The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz, illus. by Hatem Aly (Dutton, Sept.) – Gidwitz, author of the bestselling Grimm trilogy, shifts from fairy tales to the illuminated manuscripts and oral storytelling traditions of 13th-century Europe in a dazzlingly inventive story about three (possibly miracle-working) children and one (possibly reincarnated) dog, told in multiple voices à la The Canterbury Tales.

 

The Littlest Bigfoot by Jennifer Weiner, (S&S, Sept.) – Fitting in isn’t easy, and that’s true whether you’re human or a not-so-mythical Bigfoot. Weiner, the bestselling author of numerous books for adults including Good in Bed and In Her Shoes, makes her children’s book debut with an entertaining yet empathetic story of cross-species friendship set at a boarding school in the country.

 
for Picture Book and YA picks visit  The Most Anticipated Children’s and YA Books of Fall 2016.

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