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  Dwellers in Silence AKA The Long...

  Ray Bradbury

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  Dwellers in Silence by Ray Bradbury - The Last Man on Mars — and the Family That Never Aged 
  Ray Bradbury (1920–2012) was one of the most celebrated American writers of the 20th century, known for his vivid imagination and poetic style. He authored more than 600 short stories, novels, plays, and screenplays. Bradbury is best known for the dystopian classic Fahrenheit 451, the nostalgic Dandelion Wine, and the hauntingly beautiful The Martian Chronicles. His work often explored themes of censorship, technology, memory, and human nature, blending science fiction with social commentary. A lifelong lover of libraries, Bradbury inspired generations with his passion for storytelling and his boundless creative spirit.

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  On the Fourth Planet

  J. F. Bone

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  On the Fourth Planet by J. F. Bone - To Kworn the object was a roadblock, threatening his life. But it was also a high road to a magnificent future! 
  The Ul Kworn paused in his search for food, extended his eye and considered the thing that blocked his path. 
  He hadn't notice the obstacle until he had almost touched it. His attention had been focused upon gleaning every feeder large enough to be edible from the lichens that covered his feeding strip. But the unexpected warmth radiating from the object had startled him. Sundown was at hand. There should be nothing living or non-living that radiated a fraction of the heat that was coming from the gleaming metal wall which lay before him. He expanded his mantle to trap the warmth as he pushed his eye upward to look over the top. It wasn't high, just high enough to be a nuisance. It curved away from him toward the boundaries of his strip, extending completely across the width of his land. 
  A dim racial memory told him that this was an artefact, a product of the days when the Folk had leisure to dream and time to build. It had probably been built by his remote ancestors millennia ago and had just recently been uncovered from its hiding place beneath the sand. These metal objects kept appearing and disappearing as the sands shifted to the force of the wind. He had seen them before, but never a piece so large or so well preserved. It shone as though it had been made yesterday, gleaming with a soft silvery luster against the blue-black darkness of the sky. 
  As his eye cleared the top of the wall, he quivered with shock and astonishment. For it was not a wall as he had thought. Instead, it was the edge of a huge metal disc fifty raads in diameter. And that wasn't all of it.

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  Art of Singing

  Enrico Caruso

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  Two of opera's greatest names offer encouragement and useful advice to aspiring singers in this classic guide.  
  Tenor Enrico Caruso and coloratura soprano Luisa Tetrazzini employ nontechnical terms to provide an informal vocalist's anatomy, with instructions for the proper training, care, and disposition of the tongue, lungs, diaphragm, mouth, and the voice itself. 
  Tetrazzini deals with the foundations of singing in breath control; tone emission and attack; and, sending aspiring performers to the mirror, facial expression and dress. Caruso remarks on tone production; such faults as the "white voice" and "goat voice"; the necessity of good diction; the role of diet; and the part superstition plays in certain singers' performances. These consummate artists show great charm and presence as writers, and this little book is a great pleasure to listen to.

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  Invisible Enemy An

  Lisa Westerlund

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  Two brave children battle environmental threats with the help of magic crystals and the guardians of the elements in a new climate fantasy series! 
  Best friends Leah and Erik each have a leather necklace with a crystal on it. A crystal given to them many years ago by a mysterious woman. When the crystals suddenly begin to glow, they soon learn that they are filled with magical powers, and after that, nothing will ever be the same again... Together with the guardians of the elements, Erik and Leah embark on breathtaking adventures in four books full of excitement and magic. And they are prepared to do whatever it takes to save the world.  
  In 'An Invisible Enemy', the first book in the series, Leah, Erik and the Guardians take on air pollution. But this is easier said than done, as people refuse to see that the environment is in danger. A plan takes shape, a plan as risky as it is ingenious - by taking some of the most influential deniers into the future and showing them the potential consequences of their actions, they hope to change their minds. Sera, the guardian of the air element, and Erik go with them, but the deniers are hard to convince. Leah and Erik find themselves years apart as the plan quickly fails and Erik is on the verge of taking his last breath...

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  Woodsy

  Michael Tolkien

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  Woodsies can take on any human shape, and have appeared in larger and finer forms than we can ever hope to have, though mostly they just need well-disguised bodies strong enough to care for plants that like wood-filtered light. They are mainly practical, wise, and helpful, but all families have misfits and trouble-makers and sometimes young woodsies like Leaf-lag won't grow up and have to learn the hard way. This rebellious, 'ne'er-dowell' woodsy only half listens to his lessons and training, and after idling his way through summer is frightened to face a season of work to make up for this during the warm and secure underground winter festivities. He decides to go his own way, but the cold and hunger are too much for him, so he takes refuge in a dolls' house inside the playroom of a large house. The two young children, whose noise and size at first terrify the visitor, are delighted with his presence, a secret close-kept from adults. But because he has not paid full attention to his training, every trick he plays to show off cannot be reversed, and this gets his friends into more and more trouble. He becomes disruptive, selfish, isolated and cowers away in fear of being trapped.   After many adventures, including a night in a mouse trap, he has to make for the closed doors of the winter palace, beg for admittance and face up to the discipline of his teachers. Born in Birmingham in 1943, Michael Tolkien grew up in rural South Oxfordshire and North Yorkshire. He studied classics and English at St Andrews and Oxford. Settled in Rutland since 1968, he worked as a secondary school teacher until early retirement in 1994. His verse has been published in two booklets and five full collections, which have been widely and favourably reviewed. He recently adapted and developed two tales by Florence Bone, a forgotten children's writer. He presented his versions in narrative verse as "Wish" and "Rainbow".

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  A Stitch Through Time

  Lauren Burke

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  What's inside Aunt Jo's treasure chest? That's what Ava wants to know. Then, one night, Aunt Jo hands her the key...and the two take a magical journey back in time to visit three daring, gifted, and visionary Black fashion designers: Elizabeth Keckley, a former slave who became one of the most celebrated designers of her time and personal friend of Mary Todd Lincoln; Ann Cole Lowe, a designer for Jackie Kennedy; and Mildred Blount, milliner to the stars! The bold achievements of these inspiring women of history are celebrated in this fashion fairy tale that spotlights iconic style moments...and sparks a child's imagination.

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