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  The kitchen tale - Bedtime story...

  Linnea Taylor

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  This magical tale lets you in on the wonderfully sleepy secrets about your kitchen at night. This story helps children to not be afraid of the dark...

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  The Mercurian - A World of Fire...

  Frank Belknap Long

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  The Mercurian by Frank Belknap Long - For ages Mankind labelled Mercury a dead world—a red-hot, seething outpost of hell. Too late Rawley learned of the hideous life that molten, steaming planet spawned! 
  We stood before the airlock, the old man and I, and watched them go out. Ellison was a granite man and I was just the lad who threw the switches. 
  I was new at it. They had sent me out with a pat on the back and a commission, but I didn't feel like a Mercury run officer. Mining uranium on the Sun's firstling was no job for a green kid of twenty-two. Outside were lakes of molten zinc and a temperature of 790 degrees Fahr. 
  No part of that temperature seeped into us, but just knowing it was out there was spine-chilling. I am not being facetious. To keep from thinking of the hot face we thought of the cold face, and you can't imagine extremes of cold without feeling shivery. Out on the cold face were other miners, working under conditions I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. They had the cold of open space to contend with, and a little of that seeped in. 
  The Commander was passing out advice to each of the miners as they stepped into the lock. 
  "Murphy, it's uranium we want. We're not zoologists. The next time you go specimen chasing—" 
  "But it looked like a frog, Chief. I swear it did." 
  "You know damn well no froglike animal could hop around on red-hot rocks." 
  "I won't let him out of my sight this time, sir," said the miner at Murphy's heels. 
  "Thank you, Haines. He needs a nurse, but do what you can." 
  Five miners stepped out, each with a glance from Ellison which said as plain as words that he would walk beside them until they came back in again. The old man had so much quiet strength that he could split off simulacra of himself, and send them out through the airlock by just passing out advice.

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  The Boy at the Top of the Mountain

  John Boyne

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  The Boy at the Top of the Mountain by John Boyne, the author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, is another extraordinary historical fiction about World War II and innocence in the face of evil. When Pierrot becomes an orphan, he must leave his home in Paris for a  new life with his aunt Beatrix, a servant in a wealthy Austrian household. But this is no ordinary time, for it is 1935 and the Second World War is fast approaching; and this is no  ordinary house, for this is the Berghof, the home of Adolf Hitler.Pierrot is quickly taken under Hitler's wing and thrown into an  increasingly dangerous new world: a world of terror, secrets, and  betrayal from which he may never be able to escape. This title has Common Core connections."Boyne’s (The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, 2006) story is unarguably a powerful one with an often visceral impact." —Booklist"A  compelling account of the attractions of power, the malleability of  youth and the terrible pain of a life filled with regret." —The Guardian

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  The Spindle of Fate

  Aimee Lim

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  When Evie Mei discovers that her recently passed mother was the head of a guild of magical weavers, she enters the Chinese netherworld to try and bring her back in this middle-grade debut.  
  Twelve-year-old Evie Mei Huang never did like helping in her mom’s tailor shop. She hated dyeing and spooling the thread and how the measuring tape gets all twisted up. Most of all, now that her mother has died, she hates that she isn’t here anymore.  
  When the universe sends a life preserver, Evie knows to grab it. So it’s weird when a talking monkey shows up and tells her that her plain, hardworking tailor mother was actually the head of a guild of magical weavers who control the fate of humanity. He also comes bearing the information that her mother is trapped in Diyu, the Chinese underworld, and that only Evie can get her back. No pressure.  
  But the important thing is that Evie’s mom isn’t dead. And if she’s got this one shot to bring her back and save her family, she’s got to take it.

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  Mizzi Mozzi And The Sweety...

  Alannah Zim

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  In the magical land of Mizzipotazia, Mizzi Mozzi and her friends Lekko and Flip-Flop embark on an adventure at the mysterious Eerie-Bleerie Eyelash Lake. They must outwit the cunning Spitta-Roodling Scrambloids to rescue the Sweety-Eating Sloppy-Floppy Flappy-Sauroz and return the stolen Golden-Gleamy Floaty Raft to the Feelosso-Fizzling Elderly-Olderlies. Join them as they use their wits, teamwork, and funnywordos to save the day and create an unforgettable, laughter-filled experience.

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  Smallpox - A Vaccine Success

  Brianna Kaiser

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  Scientists won the battle against smallpox. Young readers will learn all about the worldwide initiative to eradicate the disease and its final outbreak.Dive deep into the Deadly Diseases series—part of the UpDog Books™ collection. Discover what causes these illnesses, the symptoms behind them, and what is being done to stop the spread. At the end of the book, read two patients' symptoms and decide which one has the sickness.

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