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A heartwarming book about love and loss and the miracle of life. A story to help youngsters grieve the loss of a loved one. It was inspired by the author's love for her own grandmother who is always with her as her guardian angel. Her special relationship with her grandmother taught her the power of love that transcends the physical world.

La madre de Gabriel, un chico de Costa Rica, acaba de morir, y él ha quedado al cuidado de Vicente y Beatriz, una pareja española. Pero el matrimonio tiene otro hijo, Adrián, un muchacho consentido que no para de meterse con Gabriel. Una noche, Adrián es secuestrado por la bruja Ulula, que captura a niños caprichosos para colgarlos como frutos en su bosque del No. Gabriel no duda en emprender una peligrosa búsqueda por lugares mágicos y enfrentarse a la bruja para recuperar a su hermano.

Matías es feíto, tímido y no tiene padres. Pero la cosa empeora cuando muere su abuelo. Entonces se queda más solo que una lechuga en un gallinero. Afortunadamente, unos inesperados amigos vendrán en su ayuda: el príncipe Guillermo, el hada Luz y el brujo Gorgon, los personajes del cuento que su abuelo le contaba y que, tras su desparición, se han quedado sin trabajo. Estos no entienden muy bien el mundo de las cosas reales, pero se harán amigos de Matías para vivir disparatadas aventuras traspasando la tenue frontera entre la realidad y la fantasía.

From #1 New York Times bestseller Oliver Jeffers, comes a poignant and beautiful story about finding joy after loss. There is a wonder and magic to childhood. We don’t realize it at the time, of course . . . yet the adults in our lives do. They encourage us to see things in the stars, to...

Seventh grade is not going well for Will Levine. Kids at school bully him because of his funny-looking chin. His science teacher, Ms Kuper, finds out about the turtles he spent his summer collecting from the marsh behind school and orders him to release them back into the wild. And for his Bar Mitzvah community-service project, he has to go to the hospital to visit RJ, an older boy struggling with an incurable disease. Unfortunately, Will hates hospitals. At first, the boys don't get along, but then RJ shares his bucket list with Will.

In this mysterious and mesmerizing fantasy novel, perfect for fans of Splendor and Glooms and Circus Mirandus, a windswept girl who can float among the stars searches for her long-lost father at a shadow-filled carnival. "Kassner’s writing dazzles . . . a tale of hope, courage, and friendship...

Walter, Lucas, Joy, and Lily are the best of friends — they play together every Saturday, laugh together, and support each other through every adventure. But everything changes when Lily arrives one afternoon in tears after losing her beloved dog, Chance. In Celebrating Life with Friends, children learn the true meaning of empathy, kindness, and emotional support. As Walter and his friends gather around Lily, they help her heal by sharing memories, celebrating Chance’s life, and reminding Lily she’s never alone.

This heartfelt middle grade debut about grief, creativity, and the healing power of friendship shows that not all heroes wear capes and is perfect for fans of John David Anderson and Ali Benjamin. Whether they’re on the baseball field or in Nate’s basement devouring the newest issue of their...

Amelia Peabody lives in a small town where nothing changes. And that's just fine by her. After losing her big sister, Clara, a few years ago, Amelia can't handle any more change. But when she starts eighth grade, she accidentally receives a letter that Clara had written to herself. In it, there's a list of things she'd wanted to do before the end of middle school and never finished, like get on the softball team and throw an awesome birthday party on the lake.   

A poignant, hopeful story of a girl and her puppy. Olive Hudson desperately wants a dog. But that doesn't seem to be a possibility right now. Newly orphaned, she's moving in with the half sister she hardly knows and their life is too chaotic to include a dog. But then something wonderful happens...

Liam's father dies but the truth is that Liam doesn't fully understand what this means. He wonders if his dad is hiding. Liam searches in all the obvious places until his dreams lead him to the sky where he feels his dad's presence all around him. In this sensitive and tender book, Liam learns that just as the sky is everywhere, so, too, is his father's love. Because the Sky Is Everywhere helps children accept that even though someone close to them dies, the love they feel can be everlasting.

Ellen har mistet sin lillebror. Han faldt ned ad trappen. Man kan dø på langt vildere måder. Men man kan altså også dø helt hverdagsagtigt. Man dør lige meget af den grund. Ellen kom hjem fra skole og så David ligge i entréen. Hovedet var drejet mærkeligt, og der flød blod ud af øret. Det er første gang, Ellen skal forholde sig til noget så voldsomt. Davids blod flød i lige linjer mellem fliserne, men sorgen flyder ikke i lige linjer for Ellen. Sorgprocessen er hverken lineær eller logisk. I en række korte kapitler undersøger Rebecca Bach-Lauritsen sorgens særprægede logik.

A powerful coming-of-age novel about the power and peril of friendship and first loves, from the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of The Rest of the Story. The world is a terrible place not to have a best friend. Scarlett was always the strong one, but now it’s Hailey’s...

"When Emma discovers the first spot, 'like a tiny bright moon' on her left foot, she's at the funeral of her grandmother, who had been her best friend as well. The diagnosis is vitiligo, a skin condition triggered by stress. Creating a large multigenerational cast, Standish knits an absorbing...

"Stykker med himmel" er en ny børnebog af Rebecca Bach-Lauritsen illustreret af Stian Hole. Det er en poetisk og fortættet fortælling om at miste sit faste holdepunkt og samtidig opdage helt nye sider af sig selv. Bogen er en selvstændig fortsættelse til den prisbelønnede "Veronika lyder som harmonika". Mor kalder Karl for skat. Den nye pige i klassen kalder ham for idiot. Og uanset hvad Morgan kalder ham, kan Karl ikke finde på noget at svare tilbage. Farfar plejede bare at kalde ham for Karl, men farfar siger ikke så meget mere.

Lymon's father is, for the time being, at Parchman Farm - the Mississippi State Penitentiary - and his mother, whom he doesn't remember all that much, has moved North. Fortunately, Lymon is being raised by his loving grandparents. Together, Lymon and his grandpops share a love of music, spending late summer nights playing the guitar. But Lymon's world as he knows it is about to dissolve. He will be sent on a journey to two Northern cities far from the country life he loves - and the version of himself he knows.

Yolanda Rodríguez-O’Connell has a secret. All the members of her family have a magical gift - all, that is, except for Yolanda. Still, it’s something she can never talk about...because, if she does, the townsfolk will call her family brujas - witches. When her grandmother, Wela, falls into an unexplained sleep, Yolanda is scared. Her father is off fighting in a faraway war, her mother died long ago, and Yolanda has isolated herself from her best friend and twin sister. If she loses her grandmother, who will she have left?

Frances’ parents were not prepared for her birth: they had a blanket and an easel and some paint, but not anything useful, like a car or a phone. So it’s no wonder Frankie has always had a temper. She was born on a beach, in a storm. What Frances was not prepared for was dying in a freak natural disaster that wiped out her whole town. Waking up 100 years later, Frances finds a whole load of new things to be angry about. And that’s before the visitors start turning up, treating her home like it’s a tourist attraction. Which it is.

While on a whale-watching excursion with her dad, Willa is alone on one side of the boat when she sees a humpback whale. Her awe and wonderment about this massive and beautiful creature turns to shock when the whale communicates with her, introducing herself as Meg. As their friendship develops, Willa comes to view Meg as a trusted confidant - who offers her advice about difficult issues in Willa’s life.

A World Book Day 2020 Author 'I've always wanted to be a Star Hunter. But I don't want to be the kind that looks for old stars that have already been burning for millions of years. I want to find the brand new ones - the ones that have only just been born and are searching for the people they've...