In this first book of her Japanese mythology-inspired Shadow of the Fox trilogy, bestselling author Julie Kagawa weaves a stunning, high-stakes tale of alliances and deceptions, characters who aren’t what they seem, and secrets that could change the fate of the world. Every millennium, whoever holds the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers has the power to call the great Kami Dragon from the sea and ask for one wish. The time is near...and the missing pieces of the scroll will be sought throughout the land of Iwagoto. When demons kill half-kitsune Yumeko’s adoptive family, she’s forced to flee her home with one part of the ancient scroll. Fate thrusts her into the path of mysterious samurai Kage Tatsumi, who is Yumeko’s best hope for survival. But he’s under orders to retrieve the scroll. An uneasy alliance forms, and Yumeko begins the deception of a lifetime, knowing her secrets are more than a matter of life or death—they’re the key to the fate of the world. Books in the Shadow of the Fox trilogy: Shadow of the Fox Soul of the Sword Night of the Dragon
This title looks at one of the tiniest and cutest species of fox. Readers will learn more about the fennec fox's size, where it lives, what it likes to eat, and even compares it to regular-sized fox species. Complete with adorable and colorful photographs that support the simple text. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Junior is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.
In the epic finale to New York Times bestselling author Julie Kagawa’s Shadow of the Fox trilogy, the scroll has been taken, and no one is safe. To save everyone she loves from imminent death, kitsune shapeshifter Yumeko gave up the final piece of the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers. Now she and her ragtag band of companions must make one desperate final effort to stop the Master of Demons from using the scroll to call the Great Kami Dragon and make the wish that will plunge the empire into chaos. Shadow clan assassin Kage Tatsumi has regained control of his body and agreed to a true deal with the devil—the demon inside him, Hakaimono. They will share his body and work with Yumeko to stop a madman, and to separate Hakaimono from Tatsumi and the cursed sword that trapped the demon for nearly a millennium. But even with their combined skills and powers, this unlikely team of heroes knows the forces of evil may be impossible to overcome. And there is another player in the battle for the scroll, a player who has been watching, waiting for the right moment to pull strings that no one even realized existed…until now. Books in the Shadow of the Fox trilogy: Shadow of the Fox Soul of the Sword Night of the Dragon
Full description (Sunny): When Molly brings home her new puppy, Maggie Mu, she has already made a best friend. Molly has a difficult time in the classroom, but with a little help from Maggie Mu, Molly learns how to ask for help. With a compelling story and delightful illustrations, The Many Moods of Maggie Mu and Molly, Too helps children to learn how to self-advocate and identify their emotions. The lessons of being seen, heard, and loved, are ones that will resonate with all readers, old and young.
Have you heard of Cinderella? Of course, you have! How about Ariel? Yes? Rapunzel? Jasmine? Snow White? Mulan? Pocahontas? Aurora? Okay, all of them then. Good! Do you know, then, what all of these princesses have in common? Falling in love with the handsome prince and living happily ever after, you say? No, not that. Me! They all have me in common! I'm their dressmaker! My name is Sue, or Sewing Sue or Sue Sew or Sew Sue or any way you want to say it really. And I am a dressmaker for princesses. Would you like to find out how I make these beautiful dresses? Then follow me into my sewing room. You think fairy godmothers just wave their magic wands and all those pretty dresses fall from the sky? Oh, how silly! They are so much more complicated to make than that. Yes, the fairy godmothers do wave their wands, but it's me who does all the magic. Days before the wand is even raised in the air, I am in my sewing room, hunched over my cutting board with pins and scissors and rulers and measuring tapes and chalk and my thimble of course. I am measuring the colourful fabric and cutting it away and sewing it together, and adding the glitter and the ribbons. Come in, come in, my dears, and take a look at how I make the magic happen..." This book was written by a grow-up author and illustrated by a child artist, Darina Krisanova, as part of www.kidsbookfarm.com which teaches kids to author and to illustrate their own books. Would you like your students to be part of this exciting adventure? Do get in touch by writing to julie@cleverfoxpress.com.
Perhaps you have never considered bringing your cat to an opera.And you have good reasons not to. They only sleep through some of the performance. There is a danger that they attack the conductor's baton. They also might mess with the props on stage and even knock a couple of singers off their feet. But it's the singing the cats are good at. Perhaps you should get your pet a chance to become an opera star?!This book is dedicated to the November 2018 opera production of Gianni Schicchi, a comic opera by Giacomo Puccini, and all the members of the company who ware involved in this memorable performance.
First in a magical adventure series for young readers (ages 6-8 approx) in which secretive little people repair damage and rewild local environments from bestselling author of Unicorn Academy series. The Keepers are a secretive tribe of little people who live in the middle of Whispering Woods, coming out at night to care for the countryside and rewild it when humans (or Ruffins as they know them) are careless with it. Young Keepers Cora and Jax have just finished school and are embarking on a trial, with several friends, to become fully-fledged Keepers. But their first venture out on their own ends in disaster when they become distracted with playing in the Ruffin children's playground instead of concentrating on the task they've been given. Can they ever be trusted to be Keepers in their own right? Given one last chance, they come across a fox cub with an injured paw. Can they heal it on their own so it can get back to its mother before the Ruffins discover it, or will they have to ask for help and get in to more trouble for being somewhere they had been banned from?
This cute little story is about two sisters. They are just like any other pair of sisters really, playing together, snacking together, shopping together, even getting in trouble together... But are they really? It's not till the last page of the book that we find out that the adorable pair are ... cat sisters!
The Scorpion sign may look a little scary, but Scorpios are astrologically known for exhibiting a powerful combination of magnetism and passion. They never follow life's well-worn paths; instead they opted to blaze new trails that lead to personal glory.
‘My new favourite series’ Ellen Oh, author of the Prophecy and Spirit Hunters series Return to Julie Kagawa’s beautiful and perilous land of shapeshifters, samurai and demons as Japanese mythology and magic swirl together in the New York Times bestselling author’s brand new adventure.
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