The Crows of Spooky Wood


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Not just one but two mysteries to solve! Vlad, Mackie, Tish, and Maggie hardly know where to begin! Baby crows have been taken from their nests at night without a trace! Then they hear the strange, age-old story of the long-lost grave of Spooky Wood, found on a foggy night years ago and never seen again! A new gang is quickly formed. The four crows, with helpful advice from their gran and the invaluable assistance of an unexpected and unlikely new friend, embark upon a mission to solve the two mysteries at once. Where have the young crows gone, and who has taken them? Just where is the lost grave? Will they discover it and whomor indeed, whatis buried there? Will they survive the coming storm? Can they elude the prowling figure in the wood? Who else will they meet along the way, and do they have the cunning, bravery, and nerve needed to complete their mission? Their adventures had only just begun!




The Haunted Wood


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'A MARVEL' PHILIP PULLMAN Can you remember the first time you fell in love with a book? The stories we read as children matter. The best ones are indelible in our memories; reaching far beyond our childhoods, they are a window into our deepest hopes, joys and anxieties. They reveal our past – collective and individual, remembered and imagined – and invite us to dream up different futures. In a pioneering history of the children’s literary canon, The Haunted Wood reveals the magic of childhood reading, from the ancient tales of Aesop, through the Victorian and Edwardian golden age to new classics. Excavating the complex lives of our most beloved writers, Sam Leith offers a humane portrait of a genre and celebrates the power of books to inspire and console entire generations. *** 'Profoundly erudite and gloriously entertaining, this is the most purely enjoyable literary history I have ever read.' Tom Holland 'The Haunted Wood captures the magic of childhood reading and casts a spell of its own.' —Laura Freeman, The Times




The White Crow


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April 22, 1945. Hitler sits in his bunker, deep beneath the doomed city of Berlin. He knows death is near. He has soared to glory since he was that strange, eccentric corporal - the "White Crow" - of the First World War trenches. Soon he and his Third Reich will be nothing but dust and ashes. But the fallen Fuhrer is nursing a great secret. He has ensured the Blood of the Fuhrer will live on. One day, the terror of jack-boots will once again ring down the streets of Europe. All it will need to spark the birth of the Fourth Reich will be to find a man with the same vivid blue eyes as the Fuhrer - eyes that alone can open a magical metal box. September 5, 2000. A man with vividly blue eyes is unwittingly on his way to a rendezvous with the Fuhrer's box. .







The Super-Spooky Fright Night!


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Pandora's grandmother is a witch! She's a lot of fun, but she gets in a lot of trouble, too, and causes magical mayhem wherever she goes, from a birthday party where the teddy bears come to life to a bus with a flat tire that turns into a circus train and a truly spellbinding Halloween party. In this first book in a new series, readers will find out that life with Granny is always full of surprises!




The Modern Language Review


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The Modern Language Review (MLR) is an interdisciplinary journal encompassing the following fields: English (including United States and the Commonwealth), French (including Francophone Africa and Canada), Germanic (including Dutch and Scandinavian), Hispanic (including Latin-American, Portuguese, and Catalan), Italian, Slavonic and East European Studies, and General Studies (including linguistics, comparative literature, and critical theory).




Haunt Your House for Halloween


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Here are 80 eerie projects—scary decorations, ghosts by the window, ghouls in your yard and on fences and porches. Creative ideas for every room and area will make your home the area’s Halloween masterpiece. Bonus: Party recipes, favors, and costumes. “The decorating ideas and party tips in this colorful book can make your Halloween a treat.”—Country Almanac.




The Crow (a Not So Scary Story)


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A dark, creepy shape outside a home might be a pirate, a wizard, or something much less frightening.




The Clockwork Crow


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A magical story of snow and stars by Catherine Fisher. The Clockwork Crow is a mysterious gothic Christmas tale set in a frost-bound Victorian country mansion. When orphaned Seren Rees is given a mysterious package by a strange and frightened man on her way to her new home, she reluctantly takes it with her. But what is in the parcel? Who are the Family who must not be spoken of, and can the Crow help Seren find Tom, before the owner of the parcel finds her? The Clockwork Crow is a gripping Christmas tale of families and belonging set in snowy Wales from a master storyteller.




Take a City Nature Walk


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Field guide for finding, observing, and identifying plants and animals in North American cities.