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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Newbery Honor Book)

Author : Grace Lin

Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Page : 221 pages

File Size : 35,66 MB

Release : 2009-07-01

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0316052604

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A Time Magazine 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time selection!​ A Reader’s Digest Best Children’s Book of All Time​! This stunning fantasy inspired by Chinese folklore is a companion novel to Starry River of the Sky and the New York Times bestselling and National Book Award finalist When the Sea Turned to Silver In the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. In the evenings, her father regales her with old folktales of the Jade Dragon and the Old Man on the Moon, who knows the answers to all of life's questions. Inspired by these stories, Minli sets off on an extraordinary journey to find the Old Man on the Moon to ask him how she can change her family's fortune. She encounters an assorted cast of characters and magical creatures along the way, including a dragon who accompanies her on her quest for the ultimate answer. Grace Lin, author of the beloved Year of the Dog and Year of the Rat returns with a wondrous story of adventure, faith, and friendship. A fantasy crossed with Chinese folklore, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is a timeless story reminiscent of The Wizard of Oz and Kelly Barnhill's The Girl Who Drank the Moon. Her beautiful illustrations, printed in full-color, accompany the text throughout. Once again, she has created a charming, engaging book for young readers.



Bloom of the Flower Dragon: A Branches Book (Dragon Masters #21)

Author : Tracey West

Publisher : Scholastic Inc.

Page : 100 pages

File Size : 50,80 MB

Release : 2022-05-17

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1338776894

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Drake and Worm must help a Flower Dragon protect his home in the latest action-packed installment of this New York Times bestselling series! Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow! A Flower Dragon named Wildroot has come to Bracken! He needs help because his home is in danger. The Dragon Masters must find this small dragon his own Dragon Master. The Dragon Stone reveals a boy named Oskar, who is disappointed that he does not have a big, fire-breathing dragon. Can Oskar and his dragon learn to work together in time to save the Flower Dragons from a terrible monster? With engaging black-and-white artwork on every page, kids won't be able to put down this action-packed adventure!



Flight of the Moon Dragon

Author : Tracey West

Publisher : Scholastic Incorporated

Page : 96 pages

File Size : 20,62 MB

Release : 2016-09-27

Category : Adventure stories

ISBN : 9780545913942

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The prime Dragon Stone seems to be dying, and that means that the connection between the dragon masters and their dragons is also fading, so the six dragon masters must located the hidden stone, and learn what is causing the problem before their telepathic connection is completely gone.



Flower, Moon, Snow

Author : Kazue Mizumura

Publisher :

Page : 48 pages

File Size : 20,74 MB

Release : 1977-01-01

Category : Haiku

ISBN : 9780690012910

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Thirty poems in praise of the joys of nature.



Howl of the Wind Dragon: A Branches Book (Dragon Masters #20)

Author : Tracey West

Publisher : Scholastic Inc.

Page : 102 pages

File Size : 35,53 MB

Release : 2021-11-02

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1338635530

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Evil wizard Astrid brings the Garden of Beasts to life and the Dragon Masters must go into battle in the latest installment of this New York Times bestselling series! Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow! Drake and Rori rush off to find a Wind Dragon -- the final dragon needed to undo the False Life spell. But they soon learn that the Wind Dragon is being held captive! Can they rescue her and her Dragon Master, Quilla? They'll need to hurry because evil wizard Astrid has already cast her terrible spell... Prepare for the Dragon Masters' biggest battle yet! With engaging black-and-white artwork on every page, kids won't be able to put down this action-packed book!



The Old Man of the Moon

Author : Shen Fu

Publisher : Penguin UK

Page : 56 pages

File Size : 27,58 MB

Release : 2015-02-26

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0141397810

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'Our passion was so great. Will the Old Man understand and help us once again?' The Old Man of the Moon is Shen Fu's intimate and moving account of his marriage - from early passion to the trials of poverty and separation - and his great, enduring love for his wife in eighteenth-century China. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Shen Fu (born c. 1763). Shen Fu's work is available in Penguin Classics in Six Records of a Floating Life.



Seasons of the Moon

Author : Michael Carabetta

Publisher : Chronicle Books

Page : 97 pages

File Size : 44,22 MB

Release : 2019-09-10

Category : Photography

ISBN : 1452176671

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The perfect gift for moon and space enthusiasts, a collection of photographs and global folklore capturing Earth’s only natural satellite. From Strawberry to Dragon, Harvest to Storm, the full moon is known by many names around the world and across the seasons, and each name has a story behind it. This beautiful photographic celebration of our closest celestial neighbor captures the visual wonder and the connection we feel to the moon. Including three dozen folk names and short evocative explanations drawn from Native American, Inuit, Celtic, medieval English, Hindu, Chinese, Japanese, and pagan cultures, Seasons of the Moon presents an inspired visual pairing for each, taken in the month the folk name represents. This portrait of our eternal fascination with the moon is a welcome companion as we look to the sky throughout the seasons.



The Flower Ornament Scripture

Author : Thomas Cleary

Publisher : Shambhala Publications

Page : 2759 pages

File Size : 10,25 MB

Release : 1993-10-12

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0834824094

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A masterful translation of one of the most influential Buddhist sutras—the Avatamsaka Sutra—by one of the greatest translators of Buddhist texts of our time Known in Chinese as Hua-yen and in Japanese as Kegon-kyo, the Avatamsaka Sutra, or Flower Ornament Scripture, is held in the highest regard and studied by Buddhists of all traditions. Through its structure and symbolism, as well as through its concisely stated principles, it conveys a vast range of Buddhist teachings. This one-volume edition contains Thomas Cleary’s definitive translation of all thirty-nine books of the sutra, along with an introduction, a glossary, and Cleary’s translation of Li Tongxuan’s seventh-century guide to the final book, the Gandavyuha, “Entry into the Realm of Reality.”



In the Time of Dragon Moon

Author : Janet Lee Carey

Publisher : Speak

Page : 482 pages

File Size : 40,19 MB

Release : 2016-03

Category : British Isles

ISBN : 0142425745

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Companion to: Dragonswood and Dragon's keep.



Beneath the Moon

Author : Rachel Patterson

Publisher : John Hunt Publishing

Page : 606 pages

File Size : 18,23 MB

Release : 2022-01-28

Category : Body, Mind & Spirit

ISBN : 1785355805

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Witchcraft and Moon Magic for a Deeper Practice The Moon: Living, playing and working in tune with her rhythms can change your life and the way you look at the world. She will help you to connect not only with her magic but your own, your intuition and every thread that it wraps around the world. She has the power to transform your life, you have the power within you to do the same…