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While preparing for her bat mitzvah--and trying to make sense of her own life--Zippy discovers she has magical abilities when she conjures up a beautiful girl with no memory and wings like an angel to whom she is connected.
Hi, whoever is reading this. I'm Zipporah Chava McConnell, but everyone calls me Zippy. Things used to be simple--until a few weeks ago. Now my best friend, Bea, is acting funny; everyone at school thinks I'm weird; and my mom...
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No matter where you live, there will always be a wide variety of trees in the immediate vicinity, whether open countryside, urban parkland or municipal gardens. Get to know them, learn to recognize the different species, and draw on the magical power of the Tree. Be humbled in the presence of the trees, by their great size and beauty...and learn to work with them, as a witch.
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Pendle Hill Young Fleetwood Shuttleworth is with child again. As the mistress of Gawthorpe Hall, she is anxious to provide her husband with an heir. But none of her previous pregnancies have come to term. Then she discovers a hidden letter from her physician that warns her husband that she will not survive another pregnancy. Distraught over the frightening revelation, Fleetwood wanders the woods of Pendle Hill, where she meets a young local woman...
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2020.
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""There is the mammal way and there is the bird way." This is one scientist's pithy distinction between mammal brains and bird brains: two ways to make a highly intelligent mind. But the bird way is much more than a unique pattern of brain wiring, and lately, scientists have taken a new look at bird behaviors they have, for years, dismissed as anomalies or mysteries. What they are finding is upending the traditional view of how birds conduct their...
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Kingfisher
Pub. Date
2005
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1st ed.
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144 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
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With a foreword by the award-winning fantasy author Jonathan Stroud, and illustration by some of the world's best illustrators including John Howe, the Fantasy Encyclopedia is a spectacular one-stop guide to the creatures and people of folklore and fantasy. From goblins and fairies to dragons and Dracula, this encyclopedia covers them all with sparkling, readable text and stunning illustrations. Discover how the magic of stories throughout the centuries...
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This vintage book contains Ethel Cook Eliot's 1918 novel, "The Little House In The Fairy Wood". A lonesome young boy is adopted by the benevolent residents of a small woodland house and begins a magical adventure that will see him meet friendly fairies, become one with nature, and eventually realise true happiness. This fantastic book is highly recommended for lovers of charming fantasy literature and constitutes a must-read for fans and collectors...
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"Seventeen-year-old Bryar Rose has a problem. She's descended from one of the three magical races--shifters, fairies, or witches. That makes her one of the Magicorum, and Magicorum always follow a fairy tale life template. In Bryar's case, that template should be Sleeping Beauty. 'Should' being the key word. Trouble is, Bryar is nowhere near the sleeping beauty life template. Not even close. She doesn't like birds or woodland creatures. She can't...
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In the wreckage that was once Fabletown, the sinister Mister Dark is building a web of fear and anger that threatens to ensnare any Fable who strays too close. Cut off from the Woodland building's business office and its trove of magical weapons, the exiled free Fables must now turn to their oldest and most powerful members-the witches and warlocks who once occupied the Woodland's 13th floor-to defeat this latest adversary. But even as those still...
11) Woodland Academy
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Maëva Debeauquenne
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2023
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English
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Have you ever heard about Woodland Academy? No? Well, then, you're in luck, because you're about to discover a fantastic school filled with wizards and witches of all sizes and ages.
I'm sure you've read stories with magic in them before but I don't think you've ever read a story with a school quite like this one. All of the students are animals!
We're taking you to Woodland Forest for our story, where anyone can be a wizard, from the
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An entertaining and enthralling collection of myths, tales and traditions surrounding our trees, woodlands and forests from around the world.
From the dark, gnarled woodlands of the north, to the humid jungles of the southern lands, trees have captured humanity's imagination for millennia. Filled with primal gods and goddesses, dryads and the fairy tales of old, the forests still beckon to us, offering sanctuary, mystery and more than a little mischievous...
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Originally published in 1927. The author was an expert hunter and trapper and spent a lifetime studying the ways of the wild. Contents Include: Principles of Woodcraft; The Spartans of the West; Woodland Songs, Dances and Ceremonies; Suggested Programs General Scouting; Indoors General Scouting Outdoors; Signaling and Indian Signs; Campercraft or the Summer Camp; Games For the Camp; Health and Woodland Medicine; Wildwood Remedies or Simples Natural...
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Nestled within our green and pleasant land lies pockets of emerald trees. Their roots search deep into the ground and the branches reach high towards the sun. For centuries some of these have stood, watching and listening to the human creatures living among them, hearing their stories and remembering. What stories could these woodlands tell if the trees could speak? Stories of brave deeds, foolish men and star-crossed lovers, of monsters, giants and...
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Farmer Gunther Wenders is taken into custody for trying to drown his woodland neighbor, Minerva West, a self-confessed witch. Murdoch considers the case a disagreement between a superstitious man and a delusional woman. But when Minerva and her fellow coven members cast a spell outside the station house, Wenders suddenly dies in the cells, and Murdoch must explain how.
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STORYTELLERS Lindsey Gibb & C.A. Hope bring together stories from Perthshire, the heart of Scotland, with its bleak moors and majestic mountains, rushing rivers and great woodlands. In this treasure trove of tales you will meet witches and faeries, black dogs and dragons, the Cailleach and those mysterious painted people, the Picts – all as fantastical and powerful as the landscape they inhabit. Retold in an engaging style, and richly illustrated...
17) Emergence
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Woodlands is where city-dwellers go to die if they're dumb enough, and where those who can't live among the populace stay to remain hidden. As a child, Nyssa entered the Woodlands, forced into them by a past she can't remember. Years later, she is dragged out of them as an adult with no concept of what it means to be 'normal.' Armed with a new witch bestie who refuses to leave her alone, Nyssa slowly begins building a life for herself in Teragona.
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Bernard Beagle dreams of playing soccer for his school team. There is just one problem - he is terrible at sports.
Cody Fisher, captain of the Bayview Primary Tidal Waves, is Bernard's one-way ticket to the midfield.
But following his dream won't be easy. There's a savage dog on the loose in Woodland Bay and Sadie Button is wearing her hair in pig tails. Not to mention that witch across the road is doing magic tricks again.
As Bernard pushes for...
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Basic Books
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"Hummingbirds are a glittering, sparkling collective of over three hundred wildly variable, colorful species. For centuries they have captured our imaginations - revered by indigenous Americans, coveted by European collectors, and to this day admired worldwide for their unsurpassed metallic, jewel-like plumage, acrobatic flight, and immense character. Yet they exist on a knife-edge -- theirs is a precarious life, dependent upon finding sufficient...
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How does Jack score against a giant and save his village from poverty? Will Hansel and Gretel outsmart a witch? When Thumbelina runs away, will she find her home and a family her own size? Can a girl made of snow ever warm up to her adopted parents? What happens when your own cookie-cutter child goes looking for adventure and meets a wily fox? Experience this magical retelling of classic tales from around the world.
The audiobook offers loving attention...
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