"The Seven Chairs" by Lois Lowry.
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All over the world baby girls levitate, unseen or disbelieved by their protectors. But with time and distraction, they all forget. All except one that is. Mary Katherine Maguire remembers, and practices, and masters her unique ability to “rise up” as she puts it. Written with the simplicity and beauty of a parable, this is a lovely story about the empowerment of women.
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"Mr. Bear and the Bear" by Frances Thomas
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When Mr Bear, so called by the townspeople because he is so grumpy, encounters a traveling carnival and a sad and mistreated dancing bear, he decides to buy the bear’s freedom. Cutting the bear’s shackles and destroying its cage, Mr Bear sets the bear free along with his own heart.
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"The Queen of the Korrigans: a Tale from Brittany" by Sophie Masson
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A wonderful modern translation/adaptation of a fairy tale from Brittany in which Pereg-Mari shows kindness to an old beggar woman who, in the way of fairytales, is really the queen of the Korrigans. But the Korrigans are tricky people and Pereg-Mari isn’t sure he can trust her reward.
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"The Hare and the Spoiled Queen" By Lynne Reid Banks
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From Ms Banks delightful anthology “The Magic Hare,” a Dickensian tale in which a hateful queen is transformed by the practical and kind suggestions of the magic hare.
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Clara's "Foolish Pursuit" by Ann S. Manheimer
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A nicely written short biography of Clara Foltz, the women who in 1878 brought the Woman Lawyer’s Bill before the California legislature and went on to become the first woman attorney on the west coast.
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"Winter's Kiss" by Melissa Marr
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Nesha had within her the kiss of winter so she journeyed north where her curse could do no harm. In the land of the ice bear, what had been a curse was considered a gift because there, weather was warming, threatening their existence.
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"Sail by the Moon" by Gretchen Woelfle
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On Chester’s eleventh birthday, his father announces that it’s time for him to build an iceboat, just as he and his grandfather had before him. Chester is excited to build the craft but is unsure if he has the skill to sail it by himself.
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"The Button Box: A Story for Christmas" by Melinda Lancaster
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Amy loves to hear the stories connected to each button in her grandma’s button box. When her grandma passes away on Christmas Eve, her final present to Amy is already under the Christmas tree – the button box so that Amy can add her own stories.
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"You Never Call" by Robert Lynn Asprin
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Two commanders, one human, one alien, have been best friends for a lifetime but now find their empires at war and with five minutes left in an ultimatum, five minutes before they blow each other to smithereens, a phone call? "Raymond?" "Mom?" "It's mother's day, you're too busy to call your mother?"
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"Four Gallant Sisters" by Eric A. Kimmel
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When their mother dies, four sisters disguise themselves as men and find apprenticeships with a tailor, a hunter, a thief and a stargazer. At the end of their apprenticeships, each is given a magic tool. Both the skills and the magic are critical when they are enlisted to save the young king’s betrothed and her four brothers from a loathsome dragon.
info_outlineJared loved artifact hunting at his grand parents farm. But each summer a local pack of wild dogs was getting bolder. They had already killed Nick, grandpa's courageous hound. When Jared came face to face with the pack, only one thing could save him.