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Un jour, grand-papa arrive à la maison avec une boîte remplie de choses bizarres. C’était il n’y a pas si longtemps que cela. Hier à peine. Les dahlias de grand-papa pousseront année après année dans le jardin familial. Jusqu’au jour où grand-papa s’en ira, pour laisser derrière lui cet héritage plein de sagesse et de poésie.

Tout sépare Maxime et Diego. L'un est grand, l'autre petit. L'un vient d'une famille aisée, l'autre d'une famille modeste. L'un ne fait jamais de passes, l'autre déteste les joueurs qui ne font pas de passes. Leur rivalité est telle qu'elle va déclencher une terrible catastrophe...

A young centurion ventures among the hostile tribes beyond the Roman Wall to recover the eagle standard of the Ninth, a legion which mysteriously disappeared under his father's command.

Nalvana feels like all of her friends have some type of superpower. She has friends with super speed (who always beat her in races), friends with super strength (who can dangle from the monkey bars for hours), and friends who are better than she is at a million other things. Nalvana thinks she must be the only kid in town without a superpower. But then her mom shows Nalvana that she is unique and special--and that her superpower was right in front of her all along.

Maggie is so excited to show her friends the picture of her soon-to-be-adopted sister. She can't wait to show the new baby off. Everyone will love her! But when Maggie brings a picture of the baby to show-and-tell, she doesn't get the reaction she expected. Kimberly says the baby is ugly. Even Maggie's best friend, Sam, admits that the baby has a squished nose, a wrinkly face, and big ears. Maggie is mortified. And now she can imagine how awful it's going to be to have such an ugly sister.

Nobody has seen the bears, but everybody knows where they live-- that their house is a mess, they eat bagfuls of chips, jump on the furniture, decorate with sawdust, and sing songs that make them cry. They growl if anyone gets too close, so nobody visits. But you don't need to visit to know all about these bears, right?

Doctor Kiss is quite prepared to say yes when she finds a letter asking her to come to the aid of a young knight who has been injured in battle. She waits until after her usual goodnight kisses and hugs from her parents, and then she takes her medical bag and climbs through her bedroom window into a gilded, magical world from the age of chivalry.

Storm in the night.
Thunder like mountains blowing up.
Lightning licking the navy-blue sky.
Rain streaming down the windows,
babbling in the downspouts.
And Grandfather? . . .
And Thomas? . . .
And Ringo, the cat?
They were in the dark.

Experience what it was like to grow up in a different time and country. In this book, Judith tells her grandchildren the tale of her youth in Botswana, and shares how education and entertainment were different then.

An opinionated, love-starved princess. Her status-conscious parents. Two muscular, but rude, hunks. Their kind, thoughtful brother. Three not-so-perfect peaches. An impossible challenge. And a whole lot of rabbits!