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Congratulations on your acceptance to the Apprentice Academy, one
of the world's finest institutions for knightly education. Your
course of study here will prepare you for a career as a knight--or,
optionally, a samurai, Viking, border-raider, or really any type of
sword-swinging warrior. Swinging a sword is inherently dangerous,
but this guide will help you complete your education while
minimizing the twin risks of 1. getting maimed and 2. working too
hard. Learn how to: - Fight people! - Fight dragons! - Fight
giants! - Fight monsters! - Fight everything else! - Go on quests!
- Die honorably! - And more! Please follow all instructions
carefully. If you go off on your own and try something silly, and
then get your head chopped off of your body bitten in two, don't
start drafting a letter of complaint. You had fair warning.
Imbued with a sense of wonder, and a strong connection to the
natural world, Laura Alary's books invite young readers to engage
with the liturgical seasons of the church year. Breathe is a
journey through Ascension, Pentecost, and Ordinary Time. "The day
of Pentecost is coming. The church is changing color. The white and
gold of Easter will soon burst into flaming red, then cool to
green." So begins Breathe: A Child's Guide to Ascension, Pentecost,
and the Growing Time. In the warm, thoughtful style that has made
her books so popular with families who want to encourage their
children to think deeply and engage their spiritual imaginations,
Laura Alary presents the third book in a trilogy (previous books
include Look! A Child's Guide to Advent and Christmas and Make
Room: A Child's Guide to Lent and Easter) that explores the
church's liturgical seasons. At the heart of Breathe lies a puzzle:
How can Jesus go away, yet promise to be with us always? Can we
trust someone who comes and goes so mysteriously? Moving beyond
long ago and far away events, Breathe invites children to wonder
about and watch for the presence and work of the Spirit here and
now, in practices of prayer and mindfulness, and through acts of
justice, generosity, and kindness. Slowly but surely, we discover
that we are the body of Jesus now, his way of being in the world.
And that whenever we choose the way of love, Jesus is there.
Always.
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In and Out the Window
Jane Yolen; Illustrated by Cathrin Peterslund
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The largest single anthology of Jane Yolen's poetry, containing
more than one hundred poems for all occasions—with fun
black-and-white art throughout. Our Kitchen Smells of mornings,
blueberry muffins, hot chocolate, tea. It smells of bacon and of
eggs. It smells of family. For the first time, legendary author
Jane Yolen gathers the largest single anthology of her poetry
celebrating childhood. At home or at school, playing sports or
practicing music, enjoying the holidays or delighting in each
season, Jane Yolen’s masterful collection shows just how lively
it is to be a kid. With whimsical artwork by Cathrin Peterslund,
this collection of more than one hundred poems is a classic that
children are sure to return to again and again.
For readers who have always wanted to enroll in a school for
magic--be it Hogwarts with Harry Potter or Camp Halfblood with
Percy Jackson! Wizard lovers will delight in pretending they're
learning magic from a cheat-sheet handbook from an elite school for
sorcery. Welcome to the Apprentice Academy. Congratulations on your
acceptance to one of the world's finest institutions for sorcery.
Your course of study here will be long and perilous, but this book
of sorcery skills and fascinating tales from the world of magic
will help you along the way--ideally with all your limbs and wits
intact. Learn how to: - Read minds! - Prophesize! - Perform a love
spell! - Choose an animal familiar! - Turn anything into gold! -
Summon demons! - Find a lair! - And more! But most of all learn to
cheat, or, rather, to weasel through without actually cheating.
Please follow all instructions carefully, as one wrong move can
transform your hands into forks or serpents, and then you will have
a hard time turning the page. Inspired by folklore and mythology
around the world, Apprentice Academy: Sorcerers is a rich,
multicultural exploration and celebration of magic from not just
Europe, but also from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and the
Americas. Narrated by a witty and weaseling character who supplies
cheat sheets to students, Apprentice Academy opens the door on an
exciting new world of magic and myth, chivalry and royalty, with
the second book in the series-Knights-scheduled for Spring 2024.
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