Jane Yolen
41) Passager
Author
Series
Young Merlin trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
c1996
Physical Desc
76 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A foundling rediscovers his identity through the help of the falconer who adopts him
42) Briar Rose
Author
Series
Publisher
T. Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
1992
Physical Desc
190 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
From one of America's most celebrated writers comes an exquisite and heart-wrenching novel that no listener will forget. Jane Yolen takes the fairy tale of Briar Rose, the Sleeping Beauty, and tells it anew-set this time against the terrifying backdrop of the Holocaust. Briar Rose is easily Yolen's greatest accomplishment-blend of beautiful myth and dark history.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"An unlikely-and entirely unforgettable-tale of a most unusual friendship between Flora, an elephant calf stolen from her African home, and David, the circus impresario and magician, who adopts, trains, and ultimately liberates her in a tale freely inspired by actual events"--
44) The dragon's boy
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
©1990
Physical Desc
120 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Young Arthur meets a dragon and comes to accept him as a friend and mentor.
46) Wizard's hall
Author
Publisher
Magic Carpet Books
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
viii, 133 p. ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
A young apprentice wizard saves the wizard's training hall by trusting and believing in himself
Author
Publisher
Handprint Books, an imprint of Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 31 cm
Language
English
Description
Told in rhyme, a bear settles on the narrator's porch, and is soon followed by many other woodland friends, until the porch collapses under the weight--but bear and his friends repair the damage and almost everybody is invited to lunch.
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
In Amherst, Massachusetts, in spring, 1834, young Emily Dickinson uses scraps of paper and a pencil nub to write a poem, before she even knows her ABCs, and shares it with her household and garden. Includes author's note about Dickinson's life and work.
Author
Series
Young heroes (Jane Yolen) volume 3
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
245 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Atalanta discovers a home and friendship with a bear, misunderstanding from town-dwellers, and grudging respect from the great hunter Orion, as together they pursue mysterious creature that killed her father.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm.
Language
English
Description
It is not always easy for a dinosaur to learn how to be kind, but with a little practice, and keeping other people firmly in mind, he can become a one-of-a-kind, very kind dinosaur.
Author
Series
Unsolved mysteries from history volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) ; cm.
Language
English
Description
Spurred on by Sir Walter Raleigh, John White leads 120 men, women, and children across the treacherous Atlantic to colonize the wilds of Virginia. Landing at Roanoke Island in July of 1587-with hostile Indians afoot and little food for winter-the colonists persuade White to return to England for the supplies and help they need. After a terrifying ocean crossing, White finds every available British ship pressed into service against the looming threat...
57) Heart's blood
Author
Series
Publisher
Dell
Pub. Date
1986, c1984
Physical Desc
xiii, 238 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jakkin, now a free dragon trainer, has his plans abruptly changed when he is asked to infiltrate rebel forces taking hold on the planet
Author
Series
Baby Bear books volume 2
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Throughout the day, Baby Bear finds a book to fit every special moment
Author
Publisher
Creative Editions
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) ; 27 cm : color illustrations ; cm.
Language
English
Description
"Jane Yolen poetically reminds young readers that a simple box can be a child's most imaginative plaything as artist Chris Sheban illustrates its myriad and magical uses"--