Writing
Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.
On a charming island, Square, Triangle, and Circle seek adventure and connection while learning how to navigate each other's differences.
This is the story of how a young girl and her box of magical yarn transform a community. This modern fairy tale has the feel of a new classic.
An old man buries a horde of gold under a tree in his garden. But what good is being rich if you can't spend it?
When a tiny fish shoots into view wearing a round blue topper - which happens to fit him perfectly, trouble could be following close behind. Visual humor swims to the fore as the best-selling Jon Klassen follows his breakout debut with another deadpan funny tale.
Two turtles find a hat in the desert. They try it on and conclude the hat looks good on both of them. However, they decide to leave the hat since they both cannot wear it. They find a nearby rock and watch the sunset. After the sunset, one turtle sneaks back to the hat, while the other dreams that both turtles have hats to wear. Based on the book by Jon Klassen.
At the end of the workday, the women of the city head to the bathhouse.
Annai is looking for the eye he is missing. He goes deep into the sea, on top of the mountains, between the bushes and the trees and in the feathers of birds. But he still can't find his other eye.
Bear's hat is gone. None of the animals have seen it. He is starting to become despondent, until his memory is sparked by a deer who asks just the right question.
In a big abandoned house on a barren hill lives a skull. A brave girl named Otilla has escaped from terrible danger and run away, and when she finds herself lost in the dark forest, the lonely house beckons. Her host, the skull, is afraid of something too, something that comes every night. Can brave Otilla save them both? Steeped in shadows and threaded with subtle wit, The Skull is as empowering as it is mysterious and foreboding.
