Books with category 🧸 Childhood
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Duck, Death and the Tulip

2016

by Wolf Erlbruch

In a strangely heart-warming story, a duck strikes up an unlikely friendship with Death.

Death, Duck and the Tulip will intrigue, haunt, and enchant readers of all ages. Simple, unusual, warm, and witty, this book deals with a difficult subject in a way that is elegant, straightforward, and thought-provoking.

Charlie Bone and the Time Twister

2016

by Jenny Nimmo

Time is running out for Charlie Bone . . .

Charlie hopes that the new term at Bloor's Academy will hold no nasty surprises. But then, Henry Yewbeam appears, twisted through time from the icy winter of 1916. With the scheming Yewbeam aunts on the prowl, and the Bloors out to catch him, Henry will need Charlie's help just to stay alive. Bloor's Academy can be a very dangerous place . . .

Book Two in The Children of the Red King series!

The Unseen World

2016

by Liz Moore

Ada Sibelius is raised by David, her brilliant, eccentric, socially inept single father, who directs a computer science lab in 1980s-era Boston. Home-schooled, Ada accompanies David to work every day; by twelve, she is a painfully shy prodigy. The lab begins to gain acclaim at the same time that David’s mysterious history comes into question.

When his mind begins to falter, leaving Ada virtually an orphan, she is taken in by one of David’s colleagues. Soon she embarks on a mission to uncover her father’s secrets: a process that carries her from childhood to adulthood. What Ada discovers on her journey into a virtual universe will keep the reader riveted until The Unseen World’s heart-stopping, fascinating conclusion.

Little Monkey

2016

by Morwen Bush

Beautifully written and richly illustrated. A sing song bedtime story sure to become a family favorite.

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