A FORBIDDEN HALFBREED In a world where Dragons can take human form, mixing bloodlines can have disastrous consequences. Escaping the tomb her parents left her in, Wren must now live in hiding, fearing her predicted powers will one day emerge and wreak the evil her parents foresaw. When a storm brings a wounded warrior to her door, she is forced to leave her haven to aid him in his mission. Keeran, wielder of Blood Sense magic. As the kingdom’s spymaster, he will stop at nothing to complete his mission and unearth the truth. Who is behind the attacks on the Temples? Why are the kingdom’s children disappearing, and why are the few found nothing more than mindless, drooling shells? When a devastating event reveals that Wren’s powers are finally emerging, she must fight her destiny to retain her sanity and her soul. Only together will they save the children and the kingdom. If they don’t kill each other first. Dragon’s Riddle introduces fantasy fans to a world filled with peril, magic, and intrigue in this first installment of the Eldrake Chronicles. Adult fantasy with a light amount of enemies-to-lovers romance. No graphic sex or violence, suitable for older YA and NA audiences as well.

JeromeASF, the YouTube sensation, debuts his Bacca character on the printed page with this action-packed Minecraft adventure for all ages. Bacca has it all. The most celebrated (and furry) star in the Overworld, he’s the person others look to for help building their dungeons, mazes, and castles. He has a girlfriend, LadyBacc, and his most prized possession of all—a diamond axe called Betty. One day, Bacca is approached by a mysterious dragon . . . made entirely of diamonds! The dragon is from a new biome—a secret land few have ever seen—where a special object has been stolen. A seemingly impossible set of riddles and challenges stands in the way of getting it back, but if Bacca can help, the dragon promises he’ll receive a new weapon even better than Betty. Is he willing to risk everything and push his crafting skills to their very limits? As his millions of YouTube fans already know . . . of course he is! He’s Bacca! Perfect for Minecraft fans of all ages, Bacca and the Riddle of the Diamond Dragon showcases the YouTube Minecraft star that fans around the world have come to love: funny, creative, and just a little bit crazy! Sky Pony Press, with our Good Books, Racehorse and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of books for young readers—picture books for small children, chapter books, books for middle grade readers, and novels for young adults. Our list includes bestsellers for children who love to play Minecraft; stories told with LEGO bricks; books that teach lessons about tolerance, patience, and the environment, and much more. In particular, this adventure series is created especially for readers who love the fight of good vs. evil, magical academies like Hogwarts in the Harry Potter saga, and games like Minecraft, Terraria, and Pokemon GO. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

A collection of allegories and allusions drawn from distant corners of the history of thought, from Plato and Lao Tzu to the present day. Set in a world of fantasy tropes, it explores the limits of reality and dream, bridging fiction, philosophy and farce, merging poetry with prose and image with text.

Imagining China: early nineteenth-century writings and musical productions -- Towards exclusion: American popular songs on Chinese immigration, 1850-1882 -- Chinese and Chinese immigrant performers on the American stage, 1830s-1920s -- The sounds of Chinese otherness and American popular music, 1880s-1920s -- From aversion to fascination: new lyrics and voices, 1880s-1920s -- The rise of Chinese and Chinese American vaudevillians, 1900s-1920s

With the Archipelago of Dreams in the hands of the Echthroi and the link to the Summer Country lost, the Grail child, Rose Dyson, the new Cartographer, Edmund McGee, and the Caretakers Emeritus seek to rebuild the Keep of Time but face a terrible new enemy who was once an ally. Illustrations.

To save the world, Charles, the Grail Child Rose Dyson, and Edmund McGee must travel deep into the past to discover the identity of the mythical Architect of the Keep of Time.

The present volume is a collection of articles published by Professor James R. Russell of Harvard University, in various journals over the past decades.

In A Feast of Creatures, Craig Williamson recasts nearly one hundred Old English riddles of the Exeter Book into a modern verse mode that yokes the cadences of Aelfric with the sprung rhythm of Gerard Manley Hopkins. Like the early English riddlers before him, Williamson gives voice to the nightingale, plow, ox, phallic onion, and storm-wind. In lean and taut language he offers us mead disguised as a mighty wrestler, the sword as a celibate thane, the silver wine-cup as a seductress, the horn transformed from head-warrior to ink-belly or battle-singer. In his notes and commentary he gives us possible and probable solutions, sources, and analogues, a shrewd sense of literary play, and traces the literary and cultural contexts in which each riddle may be viewed. In his introduction, Williamson traces for us the history of riddles and riddle scholarship.

Enter the grade three classroom at Bailey Elementary School and prepare to be amused. The school secretary is a gremlin, the substitute janitor is Santa Claus, a witch teaches gymnastics, and the homeroom teacher is a vampire! Use this resource to help your students develop the literacy strategies necessary for them to derive meaning from print, read to find new information about a topic, and think and write creatively, all using the Bailey kids chapter books as a springboard. 105 pages Includes: Story summaries Reproducible work sheets for 25 Bailey Kids books Teacher suggestions A resource list Student tracking sheet Answer key Objectives 1. To familiarize students with an author and her writings and style of writing. 2. To develop literacy strategies necessary to obtain meaning from print. 3. To read to find new information about a topic deriving it from print and pictures. 4. To develop the student's ability to think and write creatively. Kids at Baily Elementary titles: 1. Vampires Don't Wear Polka Dots 2. Werewolves Don't Go to Summer Camp 3. Santa Claus Doesn't Mop Floors 4. Leprechauns Don't Play Basketball 5. Ghosts Don't Eat Potato Chips 6. Frankenstein Doesn't Plant Petunias 7. Aliens Don't Wear Braces 8. Genies Don't Ride Bicycles 9. Pirates Don't Wear Sunglasses 1O. Witches Don't Do Backflips 11. Skeletons Don't Play Tubas 12. Cupid Doesn't Flip Hamburgers 13. Gremlins Don't Chew Bubble Gum 14. Monsters Don't Scuba Dive 15. Zombies Don't Play Soccer 16. Dracula Doesn't Drink Lemonade 17. Elves Don't Wear Hard Hats 18. Martians Don't Take Temperatures 19. Gargoyles Don't Drive School Buses 20. Wizards Don't Need Computers 21. Mummies Don't Coach Softball 22. Cyclops Doesn't Roller-Skate 23. Angels Don't Know Karate 24. Dragons Don't Cook Pizza 25. Bigfoot Doesn't Square Dance