Christopher Raschka

"The historic evil curse so feared by the dwindling descendants of the Ice People comes to fruition. A terrifying child, Kolgrim, is born to Sunniva, daughter of the unrepentant witch, Sol Angelica, whom Silje rescued from the plague in the first novel "Spellbound". As Kolgrim grows up, the lives of Silje and Tengel are drawing to a close and the focus moves to their children and grandchildren. A granddaughter Cecilie, governness to the family of King Christian IV, is caught up in the court intrigues in Copenhagen - and with the Thirty Years War raging across Europe, recruiting squads begin dragging off the youngest descendants of the Ice People to fight in that harsh conflict in Germany."--Www.amazon.co.uk.

What happens to the pictures of us? Nowadays they go straight to the Internet where anyone anywhere in the world can see them. And they're nothing terribly special. It wasn't that way a hundred years ago, when getting your picture taken was a very important event. You dressed your best and you looked thoughtfully and for a long time into the awesome, magical lens of the camera. But even these important pictures sometimes were lost, sold by the photographer or even thrown away by families.

A collection of poetic forms with a poem to illustrate each one set in a picture book. Some useful information about how each form is comprised is at the end of the book.

Illustrations and simple text for each letter of the alphabet demonstrate the sounds made by that letter.

A wordless picture book about all the fun a dog can have with her ball.

Though Roosevelt the hippopotamus's sister teases him because he blushes a lot, his best friend helps him feel better about himself.

Rhyming text and touch-and-feel illustrations introduce a variety of farm animals and the sounds they make.

If you mess with Goosey Goose, you will be in trouble.

The moon comforts bedtime fears.

By the author of Patience and Sarah ... a long-awaited novel. Lesbian lovers in New York City during the time of Stonewall.

New York City, though a bit boastful, decides to throw a party to make new friends of other unique cities like Chattanooga and Minneapolis.

Synopsis - What began as a prank soon backfired as Jenny Brown, proprietor of the Garden of Eden Florists, delivered a bouquet of weeds to Knoxxville's most eligible bachelor. Daniel usually kissed off his ladies with roses, but finally one had struck back. From the moment Daniel met Jenny passionate sparks began to fly. He was her fantasy man, suddenly real, a threat to all her dreams. He had everything she wanted? Not to mention his own special brand of arrogant charm. All too soon Jenny was lost in his arms, determined to bring him home to her heart..

A one-hundredth birthday tribute to the late jazz artist explores his observations about humanity's discriminatory and violent behaviors as well as his efforts to forge world peace through music with the Sun Ra Arkestra. Jazz musician Sun Ra (1914-1993) always said that he came from Saturn. Being from another planet, he was naturally intrigued by everything earthly--especially music, because music is the one thing on Earth most like the stars.

Two lonely characters, one black and one white, meet on the street and become friends.

Lamby Lamb is told how not to get dressed.

Follows the short life of Arlene, from brisling to canned sardine.

Why are grown-ups so insane? That's the question Leonard, Norman, Anna and Emma (the twins) try to answer with the help of Norman's new tutor, Balthazar Birdsong (who is also fairly nuts).