Books published by publisher Lantern Books

Lanre's day started the same as any other, that is until he had a dream with the Stream Queen!Was the dream real? Would the Stream Queen really grant his wish?Lanre lives with his parents and grandmother who send him on errands every now and then. On one such occasion, Lanre's grandmother asks him to go and buy her fried bean balls (akara) at the market down the street. On his way back and in a bid to escape further errands, Lanre heads for the stream.At the river bank, he falls asleep and dreams of a mystical fish waking him up. He asks the fish to grant his wish that he be left in peace when he gets home.On getting home, Lanre's problem's, rather than come to an end, suddenly increase as the slightest attempt on his part to help turns disastrous.Follow Lanre on this wondrous adventure. Will the wish the Stream Queen granted him help or cause him even more trouble? Will Lanre learn his lesson and be happy to be part of the family?Enjoy this nice fairy tale with your children and help them grow. Get your copy today!

Truth is the most powerful weapon there is, but only if you dare believe...After Colin flees with Catrina, he meets up with someone he never thought he'd see again—the one man who might be able to tame this dark magical power everyone is so afraid of. But this help comes with a severe warning: if the power cannot be contained, it must be destroyed! Did they flee one prison only to end up in another?Meanwhile, Meghan is closer to home than she’s been since the quest began but finds herself a prisoner on an island protected and hidden by a magical force field, with no chance of escape. She makes one discovery after another, secrets and lies unraveling, each more mystifying, horrifying, and unbelievable than the last. She's battered, broken, and stuck in a world she’s no longer sure she wants to be a part of, but has no escape from. And when something utterly heartbreaking shatters everything she’s come to believe, and crushes the faith in those she’s trusted most, rescue arrives in the form of someone she never thought she'd see again with an offer she might not be able to refuse… THE FATED FANTASY ADVENTURE SERIES IS COMPLETEPlease Read in Order Starting with Book 1…Book 1: AwakenBook 2: Shifting Book 3: EmbraceBook 4: BrokenBook 5: DividedBook 6: TakenBook 7: ControlBook 8: ForsakenBook 9: SacrificeBook 10: RedeemBook 11: Ascend (The Final Book in the Series)

Get the girl. Get the prize. Get out alive.In the valley of Eidolon, magic is strictly forbidden--at least, that's what everyone's been told. Regardless, this doesn't stop Colin Jacoby from breaking the rules to try to find his dream girl—a prisoner running out of time.Simultaneously, his sister, Meghan, a Firemancer in training, is mortified to learn she'll be working alongside the forever irritable Ivan Crane when the Queen sends them on a dangerous quest.For brother and sister, this means dual secret missions into the heart of Eidolon Valley. Where devilish creatures come to life after dark and the landscape changes each morning. Where deadly obstacles lurk at every turn and questions and mysteries pile up faster than they can be answered or solved.But when the quest goes terribly wrong, it becomes a race to get out alive for everyone.

Take a journey through your favorite book and transform it into a board game! Choose your characters, design your board, and create obstacles and other fun activities all according to what happens in your favorite book. Learn how to take the joy of reading to another level and discover your own creativity.Eleven-year-old Ben Buchanan, who created a board game based on the popular Harry Potter books, provides advice for all children who would like to turn their favorite book into a board game. Along with his co-authors, he offers a step-by-step process, with suggestions for parents, librarians, and teachers, on how to help children transform their favorite book into a board game.The book shows how you can have hours of fun creating the board game—and then have lots more hours of fun playing! Journey to Gameland encourages children to develop their own creativity.

"The reader won't find complicated or elegant fare between these pages, but The Vegan Family Cookbook will be warmly welcomed in any vegan household with hungry little mouths to feed. With over 400 family-geared recipes, the book is a gem of a collection of tasty, familiar dishes that will make it a treasured volume in any vegan kitchen."—VegParadise.comNow that you've become a vegan, you're learning lots of ways to prepare tofu, but you or someone you love is really starting to miss macaroni and cheese, turkey dinners, pumpkin pie and birthday cake. Maybe you and your family feel self-conscious (and hungry) at holidays, picnics, and parties. Or maybe just one person in the family is vegan, but you need to create meals that everyone will eat. Since the day Brian McCarthy and his wife, Karen, chose a vegan diet for their family ten years ago, Chef McCarthy has created over 400 simple vegan recipes with easy-to-find ingredients for traditional favorites like biscuits, corn bread, stews, pastas, pizzas, cakes, pies, and even egg(less) nog. All the recipes come from the McCarthy home kitchen and have passed the test of many family meals. For individuals or families who are concerned about animals, the environment, or their health, mealtimes just got a whole lot easier.

Take a journey through your favorite book and transform it into a board game! Choose your characters, design your board, and create obstacles and other fun activities all according to what happens in your favorite book. Learn how to take the joy of reading to another level and discover your own creativity.Eleven-year-old Ben Buchanan, who created a board game based on the popular Harry Potter books, provides advice for all children who would like to turn their favorite book into a board game. Along with his co-authors, he offers a step-by-step process, with suggestions for parents, librarians, and teachers, on how to help children transform their favorite book into a board game.The book shows how you can have hours of fun creating the board game—and then have lots more hours of fun playing! Journey to Gameland encourages children to develop their own creativity.

Winner of the 2008 Gold Moonbeam Award for juvenile fiction!Claude and Medea aren't expecting an odd substitute teacher to change their lives. Nor are they anticipating the dangerous adventure in store for them. They seem like normal kids. But are they? Claude has famous parents and sticks to the rules. Medea's got a scholarship to a fancy private school and can't get in trouble. How is it that they are thrown together, trying to outsmart Manhattan criminals? And why do they care so much about the weird Ms. Rattlebee? Find out what makes this unlikely pair begin to view the world differently, and to risk everything. Claude and Medea: The Hellburn Dogs is a riveting story that will make kids eager for more while offering them true heroes for today's world. This is a book that gives kids not only what they most want but also what they most need―protagonists who embody courage, compassion, and care.

"Can't you hear me?" asked the bee-eater. "Do you want to suck all the juice from those flowers?"Those were the conversations between the bee-eater and the honey bee. While the bee-eater tried to get in the way by threatening to peck the honey bee with its sharp beak, the honey bee ignored the threat. Find out what happened in this adventure storyof the "Honey Bee And The Bee-Eater."

A ghostly intervention—the past will come back to haunt you… Jae Mochrie is Juliska Blackwell’s prisoner. She’s tasked him with a simple request, one he refuses to do and the price for his defiance is exactly what he expects. But he sees an out, a possible solution, or at least a temporary solution which might win him more time before she orders the inevitable—kill the people he loves. His friends. His family. Or innocent strangers…Unfortunately, his solution does not go as planned and Juliska’s reaction is not what he expects, at all. It sends her into a fury. And to top it off, she sees a ghost from her past. A face she never wanted to see again. These events set off a chain reaction leading to Juliska’s first real vision in years. Just how did Juliska Blackwell go from lost girl found and raised by the Svoda, to a Firemancer, to being their Queen? You might think you know her motivation…there’s been a few hints along the way. But what really happened when she was kidnapped by Jurekai Fazendiin—the first created and most powerful of the Immortal Grosvenor? And what tragedy ruined what should have been the happiest day of her life? Her wedding day… And who exactly is “Uncle Eddy” otherwise known as Colin Edward Gillivray, and why did he take his own life? Forcing himself to straddle the world of the living and the world of the dead, for all eternity? It's time for a trip back in time… THE FATED FANTASY ADVENTURE SERIES IS COMPLETE:Book 1: AwakenBook 2: Shifting Book 3: EmbraceBook 4: BrokenBook 5: DividedBook 6: TakenBook 7: ControlBook 8: ForsakenBook 9: SacrificeBook 10: RedeemBook 11: Ascend (The Final Book in the Series)