Books with title Blue Wizard, The

Anthony Browne's mild-mannered chimp teams up with a group of gorilla soccer stars in his first new picture-book appearance in five years. Willy has much to overcome. Not only is he a midget next to his burly teammates, he is convinced that his skill at soccer is due to a pair of magic shoes--which he forgets on the day of the big game! How the irrepressible Willy finds the confidence to lead the gorillas to victory will have everyone cheering. "Willy is a winner with surefire appeal for anyone who wonders if attaining a goal is possible."--(starred review) School Library Journal

Meg and her scruffy sheepdog Denny are best friends. They roam the neighbourhood, creating worlds full of monsters lurking in puddles, wilderness hidden behind chimneys and vanishing kingdoms. Meg and Denny keep running into other dogs, and their owners. The owners all seem happy to visit Portia's Panpered Pooches and let Portia's magic produce a new dog. One morning, Denny is gone, sent to Portia's for a make-over. Wil Meg get there in time to save Denny? Will she recognize her new dog?

Dayven has passed the test he wanted most desperately to fail -- he's been proven to have the powers of a wizard. He had promised never to become one of the deceitful, disloyal sorcerers who believe in nothing and alter people's true destinies -- but now he has no choice. Thrown into an apprenticeship with a roguish wizard, Dayven discovers that loyalty and trust are never simple, and wizards are more deceptive than he could ever imagine. The path that was once clear -- his friendships, his future, his destiny -- is now shadowed with dangerous twists and turns, and the world he knows must change forever.

Jadran is five years older than Josh and huge enough to be nicknamed Giant. Josh is younger and smaller, but his sweet and stubborn brother thinks in a way that would be more typical of a small child. They are both dealing with changes to their newly blended, Muslim family. So Josh looks after Jadran and they both adjust. When the brothers find an injured young crane, Jadran wants to bring it back to their small apartment and teach it to fly at any cost. And it turns out the cost is high.Intensely moving without ever slipping into sentimentality, The Blue Wings is a warm, love-filled story about fragility, strength, and brotherhood, in all its complications.

An exclusive short story detailing events that occur prior to the Magicae Mathematica Series. This is the story of Archimedes and his life before the events in the Magicae Mathematica series. All proceeds from the author's profits from sales of this short story will benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Hand in Hand Autism Services of Louisiana.

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