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Animorphs, tome 16 : L'alerte Katherine A. Applegate 1998
En surfant sur Internet, les Animorphs découvrent qu'ils ne sont pas les seuls à savoir que l'invasion de la Terre a commencé. Ils décident donc de retrouver l'identité de ceux qui partagent leur secret. Et si tout cela n'était qu'une ruse destinée à les piéger...
The Littlest Elephant: A One and Only Ruby Story
. Mar. 2026. 32p. Tr $19.99. ISBN 9780063357785. K-Gr 2 COPY ISBN K-Gr 2–Ruby is nervous about her Tuskday celebration, which signifies a moment of maturity and remembering in elephant culture. Ruby, a beloved character first introduced in Applegate’s Newbery Award–winning The One and Only Ivan, lives in an animal sanctuary and is unsure about her new tusk growth.
Troostbeer
‘Hier in het Huis van Tweede Kansen voor verschoppelingen en schatten,’ zei Troost, ‘wachten we hoopvol af. Altijd hoopvol. En tijdens het wachten zorgen we voor elkaar.’ Troost werd midden in de Eerste Wereldoorlog ontworpen om in de borstzak van een soldaat te passen, met de ogen iets hoger dan normaal zodat hij altijd naar boven keek. Als de soldaat dan omlaag keek naar zijn uniform, zag hij een troostrijk teken van liefde van iemand aan het thuisfront en, hopelijk, een geluksbrenger.
Odder: A Guest Post by Katherine Applegate
Odder: A Guest Post by Katherine Applegate This sweet story about an otter named—you guessed it, Odder – is the perfect read for the young animal lover or aspiring marine biologist in your life. Read on for an exclusive essay from Our Monthly Pick author Katherine Applegate on writing Odder. Paperback $8.99 By Katherine Applegate Illustrator Charles Santoso In Stock Online Paperback $8.99 Please enable javascript to add items to the cart.
THE LITTLEST ELEPHANT
A meditation on memory, growth, and resilience that trusts young readers with difficult emotions. Ruby the elephant—introduced in Applegate’s Newbery Medal–winning The One and Only Ivan (2012)—makes her picture-book debut. Told entirely in Ruby’s voice, the story centers on the young pachyderm’s uncertainties around her Tuskday ceremony: a rite of passage that celebrates the appearance of an elephant’s front teeth.
WOMBAT WAITING | Kirkus Reviews
Robot Roz undertakes an unusual ocean journey to save her adopted island home in this third series entry. When a poison tide flowing across the ocean threatens their island, Roz works with the resident creatures to ensure that they will have clean water, but the destruction of vegetation and crowding of habitats jeopardize everyone’s survival.
Muis en zijn hond
Muis woont goed verstopt in Hondenstad, een asiel voor honden én robothonden. Hij heeft er al vele honden zien komen en gaan, en is bevriend geraakt met de lieve en onhandige golden retriever Beuker. Beuker is al vaker geadopteerd, maar werd elke keer ook weer teruggebracht. Als hij zijn droombaasje ontmoet, weet hij dat dit zijn allerlaatste kans is om een goed thuis te vinden… Muis heeft een plan om hen samen te brengen, maar dat is niet zonder gevaar.
Animorphs, tome 12 : La menace de Katherine A. Applegate
Rachel est toujours prête à partir au combat et à essayer de nouvelles animorphes. Mais elle devrait parfois être plus prudente... Car la voilà maintenant atteinte d'un mal étrange et terrifiant : elle se met à morphoser malgré elle sans pouvoir s'arrêter!
The Underground: Animorphs, Book 17 by Katherine Applegate
Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi 3 hours and 19 minutesRuntimeNarrated editionNarration Affiliate link · We may earn a commission. An early recommendation profile built from the strongest book and listener information we can support so far. The overall DNA score uses supported Quality dimensions only. Trait bars describe characteristics such as complexity, romance, pace, and accessibility; those traits do not raise or lower the overall score.
Animorphs, tome 09 : Le secret de Katherine A. Applegate
Pour combattre les Yirks, il faut parfois se transformer en prédateur et sacrifier sa proie... Cassie se demande pourtant si elle doit accepter de se comporter comme une tueuse. Mais quand elle apprends que Tobias et Ax sont en danger, elle n'hésite plus un seul instant!
Endling #2: The First Book Review
age 8+ Friends battle extinction in heart-filled, thrilling sequel. Parents need to know that The First is themiddle installment in the Endling trilogyby Katherine Applegate (The One and Only Ivan). The series is an intense, imaginative, thought-provoking fantasy adventure exploring, among other things, the theme of species extinction.
Endling #3: The Only Book Review
age 8+ Stirring, triumphant finale to species extinction series. Parents need to know that Endling #3: The Only is the final installment in Newbery Award recipient Katherine Applegate's fantasy series that takes on big issues like species extinction and standing up to global villainy, seen through the eyes of a diverse, multi-species cast of relatable characters.
Odder Book Review
age 8+ Poignant, hopeful free-verse tale of orphaned otter. Parents need to know that Katherine Applegate's Odder is a tribute in free verse to California's Monterey Bay Aquarium -- specifically, its program in which resident sea otters nurture and raise orphaned pups for release into the wild. It's seen through the eyes of one of its earliest participants, the title character.
Pocket Bear Book Review
age 8+ Sweet, poignant tale of wartime survivors and who they lost. Parents need to know that Pocket Bear is a middle-grade tale by best-selling author Katherine Applegate (The One and Only Ivan, Dogtown series), with plentiful, appealing illustrations by Charles Santoso to set the scenes and move things along. As in most of the author's stories, the narrative is often humorous or lighthearted, but the characters are carrying what should be unthinkable trauma.
Animorphs, tome 07 : L'inconnu de Katherine A. Applegate
Grâce aux pouvoirs d'un être aussi mystérieux que puissant, Rachel et ses amis vont traverser le temps et l'espace pour faire le plus étrange des voyages. Mais de retour sur Terre, un choix terrible s'offre à eux : continuer à se battre ou fuir sur une autre planète...
Stuffed Animals Are Pure Magic
exclusive My childhood conviction that stuffed animals are real has never entirely left me. Written by Katherine Applegate 2 minutes ago Oscar Wong/Moment/Getty Images We may receive a portion of sales if you purchase a product through a link in this article. Their unseeing eyes gazed at the blossoming stars// They were nothing but fluff and fabric, buttons and stitching.
The Taylors by Jen Calonita
Calonita (Charmed) presents an effervescent, heartwarming tale of four tweens named Taylor and their quest to meet their idol, Taylor Swift. Hardcore Swift fan Taylor Bennett—also known as Teffy—is dreading her first day of middle school. The newly minted fifth grader is pleasantly shocked to find, however, that she shares a class with three other devoted Swifties, each of whom is also named Taylor. Teffy, competitive and sporty TS, outgoing Tay Tay, and confident Taylor P.
Time Lions and the Chrono-Loop (Time Lions #1)
Married collaborators Seneviratne and Sutherland (The Invocations) make their middle grade debut in this immersive sci-fi fantasy series launch. Upon time-traveling from contemporary London to ancient Egypt, genius Sri Lankan 12-year-old twins Pearl and Patrick accidentally kill the mosquito destined to infect King Tutankhamen with malaria, thus derailing history.
The Five Wolves by Peter McCarty
Caldecott Honoree McCarty makes his graphic novel debut with an otherworldly feeling poem in comics form. Intricate crosshatching depicts five anthropomorphic wolves dressed in finery and sailing aboard a Viking-esque longboat. The pack, helmed by Don Pedro Lupine, are artists on an epic journey, one that begins in earnest when the comrades—having spotted a giant shark swimming toward them—break out their easels (“See the fish? Draw the fish!”).
War Games by Alan Gratz
In a smartly plotted page-turner by Gratz (Resist: A Story of D-Day), young athletes competing in the 1936 Berlin Olympics literally go for the gold upon becoming embroiled in a plot to rob the German national bank. Oklahoma gymnast Evie dreams of winning Olympic gold and pulling her family out of financial precarity.
Pocket Bear by Katherine Applegate
When haughty former street cat Zephyrina finds abandoned, down-on-their-luck toys, she takes them to the apartment where she lives with mother-daughter duo Elizaveta and Dasha, refugees from Ukraine. At night, the family’s toy collection awakens, roaming free under Zephyrina’s watchful eye and the guidance of her best friend, stuffed teddy Pocket Bear.
POCKET BEAR | Kirkus Reviews
Zephyrina the cat, the “Robin Hood of felines,” rescues discarded toys so they can have new lives. Zephyrina brings toys back to the apartment she shares with Elizaveta and her daughter, Dasha, refugees from war-torn Ukraine. Dasha reconditions Zephyrina’s rescues and sets them outside for three days, just in case they have owners who want to reclaim them. Afterward, they join the other toys in the parlor—the Second Chances Home for the Tossed and Treasured.
ODDER | Kirkus Reviews
Applegate and Santoso’s novel in verse about a rehabilitated otter is adapted for a picture-book audience. Separated from her mother at a young age and found by “tall, tailless animals,” young Odder—so named by her fellow otters for her restless, curious nature—is taken to an aquarium, where she learns essential skills before being released back into the ocean.
What books are you and your children really enjoying right now?
In fall of 2024, Substack announced that they were doing away with threads — almost certainly because they wanted to force writers to use Chat, which, HAHA, is never going to happen over here. I absolutely do not want to be reached by Chat. I do not need One More Thing to update or check or care about even in the slightest.
The 10 best kids listens of 2024
This list is filled with stories and adventures that the whole family can embark upon together. Olaf and Elmo had us laughing along with their unique brands of humor. We met Hank, an amazing big brother that we want in our corner. We said goodbye to Ivan, who has begun his own journey as a parent. And we immersed ourselves in moving historical fiction from new and familiar authors alike. Dive in and celebrate the rich storytelling that children’s literature offered us this year.
MOUSE AND HIS DOG
Robot Roz undertakes an unusual ocean journey to save her adopted island home in this third series entry. When a poison tide flowing across the ocean threatens their island, Roz works with the resident creatures to ensure that they will have clean water, but the destruction of vegetation and crowding of habitats jeopardize everyone’s survival.
PUPPET | Kirkus Reviews
A meditation on art and family, rich in language and feeling. In a sweet, tender exchange, an aging English puppeteer passes his vision on to a young kindred soul. In a nod to Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio, the child-sized puppet old Silvester assembles one day from mismatched parts magically comes to life. He learns to talk, requesting “jam!”—and with loving care and assistance is able to walk well enough to go on excursions to the park.
ATOMIC FRINGE | Kirkus Reviews
Tweens and an otherworldly robot may be a small town’s only defense against a planet-destroying alien in Friday’s debut middle-grade novel. A bizarre purple glowing object flying through the dense woods near her Oregon home unnerves 11-year-old Mattie James. She’s reluctant to call it a UFO, or to even mention aliens, but she’s still eager to know what’s out there. Surely, her best friend, Nova Diaz, and the new kid in school, Parker Wu (who has a drone), can help her find out.
ISLAND OF WHISPERS
A deftly told, bittersweet story of loved ones lost and remembered, tinged with hope and courage. What happens when an unlikely hero must transport the Dead to their final destination? Fourteen-year-old Milo’s not cut out to work with dead people, or so his father is quick to tell him. Though his dad is the Ferryman, entrusted with taking the newly deceased by ship from their island, Merlank, to the Island of the Broken Towers, where they can move on, Milo lacks the right disposition.
Hondenstad
Kans woont al een tijdje in Hondenstad, een asiel voor echte honden én voor afgedankte robothonden. Ze heeft zich erbij neergelegd dat ze wel altijd in Hondenstad zal blijven. Want wie wil er een hond met maar drie poten? De meeste mensen hebben sowieso liever een robothond, want die hebben veel minder aandacht nodig en geven nooit problemen. Kans’ buurhond IJzerkop wil juist heel graag ontsnappen uit Hondenstad. Hij wil terug naar het gezin waar hij een heerlijk robothondenleven had.
#IMWAYR: Bite-Sized Reviews of Cruzita and the Mariacheros and Willodeen
I’ve joined up with the IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING? kid-lit edition, hosted by Unleashing Readers. This will help me get more reviews posted – I have lots of books I’ve loved lately to share with you! So, today I’m sharing reviews of two middle-grade books, one by a debut author and one by a MG icon.
DINNER AT THE BRAKE FAST
An uplifting caper for readers who don’t mind some emotional shortcuts. Twelve-year-old Tacoma spends her evenings and weekends working at her parents’ Washington state truck stop, the Brake Fast. Socially isolated due to her work schedule and some bullies at school, Tacoma becomes cautiously excited when a musician’s tour bus breaks down at the truck stop, stranding the driver’s 13-year-old son, Denver, along with the band.
The 2024 Summer of Democracy Reading List
With algorithms increasingly influencing not just what culture we consume, but what culture is produced, urgent questions arise: What happens when shareability supersedes messiness, innovation, and creativity—the qualities that make us human? What does it mean to make a choice when the options have been so carefully arranged for us? Is personal freedom possible on the Internet? Filterworld argues yes — but to escape Filterworld, and even transcend it, we must first understand it.
Studio Ghibli Movie to Book Pairings
Sure, you could also just read Howl’s Moving Castle by Dianne Wynne Jones (and you absolutely should), but in the meantime, who doesn’t love the story of a girl carried off on a whirlwind adventure full of unexpected magic, where she must not only survive, but thrive? Sophie does it with the help of Howl and Co., and you’ll find similarly sensational storytelling in Greenwild, the story of a young girl in charge of saving a lush paradise of mystical greenery and botanical geniuses.
LUCY’S LANE | Kirkus Reviews
In Milligan’s chapter book, a fourth grader with anxiety struggles to fit in at a new school when Covid-19 hits and the world is turned upside down. The narrator and protagonist, Lucy Beacher, is in fourth grade and has suffered from severe anxiety since moving with her family from Michigan to Connecticut. Lucy’s big brother Charlie is a “yes-man” and has already befriended Alex, a popular kid (and a bully), but Lucy’s anxiety makes forging new friendships seem impossible.
THE CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE
A thrilling, hair-raising story with strong cultural roots and a well-developed sense of place. A tragic event leads a tween to move in with his aunt and uncle in his family’s mysterious ancestral home in South Carolina. Twelve-year-old Roderick Bolden has always treasured his hair. Recollections of sitting at his mother’s feet while she braided his thick Afro as they chatted about their days are some of his most cherished memories.
LEI AND THE INVISIBLE ISLAND
Lei and her companions travel to an invisible island from Hawaiian legend to find her best friend’s stolen pendant in this thrilling sequel. Biracial (Hawaiian and Polish) Lei, who now goes by her Hawaiian name, wants a good rest after rescuing bestie Kaipo, who’s also her ʻaumakua (or ancestral guardian) from fire goddess Pele. Unfortunately, Kaipo is missing his protective pendant, and without it, he’ll become a troublemaker and then a kuewa, or wandering spirit.
COUNTDOWN TO YESTERDAY
An exceptionally lovely and uplifting exploration of change, memories, and relationships. An Australian boy embarks on a time-traveling mission in an attempt to return to simpler times. Eleven-year-old James Greenaway’s Chinese Australian mom and white dad are separating, and the news makes him feel like an untethered astronaut in space. He can’t help but fixate on happy memories from his past as he grapples with having two homes.
THEY CALL ME NO SAM!
A dog who sees the world through his own unique lens battles evil forces to protect his newfound family—and inadvertently succeeds. In a “Dear Diary” format, Sam the pug relates his adventures over the course of 20 eventful days, during which he runs away from “naked-monkey-thing” owner Mike, ends up at the shelter, and gets adopted by the Peterson family, who have a 12-year-old son named Justin.
CHILDREN OF THE WIND
An engaging adventure set in an enchanting world. One year after the events of Daughters of the Lamp (2024), Sahara’s journey continues amid the bustling streets of Cairo, where ancient magic collides with modern-day dilemmas. Back in Egypt to visit family for the summer—this time with her best friend, Vicky Miller—Sahara Rashad meets up with both familiar faces and new allies and uncovers the truth about the hamsa necklace and its connection to the magic lamp.
MysteryyyGirl's GYG
So I've finally decided to make a GYG to motivate myself and also to make sure I stay on pace with my classes. For anyone who doesn't know, I am in California in the United States in 8th grade (the equivalent of year 9 in the UK). Classes I am taking: Biology 10th grade (year 11) English Modern World History Spanish 2 Geometry Career Explorations (a class to learn about different careers.
Recent Reads Volume 28
Hello readers! This week’s newsletter brings a glimpse into my (quiet) camera roll for the past month and an eclectic selection of books to share ~ let’s dive in! It’s so funny to look at my camera roll every January and February because invariably, there are so few pictures compared to the warmer months.
BASIL & DAHLIA | Kirkus Reviews
Siblings Basil and Dahlia, orphaned and concerned about their futures, go from the frying pan into the fire. While aboard a train to Philadelphia, Basil, 12, and Dahlia, 11, learn that their social worker plans to separate them and place them in different homes. Determined to stay together, Dahlia jumps off the moving train, followed by a hesitant Basil.
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