Alison McGhee

Firefly. Cricket. Vole. Peter. Can four creatures from four very different Nations help one another find their ways in the world that can feel oh-so-big? Delve into this lush, unforgettable tale in the tradition of Charlotte’s Web and The Rats of NIMH, from the author of the New York Times bestselling Someday. Firefly doesn’t merely want to fly, she wants to touch the moon. Cricket doesn’t mere...

Clara first spies him through the crack in the stained-glass window of her church, lighting a string of handmade lanterns in the Adirondack woods. A lone old man, Georg Kominsky moves stealthily among the shadow world of his hanging, glittering creations. In Alison McGhee's stunning novel Shadow Baby, eleven-year-old Clara is struggling to find the truth about her missing father...

The simple playthings, the everyday moments, picking up that hundredth rock -- all of these are brimming with possibility...if you slow down and let the future begin with the small moments of today. Because everything depends on letting a little boy...be a little boy.

Sylvie and Jules. Jules and Sylvie. Jules adores her older-by-one-year sister, Sylvie. Sylvie: beautiful like their mother. Sylvie: supreme maker of tiny snow families. Sylvie: faster than fast. Sylvie: gone. Into thin air, Sylvie goes missing, and as Jules stumbles in grief, a fox cub is born. A shadow fox, spirit and animal in one. From the minute the cub opens her eyes, she se ...m...

Все лучшее - детям, и мамы, как никто другой, понимают и следуют этому правилу. Мать защитит и приласкает, утешит и посоветует, порадуется и погрустит вместе со своим чадом, и всегда будет за него горой, даже когда ребенок перестанет быть ребенком, даже когда у него появятся свои собственные дети, и мама превратится в бабушку. Что чувствует мать, когда смотрит на своего ребенка? Об этом есть замеч...

If you're looking for two marvellous companions, who will make you hug the page with delight, look no further than Bink and Gollie! The spring fair is in town, and for Bink and Gollie - utter opposites and uber best friends - three comical adventures await! Bink attacks the Whack-a-Duck with an unswerving winning attitude - the world's largest doughnut is up for grabs! And, with a quiet ...