Half a Creature from the Sea
Half a Creature from the Sea

Author: David Almond

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Published: 2015-09-22

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 076368676X

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Master storyteller David Almond presents a beautiful collection of short fiction, interwoven with pieces that illuminate the inspiration behind the stories. May Malone is said to have a monster in her house, but what Norman finds there may just be the angel he needs. Joe Quinn’s house is noisy with poltergeists, or could it be Davie’s raging causing the disturbance? Fragile Annie learns the truth about herself in a photograph taken by a traveling man near the sea. Set in the northern English Tyneside country of the author’s childhood, these eight short stories by the incomparable David Almond evoke gritty realities and ineffable longings, experiences both ordinary and magical. In autobiographical preludes to each story, the writer shows how all things can be turned into tales, reflecting on a time of wonder, tenderness, and joy.

Annie Lumsden, the Girl from the Sea
Annie Lumsden, the Girl from the Sea

Author: David Almond

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Published: 2021-05-18

Total Pages: 65

ISBN-13: 1536218529

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A solitary girl with a kinship for the sea makes a wondrous discovery in a tale of identity and belonging from master storyteller David Almond. Annie Lumsden has hair that drifts like seaweed, eyes that shine like rock pools, and thoughts that dart and dance like minnows. She lives with her artist mother by the sea, where she feels utterly at home, and has long felt apart from the other girls at school. Words and numbers on the page don’t make sense to her, and strange maladies have been springing up that the doctors can’t explain. Annie’s mother says that all things can be turned into tales, and often she tells her daughter stories about the rocks she paints like faces, or the smoke that wafts from chimneys, or who Annie’s dad is. But one day Annie asks her mother for a different tale, something with better truth in it—and on that same day a stranger in town, drawn to the sight of a girl who seems akin to the sea, helps Annie understand how special she is. Featuring Beatrice Alemagna’s expressive illustrations, this enchanting coming-of-age tale by the award-winning David Almond borrows from lore and flirts at the edges of mystery.

Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea
Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea

Author: T K Roxborogh

Publisher: Huia Publishers

Published: 2020-09-23

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 1775504999

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On a beach clean-up, thirteen-year-old one-legged Charlie and his half-brother, Robbie, find a ponaturi – a mermaid – washed up on a beach. An ancient grudge between the Māori gods Tāne and Tangaroa has flared up because a port being built in the bay is degrading the ocean and creatures are fleeing the sea. This has reignited anger between the gods, which breaks out in storms, earthquakes and huge seas. The human world and realm of the gods are thrown into chaos. The ponaturi believes Charlie is the only one who can stop the destruction because his stump is a sign that he straddles both worlds. So begins Charlie’s journey to find a way to reunite the gods, realise the power in the ancient songs his grandfather taught him, and discover why he was the one for the task.

Joe Quinn's Poltergeist
Joe Quinn's Poltergeist

Author: David Almond

Publisher: Candlewick

Published: 2019-09-10

Total Pages: 81

ISBN-13: 153620160X

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There’s a poltergeist in Joe Quinn’s house, and Davie is determined to discover its source in this lively, hopeful graphic storybook from David Almond and Dave McKean. Joe Quinn has been telling everyone about the poltergeist in his house, but no one believes him. No one, that is, except Davie. Davie’s felt the inexplicable presence in the Quinns’ house and seen random objects fly through the air. And there’s something else . . . a memory of Davie’s beloved sister and a feeling deep down that it might just be possible for ghosts to exist. Full of thoughts of hauntings and grief and God, Davie hovers on a precipice of uncertainty and possibility, a space that storyteller David Almond occupies comfortably and returns to again and again — here paired once more with the dynamic, dreamlike mixed-media art of Dave McKean.

Disney Sea Creatures
Disney Sea Creatures

Author: David George Gordon

Publisher: Disney Press

Published: 2007-06-01

Total Pages: 58

ISBN-13: 9781423102243

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What is the most colorful fish? Can any fish besides sharks be deadly? Why do some deep-sea fish light up? Disney Sea Creatures combines the magic of Disney with a close-up look at some of the weird and wonderful creatures that live above and below the sea to answer all these questions and more. See-through models of sea creatures are imbedded in the book for a unique and interactive learning experience. Created to appeal to children’s natural curiosity about the ocean, this unique reference tool is sure to inspire a lifetime of science learning.

Skellig
Skellig

Author: David Almond

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Published: 2001-11-13

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 038572988X

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David Almond’s Printz Honor–winning novel celebrates its 10th anniversary! Ten-year-old Michael was looking forward to moving into a new house. But now his baby sister is ill, his parents are frantic, and Doctor Death has come to call. Michael feels helpless. Then he steps into the crumbling garage. . . . What is this thing beneath the spiders' webs and dead flies? A human being, or a strange kind of beast never before seen? The only person Michael can confide in is his new friend, Mina. Together, they carry the creature out into the light, and Michael's world changes forever. . . .

Sea Monsters
Sea Monsters

Author: Krystyna Poray Goddu

Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1512425931

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Shares information on sea monsters, including the kraken, the Loch Ness monster, and the kappa.

The Sea Man
The Sea Man

Author: Jane Yolen

Publisher: Philomel

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780399229398

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When sailors aboard a Dutch ship in 1663 capture a creature, half man and half fish, the superstitious crewmen want to kill it, except for a young cabin boy who believes that the creature deserves to live.

The Sea Queen
The Sea Queen

Author: Linnea Hartsuyker

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2018-08-14

Total Pages: 565

ISBN-13: 0062563750

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An exhilarating Viking saga filled with the rich history, romantic adventure and political intrigue that have made Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander, George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones, as well as Phillippa Gregory’s historical fiction and Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology popular bestsellers. Six years after The Half-Drowned King, Ragnvald Eysteinsson is now king of Sogn, but fighting battles for King Harald keeps him away from home, as he confronts treachery and navigates a political landscape that grows more dangerous the higher he rises. Ragnvald’s sister Svanhild has found the freedom and adventure she craves at the side of the rebel explorer Solvi Hunthiofsson, though not without a cost. She longs for a home where her quiet son can grow strong, and a place where she can put down roots, even as Solvi’s ambition draws him back to Norway’s battles again and keeps her divided from her brother. As a growing rebellion unites King Harald’s enemies, Ragnvald suspects that some Norse nobles are not loyal to Harald’s dream of a unified Norway. He sets a plan in motion to defeat all of his enemies, and bring his sister back to his side, while Svanhild finds herself with no easy decisions, and no choices that will leave her truly free. Their actions will hold irrevocable repercussions for the fates of those they love and for Norway itself. The Sea Queen returns to the fjords and halls of Viking-Age Scandinavia, a world of violence and prophecy, where honor is challenged by shifting alliances, and vengeance is always a threat to peace.