01-16-15 - A Plague of Unicorns
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- Published: Tuesday, 13 January 2015 00:00
From bestselling and award-winning author Jane Yolen, this new middle-grade fiction reminds us that heroes come in all sizes. Click here for Care Baldwin's interview about unicorns and how to promote peace without taking physical action on this week's KIDS Wednesday Youth Bookmark.
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Young James, an earl's son, is a bit bothersome and always asking the oddest questions. When the last of his tutors quits, his mother sends him away to be educated at Cranford Abbey. But Cranford Abbey has its own problems.
The Abbey is falling apart. Abbot Aelian believes he can save the abbey with his secret weapon: a recipe for golden apple cider passed down through his family for generations. One obstacle stands in his way-unicorns! Unicorns with very sharp horns that happen to feast specifically on the golden apples.
In this new middle-grade fiction by bestselling author Jane Yolan, young readers will learn about life in a medieval monastery and be reminded that heroes come in all sizes.
About the Author
Jane has been called the Hans Christian Andersen of America and the Aesop of the twentieth century. She sets the highest standard for the industry, not only in the meaningful body of work she has created, but also in her support of fellow authors and artists. Her books range from the bestselling How Do Dinosaurs series to the Caldecott winningOwl Moonto popular novels such asThe Devil's Arithmetic, Snow in Summer, and The Young Merlin Trilogy, to award-winning books of poetry such asGrumbles from the Forest, andA Mirror to Nature. In all, she has written over 335 books (she's lost count), won numerous awards (one even set her good coat on fire), and has been given six honorary doctorates in literature.
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