Showing results for "Dahlia" in Literature & Fiction

Two orphan siblings with truly terrible luck battle an evil celebrity chef in this “bitingly humorous and appealingly weird” (Publishers Weekly) illustrated middle grade romp in the vein of A Series of Unfortunate Events. It’s hard to imagine things could get worse after one’s parents...

Dahlia et Akim sont les meilleurs amis du monde depuis l’âge de cinq ans. Ensemble, ils forment une équipe du tonnerre! Doué d’une intelligence supérieure, Akim déborde d’idées pas toujours géniales ! Malheureusement, ses plans ne se déroulent pas toujours comme prévu. Souvent, il entraîne Dahlia dans des aventures qui risquent de mal tourner. Pour s’en sortir, ils devront jouer les espions, les détectives, les cascadeurs, les spécialistes en camouflage et en nettoyage après sinistre, les gardiens d’enfants et même, les dompteurs de chiens!

Dahlia takes pride in being Golden Island's chief inventor, but she's been on a bad run. The pigs are laying waste to the island's ecosystem, the other birds are always goofing around, and she's fed up with building works of genius out of washed-up trash. Dahlia decides there's only one thing...

Can a person just decide to give up feeling scared? It’s 1933, and Dahlia Harrell lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains in a hand-me-down cabin built by her Grandpap’s Uncle Zeke. At eight-and-three-quarters, Dahlia knows all about being scared. She’s scared of snakes, high-up places, dark nights, and a mean ol’ sister named Celia. What she doesn’t understand is the new president’s nonsense: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

Young Nia is super excited to celebrate Kwanzaa! She is especially excited this year because now she has a new baby brother and she gets to teach him all about the special holiday. Kwanzaa, a holiday celebrating African culture, is a special week of celebration, filled with fun activities, dancing, and candle lighting—and Nia can't wait! Join her in her excitement in making sure this year's Kwanzaa is something very special.