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Dragon's Heart by Jane Yolen; Jonathon Schmidt (Editor)
Category: Young Adult | Series: Pit Dragon Chronicles Ser.
Jakkin and Akki return to the dragon nursery, but their homecoming arouses mixed emotions. What they've learned about survival could transform Austar IV--or, if entrusted to the wrong hands, bring about its destruction.
ENCOUNTER by YOLEN JANE
Category: Picture Books | Series: Voyager books
It is said that in 1492 Christopher Columbus discovered a new world, yet what he really found was a people with an established culture and civilization of their own. This is the story of that first meeting as seen through the eyes of a Taino boy - an encounter that changed the world forever.
Eeny and Her Sisters by Jane Yolen; Kathryn Brown (Illustrator)
Category: Children's | Series: Jane Yolen's Eeny Ser.
Written by the prolific Jane Yolen, the charming characters from Eeny, Meeny, Miney Mole and Eeny Up Above return in the third installment of this picture book series that explores themes of agoraphobia, anxiety, and bravery. Eeny Mole lives at the bottom of a deep dark hole with her two sisters. I ...Show more
Emily Writes - Emily Dickinson and Her Poetic Beginnings by Jane Yolen; Christine Davenier (Illustrator)
Category: Children's Educational
Jane Yolen's Emily Writes is an imagined and evocative picture book account of Emily Dickinson's childhood poetic beginnings, featuring illustrations by Christine Davenier. As a young girl, Emily Dickinson loved to scribble curlicues and circles, imagine new rhymes, and connect with the natural world a ...Show more
FAVOURITE FOLKTALES FROM AROUND THE WORLD by YOLEN JANE
Category: unmapped
Here between two covers you will find an inexhaustible source of delight for children and adults alike: the world’s best folktales, chosen by the internationally known storyteller Jane Yolen. Be you storyteller or story reader, this wonderful collection is not to be missed.
Fairy Tale Feasts : A Literary Cookbook for Young Readers and Eaters by Jane Yolen
Category: Children's fantasy
A charming book the whole family will appreciate. It is not unusual that folk stories are often about food. Jacks milk cow traded for beans, Snow White given a poisoned apple, a pancake running away from those who would eat it, Hansel and Gretel lured by the gingerbread house and its candy windows and d ...Show more
Finding Baba Yaga by Jane Yolen
Category: Poetry
Finding Baba Yaga is a mythic yet timely novel-in-verse by the beloved and prolific New York Times bestselling author and poet Jane Yolen, "the Hans Christian Andersen of America" (Newsweek). A young woman discovers the power to speak up and take control of her fate--a theme that has never been more ti ...Show more
Foiled by Jane Yolen; Mike Cavallaro (Illustrator)
Category: Graphic Novels | Series: Foiled Ser.
A quirky, fast-paced urban fantasy by esteemed author Jane Yolen Aliera Carstairs just doesn't fit in. She's always front and center at the fencing studio, but at school she's invisible. And she's fine with that . . . until Avery Castle walks into her first period biology class. Avery may seem perfect n ...Show more
Giant Island by Jane Yolen; Doug Keith (Illustrator)
Category: Picture Books
In this wondrous book by award-winning fantasy author Jane Yolen and award-winning fantasy illustrator Doug Keith, two children and a dog explore the coves and caves of a tiny island. Under the watchful eye of Grandpa, the kids are thrilled to discover a huge surprise: the craggy rocks, tufted grass, an ...Show more
Grumbles from the Forest - Fairy-Tale Voices with a Twist by Jane Yolen; Rebecca Kai Dotlich; Matt Mahurin (Illustrator)
Category: Picture Books
What were all those fairy-tale characters thinking? Jane Yolen and Rebecca Kai Dotlich answer this question in paired poems, with sometimes startling results. The Princess claims all those mattresses kept her awake--not a silly pea--while the poor pea complains that the princess snores. One Snow White b ...Show more
Heart's Blood by Jane Yolen
Category: Young Adult | Series: Pit Dragon Chronicles Ser.
Jakkin risks everything--his freedom, his dragon, even his life--to rescue his beloved in this stirring sequel toDragon's Blood. "Eloquent . . . rich in symbolism."--The Horn Book
Here's a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry by Jane Yolen; Andrew Peters
Category: Graphic Novels
This exuberant celebration of poetry is an essential book for every young one's library and a georgeous gift to be both shared and treasured. Sit back and savor a superb collection of more than sixty poems by a wide range of talented writers, from Margaret Wise Brown to Gertrude Stein, Langston Hugh ...Show more