Arcadia Public Library

"It's time for the Indian festival of Raksha Bandhan, the celebration of the special lifelong relationship shared by brothers and sisters everywhere. Join two sisters as they lovingly make rakhi--thread bracelets adorned with beads, sequins, sparkles, and tassels--for their brother. And then see their brother present them with toys and sweets and special gifts! Three siblings enjoy the Indian festival of Raksha Bandhan, a celebration of the special...

"Beautiful full-color illustrations provide a visual history of the clothes and accessories worn by people from ancient times through to 19th century Europe. Meticulously crafted and based on a variety of sources -- including paintings, engravings, and photographs -- the drawings are accompanied by carefully researched descriptions. Arranged by region and period, the fashions presented here represent the garments worn by royalty, religious figures,...

Henny Penny and her barnyard friends are on their way to tell the king that the sky is falling when they meet a hungry fox, but Henny Penny's quick thinking saves the day.

Every 100 years the island of Lightlark appears. Its purpose: to host the Centennial, a deadly game that only the rulers of six realms are invited to play. The Centennial offers the six rulers one final chance to break the curses that have plagued their realms for centuries. Each realm's curse is uniquely wicked. To destroy the curses, one ruler must die. Isla Crown is the ruler of Wilding, a realm of temptresses cursed to kill anyone they fall in...

Kidsnatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.

A journey through a land where Milo learns the importance of words and numbers in providing a cure for his boredom.

Gideon is a little boy who wants to be a hero and get his picture in the paper--but first he has to figure out just what a hero is.

Faced with the difficulties of growing up and choosing a religion, a twelve-year-old girl talks over her problems with her own private God.

In this novel that unites characters from "The Giver" and "Gathering Blue," Matty, a young member of a utopian community that values honesty, conceals an emerging healing power that he cannot explain or understand.

In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.