Arcadia Public Library

A king who cannot get enough to eat discovers a wonderful new food that is even better when shared. Includes recipe.

When the king and his closest allies are poisoned at a banquet, Freya finds herself on the throne and must uncover the identity of the murderers if she hopes to survive.

The royal chef takes Max the dog, the royal taster, on several international journeys to find a dish for the land's pickiest king.

Serving as psychic warning guard to the emperor, empath Sonya forms tenuous alliances with Emperor Valko and his younger brother, but when a growing rebellion pits the brothers against each other, Sonya must decide which one to give her loyalty to.

Babar and his family see the sights of Paris while trying to find the man who accidentally switched his bag with the one containing Babar's crown.

As her city of Tenochtitlán is shaken by the invasion of Cortez, Itacate, whose father is a goldsmith, challenges fate, culture, and faith by pursuing her forbidden passion for goldwork and an equally illicit love.

When seven-year-old Ali's greedy pet steals cherries from the wicked Sultan for whom his father keeps carrier pigeons, Ali is given three days to find 600 new cherries or his father will be thrown into the deep, dark oubliette. Includes facts about carrier pigeons and the sultan on whom this story is based, as well as an excerpt from "In Praise of Books" by al-Jahiz.