This holiday season there’s another piece of Harry Potter literature leaving JK Rowling’s hands to go up on display on store shelves, but this time it is not about Harry. The Tales of the Beetle Bard will hit store shelves on December 4th, and will retail (standard edition) for around $12.99. The collection of short stories is being published by the Children’s High Level Group and also is being released in the UK.
The book will feature five short stories, some of which were mentioned as being wizard fairy tales in the original Harry Potter series. The stories are as follow:
New Potter Addition For Christmas
by B Kenney November 25th, 2008 | Children's, Fiction, New Releases, Young Adults
Everything About Jane Green
by Jaclyn Abergas November 18th, 2008 | Fiction
If you love chick lit or want to start reading chick lit, then Jane Green books should be in your collection. In my opinion, she is one of the best chick lit authors in the market today. Admittedly, her books always involve a love story. But, unlike other authors, it's never just about a girl who meets a boy, who she doesn't like, but falls in love with him nonetheless, and they get together in the end and live happily ever after. Her books always tries to explore different issues of love stories, from the good to the bad to
Reading, For Those Who Hate It
by B Kenney November 11th, 2008 | Choosing Books
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
by Jaclyn Abergas November 4th, 2008 | Fiction
I love vampires. I do not wish to see them in person, but I love to read about them, especially in fiction books. I always am fascinated when authors try to twist the story of the vampire and relate them to ordinary, mortal people like ourselves.
In The Historian, a young English girl discovers an old book of her father's with a wood carving of a dragon on the cover and several letters addressed to "my dear and unfortunate successor". When she confronts him about it, her father begins telling her about his quest during his university days for the legend
In The Historian, a young English girl discovers an old book of her father's with a wood carving of a dragon on the cover and several letters addressed to "my dear and unfortunate successor". When she confronts him about it, her father begins telling her about his quest during his university days for the legend
Three Cups of Tea
by Louise November 4th, 2008 | New Releases
In Pakistan and Afghanistan, drinking a cup of tea with someone is more than a casual encounter. With the first cup of tea, you are a stranger. During the second cup of tea, you become a friend. After the third cup of tea, you join the family. As quoted in Three Cups of Tea, Haji Ali, the Korphe Village Chief in the Karakoram Mountains, Pakistan, said, "... for our family we are prepared to do anything -even die." Written by Greg Mortensen and David Oliver Relin,Three Cups of Tea is an uplifting story about one man's remarkable perseverance that led to astonishing
