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This screenplay in book form describes the dialogue and action of the film. After Newt Scamander helps to capture Gellert Grindelwald, the criminal soon escapes custody and begins gathering followers under his ideology of keeping magic for pure-blood wizards only. Albus Dumbledore, Grindelwald's truest friend, has no choice but to resist the charismatic leader and ask Newt to help thwart the plans for (wizarding) world domination.
42) The rain heron
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Ren lives alone on the remote frontier of a country devastated by a coup d'état. High on the forested slopes, she survives by hunting, farming, trading, and forgetting the contours of what was once a normal life. But her quiet stability is disrupted when an army unit, led by a young female soldier, comes to the mountains on government orders in search of a legendary creature called the rain heron?a mythical, dangerous, form-shifting bird with the...
43) Unspoken magic
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Unseen magic volume 2
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English
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In the magical town of Aldermere, eleven-year-old Fin and her friends find a baby bigfoot and try to reunite her with her pack, but their efforts are complicated by a film crew who have come to town to debunk strange occurrences and expose mythical creatures as frauds.
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Hazel Wood series volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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With Finch's help, Alice escaped the Hinterland and her reclusive grandmother's dark legacy. Now she and the rest of the dregs of the fairy tale world have washed up in New York City, where Alice is trying to make a new, unmagical life. But something is stalking the Hinterland's survivors--and she suspects their deaths may have a darker purpose. Meanwhile, in the winking out world of the Hinterland, Finch seeks his own adventure, and a way back home....
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Yo-kai watch volume 7
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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"Nate Adams is just an average kid until the mysterious Whisper gives him the Yo-kai Watch. Now he can see what others cannot: Yo-kai of all shapes and form"--P. [4] of cover.
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Melville House
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"From one of the most exciting voices in contemporary Chinese literature, an uncanny and playful bestiary that blurs the line between human and beast ... In the fictional Chinese city of Yong'an, an amateur cryptozoologist is commissioned to uncover the stories of its fabled beasts. These creatures live alongside humans in near-inconspicuousness-save their greenish skin, serrated earlobes, and strange birthmarks. Aided by her elusive former professor...
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Feiwel and Friends, an Imprint of MacMillan Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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A guide which tells fans everything they need to know about unicorns of yesterday and today--when and where the legends came from, how unicorns have influenced pop culture, and much more.--Provided by publisher.
49) The Ickabog
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English
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As the legend of the fearsome Ickabog spreads terror in the peaceful kingdom of Cornucopia, best friends Bert and Daisy set out to discover the truth and bring happiness back to the kingdom.
50) Star stuff
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Michael di Capua Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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An original, out-of-this-world fable about friendship, teamwork, and persistence, illustrated by double Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka. It's up to Giovanni and Lorenzo, Sky Repair Specialists, to fill the sky with stars. One night, on the job, Lorenzo gets stuck in a nebula! Giovanni calls out for help to the constellations.... Find out what it will take to rescue his friend in this imaginative story featuring Chris Raschka's brilliant, luminescent...
51) Once there was
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When fifteen-year-old Iranian American Marjan discovers her murdered father was secretly a veterinarian to magical creatures, she realizes she must take up his mantle, despite the many dangers.
52) Dragons
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Cavendish Square Pub
Pub. Date
2014
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English
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This book traces the history of dragons in myth and folklore, including the myths of ancient Mesopotamia, the myths of ancient Greece, monsters of Northern Europe, and dragons of protection in China and Japan.
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Wizards of once volume 1
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English
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Young wizard prince Xar, who has no magic, and warrior princess Wish, an outcast, team up on an adventure that brings them to witches long believed to be extinct.
54) Wings of Olympus
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Wings of Olympus volume 1
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English
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High on the slopes of mighty Mount Olympus, among the sun-splashed meadows and sparkling waters, glide the winged horses of the ancient gods. Here up high is normally no place for a lost, parentless girl like Pippa. But once every hundred years, the gods and goddesses descend to the mortal realm to choose jockeys for their winged horse race--and Pippa is one of the lucky children chosen to ride. With her undersized, impetuous winged steed, Zephyr,...
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Branches/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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Perodia is threatened by Thorn, a powerful vulture, who is using magic to spread a terrible darkness--but when a young owl named Tag, and his best friend, the squirrel Skyla, rescue a golden egg from Thorn's Tiger bats they may have found the key to Perodia's salvation: the last firehawk, guardian of the ember stone.
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Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"Enter a world of magic and myth, where foxes fall in love and robots build their own dragons. ... Full of fascinating creatures and LGBT+ romances, this collection combines the classic with the contemporary in Yoon's captivating style"--Page 4 of cover.
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[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2021.
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Multiple
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This beautifully illustrated multicultural children's book tells the story of two young brothers and a magical dog in both English and Chinese. Once upon a time, at the foot of the Mountains called Zhongnan in the Shaanxi Province of China, there were two brothers who lived alone and depended on each other. One day, the elder one dug out a bronze dog while tilling, which made the brothers very happy as they could sell it for money. But unexpectedly,...
58) Unicorns
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Cavendish Square Pub
Pub. Date
2014
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English
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This book traces the history of unicorns in myths and folklore, including Pegasus, Svadilfari and Sleipnir of Viking myths, the karkadan of India, the Syrian dajja, the Tibetan windhorse, and the Chinese qilin.
59) Big secret
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Tales of Sasha volume 1
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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"In the Tales of Sasha series debut, Sasha discovers that she really isn't like the other horses in her valley when wings sprout from her back and she soars through the air!"--
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2020.
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English
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"Cordelia Clay loves the work she and her father do together: saving and healing the remarkable creatures around Boston at the end of the nineteenth century. Their home on Cedar Street is full to the brim with dragons, squelches, and diggles, and Cordelia loves every one of them. But their work must be kept a secret, others aren't welcoming to outsiders and immigrants, so what would the people of Boston do to the creatures they call 'monsters'? One...
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