<p>A collection of a dozen Italian folktales includes stories of good and evil, jealousy and justice, silliness and cunning, all with a memorable moral at the end</p>

The Thread of Life: Twelve Old Italian Tales

Children's Books

Mary GrandPre

Domenico Vittorini

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

Knopf Books for Young Readers

A lavishly illustrated collection of a dozen Italian folktales, retold by a scholar of Italian literature, includes stories of good and evil, jealousy and justice, silliness and cunning, all with a memorable moral at the end.

<p>Author Elisa Carbone bursts onto the middle-grade scene with a laugh-out-loud story of a girl who tackles life head-on. Ten-year-old Sarah definitely has an attitude. But who can blame her? Her family dragged her along on their move from Maine to Maryland, she's left her best friend behind, and the first kid her age she meets calls her a "sick-o." What did she do? All Sarah really wants is to make a good friend. But just as it looks as if she might find one in fast-talking, soccer-playing Christina Perez, Sarah's newfound enemy launches a crusade to make her life miserable. And Sarah can't stop herself from getting revenge--even though it threatens her new friendship.Lots of laughs and spunky characters abound in this totally entertaining middle-grade novel, reminiscent in style to those of Barbara Park and Judy Blume. Sarah's witty observations and trouble making antics make for fun reading, and readers--even reluctant ones--will cheer as she finds an inventive solution to her "enemy" problem.</p>

Starting School with an Enemy

Elisa Carbone

Tim Barnes

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Yearling

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