FREE/BARGAIN - Children's, YA - 2014

[Froide]

Today's Open Road Media freebie:

Peter Pan
by J.M. Barrie

At Amazon.com
At BN.com

Overview:
The character of Peter Pan first came to life in the stories J. M. Barrie told to five brothers -- three of whom were named Peter, John, and Michael. Peter Pan is considered one of the greatest children's stories of all time and continues to charm readers one hundred years after its first appearance as a play in 1904.

The adventures of the three Darling children in Never-Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up. Illustrations compiled from late nineteenth and early twentieth century editions of the book.

[ATDrake]

Free again from the author via KDP Select @ Amazon:

The Quicksilver Horse by Anne Digby, a tween/YA novel originally out from Granada/HarperCollins in 1979.

Anne Digby's enthralling story of horsemanship and a bittersweet boy-girl friendship in the 1970s is set against a circus and racing stables background.

ETA: free from the author via KDP Select @ Amazon:

Almost Kings by Max Doty, a YA novel which the eponymous 2010 film (IMDB) was based upon.

The original novel that inspired the award-winning film, Almost Kings is a gritty, powerful story of the choices that bring two brothers together and tear them apart.

With their father lost in anger and self-loathing, James "Truck" Wheeler has raised his younger brother Ted as best as he could, considering he's just a teenager himself. In return, Ted idolizes his brother.

Now, during their one year of high school together, Ted will realize there are troubling aspects to Truck and his friends, The Kings. When the boys assign numbers to each girl at school and begin a dark contest, Ted will be caught playing a game that targets his best friends, including the girl he loves: Kallea Whitney.

[ATDrake]

Free from the author via KDP Select @ Amazon (linkage for them both):

King's Death Garden by Ann Halam, a pseudonym of Arthur C. Clarke & Philip K. Dick Award-winner Gwyneth Jones (ISFDB, Wikipedia), 1st in her Ghosts and Other Hauntings series tween/YA urban sf/fantasy/horror tales originally out from Orchard Books/Penguin in 1986. Some of Jones' other "Ann Halam" fantasies were still on the school library bookshelf when I was a kid and directly contributed to the formation of my lifelong speculative fiction reading habit.

Maurice's family has left for the Middle East: Maurice: asthmatic, plagued by allergies, self-centred, impossible semi-invalid, is sent to live with his great aunt in Brighton, and become fascinated by the beautiful old cemetery next door. Isolated from the real world around him, he's playing a dangerous game with the "strange scientific phenomena" he encounters in there, but despite some alarming warnings, hinting at where he's heading, he just can't stay away.

Nimrod by "Ann Halam", 6th in the series and originally out from Dolphin/Orion Books in 1999 under the title The N.I.M.R.O.D. Conspiracy.

Stacey vanished three years ago. Alan knows she's dead: he knows what happened because it was all his fault. But his mother refuses to believe it. Mum's endless, hopeless search for her baby, her lost little daughter, is the worst misery of Alan's life-after-Stacey. Going nowhere, filling shelves; seeing his dead little sister' ghost. Then Mum discovers NIMROD, the psychic missing persons agency. These people claim they can pluck messages from lost souls (living or dead) from the aether, and convert them into text on a computer screen. They're just another bunch of callous chancers, as far as Alan's concerned. But Mum's convinced, so Alan gets drawn in.

The search for Stacy becomes Alan's search for the truth about NIMROD, and leads him into a bewildering underworld of James Bond gadgets, luxury yachts, conspiracy, blackmail; secret safe houses in the backstreets of his seaside town; and even aliens from outer space. Who are these people? They've got to be faking their "Stacey" messages, but how can they know what they know? And if they're crooks, why don't they go after someone with money? What can they have to gain from targetting Alan and his Mum?

[gabby98]

50% price drop from a previous post

$0.99 @ Amazon
"Eruption of Cola Mountain" (The King Carrot Chronicles - Kids Healthy Eating Book 2) - by C and S Dunlop
http://amazon.com/dp/B00K8182ZQ/

Princess Anna is back, and everything is peaceful. But then there was a deep rumbling in the earth and the sky turned black...

"The earth started shaking, it shook up and shook down.
Corn fell off the cob and the king lost his crown."

Can the Carrot King save bring back peace to the Garden Kingdom?

[Keslynn]

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black is on sale for $2.25 at Google Play.

[Froide]

[Cross-posted in the Children's/YA and the People & Cultures - Fiction threads]
Today's Open Road Media freebie:

The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett

• Amazon.com (not free, yet)
• BN. com
• Kobo.com

[ATDrake]

Free from the author via KDP Select @ Amazon (linkage for the lot):

The Perdou Painting & Stepping Stones Mystery by Anne Digby, who has a lot of St. Martin's Press paperbacks from the 80s-90s (and we previously received another HarperCollins backlist novel of hers upthread).

These are continuations of her tween Jill Robinson Adventure series, which started with another novel that came out from Penguin's Puffin imprint in 1990.

When an old French oil painting goes missing from Haven's grandest house, Jill has no idea of the crisis it will cause in the Robinson family. With her big sister Sarah's future at stake, she has no option but to confide in her best friend Lindy. The mystery of the Perdou painting is a troubling one and together they must try to solve it...

&

Jill and Lindy love the idea of Haven Youth Club's summer holiday project. They're going to try to build a river crossing at the Stepping Stones bend.

However, Club is deeply divided on the issue and so are members of the Robinson family, especially young Tony.

Feelings are running very high....but surely not high enough to lead to sabotage?

[gabby98]

Currently $0.99 but is scheduled to be Free Sept 28-30

Emma Learns to Sprout (children's book about nutrition) (Picture Book for Preschool) (Ages 3-8)by Shir Guez

Publication Date: July 18, 2014 | Age Level: 3 - 8 | Grade Level: P - 2
This lovely children's book is about how to gain healthy eating habits in a creative way
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What can parents do in order to help their kids to eat nutritious food?

Emma is a sweet kindergartener who learns to sprout lentils with her mom in their kitchen in a fun and super-easy way.

After hearing her mom’s explanations on this beautiful process and its enormous benefits, she gets enthusiastic: "I want to sprout!"

Here are several reasons why you should sprout with your kids:
1. It fascinates kids.
A child that sees the legume in its raw form at the beginning will be fascinated to observe how they swell, and later begin to grow small “tails,” eventually growing beautiful long “tails” (those are the sprouts).
2. It's fast and simple.
Unlike what some parents might think, sprouting with children requires only a few minutes a day.
3. It's significantly higher in vitamins, minerals and other nutrients than dry legumes.
4. It's a wonderful parent-child activity.
What better way to spend time with your children than by teaching them how to grow something nutritious? Sprouting is simple enough for preschoolers to understand. And unlike other DIY activities, it doesn’t make a mess!
5. It's a wonderful DIY activity for kids!
After you've done a few successful sproutings with the kids, they can start doing it all by themselves. Yes, it's really that simple!
6. Sprouting makes legumes easier to digest.
7. The sprouts can be used in variety of ways.
Both raw, in a salad or as a snack, or as a healthier alternative to dry legumes in any recipe that calls for them.
8. Sprouting increases the bioavailability of vitamins and minerals in the body.
So how can we sprout legumes easily, and how can parents make their kids enthusiasts about sprout legumes and later eat them?

Read our interesting, fun story to find out!

It's a must for all children and parents, preschool teachers and nutritionists. This children's book gives unique and creative tools for dealing with the issue of healthy eating among young children, a matter that is relevant to every family. Not only does it makes kids understand the importance of eating well, but it also helps to deal with kids who refuse to eat well with a creative, unexpected solution that leaves both children and their parents surprised.


This children's book is a great read for preschoolers.

Disclaimer:

I received a notification from the author that this book was going to be on special during the dates above. I have not read the book in it's entirety, but did read through the sample. It seemed cute, especially for parents/grandparents trying to get little ones to eat healthier and/or interested in gardening/science. I am in no way affiliated with the Author.

[ATDrake]

Free from the author via KDP Select @ Amazon:

Destiny's Hourglass by Nic Tatano, a YA sf/fantasy psychic teen vs. older evil adult in a battle to save the world kind of adventure thriller. Tatano is a HarperCollins HarperImpulse author, and her similar YA female-heroined romance-inclined version of such from them, The Adventures of Jillian Spectre is still free for the US, so if you liked that, you might want to try this.

Seventeen-year-old Riley Jamison has always wondered why he could predict the future.

Turns out he’s not predicting it, he’s changing it with his thoughts.

Now he’s in demand by the forces of both good and evil.

Riley must now develop his talents at The Compass, a school run by The Guardians, a benevolent group committed to changing the future for the better. And since Riley’s powers are off the charts, he must resist the biggest temptation.

To play God.

But changing the future is not without risks.... any action creates “ripples” in the timeline, which can be good or catastrophic. Riley is also confronted with a rogue Guardian who wants to manipulate the future for his own benefit... and let the ripples fall where they may.

[ATDrake]

Free from the author via KDP Select @ Amazon (linkage for the lot):

Horseman & Drowned by Christopher Golden (ISFDB, Wikipedia) & Ford Lytle Gilmore, 1st & 2nd in their Sleepy Hollow High series of YA paranormal/horror suspense/adventure tales based on the classic Washington Irving tale. Golden is a much-published sfnal TV tie-in writer, probably best known for his extensive Buffy: The Vampire Slayer novels, and these two titles originally came out from small press Razorbill in 2005, according to ISFDB.

Everyone’s heard the rumors about Sleepy Hollow, but no one living has heard the truth.

Shane and Aimee Lancaster are headed to a new life in Sleepy Hollow, New York, whether they like it or not. Prompted by the death of their mother, their father has decided that a few bad choices on the part of his children mean a new life in a smaller place with less crime and, hopefully, fewer bad influences.

But sometimes the best ideas bring about the worst results.

[gabby98]

FREE @ Amazon
How to Draw Collection 1-12 (Over 400 Pages) (How to Draw Collections)*by amit offir

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00C7RPT2I/

Publication Date:*January 6, 2014

A #1 Best Selling "how to draw collection" of 12 Best Selling Drawing Books.

This collection contains over 400 pages that will teach you how to draw step by step the coolest things.

It is a great drawing book collection for parents that want to spend some quality time with their kids.
It is a great drawing book collection for drawing teachers and art teachers that can use it in so many ways with their students and finnaly, it is a great drawing book collection for kids and adults that love to draw and want to improve their drawing skills in a short and fun way.

The drawings are really easy to follow and very simple to draw!
Enjoy*!

In this collection you will learn how to draw:
How to draw pirates
How to draw wild animals
How to draw vehicles
How to draw fantasy
How to draw fashion world
How to draw prehistoric world
How to draw the farm
How to draw the garden
How to draw "the beetle that wants to be - and friends"
How to draw birds
How to draw sea world
How to draw Noah's Ark

**Grab your copy now**

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by gabby98

FREE @ Amazon
How to Draw Collection 1-12 (Over 400 Pages) (How to Draw Collections)*by amit offir

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00C7RPT2I/

Not sure why this is here?

[Purple Lady]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

Not sure why this is here?

Probably because:
It is a great drawing book collection for parents that want to spend some quality time with their kids.

[peachiekene]

Originally Posted by Purple Lady

Probably because:
It is a great drawing book collection for parents that want to spend some quality time with their kids.

Seconding.
Drawing books, at least in the vein of this collection, are usually found in the children's section of the bookstore.

[gabby98]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

Not sure why this is here?

Originally Posted by Purple Lady

Probably because:
It is a great drawing book collection for parents that want to spend some quality time with their kids.

Originally Posted by peachiekene

Seconding.
Drawing books, at least in the vein of this collection, are usually found in the children's section of the bookstore.

Yea, it seemed like something my 12 year nephew, and even his younger brother and sister, would love, so I put it here