Most Popular Books by Berlie Doherty

Here is a collection of the most powerful and wonderful stories from the Old Testament, retold by award-winning author Berlie Doherty and illustrated by Jason Cockcroft. More than forty stories reveal the lives of memorable Biblical characters across the generations including Noah, Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Ruth, Saul, and David.

One night Harry and his dog follow the mysterious midnight man on his silent-hooved horse through the streets and to the edge of the moors before being returned home by the moon.

Rachel invites her entire class for a ride on the family barge pulled by Snowy, the horse.

Welcome to a world where magic really happens - where toys come alive, young girls become princesses and Clara''s brave nutcracker becomes the prince of her dreams.

This text is an illustrated retelling of the classic fairy tale.

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Tricky Nelly Nickleby and Billy the Bamboozler are always playing tricks on each other. So when Nelly asks for a pretty feather hat for her birthday, Billy comes up with a crafty plan to give her what she wants - and more. But Nelly has plans of her own to make him look like a silly Billy

This is the story about a close-knit family living in an isolated farming community and the changes they have to face. Jeannie, the teenage daughter falls in love for the first time and must decide between her loyalty to the farm and her desire to see the world beyond it.

Winner 1995 NASEN Award for special educ. needs. Short chapters. A boy grieves after his father''s death. 6 yrs+

In this retelling of a traditional Arab folklore, "three princes are all desperate to win the love of Princess Halima, and a challenge is set by her father to find the most beautiful, magical gift they can find. But when disaster strikes, will they be magical enough?"--Publisher marketing.

Authentic retellings of twelve familiar and well-loved fairy tales, gorgeously illustrated. With a poet''s ear and deep respect for the magic at the heart of our most resonant fairy tales, acclaimed author Berlie Doherty casts a sumptuous spell. Her masterful and authentic retellings of twelve treasured tales are well-matched by Jane Ray''s evocative illustrations. Teeming with rich colors, golden trim patterns, silhouettes, and symbols, these pictures—like the timeless stories they interpret—are to be pored over and cherished. Come back to CINDERELLA, SNOW WHITE, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, THE FROG PRINCE, and eight other beloved tales. Enter a haunting world of magic and enchantment.

Morag''s family have an island -- Wild Island -- remote and uninhabited. They holiday there each year and Ellie is excited to be going too. But when Morag falls ill and Ellie finds herself alone on the island, day after day, she begins to sense another presence. Ellie notices small changes to her paintings... and when she''s lost a fire lights her way home -- is it just her fevered imagination? Or is there someone in the lighthouse? Is Ellie not alone on the island?

Available for the first time as a paperback picture book, this exquisitely illustrated re-telling of ''The Wild Swans'' is a must for any child''s library. ''The Wild Swans'' is one of the best-loved fairy tales of all time. Retold by Berlie Doherty, this enchanting story is beautifully illustrated by award-winning Jane Ray. It is a fairy tale magic to treasure forever.

Bella has a secret - one that she is very good at keeping. The secret is a den, hidden among trees on a muddy slope. Nearby, some foxes have a den of their own. But when the secret is betrayed, the foxes'' lives are put in danger, and so is a special friendship.

Set in rural Ireland and later in Venice, ''Requiem'' is the powerful and haunting story of a young woman''s search for self-fulfilment as she struggles against both the love of her close Irish family and the seductive discipline of her convent upbringing.

Eté 1946, dans un village anglais... Madeleine et Grace, quinze ans, sont sœurs jumelles. Impossible de les distinguer, si ce n''est par la couleur d''un ruban dans leurs cheveux ! Aussi, lorsque Grace meurt dans un accident, il est aisé pour Madeleine de se faire passer pour sa sœur. Est-ce une façon d''échapper au chagrin ? Mais ce lourd secret, comme un aimant, fait resurgir les fantômes du passé... Un roman sensible et profond sur l''apprentissage difficile de la vie et sur la force du souvenir, une histoire empreinte d''émotion et de poésie, et porteuse d''espoir.

LA VIE EST FACILE ET LEGERE POUR CHRIS ET HELLEN. ILS S''AIMENT. QUAND HELLEN DECOUVRE QU''ELLE EST ENCEINTE, ELLE N''A QUE SEIZE ANS. L''UNIVERS BASCULE. A qui parler, que faut-il faire ? Elle entreprend de se confier à cet être qui prend peu à peu possession de sa vie, de son corps. Un inconnu qu''elle rejette puis apprend à accepter. Son rapport aux autres se transforme, ses certitudes sont ébranlées. Un sujet essentiel, un ton juste, des personnages bouleversants.

Abela (ik-figuur) woont in Tanzania. Haar hele familie overlijdt aan aids. Rosa (ik-figuur) woont in Engeland met haar moeder. Haar moeder wil een kind adopteren. Zullen de meisjes elkaar vinden? Vanaf ca. 12 jaar.