Helen Plum Library

A Studio Ghibli-esque work of Japanese translation "that lays bare the anxieties and desperation-and the small triumphs-of adolescence" (Locus), for fans of Mieko Kawakami's Heaven. Seven students find unusual common ground in this warm, puzzle-like Japanese bestseller laced with gentle fantasy and compassionate insight. Bullied to the point of dropping out of school, Kokoro's days blur together as she hides in her bedroom, unable to face her family...

"This spook-tactular collection features more than 20 fright-filled stories from around the globe. Retold with ghoulish relish by professional storyteller Wendy Shearer and beautifully illustrated by Teo Georgiev, these hair-raising tales are sure to send shivers down your spine."--

"Travel to the snowy forests of Lapland in this warm and witty storybook with beautiful illustrations - perfect for sharing and reading aloud. Classic characters of Nordic folklore - cunning Fox, gullible Wolf, clever Hare and powerful Bear - star in these lively stories of mischief and fun. Readers will discover why Bear is ruler of the northern forests, how Fox outwitted Wolf, and what Hare did to earn her fluffy white tail. In this stunning storybook,...

Xiaofan, the unparalleled Sword God, was betrayed and reborn 500 years in the past. In this life, he vows to make up for all regrets, to stand above all geniuses, to eliminate all his enemies, and to become the Ancestor of Swords for all realms!With the control of the Immortal Slaying Formation and devouring all beings in the heavens, with one man and one sword, he slaughters all foes in the world!This is a story of a youth, holding a three-foot green...

In Lon Po Po, three sisters staying home alone are endangered by a hungry wolf who is disguised as their grandmother In The Funny Little Woman, a woman in old Japan, who loves to cook rice dumplings and laugh, is captured by the wicked Oni In The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks, a compassionate couple risks their lives to reunite a pair of Mandarin ducks and are rewarded in the end, but by whom? In Crow Boy, a small boy, who is different from the others,...

This sixth volume of the Cautionary Fables and Fairytales anthology series features modern comics adaptations of traditional folklore from across the South American continent.--Publisher

Eric abandons his fiancé, Eleanor, at the Edinburgh Christmas market, following a mysterious woman back to the hotel she owns in the Highlands. Here he meets the men that staff the vacant rooms. Men like him. Men with something to hide... By day, the men carry out their domestic chores in the hotel, cut off from the rest of the world by the snow. At night, they tell horror stories beside the fire, hoping to entertain the woman they serve. They do...

Continuation of the fairy tale "Kingdom of the Four Winds". The fairy tale was written based on the script for the cartoon

Horatio Clare re-tells six myths and legends of Pembrokeshire and Gwynedd, including Strange Meeting at Cricieth, Pembroke Castle, Eleanor's Gyrfalcon, and Williams Marshall gives a speech to graduates. These brilliantly written short stories bring to lif

In the eerie shadows of 1888 London, a series of harrowing murders rattle the city's core, prompting the involvement of Detective Inspector Thomas Hawthorne. The victims, horrifically mutilated, all bear an uncanny mark - two puncture wounds on their necks. The wounds chillingly resemble those mentioned in tales Hawthorne had heard of an Eastern European creature, a vampire named Dracula (Chapter 1). Haunted by the unsettling similarities, Hawthorne...