Beneath the Stone Forest (Volume 6) - Couverture souple

Quinn, Jordan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1481413910 ISBN 13 : 9781481413916

Editeur : Little Simon, 2014

Synopsis

Prince Lucas and Clara explore the twisting tunnels beneath the Stone Forest in this sixth chapter book in the fantastical Kingdom of Wrenly series.

Clara invites Prince Lucas on her journey to map out the Stone Forest and visit the gnomes who live there. Unfortunately, Lucas has a visiting cousin who’s a royal pain and doesn’t want to get her hands dirty. But when Princess Bella’s puppy gets lost in the tunnels beneath the Stone Forest, she realizes that the subjects who make up a kingdom are just as important as their rulers.

With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, The Kingdom of Wrenly chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Jordan Quinn grew up in a fairy tale castle in England. It had a spiral stone staircase, a moat, and a dungeon. As a child she liked to play hide-and-go-seek and ride her beloved horse, Prince Charming. When she wasn’t riding, she wrote stories about fairies, trolls, dragons, and wizards. Today, Jordan lives on a ranch in California with her husband, son, and a golden retriever named Sir Toots-a-Lot.

Robert McPhillips has been involved in a wide variety of projects over the years—from illustrating greeting cards to animation, though he especially loves illustrating children’s books. Robert makes his home in North Devon, England, with his wife, Sam.

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Beneath the Stone Forest

Daydreamer

Mistress Carson pointed to a map of the Kingdom of Wrenly. The map was worn around the edges and had begun to fade.

“Clara, please name the tallest peak in Flatfrost,” she said, looking directly at her star pupil.

The classroom was quiet.

“Clara?” repeated her teacher.

But Clara didn’t answer. She hadn’t heard a word her teacher had said. She sat and gazed out the window, daydreaming. Her boots scuffed back and forth underneath her bench. Clara loved geography, and whenever the subject came up in school she would daydream about her next adventure with her best friend, Prince Lucas.



Madeline, the girl who sat beside Clara, nudged her elbow.

“Umph!” groaned Clara as she sat up straight.



Her classmates laughed. Clara’s face flushed. Oh no! she thought. I’ve been caught daydreaming! How embarrassing! Clara looked at her teacher. Mistress Carson repeated the question.



“The tallest peak in Flatfrost is Mount Linton,” said Clara. She had just been to Flatfrost with Lucas, so she knew exactly where it was.

“Thank you, Clara,” said Mistress Carson. “Class, today I have a special geography assignment. I want everyone to research a place in the kingdom they haven’t been to. Talk to the people who live there, and observe their land. Find out as many details as you can. Then write about the place and draw a map and picture of what it looks like on a piece of animal hide, which I’ll pass out. I’ll also hand out charcoal for you to draw your scenes. You will present your projects a week from today.”



Some of the children moaned at the thought of a new assignment. Others began to talk excitedly about where they might go. Clara had always wanted to explore the Stone Forest.



The Stone Forest, in the south of Wrenly’s mainland, was a grove of stone pillars and arches, formed by gnomes tunneling for gems beneath the ground. The rubble from the tunnels had piled up for hundreds of years and created a fanciful forest of stone towers, steeples, and arches.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Little Simon
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1481413910
• ISBN 13: 9781481413916
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: McPhillips Robert
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Simon and Schuster Netherlands BV, GPSR Europäische Union; info@simonandschuster.nl; ; Herculesplein 96; Utrecht; 3584 AA; Pays-Bas