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|  | The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson, Sue Porter
A hilarious fantasy for fans of Carroll, Nesbit, and Barrie! In the British tradition of comic fantasies, here is a wildly witty caper that would make Lewis Carroll laugh and E. Nesbit snicker. A forgotten door on an abandoned railway platform is the entrance to a magical kingdom-an island where humans live happily with feys, mermaids, ogres, and other wonderful creatures. Carefully hidden from the world, the Island is only accessible when the door opens for nine days every nine years. A lot can go wrong in nine days. When the beastly Mrs. Trottle kidnaps the prince of the Island, it?s up to a strange band of rescuers to save him. But can an ogre, a hag, a wizard, and a fey really troop around London unnoticed? In a plot thick with mayhem, mix-ups, and magic, there is something to please all. Fantasy lovers in particular will not want to miss this peek through the door of Platform 13 into the imagination of a deliciously clever writer. AUTHOR: Eva Ibbotson, Sue Porter
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Our Hero by Nicholas Edwards
Description not available.After performing yet another brave rescue while spending the Christmas holidays in Boston with his family, Santa Paws gets separated from them and has no idea how to get back in time for Christmas morning. AUTHOR: Nicholas Edwards
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | One More for the Road by Ray Bradbury, Scott Campbell
These 25 short stories are the remnants of the expansive imagination of master science fiction writer Ray Bradbury. Culled from, as he puts it, a downpour of images from photos, films, cartoons that have wandered disembodied alongside Bradbury over the span of his writing career, these tales resurrect movie icons ( The Laurel and Hardy Alpha Centauri Farewell Tour ), WW II ( The Enemy in Wheat ), and the mania of mid-century Hollywood ( Cricket on the Hearth ). AUTHOR: Ray Bradbury, Scott Campbell
PUBLISHER: HarperTrade
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: General
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 | Unless by Carol Shields
Reta Winters is a successful novelist, Tom is a doctor, and they've been living together for over 20 years. Life has been good until Reta's daughter Norah leaves home and becomes a street person in Toronto. Carol Shields's novel--which she claims will be her last (she was suffering from terminal cancer when she wrote it)--is about not only family and its complexities, but the literary life and its intersection with what is real. AUTHOR: Carol Shields
PUBLISHER: HarperTrade
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: General
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 | A Biblical Theology of the Old Testament by Darrell L. Bock, Eugene H. Merrill, Roy B. Zuck
This theology of the Old Testament is a collaborative effort of scholars from Dallas Theological Seminary, each contributor looking at divine revelation as it appears chronologically in the canon, showing the unfolding of revelation in time. AUTHOR: Darrell L. Bock, Eugene H. Merrill, Roy B. Zuck
PUBLISHER: Moody Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar? by Bonnie Lass, Philemon Sturges
Description not available.A whimsically illustrated adaptation of the classic song finds a skunk questioning his many animal friends with an empty cookie jar and eventually throwing a cookie party when the mystery is solved. AUTHOR: Bonnie Lass, Philemon Sturges
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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