Alyson Waters

A young girl bravely faces dragons to save her mother in this magnificently illustrated folk tale inspired by Chinese mythology, from the author of The Tiger Prince. A stunning story book for kids ages 4-8 who love adventure stories and Disney movies like Moana and Encanto For months, Mae and her parents have been traveling across the country in search of a magic flower. Mae's mother is ill, and this rare flower is the only thing that can save her, but it grows in a secret place, guarded by dragons. Mae vows to herself that she will find the flower and save her mother. One night she wakes to a vision of light that beckons her to follow, but does she have the courage to face the dragons? A new book by the talented author and illustrator Chen Jiang Hong, Dragon Flower is a strikingly illustrated story of bravery, compassion, and kindness that young readers will want to turn to again and again. A wonderful companion piece to Chen Jiang Hong's The Tiger Prince, also published by NYRB.

A charming tale about friends finding joy and wonder in nature when they are caught in a thunderstorm on their way to their fort. It's spring Warm and green, and the great outdoors beckons, especially when you've built a fort with your friends to play in. Our Fort is the story of three friends who set out one day to visit their secret fort at the edge of the woods. The weather looks fine but no sooner have they left home and walked into the hills then the sun disappears behind the clouds. Crows fly by, calling, and the wind begins to blow. Suddenly the day turns into night. It's a storm Will the friends make it to shelter? Will their fort survive the storm? Marie Dorl ans' illustrations capture the sensory pleasures of nature, as well as its capriciousness, while her story reminds us of the simple joy of being with friends and sharing a great adventure together.

An existential detective story by one of France's most popular modern writers, set in a mid-nineteenth century mountain village, available in English for the first time "The book started off entirely by chance, without even a character. The character was the Tree, the Beech, and the starting point--that was the discovery of a crime: a dead body turns up in the branches of this tree. There was the Tree; there was the victim; an inanimate thing, a corpse. Well, the corpse requires a murderer, that's clear, and the murder requires investigation. What I wrote was a novel about the investigator. That's what I wanted to write, but it had to start with a tree that had nothing to do with the story at all." Such was Jean Giono's account of how A King Alone came to be. The title alludes to Pascal's saying "A king without distraction is a man full of wretchedness," and the book is set in a remote Alpine village in the mid-nineteenth century. At its center is the enigmatic officer Langlois. In deepest winter, the inhabitants of a remote Alpine village mysteriously begin to disappear. Langlois comes from afar to protect the village and investigate the crime. Giono's novel about a tiny community at the dangerous edge of things and a man of law who is ever more a man alone could be described as a metaphysical Western. It unfolds with the uncanny inevitability and disturbing intensity of a dream.