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Isla loves painting the everchanging big, bold Sky. But when Sky gives in to the pressure to be bright and blue and sunny all the time, the world below-and Isla's paintings-start to suffer. Can Isla convince Sky to let all her feelings and colours show?Isla loves to paint Sky and all her glorious multicoloured moods.Sometimes Sky is vast, bright, and blue; sometimes she is dark and thunderous, her raindrops reflecting the town below. Isla loves all Sky's moods and tries to capture the variety in her paintings.When Sky rains or clouds over, however, all the other townspeople grumble and moan. Sky decides she should just try to be happy all the time, so people aren't cross with her. But this is harder than it looks and soon the world below-and Isla's paintings-start to suffer. Can Isla convince big, bold Sky to let all her feelings and colours show? What happens to Sky when she is on the brink of bursting?Isla and the Sky is a gorgeous new picture book from Greg Stobbs, celebrating the p

She’s fated to die. He’s the bringer of death. Together they’ll restore a divided kingdom, or burn it to the ground in this electrifying romantasy steeped in Norse mythology by million copy bestseller L. J. AndrewsLyra Bien wants only a quiet life, far from King Damir’s war and his hunger for magic. But when Roark Ashwood, the king’s silent and dangerously handsome soldier, invades her village, her secret is exposed.She is a melder. Gifted in bone, blood, and soul. Feared. Desired. Doomed.Claimed for the king, Lyra becomes a captive in Roark’s care. But escape is impossible when her jailor might be her only hope of freedom.Bound by secrets, drawn together by fire, they must decide: restore a kingdom built on lies, or burn it to the ground.