Melinda Beatty – författare

Vampire Vlad is all tucked in, ready for bed. But his imagination runs wild when he hears all the daytime noises happening outside. A clickety-clack, a skreek and a clang? Who knows what that could be!With each new sound, Vlad races to his patient and reassuring, but tired mama’s room until he learns how to calm himself down and finally get a good day’s rest. Melinda Beatty’s clever text and award-winning illustrator Charlene Chua’s imaginative illustrations make the perfect bedtime read (during the day or night) for anyone a little nervous to go to bed.

A vibrant fantasy-adventure debut about a girl who can see lies.You''re a Fallow of the Orchard. You''re as tough as a green apple in summer . . . Only Fallow was just six harvests old when she realized that not everyone sees lies. For Only, seeing lies is as beautiful as looking through a kaleidoscope, but telling them is as painful as gnawing on cut glass. Only''s family warns her to keep her cunning hidden, but secrets are seldom content to stay secret. When word of Only''s ability makes its way to the King, she''s plucked from her home at the orchard and brought to the castle at Bellskeep. There she learns that the kingdom is plagued by traitors, and that her task is to help the King distinguish between friend and foe. But being able to see lies doesn''t necessarily mean that others aren''t able to disguise their dishonesty with cunnings of their own. In the duplicitous, power-hungry court, the truth is Only''s greatest weapon . . . and her greatest weakness.