Faery S Tale Deluxe

A one-stop, complete guide to tabletop role-playing games for novice librarians as well as seasoned players. Tabletop role-playing games (RPGs) are a perfect fit for library teen services. They not only hold great appeal for teen patrons, but also help build important skills ranging from math and literacy to leadership and dramatics. Role-playing games are cost-effective too. Dragons in the Stacks explains why RPGs are so effective at holding teenagers' attention, identifies their specific benefits, outlines how to select and maintain a RPG collection, and demonstrates how they can enhance teen services and be used in teen programs. Detailed reviews of role-playing games are included as well, with pointers on their strengths, weaknesses, and library applications. Coauthored by an experienced young adult librarian and an adult services librarian, this is the definitive guide to RPGs in the library, and the only one currently available.

Librarians are beginning to see the importance of game based learning and the incorporation of games into library services. This book is written for them--so they can use games to improve people's understanding and enjoyment of the library. Full of practical suggestions, the essays discuss not only innovative uses of games in libraries but also the game making process. The contributors are all well versed in games and game-based learning and a variety of different types of libraries are considered. The essays will inspire librarians and educators to get into this exciting new area of patron and student services.

The faery has followed the ways of the forest for an eternity, but there were times she went against the forest’s call. Times she did what she thought best. Have her actions helped the forest in the long run? Or has she created a greater danger to the world she has tried to protect?

As the possessor of Roibin's true name, sixteen-year-old Kaye returns to Faeryland to try and complete a nearly-impossible quest that will release him from the spell of the faery queen who holds him in thrall.

The discovery of a special gold locket unlocks further secrets of the Steeple faeries... Throughout the years, faeries have been forgotten, downtrodden and misrepresented. Especially in books! They are not a figment of the human imagination. In fact, I was lucky enough to meet one and to learn of the Land they inhabit. So now I have a tale to tell... As a faery, Amy Thyst knows that getting mixed up with a human boy is bad news. Just look what happened to her friend Rosie Quartz! But when she meets the intriguing and troubled Benjie Rivers, her heart seems to take over her head. Intent on helping him overcome his own problems, Amy doesn't see the danger in which she is placing the whole Faery Kingdom and all she holds dear. Allowing a human to photograph a faery can't hurt that much. Can it?

"As Pike attempts to connect with the spirit world, and reconnect with her sense of wonder and purpose, she comes to view both herself and the world around her in a profoundly new light."--Publisher description.

Faeries know nothing of happiness, sadness, or love.Aurelia knows she isn't like the other fire faeries. From the moment she saw the blacksmith, she had feelings for him that no other faery could explain. The Great Phoenix took pity on her and transformed her into a human woman. Now, she must choose between the man she loves and the world of flames that she was born into.