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The snowy day: and 4 more stories
By Ezra Jack Keats. 1962
After lots of snow falls overnight, Peter spends the next day making different tracks in the snow, building snowmen, and…
having adventures. Grades K-3. 1996, c1962. Taped with: Jennie's hat by Ezra Jack Keats. Jennie's new hat is too plain, until her friends the birds help make it special. Grades K-3. 1966. Taped with: Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats. Peter's adventures as he tries to whistle for his dog, Willie. Grades K-3. 1964. Taped with: Peter's chair by Ezra Jack Keats. When Peter's parents start painting his old furniture pink for his baby sister, Peter grabs his chair and runs away. But when he does, he makes a surprising discovery. Grades K-3. 1967. Taped with: Maggie and the pirate by Ezra Jack Keats. Maggie has a pet cricket that she keeps in a cage, but one day the cage is missing and a note saying "The pirate was here" is found in its place! Grades K-3. 1979.The rainbow fish (Rainbow Fish Ser.)
By Marcus Pfister. 1992
Rainbow Fish will not share his shimmering scales with the plainer fish. A wise old octopus advises him to share,…
and Rainbow Fish discovers that the more he gives, the happier he feels. Grades K-3. 1992. Uniform title: Regenbogenfisch.The priest's story: a novel
By John Attenborough. 1984
It was a chance that caused Richard Eveleigh to break a cycle journey in Ockenham, a small village near Canterbury.…
But after his first visit something indefinable happened to him. The diffident, slightly discontented school-master gradually became possessed of a purpose - not one he immediately understood but one which, in the next fifteen years, would take him from the bachelor security of a private school into marriage and a difficult life in London's East End. 1984.The poacher
By H. E. Herbert Ernest Bates. 1935
Luke is a poor but proud and quick-witted poacher. He lives in a world of narrow escapes from keepers armed…
with clubs and where small-holders struggle to make a living. But his life is brightened by cheerful forest inns and the beauty of the silent woods in which he walks at night. 1935.The old bank house: a novel (Angela Thirkell Barsetshire series.)
By Angela Thirkell. 1997
Now on in years and with dwindling resources, Mrs. Sowerby has come to accept the fact that she must sell…
the Old Bank House. Mr. Sam Adams seems to be a perfect candidate to buy the manse. But before leaving her beloved home, Mrs. Sowerby informs the new owner the house likes a mistress. Soon numerous weddings are being announced. Prequel to "County Chronicle". 1997.The other garden
By Francis Wyndham. 1988
In England at the outbreak of World War II, the young narrator forms a lasting friendship with Kay, a woman…
nearly 20 years his senior. Kay, who is unable to find any direction in her life, moves from job to job as the narrator leaves home to attend Oxford. 1988.The lilac tree
By Pamela Fielding. 1988
This story evokes an England during the Second World War when life was hard but people were filled with humanity,…
generosity and even a sense of unity. It is the life of Ann, a primary school teacher whose husband works in a government office, and her young daughter, Jenny, a chronicle of hope symbolised by a lilac tree in the garden of a house which was there to return to when the fighting finished. 1988.The important book: and 3 more stories
By Margaret Wise Brown. 1977
Children will find answers to questions like "What is the important thing about rain?" Grades P-2. 1977. Taped with: The…
Runaway Bunny, by Margaret Wise Brown. In an imaginary game of hide-and-seek, a little rabbit keeps running away from his mother, but she finds him every time. Grades P-2. 1970. Taped with: Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown. A little rabbit says goodnight to all the things in his bedroom. Grades P-2. 1975. Taped with: A Little Fir Tree, by Margaret Wise Brown. A little fir tree is uprooted and moved to spend Christmas and winters with a young boy who is confined to his bed and cannot visit the tree himself. Grades P-2. 1985.The house without a Christmas tree
By Gail Rock. 1974
A touching Christmas story set in a small midwestern town in the 1940's. Every year Addie Mills begs for a…
Christmas tree, and every year her stern father refuses to buy one and will not give Addie an explanation. For children and adults. 1974.Young Fu of the upper Yangtze
By Elizabeth Foreman Lewis, Pearl S Buck. 1932
This book describes the adventures of young Fu, a Chinese country boy, who goes with his widowed mother to live…
in Chungking to be apprenticed to a master coppersmith. As he learns his way around the city, his acts of bravery earn him friends and more good fortune than he could have imagined. Winner of the Newbery Award. For junior and senior high readers. 1932, 1999.Crampton Hodnet
By Barbara Pym, Bernard Turle. 1986
Oxford, vers la fin des années trente. Deux idylles "inconvenantes" l'une entre un séduisant professeur quinquagénaire et sa jeune étudiante,…
l'autre entre le nouveau vicaire de la paroisse et une demoiselle de compagnie, vont, le temps d'une saison, troubler la sérénité d'une société tout entière axée sur le "bon ton". 1986.Carnaval à Peyton Place
By Roger Fuller. 1978
Kathy, enceinte, annonce à son amie Allison ses fiançailles avec Lew. Ce dernier est amoureux certes mais ce mariage hâtif…
l'irrite. Pourtant quand Lew et Kathy semblent réussir leur mariage, "corbeaux" et commères de Peyton Place se taisent...en attendant. 1978.Chère inconnue
By Bernice Rubens, Annie Saumont. 1980
Stan, un infirme ne pouvant se déplacer qu'en chaise roulante, vit avec sa soeur Amy. Tous deux souffrent de solitude…
et décadent, chacun de leur côté, de s'adresser a une agence de rencontre fonctionnant par courrier. C'est alors qu'Amy, ayant utilisé un nom d'emprunt, reçoit une lettre de nul autre que son frère. 1980. Titre uniforme: I sent a letter to my love.Ailleurs n'est jamais loin quand on aime
By Richard Bach. 1979
Mrs Tim: leaves from the diary of an officer's wife (Mrs Tim. #1.)
By D. E. Dorothy Emily Stevenson. 1932
Here are the army officer, his wife and son and daughter, their servants, and the social and regimental circles in…
which they move. Mainly Mrs Tim is concerned with domestic matters, packing Bryan off to boarding school, firing the cook and choosing the moment to give Tim her dress bill. 1932.Fletcher's end
By D. E. Dorothy Emily Stevenson. 1962
In God we trust: all others pay cash
By Jean Shepherd. 1991
Ralph returns to the Indiana mill town that he grew up in. When he walks into his childhood friend's bar,…
the two reminisce about their boyhood, which included Red Ryder BB guns, Orphan Annie, fishing, the Chicago World's Fair, and Fibber McGee and Molly. The movie "A Christmas Story" is based on the book. 1991.Later days at Highbury
By Joan Austen-Leigh. 1996
Continues the saga of the characters in the novel "Emma" (DC23826) by Jane Austen. Written by a descendent of Austen's…
in the form of letters between friends and sisters, the daily affairs of the village of Highbury are chronicled. One of the main occupations is matchmaking between eligible men and women. 1996.Arthur's tv trouble: and 9 more stories
By Marc Brown. 1995
A collection of ten "Arthur" stories by Marc Brown, including "Arthur's tv trouble," "Arthur writes a story," "Arthur's eyes," "Arthur's…
chicken pox," "Arthur's pet business," "Arthur's new puppy," "Arthur's teacher trouble," "Arthur's April fool," "Arthur's first sleepover," and "Arthur's nose." Kindergarten to grade 3. 1995.Emily's runaway imagination
By Beverly Cleary. 1961
Emily lives on a farm near the town of Pitchfork, Oregan, in the 1920s. She has a wonderful imagination that…
leads her into all kinds of difficulties, like when she tries to change a farm horse into a snow-white steed by washing it with Clorox! Nevertheless, Emily and her mother are determined to bring a library to Pitchfork. Grades 3-6. 1961.