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This deluxe volume brings all Beatrix Potter's 23 Peter Rabbit tales and verses together in one book. The texts are…
complete and unabridged. The stories are arranged in the order in which they were first published. Each story stands alone but several are linked together by events and characters. Grades P-2. 1997.Shipwreck (Detective Murdoch mystery.)
By Maureen Jennings. 2010
1873, Nova Scotia. A storm has wrecked a ship on the shores of a fishing village, and people work bravely…
to rescue the crew - but many die. When young Will Murdoch and the local priest examine the bodies, they discover gold and diamonds. They suspect that the shipwreck was not responsible for all the deaths. Some descriptions of violence. A high-interest, low-vocabulary book. 2010.Le chasseur de pistou (Premier roman ; #158.)
By Jean Lemieux. 2007
Pour la classe de FX Bellavance et de son amie Marianne, c'est aujourd'hui le grand jour: l'équipe qui fera le…
meilleur exposé oral sur un objet original accompagnera le professeur au Grand Cirque des Étoiles! Les deux enfants sont certains de remporter le prix avec leur présentation sur le phénomène des éclipses jusqu'à ce qu'Arnaud Savappa-Dubonnet, le nouvel élève de la classe, présente sa petite boîte carrée dans laquelle est soi-disant enfermé un pistou. François-Xavier serait-il jaloux de ce nouvel arrivant qui a fait le tour de la planète, qui s'exprime avec aisance et qui déborde d'imagination? Années 1-3. 2007.Les moutons de Panurge
By Jeanine Guion, Jean Guion, François Rabelais. 2001
En ce temps-là, le géant Pantagruel, Panurge et leurs amis faisaient le tour du monde sur les mers. Un jour,…
leur bateau croisa un navire de commerce transportant des moutons... Un mini-dictionnaire regroupant quelques mots difficiles complète l'histoire. À partir de 6 ans. 2001.Les contes de Charles Perrault
By Charles Perrault. 1984
Neuf contes sont présentés: La Belle au bois dormant, Barbe-Bleue, Peau d'âne, Cendrillon ou La Petite Pantoufle de vair, Le…
Maître chat ou Le Chat botté, Riquet à la houppe, Le Petit Chaperon rouge, Le Petit Poucet, Les Fées. Années M-3.Les aventures d'Huckleberry Finn (Folio junior. 230)
By Mark Twain, Suzanne Nétillard. 1999
Sans doute le chef-d'oeuvre de Mark Twain et celui de la jeune littérature américaine. Le roman raconte la fuite d'un…
enfant blanc et d'un esclave de race noire. Pour échapper à leurs poursuivants, les fugitifs descendent le Mississippi sur un radeau de fortune. Années 5-8. 1999, c1884. Titre uniforme: The adventures of Huckleberry Finn.Hans Brinker or The silver skates (Recorded Books classics library)
By Mary Mapes Dodge. 1996
Diary of a pilgrimage (Jerome K. Jerome Ser.)
By Jerome K Jerome. 1891
Invited to the theatre on Monday next, Jerome discovers it is at Ober-Ammergau. He looked at his diary and saw…
that Aunt Emma was coming, calculated that he would miss her and decided that he would go! And so began an epic pilgrimage. 1891.Classic satire about a nineteenth-century New England factory worker who is knocked unconscious and transported back to the year 528.…
Hank Morgan awakens in King Arthur's court in Britain, where he attempts to improve living conditions by introducing modern inventions and democratic ideas. For senior high and older readers. 1988, c1889.Treasure island (Saddleback classics #Set I)
By Robert Louis Stevenson, Janice Greene. 1999
While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her…
son find a treasure map that leads to a pirate fortune as well as great danger. Adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's work, published in 1883. For junior and senior high readers. 1999.The red badge of courage (Saddleback classics #Set I)
By Stephen Crane, Emily Hutchinson. 1999
Henry Fleming, an unsophisticated country boy, enthusiastic to serve his country, enlists with the Union forces at the beginning of…
the Civil War. At first, the shock of war causes him to retreat and his heroic vision of himself fades. In the next battle, however, his courage revives as he carries forward the regiment's colours in a crucial advance. Adaptation of the American classic by Stephen Crane, originally published in 1895. For junior and senior high readers. 1999.Frankenstein (Saddleback classics #Set I)
By Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Emily Hutchinson. 1999
The monster created by Dr. Frankenstein was supposed to be man's benefactor but, scorned for his ugliness, he swears revenge…
on his creator and the human race. Adaptation of Mary Shelley's work, published in 1831. For junior and senior high readers. c1999.Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Saddleback classics #Set Ii)
By Robert Louis Stevenson, Janice Greene. 1999
A kind and well-respected doctor can turn himself into a murderous madman by taking a secret drug he has created.…
Adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's "The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", first published in 1886. For junior and senior high readers. 1999.The adventures of Tom Sawyer (Penguin classics #Set Ii)
By Mark Twain, Joanne Suter. 1999
The adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Saddleback classics #Set I)
By Mark Twain, Joanne Suter. 1999
Wings of fire (Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery Ser. #Bk. 2)
By Charles Todd. 1999
Inspector Ian Rutledge, still recovering from the ravages of his service in WWI, is sent to Cornwall to investigate the…
sudden deaths of respected poet Olivia Manning and her brother. As he delves into the case, he discovers suspicious events in the family's past, and must sort out a twisted set of relationships to find the killer. 1999.Wild animals I have known (New Canadian library ; #141)
By Ernest Thompson Seton. 1898
The witch of Blackbird Pond
By Elizabeth George Speare. 1986
In 1687, orphaned Kit Tyler leaves the Caribbean islands she grew up on and arrives in Connecticut, to the Puritan…
household of her aunt. Feeling out of place, she befriends an old woman considered a witch by the community. When the friendship is discovered, Kit suddenly finds herself standing trial for witchcraft. Originally written in 1958. Newbery Medal winner. For junior high readers. 1986.The second jungle book (The World's classics)
By Rudyard Kipling, W. W Robson. 1895
Presents the further adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves, and the wild animals of the…
jungle. Also includes other short stories set in India. Sequel to "The jungle book" (DC04437). Grades 4-7. c1895.The man that corrupted Hadleyburg (Recorded Books classics library)
By Mark Twain. 1994
The title story of this collection of short stories features the tale of the "most honest and upright" town of…
Hadleyburg, whose residents boast of their unsmirched moral character. A stranger, offended by the pious reputation of the town, devises a plan to bring its honoured residents to shame. Is there even one righteous man in Hadleyburg? Junior and Senior High. 1994.