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By L. M Montgomery. 1936
Anne becomes a school teacher in Summerside, P.E.I. while waiting for Gilbert, now Dr. Blythe, and an island dream house.…
Sequel to "Anne of the Island" (BR71098). Followed by "Anne's house of dreams" (BR60788). Grades 4-7. 1936. (Anne of Green Gables ; 4)By Virginia Burton. 1967
By Aldous Huxley. 1923
By Joseph Conrad. 1975
Contains "Youth" and "The end of the tether." In "Youth," second mate Marlow dreams of seeing Bangkok. But the grim…
realities of life at sea cause troubles aboard the old steamer. The story is based on Conrad's first Asian voyage. In "The end of the tether," aging Captain Whalley buys a share in, and the right to command, a coastal steamer. The scene is set for conflict between Whalley's fine, elevated actions and the shipowner's anti-social behaviour. Originally published in 1902. 1975.By Virginia Lee Burton. 1969
By L. M Montgomery. 1988
Patricia Gardiner loves her home, Silver Bush, on Prince Edward Island. All her experiences -- a bout with scarlet fever,…
her first romance, her aunt's wedding and her mother's illness -- are shared with her friends, Bets Wilcox, Jingle Gordon, and the mysterious old Judy Plum. Grades 5-8. c1988, originally published 1933.By Thomas H Raddall. 1942
By Sara Jeannette Duncan. 1971
The personal ideas and experiences of the author, a rebel of her times, surface in this novel which deals openly…
with Victorian morals, American imperialism and the Canadian national character. First published in 1904. 1971. (New Canadian library ; no. 20)By A. A Milne, Ernest H Shepard. 1957
By Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. 1953
By Ethel Wilson. 1954
Convinced that she must find a better life, plucky Maggie walks out of her intolerable marriage and heads for the…
British Columbia interior to heal and restore her spirit. (Reissue). 1982, c1954. (New Canadian Library; 29)By Laura Ingalls Wilder. 1940
The Ingalls family moves into the town of DeSmet to weather the dangerous winter ahead. As the snow mounts, Laura…
and her family must ration their food and coal as they wait in vain for a train to arrive with supplies. Almanzo Wilder and his brother realize that if something isn't done soon, everyone will starve. Grades 4-7. Sequel to "By the shores of Silver Lake" (DC39033). Followed by "Little town on the prairie" (DC02005). 1941 Newbery Honor book. 1971, c1940. (Little house books ; 5)By Joseph Conrad. 1967
Three of Conrad's most well-known stories in one book. In "Youth" he explores a boy's reactions to his first sea-voyage.…
"Heart of Darkness" describes the search for a long-lost explorer in the depths of the jungle. In the final story, "The End of the Tether", an honourable sea-captain discovers that he can be as corrupt as his crew and in so doing commits the unpardonable sin of endangering his ship. 1967.By Johnny Gruelle. 1993
Contains all the original Raggedy Andy stories as Andy is reunited with his sister, Raggedy Ann, and brings a dance,…
a pillow fight, and a taffy pull into the lives of the other dolls. Andy bravely ventures into the gutter to find the penny dolls, "cures" the French doll, and encounters the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, and a beautiful seashell. First introduced in 1920. Grades 2-4. 1993.By A. A Milne. 2003
By A. A Milne. 2004
Poems about the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace; the three little foxes who kept their handkerchiefs in cardboard…
boxes; and, of course, Christopher Robin, named for A. A. Milne's son. Read about the naughty Mary Jane and bears on the corners of London's streets. Grades K-3. First published in 1924. 2004.By Franz Kafka, Joachim Neugroschel. 1994
First published in the early part of the twentieth century. The translator explains the origins of Kafka's Prague German in…
the introduction. In "Metamorphosis" - a three-part novella - a man awakens one morning from agitated dreams to find himself transformed into a monstrous insect. This collection also contains sketches, stories, and other short works by a writer known for his ability to capture the essence of the human condition in a short story. 1994.By Michael Cox, R. A Gilbert. 1986
A selection of 42 stories written between 1829 and 1968, which represents a range of the English tradition of the…
literary ghost story by demonstrating its historical development as well as major themes and characteristics. 1986.By Joyce Cary. 1941
By Mary Norton. 1959
The Borrowers, a family of miniature people, journey down a drain, live briefly in a teakettle, and are swept away…
in a flood before finding a new home. Sequel to "The Borrowers Afield" (DC04420). Followed by "Borrowers aloft" (DC04489). Grades 4-7. 1959.