Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Curdie has a strange gift: he can tell who anybody is by reading their hands. But he's not sure what good that is when the kingdom starts falling apart. Along with his trusty monster, he must decide what to believe, who to help, and who to fight when the king grows mysteriously sick and the princess is helpless. Sequel to the classic fantasy The Princess and the Goblin, The Princess and Curdie is a clever fable of falsehood versus truth and appearance...
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Cozy Winter Reads (WPL-ADULT)
Explore the Classics - YOUTH
Green Hills All Staff Favorites
More Lists...
Explore the Classics - YOUTH
Green Hills All Staff Favorites
More Lists...
Description
"The adventures of high-spirited Anne, which have inspired multiple TV and movie adaptations, is now available in an unabridged hardcover edition that's a perfect gift for today's young readers. When Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert ask the orphanage for a boy to help on the farm, they are surprised to receive Anne--a talkative, dreamy, red-haired, freckle-faced girl. Despite Anne's imaginative antics, her presence fills the small town of Avonlea with...
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Banned SF/Fantasy Books
Digital Minds: Fictional Tales of AI
Green Hills All Staff Favorites
More Lists...
Digital Minds: Fictional Tales of AI
Green Hills All Staff Favorites
More Lists...
Description
"A stunning new clothbound edition of Mary Shelley's infamous work of horror fiction, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. These delectable and collectible Penguin editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design Obsessed by creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks into life by electricity. But his botched creature,...
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Formats
Description
In this version of the classic song "Old MacDonald Had a Farm, " the farmer's granddaughter plants a garden which provides a place for birds, insects, and other wild creatures to shelter and nest. Backmatter presents facts and activities related to this lively ecosystem.
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In a rip-roaring journey of peril and adventure, four explorers find a lost prehistoric world in the remote wilds of South America. Huge pterodactyls rule the skies and the jungle beneath is home to lumbering stegosaurus, carnivorous dinosaurs and terrifying ape-men. If the adventurers can survive then fame and fortune almost certainly await them back in London, but in this dangerous land that defies all science and reason who knows what could happen....
Author
Language
English
Description
"Jane Powell appeared in only nineteen movies, yet she is one of the best-known and most affectionately remembered actresses from the golden era of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musicals. [This book] is a vivid and compelling account of her life. As a small child she had a startlingly beautiful voice, and began performing at the age of two. She was encouraged and supported by her hardworking parents, who made many sacrifices to provide her with dancing, singing,...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Suggest a purchase. Submit Request