A Peep Behind the Scenes
10 best books like A Peep Behind the Scenes (Mrs. O.F. Walton): The Silver Crown, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Elsie Dinsmore, The Carrot Seed, Self-Raised, Teddy's Button, The Basket of Flowers: A Tale for the Young, The Hedge of Thorns, Titus: A Comrade of the Cross, The Hidden Hand
| Author | Robert C. O'Brien |
| ISBN | 0689871252 |
Ellen awakens one morning with a mysterious silver crown on the pillow beside her. What magic powers it possesses she has not yet discovered, but the sudden changes in her life are unmistakable: her house is burned down, her family has disappeared, and a man in a dark uniform is stalking her. Can Ellen...
| Author | Frances Hodgson Burnett |
| ISBN | 1934169234 |
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1885, 1886) by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a beloved children's novel that made a huge impact on the 19th century public, shaping everything from boys' clothing fashions to copyright law. Cedric Errol is a generous, kind, and exemplary middle-class American boy who is suddenly...
Elsie Dinsmore-part one
Why I am even writing this in the first place.
I loved the Elsie Dinsmore, (ED), books when I was younger. In the last few years, as I have made some new friends and started to actually talk to my friends about what they thought about things I was surprised by all the criticism,...
| Author | Ruth Krauss |
| ISBN | 0694004928 |
From beloved children's book creators Ruth Krauss and Crockett Johnson comes the perennial favorite The Carrot Seed, now in a board book that's perfect for little hands.
When a little boy plants a carrot seed, everyone tells him it won't grow. But when you are very young, there are some things...
| Author | E.D.E.N. Southworth |
In this suspenseful sequel to Ishmael, you will follow the valiant perseverance of our hero, Ishmael Worth. From the sultry heat of Cuba to the gloomy crags of northern Scotland, Ishmael stands resolute in his commitment to those he loves. Whether he is wrestling with the icy hand of death or carefully...
| Author | Amy Le Feuvre |
| ISBN | 1584740272 |
Here is a story that will open a child's understanding of the spiritual battle within as Teddy learns that he is his own worst enemy. As a stubborn boy and girl refuse to back down from their selfish pride, one of the many lessons they learn is that they cannot win battles by force and hate, but by carrying...
| Author | Christoph von Schmid |
| ISBN | 1584740019 |
This first book of the Lamplighter Rare Collector's Series continues to be a best-seller. James, the king's gardener, teaches his 15-year-old daughter Mary all the principles of godliness through his flowers. She is falsely accused of stealing, and the penalty is death. Mary remembers her father...
| Author | Mary Martha Sherwood |
| ISBN | 1584740116 |
After a devotional study of the Hebrew word "shamar"(a primitive root) and its Greek equivalents, which included an in-depth look at most of the scriptures containing multiple nuances of its meaning, I began to mull over various applications.
While taking a breather, I was surprised to find...
| Author | Florence Morse Kingsley |
| ISBN | 1584740027 |
Well this one was... unexpected. I'm honestly not sure how to review it. It almost makes me feel like a bad Christian to give a book about Jesus two stars? But here goes. XP
I will say that while the plot line was okay, the writing was very subpar. The narrative jumped around in a confusing way, and...
| Author | E.D.E.N. Southworth |
| ISBN | 0813512964 |
E.D.E.N. Southworth was one of the most popular and prolific writers of the nineteenth century and her Capitola Black, or Black Cap - a cross-dressing, adventure-seeking girl-woman - was so well-loved that the book was serialized three times between 1859 and 1888 and was dramatized in forty different...
