Basil in Mexico

10 best books like Basil in Mexico (Eve Titus): The Wainscott Weasel, Miss Bianca, The Bedside Companion to Sherlock Holmes, The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Bruce, The Mouse of Amherst: A Tale of Young Readers, The Winter Child, The Jedera Adventure, The Wizard of Ooze, Ace: The Very Important Pig

AuthorTor Seidler
ISBN0062059114
While other young weasels dance under the pines, Bagley thinks about Bridget, the mesmerizing fish who lives in a pond down the brook from his den. Only a true hero can save Bridget from the gruesome death that awaits her'and this is exactly what Bagley, much to his own surprise, proves himself to be.

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AuthorMargery Sharp
ISBN0316783102
Miss Bianca, the elegant mouse Chairwoman of the famed Prisoners' Aid Society, drew in her breath. "The prisoner," she said gravely, "is a little girl of eight. She has been kidnapped by the wicked Grand Duchess and is imprisoned in the Diamond Palace." Careful plans for the rescue are laid, but even...
AuthorDick Riley
ISBN0760771561
Pssst! Did you know that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes originally went by another name? That the character of Holmes was actually based on a real person? That Conan Doyle never described Holmes as wearing a deerstalker hat, and never, ever had him speak the words, "Elementary,...
AuthorArthur Conan Doyle
: A collection of stories, plays and essays about Holmes that are not part of the Canon but certainly make nice supplementary reading. An excellent addition to any Holmes library... This book is similar to the out of print and often difficult to find Sherlock Holmes: The Published Apocrypha by Jack Tracy....
AuthorAlbert Payson Terhune
ISBN1406953113
This is one of Albert Payson Terhune’s best stories about his famous dogs. Bruce was a collie, a superb specimen of his wonderful race.

How he got to “The Place,” and how he developed from an “ugly duckling” into the joy and pride of his master and mistress, and how he went overseas and...
AuthorElizabeth Spires
ISBN0374454116
A mouse's-eye-view of Emily Dickinson

When a mouse named Emmaline takes up residence behind the wainscoting of Emily Dickinson's bedroom, she wonders what it is that keeps Emily scribbling at her writing table throughout the day and into the night. Emmaline sneaks a look, and finds that it's...
AuthorWendy Froud
ISBN0743202341
Carefully combing his ears and tail and wearing his finest red felt boots, a furry young faery named Sneezle prepares for the Midwinter festival in Old Oak Wood -- the oldest faery court in the British Isles. All the denizens of the wood have gathered for this grand winter holiday...but this year something...
AuthorLloyd Alexander
ISBN0141312386
Returning a library book is easy. Unless the book in question is a rare, valuable, very overdue library book. And it must be retumed to the famed library at Bel-Saaba in the North African country' of Jedera. And it's in the hands of Vesper Holly. Who's guaranteed to turn any seemingly simple errand into...
AuthorDavid Farland
ISBN1598113542
When the evil wormlord Sebaceous Ooze uses his magical song to enslave mice to dig a volcano that will help him and his slobber goblin armies take over the world, it's up to Amber, a mouse with magical powers, to stop him. With her devoted friends by her side—Ben, a mouse who used to be a human boy; Thorn,...
Ace: The Very Important Pig
AuthorDick King-Smith
ISBN0679819312
This book is about a young pig called Ace living on a farm with Farmer Tubbs. Ace gets his name from the birth mark on his left hand side which looks like an ace of clubs.
Ace discovers from very young that he is able to understand the Queens English as well as communicating with the other animals living...
AuthorBill Wallace
ISBN0671014153
I've started reading middle grade books to my toddler, a few chapters a night. This was the first one I picked up and I'm so glad I did. First of all, I have fond memories of this book. My third grade teacher made a habit of reading to our class, a little bit every day, throughout the year. This was one of the books...
The Adventures of Peter Cottontail
AuthorThornton W. Burgess
ISBN1633222926
Introduce a new generation to Thornton Burgess'Peter Cottontail in The Adventures of Peter Cottontail.

The Adventures of Peter Cottontail recounts the hijinks of one of the most endearing and beloved creatures in children's literature. Full of mischief (and then remorse), Peter has exploits...
AuthorJean Fritz
ISBN0698116097
Part of a series entitled Unforgettable Americans, originally published by Penguin, this the second book by Jean Fritz I've reviewed. If I'd read this one first, I wouldn't have bothered reading the first and neigher should you, or your children!
If you, dear reader, were educated in a time when...
56 Sherlock Holmes Stories in 56 Days
AuthorCharlotte Anne Walters
ISBN1780922736
To celebrate the release of her novel Barefoot on Baker Street, Charlotte Anne Walters undertook the task of reading and reviewing one of the original Sherlock Holmes short stories every day until she had completed all 56. The reviews were posted daily on her blog and attracted viewers from all over...
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