Far to Go

Author	Rumer Godden
ISBN	0440987903

Books about ballet I read whenever I find them, and this one, I simply inhaled. I don't know why I didn't come across this one years ago--but then Rumer Godden has not always been a easy find in this country; by the time I was cruising the library shelves, a lot of her books had gone the way of the library discard...

Author	Enid Blyton
ISBN	0006904653

"We're off to Cherry-Tree Farm! We're going to go wild!" the children shout as their train pulls out of London.

So of course when Uncle Tim tells them about Tammylan, the wild man who lives out of doors and knows all about the animals and birds, they decide to look for him. Once they meet him all sorts...

Author	Sheila Haigh
ISBN	0590430157

FEBRUARY

as part of my personal reading challenges for 2017, once a month i will be revisiting a favorite book from when i was a little bitty karen and seeing if it holds up to my fond memories and determining if i can still enjoy it as an old and crotchety karen.

fingers crossed.

so:...

Author	Zilpha Keatley Snyder
ISBN	0440424852

Legit props to Snyder for giving the book this title. You know these kids are going to be kidnaped and the fact that the first half of the book is just a travelogue about the family moving to Italy really ramps up the tension. Every time they go on a picnic, or their parents leave for work, you think . . . this...

Author	Maurice Gee
ISBN	0195580400

This book and the subsequent TV series left such an impression on me that I still can't look at Rangitoto without thinking about slimy aliens, giant worms and those cool glowing stones. I wanted one just as much as I wanted my own lightsabre.

Undoubtedly a New Zealand classic. The only reason...

Author	Lorna Hill
ISBN	0856861561

Why do I find this series from a bygone age so appealing, even now? Surely a series of books for young adults, set in the ballet world, would be of limited appeal, and err towards an unpopular, rather unsavoury elitism? Even the original covers, watercolours by the ballet artist Eve Guthrie, show an exclusively...

Author

John Lawrence Peterson

The Littles is a timeless favorite that's been enjoyed for decades. Ready to grab the attention of a new generation, fresh cover art brings an updated look to this classic series.

In the 5th title of our relaunch of the series, Granny Little is sad but no one is sure why. To cheer her up the Littles...

Author	Willard Price
ISBN	0224619268

Willard Price returns beneath the waves for the next thrilling adventure in the series, this time at Australia's Great Barrier Reef. This is the only book that embraces fantasy full-on with its fictitious Underwater City where civilians live out their daily lives. Although a city of this scale never...