Madam How and Lady Why
10 best books like Madam How and Lady Why (Charles Kingsley): The Daughter of Time, Across Five Aprils, George Washington's World, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, Freckle Juice, Summer of the Monkeys, This Country of Ours, Wild Animals I Have Known, Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution, Our Island Story
| Author | Josephine Tey |
| ISBN | 0684803860 |
In 1951, Josephine Tey wrote her 5th novel in the Inspector Grant series. In 1990, this mystery novel was named the greatest mystery novel of all time by the British Crime Writers' Association. After reading it, I can definitely see why.
For one thing, during the entire novel, Inspector Alan...
| Author | Irene Hunt |
| ISBN | 0425182789 |
Do they make kid's books like this sort anymore? Real and real painful. Across Five Aprils was required reading in 6th grade and it was as if the teacher's were saying "Life's a bitch, get used to it."
I remember this as eloquently rendered and high-minded, gut-wrenching drama when I read it way...
This Newbury Honor book will not only deepen your fondness and respect for the Father Of Our Nation, but will aquaint you with the great contemporaries of Washington from around the world. Learn about the fascinating lives of the great philosophers, musicians and inventors of the 1700 s. Recommended...
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
| Author | Howard Pyle |
| ISBN | 1595406557 |
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire is an 1883 novel by the American illustrator and writer Howard Pyle. Consisting of a series of episodes in the story of the English outlaw Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men, the novel compiles traditional material into a coherent...
| Author | Judy Blume |
| ISBN | 9991373764 |
Nicky has freckles: they cover his face, his ears, and the whole back of his neck. Sitting behind him in class, Andrew once counted eighty-six of them, and that was just a start! If Andrew had freckles like Nicky, his mother would never know if his neck was dirty.
One day after school, Andrew works...
| Author | Wilson Rawls |
| ISBN | 0440415802 |
The last thing a fourteen-year-old boy expects to find along an old Ozark river bottom is a tree full of monkeys. Jay Berry Lee's grandpa had an explanation, of course--as he did for most things. The monkeys had escaped from a traveling circus, and there was a handsome reward in store for anyone who could...
| Author | H.E. Marshall |
| ISBN | 1599150107 |
Stories from the history of the United States beginning with a full account of exploration and settlement and ending with the presidency of Woodrow Wilson. The 99 chapters are grouped under 7 headings: Stories of Explorers and Pioneers, Stories of Virginia, Stories of New England, Stories of the Middle...
| Author | Ernest Thompson Seton |
| ISBN | 1599151812 |
I haven't reread these stories since when I was a little kid, and they make the same deep impression on me now as they did then. The stories aren't an easy reading, for, as the author warns in the very beginning, the lives of wild animals seldom end peacefully, and they are full of such love of the nature that...
| Author | Natalie S. Bober |
| ISBN | 0689819161 |
Abigail Adams is often referred to as the wife of one president and the mother of another. Rarely is she described as a woman in her own right. Although her primary focus and concerns were in her role as wife and mother, she lives in history because of her extraordinary letters to her family and to her friends....
| Author | H.E. Marshall |
| ISBN | 1599150093 |
A child's history of England from earliest legendary times delightfully retold. Beginning with the stories of Albion and Brutus, it relates all the interesting legends and hero tales in which the history of England abounds through the end of the reign of Queen Victoria. Suitable for children ages...
| Author | Susan Wise Bauer |
| ISBN | 0972860339 |
Where was the Crystal Palace? Who was the Sick Man of Europe? And how did cow fat start a revolution?
Now more than ever, other countries and customs affect our everyday lives—and our children need to learn about the people who live all around the world. Susan Wise Bauer has provided...
| Author | Charlotte M. Mason |
| ISBN | 0842313567 |
This book has been invaluable to me in my understanding of the Charlotte Mason method. I feel like so many principles came together for me in this second volume. Her reflections on parents and children are profound and would be inspiring to any parent.
I have so many favorite quotes from this...
The Burgess Animal Book for Children
| Author | Thornton W. Burgess |
| ISBN | 0486437450 |
When Jenny Wren learns that Peter Rabbit would like to know more about the four-footed friends who share the Green Meadows and Green Forest with him, she encourages him to speak with Old Mother Nature who is only too happy to help. During their "classroom" chats, she not only teaches Peter about Arctic...
The Story Book of Science
| Author | Jean-Henri Fabre |
| ISBN | 1599150255 |
The wonders of plant and animal life told with rare literary charm by Uncle Paul in conversations with three children. Besides such stories as the ants' subterranean city, the spider's suspension bridge, and the caterpillars' processing, he unlocks the mystery behind thunder and lightning, clouds...
How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind: Dealing with Your House's Dirty Little Secrets
| Author | Dana K. White |
| ISBN | 0718079957 |
Bring your home out of the mess it’s in and learn how to keep it under control.
“The dirty little secret about most organizing advice is that it’s written by organized people,” says blogger, speaker, and decluttering expert Dana K. White. “But that’s not how my brain works. I’m...
Tension arises in the love affair of a young artist for whom nothing is permanent and his girlfriend, a teacher who believes that things are meant to last, by the New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist.
This is a compelling love story between two very different young...
