Tatsinda

Author

Barbara Helen Berger

A stunning book that has stayed with me ever since my 5th/6th grade teacher read it aloud to us. The story was so moving to me as a child, and after briefly forgetting about it as an adult, I suddenly had something tickle my memory and then became absolutely determined to find it to share with my then 5 year...

Author	Marian Cockrell
ISBN	0595092969

In the middle of a deep forest is an enchanted valley and a castle where only shadows live, shadows of kings and queens who have waited for hundreds of years for the spell cast upon them to be broken. One day, a girl named Lucy follows a little dog through a tunnel into the valley and meets the mysterious red-haired...

Author	Zilpha Keatley Snyder
ISBN	0440803047

Libby is sent to public school to be "socialized" after years of being educated at home."An honest, forthright picture of these classmates-tumed-friends who come to accept their difficulties and to care about each other...an absorbing story, filled with real young people and genuine concerns."--...

Author	Pauline Clarke
ISBN	0698201175

Beneath a floorboard in the old farmhouse into which his family has just moved, eight-year-old Max Morley discovers twelve time-worn wooden soldiers. Under his careful watch, the "Twelves" come to life, each possessing a name and a distinct personality. As Max soon learns, they share a history filled...

Author	E. Nesbit
ISBN	1590172027

The famous Arden family treasure has been missing for generations, and the last members of the Arden line, Edred, Elfrida, and their Aunt Edith, have nothing to their names but the crumbling castle they live in. Just before his tenth birthday, Edred inherits the title of Lord Arden; he also learns that...

Author	Diane Duane
ISBN	0739419439

Book club collection of So You Want to Be a Wizard; Deep Wizardry; High Wizardry; A Wizard Abroad; The Wizard's Dilemma.

Long before there was Harry Potter, there was Nita Callahan and her friend Kit. Nita doesn't have a highly significant scar on her forehead, nor does she live with abusive...

Author

Hilda Lewis

When my mother and grandparents when on sabbatical in Nottingham, they lived next door to Hilda Lewis who gave my family several copies (the book came out in 1939). Years later when I was little my mother pulled this book out and it became one of my most beloved and cherished books. It is one of the most enchanting...

Author	Ethel Cook Eliot
ISBN	0961596155

This was one of my childhood books. My mom read it to me, and we also had a cassette tape that I'd listen to over and over again, under blankets on the couch on rainy days. I wanted to curl up inside the book, imagining myself playing with Kay and Gentian, the nine- and eight-year old protagonists. I'd re-read...

Author	Noel Streatfeild
ISBN	0440424941

Set at the start of the 20th century, there’s a realistic backdrop to this story with horse-drawn carriages, pea-souper smogs, and a strongly demarcated class system. It's a sequel to 'Thursday's Child' which introduces the intrepid Margaret Thursday, but can be read as a stand-alone.

I...

Author

Mary Norton

When I was looking for Bed-knob and Broomstick to purchase, I came across this title by Mary Norton. The title grabbed my attention, but the illustrator, Brian Froud, made me want to buy the book. Visions of Labyrinth danced through my head -- hello, Goblin King!

So, of course, I bought the book....

Author	Rosemary Sutcliff
ISBN	1590785223

High in the mountains of the Lake District is a secret valley where the Vikings have their last stronghold--their Shield Ring. The Normans seek to crush this group of Northmen and to bring all of England under their control. They build a castle in Carlisle and send an army north. Meanwhile,...

Author	Jeff Brumbeau
ISBN	0439512190

Jeff Brumbeau's prequel to the best-selling THE QUILTMAKER'S GIFT, illustrated with Gail de Marcken's rich, sumptuously detailed paintings, will be embraced by new and old fans of the Quiltmaker.

Escaping from the protective walls of wealth and privilege, a young girl discovers the harsh...

Author	John Muir
ISBN	1883220785

This true tale actually happened in Alaska to the famous naturalist, John Muir, and it became what he called the most memorable of all his wild days. One day, Muir set out to explore a huge glacier during a blizzard. Stickeen--an aloof little dog belonging to a fellow traveler--insisted on going along....

Author	Mitchell Symons
ISBN	0060731494

You hold in your hands the ultimate trivia guide. Organized in thematic sections, That Book covers a world of learning by an author whos developed game shows (he was the creator of the first "fastest-finger" game-show quiz) and was one of the original contributors to the international editions of Trivial...

Author	Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
ISBN	0006903908

It's rare in the later books for a character to so firmly bounce from the page as Kathy Ferrars does. Jack does, almost, and I think Flavia does, sort of, but in the rapid character turn and turn about that Brent-Dyer slid into once the school returned to Switzerland, no other character comes quite close...