The Turret
10 best books like The Turret (Margery Sharp): The Iron Sceptre, The Wainscott Weasel, The Midnight Folk, The School for Cats, The Stolen Lake, No Kiss For Mother, The Magic Bicycle, Harry Cat's Pet Puppy, Howie Monroe and the Doghouse of Doom, Bob, Son of Battle
| Author | John White |
| ISBN | 0877845891 |
Anthropos is in danger. So Wesley, Kurt and Lisa are once again magically transported from their home in Winnipeg to help save this threatened land. The Iron Sceptre, the source of King Kardia's power to rule, is in peril. The children, joined by their cousin Mary, are called on to stop Mirmah and her chief...
| Author | Tor Seidler |
| ISBN | 0062059114 |
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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| Author | John Masefield |
| ISBN | 0006724167 |
‘Don’t you have any fear, Kay. We’re the guards, we are. We hear that the house has gone all to sixes and sevens since we left it, but that’s going to be remedied now’
Young Kay Harker lives in an old house in the country, filled with portraits of his ancestors. His only companions are...
Jenny Linsky, the famous little black cat of Greenwich Village, has never been to school before. When her master, Captain Tinker, sends her to a boarding school in the country to learn the special knowledge of cats—manners and cooperation—she is a little afraid, among strangers, and so far from...
| Author | Joan Aiken |
| ISBN | 0099477394 |
Dido Twite, heroine of Black Hearts in Battersea and Nightbirds on Nantucket, is on her wildest adventure yet. On her way back to London aboard the Thrush, Dido and crew are summoned to the aid of the tyrannical queen of New Cumbria. Her island is an infernal place where birds carry off men and fish eat human...
| Author | Tomi Ungerer |
| ISBN | 1570982082 |
Children will sympathize with bad-kitty Piper Paw when he refuses to wear the clothes his mother sets out, squirms from her when she smothers him in kisses, and won't eat when she desperately tries to please him with his favorite foods.Through every disruptive means available to him -- slingshots,...
| Author | John Bibee |
| ISBN | 0877843481 |
"Once there was a magic bicycle that found a boy," begins this tale of adventure and suspense. When John Kramer comes across an old, rusty Spirit Flyer bicycle, he finds it far from ordinary. First, the bike helps him save a neighbor's barn from burning. Then it brings him into conflict with the boys in...
| Author | George Selden |
| ISBN | 0440456479 |
"Get that thing out of here!" Tucker shouted.Tucker Mouse was waiting impatiently in the drainpipe in the Times Square subway station where he and his friend, Harry Cat, made their home. And when Harry finally came home, he was dragging with him what looked like a dirty dish mop. It was a puppy."It's staying...
| Author | James Howe |
| ISBN | 0689839529 |
Dear possible reader of this book,
My editor asked me to write a third book in my series, Tales from the House of Bunnicula. And did I have trouble getting started! I was afraid I used up all my ideas. But faster than a writer can say "What if?" I came up with a story! It's about a lovable and smart (not to...
| Author | Alfred Ollivant |
| ISBN | 1434487768 |
The extremely-- no, EXTREMELY gory and tragic story of an old Scotsman and his killer dog, Red Wull, which people inexplicably think is a nice rousing dog story for kids. Two feuding sheep farmers express their hatred and rivalry by entering their respective dogs in sheep-herding contests. It climaxes...
Reread for the umpteenth time, because I'm wretchedly ill and in need of a comfort read. This is the coziest book, filled with hikes in the snowy woods, fudge-making, cats, sweet gingham dresses, mothers who greet you after school with fresh chocolate cake, and skating parties. I wish Catherine Woolley's...
The Borrowers Aloft: With the Short Tale Poor Stainless
| Author | Mary Norton |
| ISBN | 0152047344 |
Borrowers Pod and Homily enjoy miniature model village of Little Fordham built by quiet one-leg Abel Potts. Daughter Arriety 17 secretly confides in elderly chatterbox fairy believer Miss Menzies. Competitors big Mabel and small thin Sidney Platter kidnap Clocks for tourist attraction opening...
| Author | Jill Barklem |
| ISBN | 0689831722 |
It was early summer in Brambly Hedge. Outside, everything seemed quiet and peaceful, but inside the mill there was chaos. Poppy's new babies were crying, Dusty's mill was clattering and clouds of flour dust filled the air. This was no place to bring up a family. But what was to be done? The mice of Brambly...
| Author | Cynthia Rylant |
| ISBN | 0689834187 |
Rosie's charm bracelet has a cottage.
Tess's has a record player.
And Lily's has a typewriter.
With these beautiful baubles and new dresses, the cousins are set to be bridesmaids when Aunt Lucy marries her sweetheart, Michael. The girls have returned to Cobble Street for the wedding,...
The Adventures of Old Man Coyote
| Author | Thornton W. Burgess |
| ISBN | 0486296466 |
"Listen," whispered Jimmy Skunk to Peter Rabbit as the strange howling sound echoed through the Green Forest. But Peter was listening. He had never heard anything like it. The sound made cold chills run up and down his backbone. What could it be?
Children will love finding out as Peter Rabbit, Jimmy...
The Secret Of Moon Castle
| Author | Enid Blyton |
| ISBN | 0861635388 |
I was pleased with this one because it was a great adventure and a lovely trip down memory lane. There was no obviously racist or sexist scenes that Enid Blyton's works are sometimes criticised for. It just exuded a warmth throughout which made it very enjoyable and immersive and I was left feeling very...
