The Violet Fairy Book
10 best books like The Violet Fairy Book (Andrew Lang): Dear Mr. Henshaw, Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family, The Chronicles of Prydain Boxed Set, A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings, The Dark Is Rising Sequence, A Book Dragon, The Egypt Game, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, The Case of the Stolen Sixpence, The Abhorsen Trilogy Box Set
| Author | Beverly Cleary |
| ISBN | 0380709589 |
Leigh has been Boyd Henshaw's number one fan ever since he was in second grade. Now in sixth grade, Leigh lives with his mother and is the new kid in school. He's lonely, troubled by the absence of his father, a cross-country trucker, and angry because a mysterious thief steals from his lunchbag. Then Leigh's...
Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family
| Author | Miep Gies |
| ISBN | 0671662341 |
If a person has heard Miep Gies speak, this book is extactly like her speech. She may have a co-author, but her voice comes though loud and clear.
Like the documentry about Anne Frank, this book does much in dispelling some of the myths that surrond the Frank family and thier assoicates. In many...
| Author | Lloyd Alexander |
| ISBN | 0805082743 |
Millions of young readers have been enthralled by the adventures of Taran the Assistant Pig-Keeper and his lively companions as they journey through the magical land of Prydain. First published more than thirty years ago and translated into twenty different languages, Lloyd Alexander's beloved...
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
| Author | Charles Dickens |
| ISBN | 0140439056 |
An alternate cover for this isbn can be found here.
'Merry Christmas!...every idiot who goes about with "Merry Christmas" on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding'
Dickens' story of solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by a series...
| Author | Susan Cooper |
| ISBN | 0020425651 |
This series is fantastic, and has been horridly overlooked, particularly so seeming that our current culture seems so fascinated with all things Potter. Not that The Dark Is Rising is anything like Harry Potter - not at all. It's thickly steeped in Celtic and Arthurian legend, is relentless in its exploration...
| Author | Donn Kushner |
| ISBN | 0380707691 |
How have I not reviewed this delightful book before? A tragedy!
This charming, charming tale is the story of a dragon who becomes obsessed with watching a monk illuminate beautiful book. Dragons, you see, can make themselves larger or smaller, depending on what they eat. A steady diet of humans...
| Author | Zilpha Keatley Snyder |
| ISBN | 0808553038 |
The first time Melanie Ross meets April Hall, she's not sure they'll have anything in common. But she soon discovers that they both love anything to do with ancient Egypt. When they stumble upon a deserted storage yard behind the A-Z Antiques and Curio Shop, Melanie and April decide it's the perfect spot...
| Author | Jean Lee Latham |
| ISBN | 0618250743 |
Readers today are still fascinated by “Nat,” an eighteenth-century nautical wonder and mathematical wizard. Nathaniel Bowditch grew up in a sailor’s world—Salem in the early days, when tall-masted ships from foreign ports crowded the wharves. But Nat didn’t promise to have the makings...
| Author | Holly Webb |
| ISBN | 0544339282 |
This was a super cute start to a mystery series featuring a ambitious girl named Maisie, who wants desperately to be a detective. I'm a huge fan of historical mysteries in my adult reading, and I thought this Victorian mystery was so fun for middle grade readers. The mystery features some missing coins...
| Author | Garth Nix |
| ISBN | 0060734191 |
Yeah.! This was an amazing read. If you like Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials (which I did), then you definitely have to grab a copy of these precioussssss piecesss. Anyway, As I was trying to check his website for an update of Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen the fourth book in the series.. I found this instead.....
سواء ما إذا كنتُ أتمشَّى في شوارع صاخبة،
أو أدخل كنيسةً تعجُّ بالنَّاس،
أو أقضى الليل في صُحبةٍ صاخبة -لا فرق!-
أُطلق العنان لأفكاري.
أقولُ لنفسي:...
| Author | David Day |
| ISBN | 1586635271 |
J.R.R. Tolkien had a great knowledge of, and love for, world mythology when he wrote his beloved trilogy of Middle Earth. In particular, the symbol of the Ring has a rich and fascinating heritage, and this beautifully illustrated literary detective work searches down Tolkien's sources and inspiration....
| Author | Ion Budai-Deleanu |
| ISBN | 9739244491 |
„Nicio alta opera literara romaneasca n-a avut atata ghinion ca Tiganiada, epopee careia i-a trebuit un secol si jumatate pentru a fi recunoscuta drept o mare creatie. [...] Mai poate fascina epopeea astazi? Prin ce anume? Raspunsul se afla intr-o noua lectura a acestei epopei barochiste, poem...
Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha
| Author | Jack Kerouac |
| ISBN | 0670019577 |
Though raised Catholic, in the early 1950s Jack Kerouac became fascinated with Buddhism, an interest that would have a profound impact on his ideas of spirituality and their expression in his writing from Mexico City Blues to The Dharma Bums. Published for the first time in book form, Wake Up is Kerouac's...
Manners, Custom And Dress During The Middle Ages And During The Renaissance Period (Forgotten Books)
A cultural history of the Middle Ages amd Renaissance Period, focussing on various aspects of public and private everyday life of society, such as hunting, games, guilds, costumes and many more, and their development from ancient times to Renaissance. Illustrated with over 400 images. "What an ardent...
Ultima oară când am citit această nuvelă a fost în liceu, dar cred că de abia acum pot să apreciez cu adevărat talentul lui Caragiale. Firește, când îi aud numele îmi vine zâmbetul pe buze și imediat mă gândesc la "O scrisoare pierdută" sau la vreo altă comedie. Astfel, îi dau o eticheta...
When Mark Bracelyn lumbers into Chelsea Singer’s cupcake shop with an axe, she’s poised to hit the panic button. But he fixes her door, praises her buttercream, and sends her skittish heart pounding like a hammer on a hollow log, so he can’t be all that scary. Chelsea’s sure there’s a gooey...
Three magic Doors you here behold.
Time to choose: Wood? Silver? Gold?
Listen to your inner voice, And you will make the wisest choice.
Rye is willing to risk everything to save his brothers, lost in the terrifying world beyond the Wall of Weld. Sonia is determined to find and...
