Jack was eleven when the berserkers loomed out of the fog and nabbed him. “It seems that things are stirring across the water,” the Bard had warned. “Ships are being built, swords are being forged.”
“Is that bad?” Jack had asked, for...
Gwyn never thought of himself as a magician. Mostly he was just a regular boy with an irregular family — a nervous mother, a half-dotty grandmother, a sister missing for four years, and a father who blames him relentlessly for his sister's...
Toot! Toot! Tootity-toot-toot! "Goodness me! who is blowing the horn?"asked the Talking Doll, as she sat up on the shelf in the toy shop. "This isn't Friday; and we don't want any fish!" "Speak for yourself, if you please," said a large, white...
Beartrix Potter(1866-1943) - is one of the most notable authors of children's literature. Fairy tales, those created by her about animals, which were self-illustrated with graceful and tender water colors, are notable for delicate lyricism and...
Beartrix Potter(1866-1943) - is one of the most notable authors of children's literature. Fairy tales, those created by her about animals, which were self-illustrated with graceful and tender water colors, are notable for delicate lyricism and...
Dorothy tries to rescue the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow from the giantess who has changed them into a tin owl and a teddy bear and is using them for...
Lucy, Edmund, and their cousin Eustace, are magically transported onto the ship, Dawn Treader, where King Caspian is searching for the seven lost friends of his father. On the voyage, the children meet many fantastical creatures, including the great...
One of the true classics of English literature, here are the adventures of Mole, Water Rat, Badger, and Toad. Grahame’s idyllic world is as fresh now as when they first discovered his enchanting tales—of Ratty sculling his boat on the...