The Cricket on the Hearth is a novella by Charles Dickens, written in 1845. It is the third of Dickens' five Christmas books, the others being A Christmas Carol (1843), The Chimes (1844), The Battle of Life (1846), and The Haunted Man...
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...
"Please come and help me, brother! Oh, please do! Oh, do! Oh, do!"
How could Gobbolino resist a plea like that, even though it came from his wicked sister, Sootica, the wicth's cat? It nearly broke Gobbolino's heart to have ti leave his new,...
When he discovers that animals from all over the world want to communicate with each other, Dr Dolittle has the wonderful idea of setting up the Swallow Mail, the fastest postal service ever. Doctor Dolittle establishes a swallow mail service for...
With every word spoken, the story comes to life... Meggie loves stories, but her father Mo refuses to read them to her. He hasn't read a single book aloud since her mother mysteriously vanished years ago. But one night their peaceful life is...