Edward Ardizzone
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Series
New Directions paperbook ; 972
Language
English
Description
The Welsh poet Dylan Thomas recalls the celebration of Christmas with his family and the feelings it evoked in him as a child.
5) The alley
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Series
Language
English
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Description
In the heart of Brooklyn, New York, there is an alley that is the most beautiful place to live in the whole wide world. Or so Connie Ives believes. The alley is the perfect location to sharpen Connie's swinging skills, hold practices for the Alley Conservatory of Music, and convict a burglar by trial.
From the bestselling author of Ginger Pye comes the story of a little girl whose eyes are always open to the beauty of the world that surrounds...
From the bestselling author of Ginger Pye comes the story of a little girl whose eyes are always open to the beauty of the world that surrounds...
6) Pinky Pye
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Language
English
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While spending a bird-watching summer on Fire Island, the Pye family acquires a small black kitten that can use a typewriter.
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Language
English
Description
"Pip is a poor orphan, a boy with "no expectations" being raised by his unkind sister and her husband in a small home on the marshes of Kent. But when Pip meets the bizarre Miss Havisham and her beautiful ward, Estella, he starts to yearn for a life as a gentleman. However, Pip will discover that wealth and honesty do not go hand in hand, and that kindness can be found in the most surprising places. A love story, a mystery, and a sharp critique of...
10) Tim in danger
Author
Publisher
H. Z. Walck
Pub. Date
1953.
Language
English
Description
When Ginger runs away to go to sea, Tim and Charlotte follow him and, having no money to return home, sign on as members of a ship's crew and have many adventures, including a shipwreck, before they find Ginger again.
12) Tim and Ginger
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Tim rows out to rescue his careless friend Ginger from the rising tide, but their small boat is caught in a storm and dashed upon the rocks before they reach safety.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
[1972]
Language
English
Description
Nobody believed Hugsy Goode when he prophesied that a tunnel lay beneath the alley until-generations later-Nicholas (alias Copin) and Timothy (alias Tornid) decide to explore. And lo and behold, right under the vine-covered hole outside the house where Hugsy Goode used to live, they find an entrance to adventures beyond their wildest dreams.
A sequel to The Alley.
Author
Publisher
David R. Godine
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
While deciding on a name for his talkative new son, Aladdin, now Emperor of China, is told by the Genie of the Lamp that the child is to be named Abu Ali and that his destiny is to rescue the magician who created a floating garden known as the Land of Green Ginger.
20) The little train
Author
Publisher
Doubleday and Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[1973]
Language
English
Description
Bored with his daily run between two villages, the little train decides to run away.