Malvina G Vogel
Author
Series
Publisher
Baronet Books
Publication Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
Shy Mole is cleaning his underground house until the spring weather lures him above for a cautious encounter with the worldly Water Rat. Their exploration of the Wild Wood includes lunch with Otter and hilarious adventures at Toad Hall.
10) Hans Brinker
Author
Series
Publisher
Baronet Books
Publication Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
A Dutch boy and girl work toward two goals, finding the doctor who can restore their father's memory and winning the competition for the silver skates.
Author
Series
Publisher
Baronet Books
Publication Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
A quiet English country village is disturbed by the arrival of a mysterious stranger who keeps his face hidden and his back to everyone. The stranger--a brilliant scientist--has uncovered the secret to invisibility, but his grandiose dreams and the power he unleashes cause him to spiral into intrigue, madness, and murder!
14) Jane Eyre
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo
Publication Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the story of an orphaned young English woman who accepts employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall, a country estate owned by the mysteriously remote Mr. Rochester.
Author
Series
Publisher
Baronet Books
Publication Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
The son of a millionaire is swept overboard and rescued by a small fishing boat where he must work to earn his keep and learns about a way of life where money cannot buy everything and a man's worth lies in who he is, not what he owns.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Harvey Cheyne, the pampered fifteen-year-old son of an American millionaire, is sailing to Europe when he falls overboard. Saved from drowning by a New England fishing schooner, he finds his rough new companions unimpressed by his wealth and shocked by his ignorance. He will have to prove his worth in the only way the captain and crew will accept: through the slow and arduous mastery of skills upon which their common survival depends."--Back cover....
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English
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Description
Alone--it is wonderful how little a man can do alone! To rob a little, to hurt a little, and there is the end. The Original 1897 Classic. A curious man, wearing a long coat, a wide-brimmed hat, and whose face is entirely swathed in bandages save for an obvious fake pink nose, walks into an English inn to the shock and horror of many of the townspeople. Beakers and chemicals in tow, the man demands his solitude. It's strange enough as it is until his...
20) White Fang
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Language
English
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Explore the dangerous and ruthless animal world--and the equally violent human one--in this Scribner Classics keepsake edition of Jack London's renowned wolf tale. White Fang is part dog, part wolf, and all brute, fighting to survive in the frozen north. But when he gradually comes under the spell of man's companionship during the Klondike gold rush in the nineteenth century, how much will he surrender? This collectible edition of a revered classic,...


