John Lawrence
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In a time before Lyra Silvertongue was born, the tough American balloonist Lee Scoresby and the great armoured bear Iorek Byrnison meet when Lee and his hare daemon Hester crash-land their trading balloon onto a port in the far Arctic North and find themselves right in the middle of a political powder keg.
Fantasy.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly col. ill. ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
Katy Mouse teaches her younger brother, Tiny, the names of some of the things they see, including a boot, a snail, and a pheasant, when they go to the cornfield to play games.
Author
Language
English
Description
While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads to a pirate fortune as well as great danger. Portrayal of good versus evil, as the young boy accompanies Long John Silver and his band of pirates in search of the buried treasure.
Author
Series
Watership Down volume 2
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
1996
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 267 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nineteen interconnected stories set in the world of rabbits. In one of them the rabbit hero, El-ahrairah, obtains for his people the sense of smell, in another he saves them from an invasion by rats. A sequel to the 1974 novel, Watership Down.
10) The word party
Author
Publisher
Delacorte
Pub. Date
1992
Physical Desc
72 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A collection of poems on such topics as why bananas bend, the magic number that makes dreams come true, and the behavior of badgers.
11) Wayland
Author
Publisher
David Fickling Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 x 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Reinvents the northern legend of Wayland the blacksmith, whose craft and skill spread his fame far and wide. But Wayland's talents bring him nothing but pain. Following the loss of his swan-bride and his enslavement by a greedy king, Wayland has to rely on hope, courage and cunning to get by.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Timelines of World History outlines the most significant landmarks and turning points in the history of the world: wars and revolutions, ground-breaking inventions and discoveries, artistic movements, and the rise and fall of great empires--from the earliest settlements over 10,000 years ago, right up to the end of the 20th century."--
