Life is good for Buck in Santa Clara Valley, where he spends his days eating and sleeping in the golden sunshine. But one day an act of betrayal leads to his kidnap, and he is forced into a life of danger. Dragged away to be a sledge dog in the harsh and freezing-cold Yukon, Buck must fight for his survival. Can he rise above his enemies and become the master of his realm once again?
Old man Scrooge has no friends or family to love him - he's just so miserable and bitter! One freezing cold Christmas Eve, Marley's Ghost pays Scrooge a visit and takes him on an eerie night-time journey. The Christmas spirits show Scrooge the error of his nasty ways by visiting his past, present and future... Will Scrooge learn to love Christmas and everyone around him?
Step into the strange world of Dr. Henry Jekyll, a handsome and respected physician; the hideous and vile Edward Hyde; and Mr. Utterson, Jekyll's friend and lawyer. Here beneath the rain and fog of the dark London streets lurks a shocking secret waiting to be revealed.
This wonderful treasury brings together a cast of well-loved traditional favorites and original characters to delight any girl who loves to read, and those who love to read to her. You will find a story or rhyme for everyday of the year, all beautifully illustrated
Meet Ruby the Red Fairy and her friends in this wonderful collection of eight favourite Rainbow Magic stories to treasure forever! Including gorgeous new illustrations for Flora the Fancy Dress Fairy
Being the smallest in her family, she expects she knows how the small ladybug in her garden feels. It probably has to go to bed before all the others, and whenever it finds out something interesting, the bigger ladybugs probably say they already knew. Violet wants to help the ladybug, so she puts it in a jar and feeds it cheese toast - until she wakes up to a horrible surprise. But thankfull…
Her theory is put to the test when Mama and Vincent announce some very special news: they are going to get married. And they are all moving to a new house. Violet is excited for the wedding, but Dylan is angry about the move. Normally, it is nice to be inside with your family during a storm when there is something about penguins on TV. But it is hard to enjoy it when your brother is outside in …
Violet's ideas come in handy when developing plans, inventing useful theories, helping her mama at the market, digging for dinosaur bones, and sewing unusual leg warmers. But when it comes to getting a very special Blue China Bird, ordinary plans won't work. In fact, not even quite good plans are enough. What Violet needs is a brilliant plot.
Ada is ten years old and has never left her one-room apartment. Her cruel mother is too humiliated by Ada's twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother, Jamie, is shipped out of London to escape the war, Ada sneaks out to join him. Ada and Jamie are forced upon Susan Smith, a woman used to having only herself to care for. At Susan's home, Ada teaches herself to ride a pony, lea…
In this spirited tale of adventure, Vincent Wingfield, who is not yet sixteen, returns home to Virginia after four years of school in England to find conditions in America greatly unsettled. When war breaks out in 1861, Vincent staunchly supports the rights of slaves but joins Lee's cavalry to fight for the confederacy. Henty's gripping story, written several decades after the war, weaves th…