Laura is teaching school, and it's terrifying! Most of the students are taller than she is, and she must live away from home for the first time. Laura is miserable, but every Friday-no matter what the weather-Almanzo Wilder arrives to take her home to her family for the weekend. Laura knows that his is a time for new beginnings.
The town of De Smet is hit with terrible, howling blizzards. Snow has reached the rooftops, and no trains can get through with food or coal. The people of De Smet, including Laura's family, are starving. It is young Almanzo Wilder who finally understands what needs to be done. He must save the town, even if it means risking his own life.
This delightful collection contains six timeless classic stories to enchant and delight
Laura and her family find a new home in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, where the nearby creek and swimming hole lure Laura with dangerous, yet thrilling adventures. Too soon, their life is threatened when prairie fires and other strange events jeopardize their crops.
The long winter is over. With spring comes a new job for Laura, town parties, and "Literaries." Laura spends many hours each day sewing shirts to help earn money that will send Mary to a college for the blind. But in the evenings, she makes tie for a new caller, Almanzo Wilder.
I, Geronimo Stilton had returned to the Kingdom of Fantasy on the wings of the Phoenix of Destiny! Blossom, Queen of the Fairies, needed my help once again. But Blossom eas behaving strangely. She sent me off on quest after magical quest, each one more bizarre and dangerous than the last. It felt like my mission were building up to something truly terrible right under my snout. Could my frie…
Born in the wilds of the freezing-cold Yukon, the wolf-cub White Fang soon learns the harsh laws of nature, growing fiercer and more independent in his struggle to survive. Yet buried deep inside him are distant memories of affection and love - can he learn to trust man again?
Written by a medieval poet whose name is unknown, and comparable with the works of Chaucer, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo are masterpieces of a remote and exotic age-the age of chivalry and wizards, knights and holy quests. Yet is is only in the unique artistry and imagination of J.R.R Tolkien that the language of these great stories comes to life for modern readers in t…
At first, Maggie is just feeling stubborn when she declares she won't learn cursive. She can easily type on a computer - who needs cursive? But soon all her classmates are buzzing about Maggie's decision, especially after her teacher says Maggie's cursive is so sloppy her name looks like "Muggie." With "Muggie Maggie" ringing in her ears, Maggie absolutely, positively won't back down. Now what…
Spring has sprung in River Height! Nancy's class is hatching chickens to celebrate. Some of Nancy's classmates are excited, especially Tommy Maron. Tommy has even named all the eggs! But other classmates are less thrilled about the arrival of the little birds. Catherine Spangler is peeved because the chicks are due to arrive on Her birthday-the nerve!