D is for DEADLY...rnDink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are having a sleepover - in a castle! Dink's favorite mystery writer, Wallis Wallace, has invited them for a visit. But as soon as they arrive, the kids start hearing screams behind the walls. Wallis Wallace says not to worry, every castle is haunted, but Dink isn't so sure. Can they discover who - or what - is haunting Moose Manor?
A is for AUTHOR...rnDink writes to his favorite author, mystery writer Wallis Wallace, and invites him to visit Green Lawn. Wonder of wonders, Wallace says yes! In fact, the famous writer says yes! In fact, the famous writer says that the only way he won't come is if he's kidnapped. But when the big day comes, Wallis Wallace is nowhere to be found. The police think he just missed his plane, but…
Mother and Father Wolf aren't looking for trouble, but when a small man-child toddles by their cave, they decide they can't leave him alone in the jungle. They name the boy Mowgli and raise him as one of their own cubs. From the big old brown bear Baloo and the clever black panther Bagheera, Mowgli learns the Law of the Jungle and the languages of the animals. But even Baloo and Bagheera can't …
Marilla and Matthew want to adopt an orphan boy to help out on the farm. By mistake, they are sent spunky red-haired Anne instead. At first, it seems that wherever Anne goes, trouble follows. She hits a boy over the head with her slate at school. Then she falls off the neighbor's roof during a game of truth or dare! But as she grows up, all of Avonlea comes to love Anne of Green Gables.
It's the first day back to school after winter vacation, and Richard Best is off to a bad start. Who ever heard of a January without any snow? And as usual, he has already forgotten something - the ruler Ms. Rooney told him to bring for dinosaur day. Luckily, Richard finds a ruler in his desk - with a dinosaur's initials - and he's sure the ruler is special. And then he finds out it has magic p…
To win back his father's kingdom, Jason must find the fabled Golden Fleece. Many have attempted the perilous journey in search of it and never returned. But Jason and his band of Argonauts set sail determined to succeed!
Among the most popular and enduring children's books of the first half of the twentieth century, Anne of Green Gables tells the story of an endearingly talkative and precocious 11-year-old orphan who comes to live on the farm of an elderly brother and sister on Canada's Prince Edward Island. Red-haired and irrepressible, Anne causes a major disruption in the quiet lives of Matthew and Marilla C…
In it, Mary Lennox, an overindulged child suddenly orphaned, is almost magically transformed into an agreeable child when she comes to live at Misselthwaite Manor, the gloomy Yorkshire estate owned by her reclusive uncle, Archibald Craven. With the help of Dickon, an unusual local youngster with the ability to charm nature, Mary not only manages to bring life and beauty to the secret garden - a…
Nobody wants me," said the Ugly Duckling. "I'm too ugly." So he leaves his home and goes out alone into the world. Will he ever find anyone to love him?"
When seven hungry children have pancakes for breakfast, one pancake refuses to be eaten, jumps out of the pan and rolls right away. Can the runaway pancake escape from the whole family, the dog, the rabbit, the duck, the cat, the goat, the fox and a cunning old pig?