Anne Shirley wants desperately to find a home and family that she can call her very own, which she has never had. She gets her wish when she is eleven and is adopted by Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert and goes to live at Green Gables. Anne's adventurous spirit brightens the lives of everyone she meets. Join Anne on her adventures and never-ending search of friendship and happiness.
K is for KIDNAPPED...rnThe king and queen of Costra have been kidnapped! For his protection, the prince is sent to Green Lawn - to hide out with Dink's family. Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose promise to help their royal friend rescue his parents from the enemies of the Crown. But then the prince is captured, too! Can the three sleuths catch the kidnappers and unravel this royal mystery?
P is for PANDA...rnThere's pandemonium in Green Lawn! The town is building a new park for a panda and her baby. But as soon as the pandas arrive, the baby is stolen! All the panda-nappers want in return is a million dollars... Can Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose collar the culprits before Green Lawn has to cough up the cash?
Q is for QUICKSAND...rnEveryone in Green Lawn is in a quake about the ducks that keep crossing River Road. Just when the town raises enough cash to build a special duck bridge, the money is stolen! Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are on a quest to find the culprit. But to catch their quarry, the kids will have to go wading... through quicksand!
Mouldylocks the giant wants a wife. So he climbs down his beanstalk and sets off to look for one. When he finds the three Clares living in a nearby wood, he is delighted. But will any of the Clares fall for a mouldy giant?
Growing up in a small Russian town in the late 1800s, Marc doesn't know what art is. He doesn't even know what drawing is, until one of his schoolmates shows him how to trave a picture in a magazine. Marc loves how happy tracing makes him, but he doesn't want to draw pictures that other people have already made. He wants to make pictures no one has ever seen before - his uncle Noah on the roof,…
Miss Hickory is very worried. Her owner has moved to Boston, and how can Miss Hickory survive a harsh New Hampshire winter all alone? After all, she is just a doll whose body is an apple-wood twig and whose head is a hickory nut, and whose house is made out of corncobs.rnBut Miss Hickory has ingenuity, and the help of neighbors like Crow, Bull Frog, and Ground Hog to see her through. And near t…
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, retold by Joan CollinsrnLittle Women is a gentle story about an ordinary family in the nineteenth century. It was based on the author's own childhood memories, and although it was published as long ago as 1868, it has proved a favourite with generation after generation of girls ever since.rnrnAlice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, retold by Joan CollinsrnAlice'…
When Jessie visits her grandmother at beautiful Blue Moon, she discovers an amazing secret, and enters the Realm for the first time.rnFairies, elves, tiny horses, and all kinds of magical beings live in the Realm. A noble Queen in a great golden palace rules them all. A high hedge keeps out dangerous creatures.rnBut the Realm is in terrible danger. Jessie must outwit an evil enemy and save the …