Author: Maribeth Boelts
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375866787
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
A former stray, Bootsie is the beloved royal cat until a spell cast by a mean fairy causes her to fall into a deep sleep, and only "her happiest sound" will awaken her.
Sleeping Bootsie
Author: Maribeth Boelts
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375866787
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
A former stray, Bootsie is the beloved royal cat until a spell cast by a mean fairy causes her to fall into a deep sleep, and only "her happiest sound" will awaken her.
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375866787
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
A former stray, Bootsie is the beloved royal cat until a spell cast by a mean fairy causes her to fall into a deep sleep, and only "her happiest sound" will awaken her.
Pupunzel
Author: Maribeth Boelts
Publisher: RH Childrens Books
ISBN: 1101934484
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty got their fractured-fairy-tale due in Dogerella and Sleeping Bootsie. Which princess is next to be puppy-fied? Rapunzel, of course! In this Step 3 send-up, a cocker spaniel named Pupunzel grows long golden fur when a witch takes her from her family and locks her in a tall tower. Will Pupunzel’s mama and brothers and sisters ever be able to rescue her from the tower? Or does Pupunzel have some tricks up her fur? Step 3 Readers feature engaging characters in easy-to-follow plots about popular topics. For children who are ready to read on their own.
Publisher: RH Childrens Books
ISBN: 1101934484
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty got their fractured-fairy-tale due in Dogerella and Sleeping Bootsie. Which princess is next to be puppy-fied? Rapunzel, of course! In this Step 3 send-up, a cocker spaniel named Pupunzel grows long golden fur when a witch takes her from her family and locks her in a tall tower. Will Pupunzel’s mama and brothers and sisters ever be able to rescue her from the tower? Or does Pupunzel have some tricks up her fur? Step 3 Readers feature engaging characters in easy-to-follow plots about popular topics. For children who are ready to read on their own.
A Long Time Gone
Author: Karen White
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0451468554
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Tradd Street novels comes an enthralling southern gothic saga about one woman's quest for the truth... When Vivien Walker left her home in the Mississippi Delta, she swore never to go back. But in the spring, nine years to the day since she’d left, Vivien returns, fleeing from a broken marriage and her lost dreams for children. What she hopes to find is solace with her dear grandmother who raised her, a Walker woman with a knack for making everything all right. Instead Vivien is forced into the unexpected role of caretaker, challenging her personal quest to find the girl she once was. But things will change again in ways Vivien cannot imagine. A violent storm has revealed the remains of a long-dead woman buried near the Walker home, not far from the cypress swamp that is soon to give up its ghosts. Vivien knows there is now only one way to rediscover herself—by uncovering the secrets of her family and breaking the cycle of loss that has haunted them for generations. READERS GUIDE INCLUDED
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0451468554
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Tradd Street novels comes an enthralling southern gothic saga about one woman's quest for the truth... When Vivien Walker left her home in the Mississippi Delta, she swore never to go back. But in the spring, nine years to the day since she’d left, Vivien returns, fleeing from a broken marriage and her lost dreams for children. What she hopes to find is solace with her dear grandmother who raised her, a Walker woman with a knack for making everything all right. Instead Vivien is forced into the unexpected role of caretaker, challenging her personal quest to find the girl she once was. But things will change again in ways Vivien cannot imagine. A violent storm has revealed the remains of a long-dead woman buried near the Walker home, not far from the cypress swamp that is soon to give up its ghosts. Vivien knows there is now only one way to rediscover herself—by uncovering the secrets of her family and breaking the cycle of loss that has haunted them for generations. READERS GUIDE INCLUDED
Bootsie Barker Bites
Author: Barbara Bottner
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698114272
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Seeing bully Bootsie Barker get her comuppance is guaranteed to make young readers smile. It's the worst when Bootsie Barker comes to my house. Bootsie's the one who pulls my hair and tears my books. She hates Charlene, my pet salamander. She says that I'm a turtle and she's a turtle-eating dinosaur. Uh-oh, I think I hear a car pulling up. That's her now! Eeek! "The colorful cartoon and wash drawings, filled with amusing detail, perfectly express the terroristic tactics and the narrator's frustration. When Bootsie is on a rampage, even the stuffed animals cover their eyes." --School Library Journal
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698114272
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Seeing bully Bootsie Barker get her comuppance is guaranteed to make young readers smile. It's the worst when Bootsie Barker comes to my house. Bootsie's the one who pulls my hair and tears my books. She hates Charlene, my pet salamander. She says that I'm a turtle and she's a turtle-eating dinosaur. Uh-oh, I think I hear a car pulling up. That's her now! Eeek! "The colorful cartoon and wash drawings, filled with amusing detail, perfectly express the terroristic tactics and the narrator's frustration. When Bootsie is on a rampage, even the stuffed animals cover their eyes." --School Library Journal
On the Slam
Author: Honor Hartman
Publisher: NYLA
ISBN: 1943772894
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of A Cat in the Stacks mystery series, a novel about murder, rivalries and laying all your cards on the table... A Bridge Club Mystery (#1) Bridge tips included! Meet Emma Diamond: greenhorn bridge player, recent widow, and the kind of person who always returns her library books on time. Emma’s just returned home to Houston to live next-door to Sophie, her best friend of 30 years. Sophie is delighted to share the joys of a good bridge game with Emma and her new neighbors; but their very first game doesn’t go as planned...with one of the players found murdered. The victim, a notorious spoil-sport, was reviled by the entire neighborhood, which leaves a stacked deck of suspects for the police to investigate. But Emma and Sophie have their own suspicions, suspicions that the police aren’t prioritizing... If Emma and Sophie don’t find the real killer, they might be playing their last hand!!!
Publisher: NYLA
ISBN: 1943772894
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of A Cat in the Stacks mystery series, a novel about murder, rivalries and laying all your cards on the table... A Bridge Club Mystery (#1) Bridge tips included! Meet Emma Diamond: greenhorn bridge player, recent widow, and the kind of person who always returns her library books on time. Emma’s just returned home to Houston to live next-door to Sophie, her best friend of 30 years. Sophie is delighted to share the joys of a good bridge game with Emma and her new neighbors; but their very first game doesn’t go as planned...with one of the players found murdered. The victim, a notorious spoil-sport, was reviled by the entire neighborhood, which leaves a stacked deck of suspects for the police to investigate. But Emma and Sophie have their own suspicions, suspicions that the police aren’t prioritizing... If Emma and Sophie don’t find the real killer, they might be playing their last hand!!!
WHAT SHE DID ON HER SUMMER VACATION
Author: Tracy Sinclair
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1459288181
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Royal Single Dad So this was England! American tourist Melanie Warren was enchanted, even by the rain. Until a ferocious downpour left her stranded—and at the mercy of David Crandall, the wickedly sexy seventh Viscount of Castlebury. Still, the devilish bachelor couldn't be all sin and seduction. He was, after all, raising two orphaned tykes. And the mischievous twins stole Melanie's affections as swiftly as David stole her breath. Ensconced in Castlebury, surrounded by love, Melanie was soon living a fairy tale come true. But if she started believing in happily-ever-after would her vacation souvenir be her own broken heart?
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1459288181
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Royal Single Dad So this was England! American tourist Melanie Warren was enchanted, even by the rain. Until a ferocious downpour left her stranded—and at the mercy of David Crandall, the wickedly sexy seventh Viscount of Castlebury. Still, the devilish bachelor couldn't be all sin and seduction. He was, after all, raising two orphaned tykes. And the mischievous twins stole Melanie's affections as swiftly as David stole her breath. Ensconced in Castlebury, surrounded by love, Melanie was soon living a fairy tale come true. But if she started believing in happily-ever-after would her vacation souvenir be her own broken heart?
Dogerella
Author: Maribeth Boelts
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0385374747
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
DOGERELLA SPENDS HER days scratching the fleas and fluffing the tails of her ungrateful stepdog mother and mean stepdog sisters. At night, she dreams of a home where she is loved. In a nearby castle lives Bea, a sweet, slightly spoiled princess whose fondest wish is for a loyal pet to call her own. A dog’s dream and a princess’s wish come true in this funny fairy tale.
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0385374747
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
DOGERELLA SPENDS HER days scratching the fleas and fluffing the tails of her ungrateful stepdog mother and mean stepdog sisters. At night, she dreams of a home where she is loved. In a nearby castle lives Bea, a sweet, slightly spoiled princess whose fondest wish is for a loyal pet to call her own. A dog’s dream and a princess’s wish come true in this funny fairy tale.
The Night Is Alive
Author: Heather Graham
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1460316398
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
MIDNIGHT IN SAVANNAH… It's a city of beauty, history…hauntings. And one of the most haunted places in Savannah is a tavern called The Dragonslayer, built in the 1750s. The current owner, Gus Anderson, is a descendant of the original innkeeper and his pirate brother, Blue. Gus summons his granddaughter, Abigail, home from Virginia, where she's studying at the FBI Academy. When she arrives, she's devastated to find him dead. Murdered. But Abby soon learns that Gus isn't the only one to meet a brutal and untimely end; there've been at least two other victims. Then Captain Blue Anderson starts making ghostly appearances, and the FBI's paranormal investigation unit, the Krewe of Hunters, sends in Agent Malachi Gordon. Abby and Malachi have a similar ability to connect with the dead…and a similar stubbornness. Sparks immediately begin to fly—sparks of attraction and discord. But as the death toll rises, they have to trust each other or they, too, might find themselves among the dead haunting old Savannah!
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1460316398
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
MIDNIGHT IN SAVANNAH… It's a city of beauty, history…hauntings. And one of the most haunted places in Savannah is a tavern called The Dragonslayer, built in the 1750s. The current owner, Gus Anderson, is a descendant of the original innkeeper and his pirate brother, Blue. Gus summons his granddaughter, Abigail, home from Virginia, where she's studying at the FBI Academy. When she arrives, she's devastated to find him dead. Murdered. But Abby soon learns that Gus isn't the only one to meet a brutal and untimely end; there've been at least two other victims. Then Captain Blue Anderson starts making ghostly appearances, and the FBI's paranormal investigation unit, the Krewe of Hunters, sends in Agent Malachi Gordon. Abby and Malachi have a similar ability to connect with the dead…and a similar stubbornness. Sparks immediately begin to fly—sparks of attraction and discord. But as the death toll rises, they have to trust each other or they, too, might find themselves among the dead haunting old Savannah!
The Fairy Dogmother
Author: Maribeth Boelts
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1101934514
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
Cinderella had a fairy godmother. Did you know that dogs have a fairy dogmother? From the author of Pupunzel and Dogerella comes another enchanting fractured fairy tale for beginning readers! When a homeless little dog is adopted by Fairy Godmother, the scruffy pup gets to observe and learn magic firsthand! Before long, Ivy the dog is casting spells—with comical results. Something is missing . . . fairy dust! Once Fairy Godmother sprinkles fairy dust on her kindhearted dog, Ivy is able to help other dogs in need. Step 3 Readers feature engaging characters in easy-to-follow plots about popular topics, for children who are ready to read on their own.
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1101934514
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
Cinderella had a fairy godmother. Did you know that dogs have a fairy dogmother? From the author of Pupunzel and Dogerella comes another enchanting fractured fairy tale for beginning readers! When a homeless little dog is adopted by Fairy Godmother, the scruffy pup gets to observe and learn magic firsthand! Before long, Ivy the dog is casting spells—with comical results. Something is missing . . . fairy dust! Once Fairy Godmother sprinkles fairy dust on her kindhearted dog, Ivy is able to help other dogs in need. Step 3 Readers feature engaging characters in easy-to-follow plots about popular topics, for children who are ready to read on their own.
Halley
Author: Faye Gibbons
Publisher: NewSouth Books
ISBN: 1588383652
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Times are hard in Depression-era Georgia mountain country. Even so, fourteen-year-old Halley Owenby, her younger brother, Robbie, and their parents, Jim and Kate, manage to get by until Jim dies suddenly in an accident, and Kate decides she and her children have no choice but to move in with her parents. Like her father, Halley has never cared for her grandparents. Her grandfather Franklin is a fire-and-brimstone fundamentalist preacher who runs a strict and joyless household. A miserly tyrant, he claims any money the women in his household earn. Even their mail he considers his to read first. Waiting for the Rapture, when Jesus will return, may suit her grandparents and many others of the same faith, but Halley wants more. She yearns for some control of her own life. She longs for an education, which she firmly believes would eventually allow choices. Little does she suspect that such dreams might actually come true.
Publisher: NewSouth Books
ISBN: 1588383652
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Times are hard in Depression-era Georgia mountain country. Even so, fourteen-year-old Halley Owenby, her younger brother, Robbie, and their parents, Jim and Kate, manage to get by until Jim dies suddenly in an accident, and Kate decides she and her children have no choice but to move in with her parents. Like her father, Halley has never cared for her grandparents. Her grandfather Franklin is a fire-and-brimstone fundamentalist preacher who runs a strict and joyless household. A miserly tyrant, he claims any money the women in his household earn. Even their mail he considers his to read first. Waiting for the Rapture, when Jesus will return, may suit her grandparents and many others of the same faith, but Halley wants more. She yearns for some control of her own life. She longs for an education, which she firmly believes would eventually allow choices. Little does she suspect that such dreams might actually come true.