Author: Lucretia Peabody Hale
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Brothers and sisters
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
The humorous adventures of a foolish family whose problems are righted by the Lady from Philadelphia.
The Peterkin Papers
Author: Lucretia Peabody Hale
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Brothers and sisters
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
The humorous adventures of a foolish family whose problems are righted by the Lady from Philadelphia.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Brothers and sisters
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
The humorous adventures of a foolish family whose problems are righted by the Lady from Philadelphia.
The Lady from Philadelphia: The Peterkin Papers
Author: Lucretia P. Hale
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1681373777
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
The Lady from Philadelphia records the antics of the most memorably and hopelessly bumbling of respectable American families. Confronted by the endless challenges of daily life, the Peterkins rise to every occasion with misguided aplomb: They sit out in the sun for hours and fail to go for a ride because they’ve forgotten to unhitch the horse; they play the piano from the porch through the parlor window because the movers left the keyboard turned that way; they decide to raise the ceiling to accommodate a too-tall Christmas tree. Only the timely intervention of their great and good friend, the lady from Philadelphia, can be counted on to get the Peterkins out of their latest scrape. A classic of American children’s literature and a masterpiece of deadpan drollery, The Lady from Philadelphia restores our astonishment at the ordinary, finding a rich vein of humor and happy surprise in the mere fact of our surviving the trivialities and tribulations of family life.
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1681373777
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
The Lady from Philadelphia records the antics of the most memorably and hopelessly bumbling of respectable American families. Confronted by the endless challenges of daily life, the Peterkins rise to every occasion with misguided aplomb: They sit out in the sun for hours and fail to go for a ride because they’ve forgotten to unhitch the horse; they play the piano from the porch through the parlor window because the movers left the keyboard turned that way; they decide to raise the ceiling to accommodate a too-tall Christmas tree. Only the timely intervention of their great and good friend, the lady from Philadelphia, can be counted on to get the Peterkins out of their latest scrape. A classic of American children’s literature and a masterpiece of deadpan drollery, The Lady from Philadelphia restores our astonishment at the ordinary, finding a rich vein of humor and happy surprise in the mere fact of our surviving the trivialities and tribulations of family life.
The Complete Peterkin Papers
Author: Lucretia Peabody Hale
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Crane
Author:
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 9781590170755
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
In an ever-expanding city, one young man claims the job of his dreams, operator of the tallest crane around. Since others envy his position, he never leaves his crane, always eager for the day—and work—to begin. As the seasons pass, man and machine almost become one. "The crane was a giant with iron sinews, and the craneman was its heart." Then people begin to hoard their goods, grinning ravens multiply throughout the land, and war is at hand. But the craneman never falters, remaining at his post even when the land is flooded, ready for reconstruction to begin.
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 9781590170755
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
In an ever-expanding city, one young man claims the job of his dreams, operator of the tallest crane around. Since others envy his position, he never leaves his crane, always eager for the day—and work—to begin. As the seasons pass, man and machine almost become one. "The crane was a giant with iron sinews, and the craneman was its heart." Then people begin to hoard their goods, grinning ravens multiply throughout the land, and war is at hand. But the craneman never falters, remaining at his post even when the land is flooded, ready for reconstruction to begin.
The Wouldbegoods
Author: Edith Nesbit
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
After being sent to the country "to learn to be good", the Bastable children and their two friends form the Society of the Wouldbegoods, but continue to become involved in adventures.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
After being sent to the country "to learn to be good", the Bastable children and their two friends form the Society of the Wouldbegoods, but continue to become involved in adventures.
The Lady who Put Salt in Her Coffee
Author: Amy Schwartz
Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books
ISBN: 9780152434755
Category : Coffee
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
When Mrs. Peterkin accidentally puts salt in her coffee, the entire family embarks on an elaborate quest to find someone to make it drinkable again.
Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books
ISBN: 9780152434755
Category : Coffee
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
When Mrs. Peterkin accidentally puts salt in her coffee, the entire family embarks on an elaborate quest to find someone to make it drinkable again.
Roll Jordan, Roll
Author: Mrs Julia (Mood) Peterson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
The Last of the Peterkins
Author: Lucretia Peabody Hale
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Dear Beast
Author: Nancy Hale
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Serious repercussions arise in the life of a mousy Virginia matron when her anonymously written novel becomes a best seller.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Serious repercussions arise in the life of a mousy Virginia matron when her anonymously written novel becomes a best seller.
Ginger Pye
Author: Eleanor Estes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780192719546
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
A heartwarming, yet quirky, story about a boy called Jerry whose much-loved puppy, Ginger Pye, goes missing. Jerry and his sister begin a desperate hunt for Ginger, who they're convinced has been stolen away by the stranger in the yellow hat. After months of fruitless searching the children are about to give up hope when a chance gust of wind reveals the villain to the children and Ginger Pye is saved. BLA book which has stood the test of time and deals with the special relationship between a boy and his dog in a fun and lively way
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780192719546
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
A heartwarming, yet quirky, story about a boy called Jerry whose much-loved puppy, Ginger Pye, goes missing. Jerry and his sister begin a desperate hunt for Ginger, who they're convinced has been stolen away by the stranger in the yellow hat. After months of fruitless searching the children are about to give up hope when a chance gust of wind reveals the villain to the children and Ginger Pye is saved. BLA book which has stood the test of time and deals with the special relationship between a boy and his dog in a fun and lively way