Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> Lifestyles - Country Life

When she and her pet hen, Blanca, investigate, they see a man leaving with a large sack-full of fruit from Rosalinda's beloved lemon tree. After consulting with family and neighbors about how to save her sick tree, Rosalinda sets out in search of La Anciana, the Old One, the only person who might have a solution to Rosalinda's predicament. When she finally meets La Anciana, the old woman offers an inventive way for Rosalinda to help her tree-and the Night Man who was driven to steal her lemons.

The classic children's book, originally published in 1902 in hardcover, is now available in a paperback format--perfect for the youngest readers The text and illustrations of the classic Tale of Peter Rabbit, loved by children around the world for generations, appear in full. Large, easy-to-read text makes this perfect for storytime and bedtime, and the classic story is sure to be a favorite.

Titles include:

#1 The Tale of Peter Rabbit

#2 The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin

#3 The Tailor of Gloucester

#4 The Tale of Benjamin Bunny

#5 The Tale of Two Bad Mice

#6 The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle

#7 The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher

#8 The Tale of Tim Kitten

#9 The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck

#10 The Tale...

"Shan't we ever have anything else to eat, Polly?" asks the child, gravely.

"Oh, yes," says Polly, cheerfully. "Lots and lots -- when our ship comes in "

"What'll it be?" asks Phronsie, in the greatest delight, prepared for anything.

"Oh, I don't know," says Polly. "Ice cream, for one thing "

The little Peppers dream on -- cake, ice cream . . . with pink frosting As they learn, however, sometimes things must get worse before they get better.

In the "Five Little Peppers" series, Margaret Sidney (1880-1916) wrote some of the most beloved children's novels ever published.

Yesterday this guest had rung the bell and demanded a partner to play lawn tennis -- as if the hotel kept partners laid away in drawers like so many sheets. The guest, Jerymn Hilliard, Jr., is unexpectedly at loose ends in tiny Valedolmo. He has seen all the Baedeker sights already . . . Then he learns that in a rose-colored villa, surrounded with cypress and with a terrazzo on the lake, lives another American -- one with a daughter: a Signorina Constantina: -beautiful like the angels in Paradise, - says Gustavo.

Eleven-year-old Toby Steiner wants to do normal things on his vacation. He wants to hike and race his bike down the hill. He wants to learn to fish out on the lake. He doesn't want to return to the children's hospital where his painful cancer treatment finally ended. When Toby starts spending time with Pearl, a spunky old woman who lives on a nearby farm, and Blossom, her broken-down cow, he sees all the more reason to keep the new lump on his side a secret from his parents. From Pearl he discovers the beauty of poetry, and from Blossom he just might uncover the meaning of life.

Strawberry Hill is a timeless story that will captivate readers, just as Mary Ann...

At first, Patsy is upset when her parents decide to move from their home in River City, Illinois, to a houseboat on the Mississippi River. She'll miss her house and friends, and she's sure the trip downriver will be boring. Gradually, she and her brother and sisters get used to their new life. Patsy grows to love the ever-changing river, where she even learns to swim. But she can't help...

Accelerated Reader Quiz #129357. Level 5.3

Winner of the Florida Historical Society s Horgan Award, The Treasure of Amelia Island focuses on eleven-year-old Mary Kingsley, daughter of historical figure Ana Jai Kingsley.

It is December 1813. Mary and her family live in La Florida, a Spanish territory under siege by Patriots of the United States of America. The Patriots want to force Spain out of the land it has ruled for nearly three hundred years. Mary is the youngest child of former slave Ana Jai. Her white father freed Mary and the rest of the family, but the Patriots...