Nine-year-old Garnet, who is actually almost 10, is sure she's found something magical when she spots a thimble in a dried-up river bed. Her feelings are confirmed when, a few hours later, it begins to rain thus bringing an end to a drought which had been threatening her family's farm. Now feeling very lucky, Garnet spends the rest of the summer ...
The kids in the Melendy family decide to pool their money and form a club named I.S.A.A.C.--the Independent Saturday Afternoon Adventure Club. Each week, one of the siblings uses the money to travel alone into New York City and have a special adventure.
This is the third entry in the quartet of books about the Melendy family, an American family during World War II. Here the Melendy siblings befriend an orphan named Mark Heron.
Portia and her family, along with cousin Julian, return to Gone-Away lake and move into an old Victorian house that hasn't been lived in for over 50 years.
This is the third entry in the quartet of books about the Melendy family, an American family during World War II. Here the Melendy siblings befriend an orphan named Mark Heron.
Zeee is a fairy the size of a bumble bee who is considered bad because she doesn't like people. However, Zeee seems to have good reason for this feeling--whenever she sets up a home, people, who can't see her, inevitably come along and destroy it. When Zeee is in danger of being eaten by a cat she is saved by a girl named Pandora--a human who can ...
The kids in the Melendy family decide to pool their money and form a club named I.S.A.A.C.--the Independent Saturday Afternoon Adventure Club. Each week, one of the siblings uses the money to travel alone into New York City and have a special adventure.
This is the third entry in the quartet of books about the Melendy family, an American family during World War II. Here the Melendy siblings befriend an orphan named Mark Heron.
Although she is different from all the other people in her village who have white hair and blue eyes, golden-haired brown-eyed Tatsinda is happy. Although her neighbors feel sorry for her because she is different, she is also well-respected for her skill as a weaver. The peaceful village is thrown into turmoil when a giant kidnaps Tatsinda as part ...
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Description: Elizabeth Enright. Good. No Jacket. Ex-Library Ex-library with usual markings, g hb in brown boards, no dj, some shelf wear to cover edges and spine ends, corners bumped, pages lightly yellowed, text clean. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Nelson Doubleday Inc.
Date Published: 1959
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. Ali Baba and the forty thieves; Tom the piper's son; Kintu by Elizabeth Enright; Philadelphia, cradle of liberty by Gladys Schwarcz; Mike Find, an American tall tale by Michael Gorham; Kiki goes to camp by Charlotte Steiner; Weapons in nature; Factory Kitty by Helen Hoke; The fairy and the doll by Rose Fyleman; Let's visit Ecuador. Minor wear on dj, otherwise good cond. read more
Description: 1st edition (with the Farrar colophon on copyright page). 54pp, small 8vo (6x7.8 inches), illustrations by the author. Ex-Library with no pocket, but a great deal of stamping. Poor condition/ no DJ. Hardcover, gray cloth with a yellow, black and red illustration pasted to front cover. Paste-on is torn, rubbed and chipped. Covers are soiled, lower edges of boards rubbed and worn, a 3/4 inch piece missing from tail of spine. Pages are soiled, finger smudges. Seven color plates plus red, black and ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar and Rinehart
Date Published: 1935
Description: Enright, Elizabeth. Fair in No jacket. 12mo. 54 pp. Vivid, attractive, tasteful, respectful [in our opinion] illustrations by author. Many smudges, in and out. Some page corners turned. Still a vey readable, enjoyable storybook. Booksellers since 1978. read more
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