Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Scary stories to tell in the dark volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Stories of ghosts and witches, "jump" stories, scary songs, and modern-day scary stories.
Author
Series
Scary stories to tell in the dark volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, "jump" stories, and scary songs.
Author
Series
Lord of the rings volume 2
Language
English
Description
The way of the Ringbearer The Fellowship was scattered. Some were bracing hopelessly for war against the ancient evil of Sauron. Some were contending with the treachery of the wizard Saruman. Only Frodo and Sam were left to take the accursed Ring of Power to be destroyed in Mordor--the dark Kingdom where Sauron was supreme. Their guide was Gollum, deceitful and lust-filled, slave to the corruption of the Ring.
6) Fiona's luck
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A clever woman named Fiona must pass the leprechaun king's tests when she tries to get back all the luck he has locked away from humans.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The folk-lore of the Wyandots should be peculiarly interesting to Kansas students. It will be conceded, I believe, that the emigrant tribes were in every way superior to the native tribes of Kansas Indians.. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Instead of the usual fairy tale, Abby finds herself in the middle of a book, Alice in Wonderland, with two of her friends, plus bossy Penny (who is definitely not a friend), and in order to get back to reality she must solve a curious riddle, find one of her friends who is missing, and somehow avoid getting her head cut off by the Red Queen--and figure out what she is going to tell the other girls if they ever get out of Wonderland.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Gulliver has an itch to travel around the world, but whenever he steps on a ship, bad luck seems to find him. He is shipwrecked, abandoned, marooned, and mutinied against, and each time lands in a strange and curious place. First he discovers the kingdom of the six-inch-tall Lilliputians, then the country of the giant Brobdingnagians, then the island of the academic Laputans, which floats in the sky, and finally the noble realm of the horselike Houyhnhnms....
10) The Hazel Wood
Author
Series
Hazel Wood series volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice's life on the road, always a step ahead of the uncanny bad luck biting at their heels. But when Alice's grandmother, the reclusive author of a cult-classic book of pitch-dark fairy tales, dies alone on her estate, the Hazel Wood, Alice learns how bad her luck can really get.
Author
Series
Magnus Chase and the gods of Asgard volume 1
Language
English
Description
Magnus Chase has seen his share of trouble. Ever since that terrible night two years ago when his mother told him to run, he has lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, staying one step ahead of the police and truant officers. One day, he's tracked down by an uncle he barely knows-a man his mother claimed was dangerous. Uncle Randolph tells him an impossible secret: Magnus is the son of a Norse god. The Viking myths are true....
Author
Language
English
Description
The adventures of the well-to-do hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, who lived happily in his comfortable home until a wandering wizard granted his wish. Bilbo Baggins was a hobbit who wanted to be left alone in quiet comfort. But the wizard Gandalf came along with a band of homeless dwarves. Soon Bilbo was drawn into their quest, facing evil orcs, savage wolves, giant spiders, and worse unknown dangers. Finally, it was Bilbo -- alone and unaided -- who had to...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Silly old bear,""the best bear in the world," -- here comes Pooh walking through the forest, humming proudly to himself. This time he and his friends, Christopher Robin, Eeyore, Owl, Piglet, and Kanga and Little Roo, are joined by the hilarious Tigger. Their escapades are the funniest reading anywhere.
17) Whiskerella
Author
Series
Hamster princess volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When a fairy godmouse forces Whiskerella to wear glass slippers and attend balls night after night in search of a happily ever after, it's up to Princess Harriet Hamsterbone to break the spell and save the day"--
Author
Series
You're invited to a creepover volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Emily Hunter quickly made friends with Drew and Vicky, the only other young people on her street, but just before her end-of-the-year party with school friends, Emily discovers that Drew and Vicky are hiding some very frightening secrets.
19) The Wizard of Oz
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Follow the yellow brick road! Dorothy thinks she is lost forever when a terrifying tornado crashes through Kansas and whisks her and her dog, Toto, far away to the magical land of Oz. To get home Dorothy must follow the yellow brick road to Emerald City and find the wonderfully mysterious Wizard of Oz. Together with her companions the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion whom she meets on the way, Dorothy embarks on a strange and enchanting...
20) The biggest bear
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Johnny hunts for the biggest bear in the forest, but comes home with a little bear - that grows and grows and grows.