Frank Carlson Library

This adaptation of the original story follows the activities of seven in children nineteenth-century New England as they prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday while Mother is away caring for Grandmother.

Despite a dart-throwing episode at a local pub and a case of mistaken identity, Dodsworth and his mischievous duck companion receive a royal invitation to stay at Buckingham Palace during their trip to London.

Paddington, the small disheveled bear from Darkest Peru, has become more English than ever. This time he tries his hand as a chimney sweep, at washing marmalade barrels, and scaring the wits out of visitors to Madame Tussaud's Wax Works Museum.

James, a red train engine, tries to get rid of a group of bees that are plaguing him.

Guy the beagle, adopted from a shelter, must find a place for himself in an English palace when his mother marries Prince Harry, whose grandmother is very fond of dogs.

When the Ambassador moves to London, the twelve little girls go to visit his son, Madeline has an adventure on a horse, and the horse returns to Paris with the girls.

"Once the dam is built, the valley will be flooded. But before the homes there are submerged, Kathryn and her father return one last time to fill the houses with music. If you listen closely, you can still hear it--a song for all that was. Set in the wild and beautiful landscape of Northumberland, England, The Dam is a story of loss and hope and the power of folk music to transcend time."--Dust jacket flap.

Leon and his imaginary friend Bob do everything together until a new boy moves in next door.

Muriel Ponsonby, the Catlady, lives with dozens of cats, many of whom she believes are reincarnated friends, relatives, and even royalty.

Matthais grows from a little boy to a grandfather on a small island off the coast of New England.