The model Viking ship lay in the window of a little old shop ...
“Exciting, well-written and with convincing characterization, this is one of the modern stories of lasting value.” Kathleen Lines in Four to Fourteen
#YA #Kindle #Apple #HistoricalFiction
The model Viking ship lay in the window of a little old shop ...
“Exciting, well-written and with convincing characterization, this is one of the modern stories of lasting value.” Kathleen Lines in Four to Fourteen
#YA #Kindle #Apple #HistoricalFiction
Barbara Leonie Picard
Illustrator: Philip Gough
"These fifteen original stories are cast in the enchanted mode of fairy tales but not necessarily in their redemptive mood." KIRKUS REVIEW
#FolkTales #Kindle #Apple
Barbara Leonie Picard
Illustrator: Philip Gough
"These fifteen original stories are cast in the enchanted mode of fairy tales but not necessarily in their redemptive mood." KIRKUS REVIEW
#FolkTales #Kindle #Apple
More recent fav reads was the 3-part autobiography of Bertrand Russell
More recent fav reads was the 3-part autobiography of Bertrand Russell
#history #OTD #1980s
Hilda Lewis
The year is 1065. Young Edmund Edmundson is page to Harold, one of the most powerful Earls of England. Edmund lives through eventful times – from the Battle of Hastings, the ascent of William the Conqueror, to the unifying of England.
#HISTFIC #KINDLE #APPLE #YA
By Patricia Beatty
A stagecoach that vanished without a trace.
$40,000 in stolen payroll money
A bejeweled belt buckle
All part of a 110-year-old mystery that teen Paul Braun is determined to solve! Based on a true incident in the American West’s rich past.
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Muhan is an ambitious boy who grows up to achieve his dream. Then he realizes that the world needs more from him, and he has an important mission to accomplish — Sky Cleaner!
For ages 5 up, and anyone interested in a beautifully told and illustrated story.
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#Apple #Kindle #Francais
“Son of a Gaelic-speaking king's man, grandson of fey, far-seeing rebel Jonet Munn, Alexander McLeod finds himself fighting on both sides of the Revolution--once, willingly, as courier for the Swamp Fox...” Kirkus Reviews
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Illustrated by Roy Morgan
Cover art by N.C. Wyeth
27 Arthurian tales, superbly retold by renowned author Barbara Leonie Picard, bring King Arthur and his court to life. This collection will delight those new to King Arthur and those returning.
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The story of a dog and his neglected master, living on the Quileute Indian Reservation during the Depression. By the author of The Nickel-Plated Beauty, this is an excellent dog story with a steady build-up of action and an underlying gift of humor.
#Kindle #Apple #YA
by May McNeer
Illustrated by Lynd Ward
Three wandering minstrels and a lonely, lost maid—their chivalrous friendship and care for her until she becomes part of the household of the great Albrecht Dürer. Rich history of Germany in the days of guilds is deftly handled.
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by Barbara Leonie Picard
Illustrated by Roy Morgan
Cover art by N.C. Wyeth
Twenty-seven Arthurian tales, superbly retold by renowned author Barbara Leonie Picard. This collection will delight both those new to King Arthur and those returning.
#Apple #Kindle
By Joan E. Cass
Illustrated by William Stobbs
Sarah is a full-blooded Siamese and proud of it! She is also very proud of her kittens, Melissa and Marmaduke.
Then Sarah met Arabella, an alley cat with her own kittens…and things get a little competitive! #KidLit #Kindle #Apple
by Barbara Leonie Picard
Original illustrations by C. Walter Hodges
A story of adventure and hardships set against the backdrop of medieval England brilliantly evokes the way of life in a country manor, city dwelling, convent, and the meanest hovel.
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“The earning-money-for-a-good-cause them is given fresh, amusing treatment in a lively story of the Kimball children in 1886 on the coast of Washington Territory...Flavorful, fast-moving, easy to read, and often funny.” HORN BOOK
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by John & Patricia Beatty, a richly plotted historical novel with an endearing heroine. Landing in England in 1651, Penitence Harvey expects a warm welcome from her English relatives. Instead, she is greeted with a reserve as impenetrable and mysterious as Campion Towers. #YA #eBook
May McNeer
Illustrated by Lynd Ward
There were no other houses near Little Baptiste’s home, so he had no one to play with. He was lonely. Then he found a friend. A small friend who grew quickly into one of the most raucous, obstreperous friends a boy could find—a moose!
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Set in 1920s Florida, as a newspaper reporter, Maggie Murphy endured a baptism by fire. Local prejudice about a woman's place repeatedly thwarts her spirited bid to write for the front pages. But with scandals brewing, Maggie breaks news!
#Kindle #Apple #Florida