gardeners

The Prickletrim family are very proud of their pristine garden, with its razor-straight edges, regulation-height lawn and perfectly shaped topiary. They LOVE nature - just so long as it is well ordered and properly managed. Then one day their long-suffering gardener can't stand their suffocating rules any longer and quits. Free at last, the Prickletrim's garden explodes upwards and outwards, spilling into their house and every corner of their lives. The family realise they cannot control nature. Can they learn to live in their wild garden?.

"Errol loves gardening, but he doesn't have a real garden. Although his home is full of beautiful plants, he longs for an outdoor space where he can grow things. A chance discovery leads to a solution, but Errol can't do everything on his own. Luckily, help is near at hand"--Provided by publisher.

"Princess Aislynn's magical ability is powerful and uncontrollable, so she is 'redirected' into the order of Fairy Godmothers, where her heart is removed and stored in a hidden cabinet, and she must spend the rest of her life devoted to serving another royal family--but her growing friendship with a palace gardener causes Aislynn to question the vows she has taken, and the motives of those who would prevent her from 'straying' from the path"--Provided by publisher.

"When prisoner Elliott Michener began tending the gardens at Alcatraz, his thoughts of escape were replaced with new skills and a sense of dignity. Back matter discusses the history of Alcatraz and the US prison system today"--Provided by publisher.

Presents a lyrical picture-book biography about nineteenth-century writer and master gardener Celia Thaxton, who created beauty in a harsh island habitat that was visited by literary and artistic luminaries of her time.

Blue, a ghost who is in love with his best friend, Hamal, who can see ghosts, fears that he must leave his friend when some strange disturbances in the local afterlife reveal that Hamal's ability could put him in danger.

"Joe lives in a very gray world where nothing special ever happens to him, but he has a wild and wondrous imagination. One day, Joe has the seed of an idea that will take his world from ordinary to extraordinary!"--Provided by publisher.

"On an island in the Seine, a little girl plants a garden--but not a garden of flowers. It will be a garden of people, she says: Paris. And in the center of that garden will stand its guardian, a grand cathedral carved from stone and roofed with light: the majestic Notre Dame de Paris. Alas, the garden will change, as people must. The girl sees kings and revolutions, empires and democracies, wars and tragedies. The are the best of times, and there are the worst. Through it all, the light of Notre Dame keeps hope bright. But when fire strikes Notre Dame itself, the little girl is grief stricken. It seems all light has gone out--until her beloved people discover what she has planted within them all along"--Provided by publisher.

"Blue is having a hard time moving on. he's in love with his best friend. He's also dead. Luckily, Hamal can see ghosts, leaving Blue free to haunt him to his heart's content. But something eerie is happening in town, leaving the local afterlife unsettled, and when Blue realizes Hamal's strange ability may be putting him in danger, Blue has to find a way to protect him, even if it mean ... leaving him"--Back cover.