houses

The story of a young couple who are about to discover that in a house full of secrets there?s nowhere to hide.

Stacey and Felix are the glamorous owners of the stylish, modern Glass House, with its pool and floor-to-ceiling windows. Now they?re downsizing, but Stacey can?t sell to just anyone. She needs the right buyer, who will keep her secrets. Millie and Tom have always imagined living in the Glass House. Now it?s for sale. With property prices booming, if they can sell quickly, it could be theirs. But are the house and its charming owners all they seem? Harper and Kyle are moving up in the world. They need a new house, in the right school district, to give their children the start in life they never had. Millie and Tom?s is perfect. It?ll take every penny they have, and more, but it?ll be worth it. Won?t it? When one of the sales falls through, how far will someone go to get everything they?ve always wanted?.

"Aspiring writer Aggie Morton is looking forward to Christmas. Having just solved a murder and survived her own brush with death in her small town of Torquay on the coast of England, Aggie can't wait to spend the holidays with her sister, Marjorie, the new Lady Greyson of Owl Park, an enormous manor house the country; Grannie Jane, and her fellow sleuth and partner in crime, Hector Perot. Owl Park holds many delights, including Aggie's cousin Lucy, exciting and glamorous visitors from Ceylon, and disguises aplenty in the form of a group of travelling actors, not to mention a secret passageway and an enormous, cursed emerald. Not even glowering old Lady Greyson (the Senior) can interfere with Aggie's festive cheer"--Amazon.

"Down the road from a working-class pub, along a narrow brick alley, you just might find the entrance to Slade House. A stranger will greet you by name and invite you inside. At first you won't want to leave. Later, you'll find that you can't. Every nine years, the residents of Slade House extend an invitation to someone who's different or lonely: a precocious teenager, a recently divorces policeman, a shy college student. But what really goes on inside? For those who find out, it's already too late.... "--Back cover.

In the shade of ancient redwood trees, a father builds a house for his newborn daughter, where she grows up wild and strong, but when a wildfire takes back their beloved home, he writes his now-grown daughter a letter telling her it is gone.

"In this wacky true tale of American ingenuity, Annie Miller took to raising pigs in the yard after losing all but her mansion, but when the town wanted the pigs out, she removed the whole mansion instead--rolling it away slowly on logs"--Provided by publisher.

"A dreamer's tree house. A mechanic's cottage. A submerged city. More than thirty imaginative houses and the people who make them home offer unexpected worlds to wander through and explore. Who is the mischievous bridgetower keeper? What does the witch grow in her garden? How does the postal worker tame his delivery dragons? In each house, readers discover the contents of rooms and closets, what's at the top of the stairs and where shadowy hallways lead. Story text provides background and details about the lives of the residents and hints about their past and future. Lush illustrations, diagrams and detailed descriptions of each character, location and landscape open doors to whimsy, wonder, and endless possibilities"--Provided by publisher.

Text and images examine the diversity of homes around the world. Includes audio, videos, activities, weblinks, slideshows, transparencies, maps, quizzes, and supplementary resources.

Your curious readers will discover 10 different kinds of phobias, which are fears so great that they affect one's daily life and cause racing hearts, sweat, and other extreme responses.

Moose, Goose, and Mouse all live in a house, but the house is old, wet, and cold. So, they decide to take the train to look for a new house. Mouse wants a house that's sunny, Moose wants a house that's funny, and Goose wants a house with a bunny. On the way, the caboose breaks free from the train and goes careening down the tracks. It comes to a stop upside down by a tree near the sea. To their delight, they realize that they have a sunny, funny, loose caboose for a house with a bunny.