old age

Type: 
Topical Term
Subfield: 
a
Alias: 
old age

Those darn squirrels and the cat next door

2011
Old man Fookwire finds his yard's tranquility deeply disturbed after his new neighbor's cat, Muffins, begins to terrorize the squirrels, but the squirrels have a plan to put a stop to Muffins.

Ratfink

2010
Creative, impulsive Logan vows to turn over a new leaf in fifth grade so his parents will let him have a pet, but when a competitive new girl arrives at school and his forgetful and embarrassing grandfather takes over the basement of Logan's house, doing the right thing becomes harder than it has ever been.

The stray

1996
When seventy-five-year-old Henny Hickathrift runs away from the old people's home, she meets five children and their parents who welcome her into their family.

Druscilla's Halloween

2009
In the time when witches tiptoe about to have their Halloween fun, ancient Druscilla knows her creaking knees will prevent her from being sneaky and sets out to find a silent conveyance for herself, her cat, and her jack-o-lantern.

The old woman who loved to read

1997
An old woman moves to the country in order to have a peaceful life with lots of time to read but soon finds that each season brings other tasks to keep her busy.

The old woman who named things

1996
An old woman who has outlived all her friends is reluctant to become too attached to the stray dog that visits her each day.

Little Mam? forgets

2006
Although her Mexican-American grandmother now forgets many things, Luciana finds that she still remembers the things that are important to the two of them. Includes glossary of Spanish words used.

The retired kid

2008
Although he enjoys some aspects of his retirement, eight-year-old Brian gains a new perspective on his job of being a child after spending time in Florida's Happy Sunset Retirement Community.

Beware of the frog

2008
Sweet old Mrs. Collywobbles lives on the edge of a big, dark, scary wood, but has a pet frog to protect her from greedy goblins, smelly trolls, and hungry ogres.

Mr. Putter & Tabby drop the ball

2013
Mr. Putter and his cat Tabby take time off from napping to play on the Yankee Doodle Dandies baseball team.

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - old age