apartment houses

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apartment houses

It's your turn, Roger!

1985
After Roger the pig visits the other families in his apartment building to find out who has to help with dinner, he realizes the value of taking his turn to set the dinner table.

Eight months on Ghazzah Street

2003
Frances Shore, having relocated from Britain to Saudi Arabia, begins to hear crying from the apartment above her and notices men coming in and out, but when she addresses the issue with her Muslim neighbors they tell her there is nobody up there, making Frances question if she is losing her mind or if she should further investigate.

44 Scotland Street

2005
Twenty-year-old Pat, working at an Edinburgh art gallery while on sabbatical from college, becomes involved in the lives of her eccentric neighbors at 44 Scotland Street, while trying to solve the mystery of a possible lost masterpiece.

The pet-sitting peril

1990
A boy who does odd jobs in an apartment house becomes involved with a gang of arsonists employed by the building's owner, who plans to destroy it in order to collect the insurance.

Secret places

1979
A child describes living in a crowded tenement, and the secret places where a certain kind of privacy is found.

Happy Cat

2013
Cat makes new animal friends as he climbs higher and higher in an apartment building.

Make room for Elisa

1995
The adventures of five-year-old Elisa as she attends her brother's recital, gets new eyeglasses, moves with her family to a new apartment, and welcomes the new baby.

Just ask Iris

2003
In the summer before seventh grade, twelve-year-old Iris Diaz-Pinkowitz goes up and down the fire escape outside her new New York City apartment, becoming an integral part of the lives of her human and animal neighbors.

Russell and Elisa

2001
Three-year-old Elisa's new rag doll goes along on the adventures she and her seven-year-old brother Russell have with friends and family in their apartment building and outside.

The Beastly Arms

2003
Eleven-year-old Nickel, a boy with a great affinity for both animals and photography, moves into an apartment building run by the strange and mysterious Mr. Beastly and discovers a secret about the other tenants.

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