children's stories

Ten-year-old Mary comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors where she discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.

When orphaned, eleven-year-old Pollyanna comes to live with austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, her philosophy of gladness brings happiness to her aunt and other unhappy members of the community.

Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London school, is left in poverty when her father dies but is later rescued by a mysterious benefactor.

"A boy meets a wish-for dinosaur who agrees to be his pet for the day."--Provided by publisher.

Jack and Louisa attend Camp Curtain Up and return home to find local auditions for "The Sound of Music" beginning. But Jack is focused on a drama competition that would reunite the pair with their camp friends--if he can convince Louisa to skip auditions and let him direct her. Meanwhile, both friends must handle encounters with their crushes.

Presents a dark comic fable about the unintended consequences of mankind's attempt to tame the natural world. A fox named Fox 8 is dismissed as a dreamer until he develops the skill of speaking "Yuman" by listening to children's bedtime stories outside the window. This only adds to his curiosity of people until a new shopping mall interrupts Fox 8's food supply and sends him on a quest to save his pack. On his mission he sees the best and worst of humanity.

Retells a story in the Talmud about a family that cares for a lost chicken, turning its eggs into a profit which they later give to its owner.

"A child finds a caterpillar in a field one day and brings it home, where she watches it undergo an amazing transformation"--Provided by publisher.

"A child visits a farm and finds out what each of the animals does to make our lives better"--Provided by publisher.

Fionn Boyle, terrified of the sea, must spend the summer with this older sister, Tara, and their grandfather on Arranmore, an island that has been known to make people disappear, and seems to be restless again.