villages

When Cora and her younger sister, Mimi, are sent to stay with their great Auntie Ida in an isolated village in 1958, they discover that they are in danger from a centuries-old evil and, along with village boys Roger and Peter, strive to uncover the horrifying truth before it is too late.

Oluwalase Babatunde Benson, the No. 1 car spotter in his community, must come up with a solution when the cart breaks down and the villagers cannot get their goods to the market.

Strega Nona and Big Anthony feast their way through the holidays in this joyous celebration of food, friendship, and family.

A collection of poems introducing the memorable residents of a village, including the baker, Mr. Crumb, absent-minded Dotty Lou, and Mr. Mandolini and his dancing bear.

Describes life in early American villages, including colonial and Native American settlements, and examines various living history or recreated villages.

A remote English village is awaken one morning to find the master's outbuildings on fire with a second fire at the wooded edge started by newcomers. To make matters worse, a suspicious newcomer is spotted taking notes and making drawings of the land and the villager's way of life may be threatened by his presence.

Traces a year in the Lincolnshire village of Gerneham, from ploughing through sowing, harvesting, and threshing, with illustrations of village life inspired by the fourteenth-century Luttrell Psalter.

A meditative novel of a young boy on the cusp of adulthood follows a single year in the life of thirteen-year-old Jason Taylor as he grows up in what is for him the sleepiest village in Worcestershire, England, in 1982.

Fiona is Safe-Keeper in the small village of Tambleham, where neighbors and strangers alike come one by one, in secret, to tell her things they dare not share with anyone else.

Describes the characteristics of a village, examines the types of homes built in villages, the materials used to construct them, and what they look like inside, and discusses how the environment influences what kinds of homes are built in various geographical locations. Includes photographs, a map, glossary, and activity.