Teresa Gallagher
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In the New Treasure Seekers, the Bastable children in search of a Fortune continues telling the story of Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace Octavius Bastable, and their attempts to assist their widowed father and recover the fortunes of their family. The story is told from a child's point of view. The narrator is Oswald.
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This highly enjoyable account of the life of Jane Austen is regarded as the classic biography of one the greatest English novelists. It illustrates not only the character and opinions of an unusually perceptive and gifted woman, but also the social life amongst the county gentry of Georgian England. Outside her writing, Jane Austen's main interest was her large and affectionate family and their circle of friends. This is the world she so brilliantly...
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Six children decide that the only way to restore the fortunes of their family is to go out and do it themselves.
They produce a series of madcap schemes and one after another try them out with varying degrees of success, most resulting in trouble rather than riches.
But then one scheme begins to look more promising than the rest…
Music: From the Naxos catalogue
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The Bastable children are up to yet more adventures in this sequel to The Story of the Treasure Seekers-a delightful classic that will charm children and adults alike The Bastable children have been banished to the country in disgrace-following a particularly damaging reenaction of a jungle scene featuring expensive stuffed animals and a garden hose. The gang of six, Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace Octavius (H.O.), decides to turn over...
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In Frances Hodgson Burnett's first children's novel, Little Lord Fauntleroy Cedric Errol, the orphaned son of a sea captain and his mother are surprised to learn that by a strange twist of fate, he is the heir to a large English estate. Going to live with his stern and miserly grandfather, Cedric impresses the old man with his innocence and good nature. Will Cedric have a positive influence on his aristocratic and ill-tempered grandfather? A description...
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From the author of Queen's Gambit, which People magazine called, "A must-read for Philippa Gregory fans, " a gripping historical novel about two sisters who tread as dangerously close to the crown as their tragic sister, Lady Jane Grey, executed after just nine days on the throne. Early in Mary Tudor's turbulent reign, Lady Catherine and Lady Mary Grey are reeling after the brutal execution of their elder seventeen-year-old sister, Lady Jane Grey,...
8) Bleak House
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Bleak House is one of Charles Dickens's major novels.
The novel has many characters and several sub-plots, and the story is told partly by the novel's heroine, Esther Summerson, and partly by an omniscient narrator. At the centre of Bleak House is the long-running legal case, Jarndyce and Jarndyce, which came about because someone wrote several conflicting wills. This legal case is used by Dickens to satirise the English judicial system, and he makes...
9) Heidi
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Sent to live with her reclusive grandfather after the death of her parents, Heidi begins to befriend those around her. Despite her grandfather attempting to dull her personality, she perseveres and convinces those around her of the delightful aspects of life. Once she is old enough, Heidi is sent to be a lady's companion to a wealthy girl who, because of a limp, is considered an invalid. Heidi continues to make the best out of her situation and touches...
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Ben is getting used to life without his beloved granny. She was a cabbage enthusiast, a Scrabble partner… and an international jewel thief known as The Black Cat. Now, only the memory of their extraordinary adventure to steal the Crown Jewels lives on. Then something inexplicable happens. World-famous treasures are stolen in the dead of night and the clues point to none other than The Black Cat? But that's impossible…? Expect the unexpected in...
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Everything's Rosie volume 8
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Big Bear takes Little Bear on a mini beast safari. Rosie discovers Holly is scared of thunder and lightning.
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Everything's Rosie volume 10
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Will becomes a superhero for the day! Bluebird is upset when her new nest goes missing.
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Everything's Rosie volume 6
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Will and Archie team up for the talent show. Rosie encourages her friends to learn a new skill.
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Everything's Rosie volume 5
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The friends play a game of ice hockey. Raggles goes in search of dinosaur bones.
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Everything's Rosie volume 12
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Will wants to fight a fierce dragon! Rosie and her friends learn about road safety.
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Everything's Rosie volume 3
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Raggles plays a beautiful lullaby to help Oakley sleep. Rosie and her friends act out the story of Goldilocks.
17) Everything's Rosie - Season 1: The Greatest Show in the Garden: It's Time to Let It Go Little Bear
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Everything's Rosie volume 11
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Rosie and her friends create a circus in the garden. Little Bear cares for a sick fluffy bug.
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Everything's Rosie volume 2
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Will dreams of flying like a bird. Big Bear receives an invitation to have tea with the Queen!
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Everything's Rosie volume 13
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Rosie thinks of a fun way to clean the playhouse. Oakley discovers someone is playing pranks in the garden.
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Everything's Rosie volume 2
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When things start disappearing, Raggles solves the mystery. Will plays practical jokes but Raggles has the last laugh.