Frances Hodgson Burnett
Author
Publisher
Hesperus Press Limited
Pub. Date
2014, c1896.
Physical Desc
251 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
When Clorinda is born, the odds seem stacked against her. First and foremost, she is a girl like all her sisters before her and her father wants only a son. Furthermore, her mother dies in childbirth, and her father, considering all his daughters worthless, refuses contact. Despite this, Clorinda Wildairs manages not only to survive, but to grow up into a very remarkable and strong-willed child. Thus when father and daughter happen to meet for the...
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
Standard full screen ver. side A ; widescreen ver. side B.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young orphan named Mary is sent to live at the dark and foreboding English estate of her widowed uncle. She discovers a secret garden which was abandoned after a tragic accident. With the help of her crippled cousin Colin, and Dickon, the country boy, her spirit is gradually reawakened as they bring the garden back to life.
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 50 min) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sweet Sara Crewe has everything a little girl could want: A loving family, lots of friends and a closet full of frilly dresses, but when life takes a turn and Sara goes from riches to rags, will she realize that her true worth lies not in what she has, but what's in her heart? Includes new Silly Song, 'You're My BFF.'
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
A simplified retelling of the fate of Sara Crewe who, after her father's death leaves her penniless, loses her privileged status at Miss Minchin's London boarding school and endures many hardships and cruel treatment until she is helped by a mysterious benefactor.
Author
Series
Remixed classics volume 8
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
810L
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Mary Lennox didn't think about death until the day it knocked politely on her bedroom door and invited itself in. When a terrible accident leaves her orphaned at fifteen, she is sent to the wilderness of the Georgian Bay to live with an uncle she's never met. At first the impassive, calculating girl believes this new manor will be just like the one she left in Toronto: cold, isolating, and anything but cheerful, where staff is treated as staff and...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Lexile measure
600L
Physical Desc
152 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the tale of ten-year-old Mary who, after the death of her parents, comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors where she discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
An illustrated retelling of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic tale follows the childhood of Mistress Mary Lennox. After Mary's parents die in India, she is sent to live with her uncle on the moors of England. All alone with nothing to do, Mary befriends a robin and an old gardener. Soon, the mystery of a hidden garden, an unusual noise, and a local boy will fill her days with magic.
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
63 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents an abridged version of the story of ten-year-old Mary who, after the death of her parents, comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors where she discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.
Series
Shirley Temple collection volume 14
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Adaptation of a classic children's novel and stage play by Frances Hodgson Burnett, adorable Sara Crewe is treated like a little princess at her boarding school. But when reports of her father's death in the Boer War surface, she is forced into servitude towards other girls. The unflappable youngster steps up to the challenge of her new lot in life, and ultimately wins over the hearts of wealthy neighbors - and even Queen Victoria herself - as she...