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(0)Lisbeth Zwerger
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1986
Physical Desc
36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
The Canterville Ghost - Oscar Wilde - "The Canterville Ghost" is a humorous (Horror) short story by Oscar Wilde♥. The story is about an American family who moved to a castle haunted by the ghost of a dead English nobleman, who killed his wife and was then walled in and starved to death by his wife's brothers. It has been adapted for the stage and screen several times.
★Summary of the Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde★
"The Canterville Ghost"...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
1230L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a Wizarding classic, first came to Muggle readers' attention in the book known as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Now, thanks to Hermione Granger's new translation from the ancient runes, we present this stunning edition with an introduction, notes, and illustrations by J. K. Rowling, and extensive commentary by Albus Dumbledore. Never before have Muggles been privy to these richly imaginative tales.
Author
Pub. Date
1984
Lexile measure
AD 600L
Physical Desc
24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Playwright, poet, essayist, flamboyant man-about-town, Oscar Wilde pack an astonishing amount of work, genius, and controversy into two short decades, producing masterworks in every literary genre. This selection includes almost all of his short stories, including "The Canterville Ghost," "The Fisherman and his Soul," and "The Remarkable Rocket." Alongside THE MODEL MILLIONAIRE, Harper Perennial will publish the short fiction of Fyodor Dostoevsky,...
Author
Lexile measure
1020L
Language
English
Description
Join Ebenezer Scrooge--a cold-hearted, lonely old man--one Christmas eve as he is visited by the Ghost of Jacob Marley, his sole friend and former business partner. The troubled phantom has come to tell Scrooge that in order for him to avoid Marley's horrible fate, Scrooge must heed the warnings of Three Spirits who will haunt him that very night.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1983
Physical Desc
33 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 35 cm.
Language
English
Description
On Christmas Eve, Marie finds a Nutcracker doll among the family's gifts and is charged by her parents to take special care of it. Under the cover of darkness, the Nutcracker comes to life, along with an evil Mouse King with seven heads, introducing Marie to the magical world of toys, and the brave Nutcracker who will change her life forever.
E. T. A. Hoffman's timeless and whimsical tale has become a Christmas classic since it was first published...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Listeners will rediscover Hans Christian Andersen's best-known fairy tales, and find new favorites, all brought to life by a full cast. Recognizing the literary merit of Andersen's own simple colloquial language, which Victorian translators and their imitators very often altered to sentimentalize or vulgarize, translator Erik Haugaard has remained faithful to the original text.
12) The nightingale
Author
Lexile measure
AD 700L
Language
English
Description
Despite being neglected by the emperor for a jewel-studded bird, the little nightingale revives the dying ruler with its beautiful song.
14) Aesop's fables
Pub. Date
1989
Physical Desc
26 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 24 cm
Language
English
17) Thumbeline
Author
Pub. Date
1985
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 x 24 cm
Language
English
19) Noah's ark
Author
Pub. Date
1997
Lexile measure
580L
Physical Desc
27 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
20) The nutcracker
Author
Pub. Date
1987
Physical Desc
25 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 25 cm
Language
English