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"Alongside his grandpa, a young boy shares the tasks involved in making maple syrup the old-fashioned way. From tapping the trees to boiling the sap, the two spend many hours working side by side in the woods. Their reward is a delicious breakfast of pancakes and "the best syrup ...
Essays about the book. Includes a biographical sketch of the author, a descriptive list of characters, an extensive summary and analysis, and an annotated bibliography.
"We need to be careful that we don't hurt the gifts that are given to us.” Told in paskwâwinîmowin (Plains Cree), anihšināpēmowin (Saulteaux), and English, this simple tale of traditional teachings and values follows a grandparent and grandchild on a visit to a chokecherry p...
Anthea gathers her friends to meet with the antagonistic emperor of Kronenhof, hoping to find Coronami princess Margaret, the herd stallion, and other horses her mother has taken before war breaks out.
They were the closest of sisters and the best of friends. But when, in a quixotic twist of fate, their uncle Edward Vlll decided to abdicate the throne, the dynamic between Elizabeth and Margaret was dramatically altered. Forever more Margaret would have to curtsey to the sister ...
A biography of Margaret Tudor, elder sister to Henry VIII, chronicling her tumultuous reign as Queen of Scots and her political and personal battles in the early 16th century. Linda Porter draws from Margaret's letters and court documents to portray a misunderstood but influentia...
Richard and Henry grow closer--but Margaret Lancaster's son, jealous of their burgeoning intimacy, plots against them. Meanwhile, news of King Edward's secret marriage to the duplicitous Elizabeth sours relations between England and France. In the midst of the chaos, Richard rece...
A timid American soldier bears a striking resemblance to a famous British Colonel. The Military Intelligence decides to use the poor chap as a pawn and recruit the naive soldier to impersonate the legendary Colonel, who's highly targeted by the Nazi assassins.
Oscar François de Jarjeyes, a young noblewoman raised as a son by her father. Oscar rises to commander of Marie Antoinette's palace guard and is brought face-to-face with the luxury of King Louis XVI's court at Versailles. Oscar and the servant, André, have an inside look at th...
"Over her four decades of working in newsrooms big and small, Margaret Sullivan has become a trusted champion and critic of the American news media. In this bracing memoir, Sullivan traces her life in journalism and how trust in the mainstream press has steadily eroded. Sullivan ...
"War is brewing. Oscar François de Jarjeyes has never conformed to the image of an ideal French noblewoman. While the people of Paris are being bankrupted by the nobles' extravagant spending, Oscar demotes herself to the French Guard, and mingles with revolutionary thinkers and ...
"A catering job has come in for Daisy's Tea Garden in Pennsylvania's Amish country-but death will be served before dessert ... Margaret Vaughn has hired Daisy to provide afternoon tea for her theater group. A local girl who left long ago for an acting career in New York, Margaret...
In 1933, twenty-two-year-old Marion Crawford accepts the role of a lifetime, tutoring the little Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose. Her one stipulation to their parents the Duke and Duchess of York is that she bring some doses of normalcy into their sheltered and privileged ...
"Jack has been praised all his life for his extraordinary artistic talent and is rarely seen without his sketchpad. However, in Jack's world art is considered a hobby -- men are expected to support their families with steady jobs offering solid prospects for advancement. Future r...
"Oscar François de Jarjayes is the commander of the French Royal Guards, but even this fearless noblewoman may have met her match. Enter Loulou de la Laurencie, Oscar's mischievous young niece. Loulou was sent to Oscar's house to improve her manners, but instead finds herself en...
"France spirals towards a civil war, as nobles continue to ignore the people of France. Noblewoman Oscar François de Jarjayes is forced to reconsider her life as a soldier and a woman, her loyalties and her love. Marie Antoinette and the royal family seek escape, while Robespier...