Middle Grade
When he goes to live with his cousin at the family's ancestral home, a ten-year-old boy finds a secret room and clues that could help unravel the riddle of the family treasure.
Historical fiction based on an actual person, a girl who was kidnapped by Delaware Indians and lived with them for six years.
Norbett goes to a college in Ohio leaving Beany at loose ends. Martie marries a portrait artist, Adair, and the children (especially Beany) are disappointed that she lacks the matronly image and homemaking skills they had envisioned in their new stepmother. Feeling alone and somewhat rebellious, Beany joins a secret club called The Triple O, for "On Our Own." Beany is delighted to be paired off with the popular Andy Kern but soon realizes that the much admired secret club organizers have ulterior motives regarding their fellow club members.
'The Bear and the People' is a lovely parable of friendship and courage and reverence for the natural world. It is a tale that is as exciting as it is touching and profound, and it will delight children and parents alike."
View our feature on Budge Wilson's "Before Green Gables."
A must-read for generations of book lovers. This remarkable, and heart-warming prequel to the classic "Anne of Green Gables" was specially authorized by L.M. Montgomery's heirs to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the publication of the original novel.
"Before Green Gables" is the story of Anne Shirley's life before her arrival at Green Gables-a heartwarming tale of a precocious child whose lively imagination and relentless spirit help her to overcome difficult circumstances and of a young girl's ability to love, learn, and above all, dream.
Published in 1908, L. M. Montgomery's coming-of-age classic "Anne of Green Gables" has enchanted generations of readers, both children and adults. The story of the spunky red-haired orphan from Prince Edward Island is known to millions, and copies of the eight titles in the series have never gone out of print.
But when readers first meet Anne, she is eleven, and has just been sent from an orphanage to meet her new family. No one ever learned the events of Anne's life before she arrived at Green Gables.
Until now.
For the millions of readers who devoured the Green Gables series, "Before Green Gables" is an irresistible treat; the account of how one of literature's most beloved heroines became the girl who captivated the world.
A must-read for generations of book lovers. This remarkable, and heart-warming prequel to the classic "Anne of Green Gables" was specially authorized by L.M. Montgomery's heirs to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the publication of the original novel.
"Before Green Gables" is the story of Anne Shirley's life before her arrival at Green Gables-a heartwarming tale of a precocious child whose lively imagination and relentless spirit help her to overcome difficult circumstances and of a young girl's ability to love, learn, and above all, dream.
Published in 1908, L. M. Montgomery's coming-of-age classic "Anne of Green Gables" has enchanted generations of readers, both children and adults. The story of the spunky red-haired orphan from Prince Edward Island is known to millions, and copies of the eight titles in the series have never gone out of print.
But when readers first meet Anne, she is eleven, and has just been sent from an orphanage to meet her new family. No one ever learned the events of Anne's life before she arrived at Green Gables.
Until now.
For the millions of readers who devoured the Green Gables series, "Before Green Gables" is an irresistible treat; the account of how one of literature's most beloved heroines became the girl who captivated the world.