The Silver Curlew
The Silver Curlew

Author: Eleanor Farjeon

Publisher: Rare Treasure Editions

Published: 2021-11-05T15:08:00Z

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1774642883

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The Silver Curlew is one of Eleanor Farjeon's finest works, an intriguing re-telling of the classic story Rumpelstiltskin. Mother Codling lives with her children in a small, Norfolk windmill. One day, the Codlngs receive a surprise visit from the king of Norwich, who insists that eighteen-year-old Doll Codling must spin a certain amount of flax for him, or he will cut off her head. Doll, terrified of dying, makes a deal with a spindle-imp, in order to save herself and her family. The only clincher is, that he returns to the castle when Doll's daughter is born and insists that he take the newborn child as payment for his work. Doll, and her younger sister Poll, try desperately to keep the baby...

The Silver Branch
The Silver Branch

Author: Rosemary Sutcliff

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Published: 2011-02-18

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1429934670

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Rosemary Sutcliff’s Carnegie Medal-winning Roman Britain Trilogy continues more than a century after the events of The Eagle of the Ninth (The Eagle) in The Silver Branch as two cousins join the Roman side in the fight against a tyrannical British emperor. Violence and unrest are sweeping through Roman Britain. Justin and Flavius find themselves caught up in the middle of it all when they discover a plot to overthrow the Emperor. In fear for their lives, they gather together a tattered band of men and lead them into the thick of battle, to defend the honor of Rome. But will they be in time to save the Emperor...

The Glass Slipper
The Glass Slipper

Author: Eleanor Farjeon

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2013-05-31

Total Pages: 135

ISBN-13: 1448171768

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More than anything, Ella wants to go to the ball at the Royal Palace. But Ella is the slave of the household, waiting on every wish and whim of her horrible stepsisters. They call her Cinderella for the ashes that cling to her face, hands and hair. How can Ella go to the Royal Palace? Then, on the evening of the ball, something wonderful happens. Ella’s Fairy Godmother comes to her rescue. Now her dreams may come true at last . . .

The Old Nurse's Stocking-Basket
The Old Nurse's Stocking-Basket

Author: Eleanor Farjeon

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-08-01

Total Pages: 53

ISBN-13:

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Old Nurse's Stocking-Basket" by Eleanor Farjeon. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Ticket to Curlew
Ticket to Curlew

Author: Celia Barker Lottridge

Publisher:

Published:

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13:

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In 1915 eleven-year-old Sam and his father arrive in an undeveloped part of western Canada and begin to plan a new farm for the family waiting back in Iowa.

Wings to Fly
Wings to Fly

Author: Celia Barker Lottridge

Publisher: Groundwood Books

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 9780888993465

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"Years have passed since the Ferriers moved to Curlew and built a homestead in the Alberta prairie. Eleven-year-old Josie is glad when a new girl her age moves to the area - someone to go to school with, explore an abandoned house and dream about the future. A sequel to the award-winning 'Ticket to Curlew'" Cf. Our choice, 1997-1998

Merchant & Mills Workbook
Merchant & Mills Workbook

Author: Merchant & Mills

Publisher: Pavilion

Published: 2015-05-28

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781909397422

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Make six classic garments and create a stylish multi-layered wardrobe from scratch. Full-size patterns are provided for a neat vest with a boxer back detail, an elegant bias-cut long-sleeved dress, a simple long gathered skirt with a drawstring waist, a batwing wrap top, an oversized drop-shoulder jacket and a pair of classic wide leg trousers. By choosing seasonal cloth, the versatility of these projects can be enjoyed from the first hint of spring to the end of winter. The aim of this book is to move beyond simplicity and dare the maker to develop new skills. With variations for tops, dresses, shorts and a coat, our precise step-by-step instructions and inspiring photography will enable you sew with confidence. The reward will be an all season, multi-layer wardrobe by your own hand. We hope you, the reader, are ready for this set of challenges and willing to pace yourselves through the more complicated garments. Full-size patterns for all six garments are included, ready to be traced off and put to good use immediately. Make fashion work.

Goshawk Summer
Goshawk Summer

Author: James Aldred

Publisher: Elliott & Thompson

Published: 2022-05

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9781783966127

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What happens to nature when we are no longer there? In early 2020, wildlife cameraman James Aldred was commissioned to film the lives of a family of Goshawks in the New Forest, his childhood home. He began to plan a treetop hide in a remote site that would allow him to film the Gos nest, the newly hatched chicks and the lives of these elusive and enchanting birds. Then lockdown. And as the world retreated, something remarkable happened. The noise of our everyday stilled. No more cars, no more off-roaders, no more airplanes roaring in the skies, no one in the Goshawk woods - except James. At this unique moment, James was granted a once in a lifetime opportunity to keep filming. And so, over Spring and into Summer, he began to record his experiences in a place empty of people but filled with birdsong and new life. Amidst the fragility and the fear, there was silver moonlight, tumbling fox cubs, calling curlew and, of course, the soaring Goshawks - shining like fire through one of our darkest times. A Goshawk summer unlike any other.

Shadow Mountain
Shadow Mountain

Author: Renee Askins

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2004-01-06

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0385482264

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After forming an intense bond with Natasha, a wolf cub she raised as part of her undergraduate research, Renée Askins was inspired to found the Wolf Fund. As head of this grassroots organization, she made it her goal to restore wolves to Yellowstone National Park, where they had been eradicated by man over seventy years before. In this intimate account, Askins recounts her courageous fifteen-year campaign, wrangling along the way with Western ranchers and their political allies in Washington, enduring death threats, and surviving the anguish of illegal wolf slayings to ensure that her dream of restoring Yellowstone’s ecological balance would one day be realized. Told in powerful, first-person narrative, Shadow Mountain is the awe-inspiring story of her mission and her impassioned meditation on our connection to the wild.

The Castle Corona
The Castle Corona

Author: Sharon Creech

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2014-05-28

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1408848031

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One fairytale setting, two very different families and a lot of strange and magical happenings. From Carnegie Medal winner Sharon Creech