Brett Helquist
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Language
English
Description
To bitter, miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, Christmas is just another day. But all that changes when the ghost of his long-dead business partner appears, warning Scrooge to change his ways before it's too late. Part of the Focus on the Family Great Stories collection, this edition features an in-depth introduction and discussion questions by Joe Wheeler to provide greater understanding for today's reader. "A Christmas Carol" captures the heart of the holidays...
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 1
Language
English
Description
After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune.
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A series of unfortunate events volume 5
Language
English
Description
As their outrageous misfortune continues, the Baudelaire orphans are shipped off to a miserable boarding school.
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Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 9
Language
English
Description
On the run as suspected murderers, the unlucky Baudelaire orphans find themselves trapped in the Caligari Carnival, where they must masquerade as freaks in order to hide from the evil Count Olaf.
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 8
Language
English
Description
On the run after being falsely accused of murder, the three Baudelaire orphans find themselves in Heimlich Hospital, with the evil Count Olaf in close pursuit.
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 2
Language
English
Description
After narrowly escaping the menacing clutches of the dastardly Count Olaf, the three Baudelaire orphans are taken in by a kindly herpetologist with whom they live for a brief time.
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Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 11
Language
English
Description
Still pursued by the evil Count Olaf, the Baudelaire orphans attempt to reach a very important VFD meeting, but first they must travel in a rattletrap submarine to the Gorgonian Grotto, a dangerous underwater cave, in search of the sugar bowl.
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Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 6
Language
English
Description
The saga of the Baudelaire orphans continues as evil Count Olaf discovers their whereabouts at Esme Squalor's seventy-one-bedroom penthouse and concocts a new plan for stealing their family fortune.
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Series
Scary stories to tell in the dark volume 4
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HarperCollins
Language
English
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Description
The iconic anthology series of horror tales that's now a feature film!
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a timeless collection of chillingly scary tales and legends, in which folklorist Alvin Schwartz offers up some of the most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time.
Available for the first time as an ebook, Stephen Gammell's artwork from the original Scary Stories
...10) The wide window
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Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 3
Language
English
Description
Catastrophes and misfortune continue to plague the Baudelaire orphans after they are sent to live with fearful Aunt Josephine, who offers little protection against Count Olaf's treachery.
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 4
Publisher
HarperCollins
Language
English
Description
Accidents, evil plots, and general misfortune abound when, in their continuing search for a home, the Baudelaire orphans are sent to live and work in a sinister lumbermill.
12) The end
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Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 13
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English
Description
Lost at sea, the Baudelaire orphans, along with the evil Count Olaf, wash up on the shore of an island populated by an oddly placid group of inhabitants, and they try to decide whether or not they are truly safe.
13) The vile village
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Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 7
Language
English
Description
Under a new government program based on the saying "It takes a village to raise a child," the Baudelaire orphans are adopted by an entire town, with disastrous results.
14) Chasing Vermeer
Author
Series
Chasing Vermeer volume 1
Language
English
Description
When seemingly unrelated and strange events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal.
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Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 12
Language
English
Description
In this next-to-last chronicle of the lives of the Baudelaire orphans, the siblings pose as concierges at the Hotel Denouement to learn the identities and intentions of certain enemies, encounter characters from their past adventures, and ponder the nature of nobility and villainy.
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Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 10
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English
Description
In an attempt to unravel the mystery that surrounds them, save their sister Sunny, and investigate whether one of their parents is alive, Violet and Klaus ascend the icy Mortmain Mountains.
18) Bedtime for Bear
Author
Publisher
Harpercollins
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Wintertime is here, and that means it is bedtime for Bear. But Bear's friends don't think so. They want Bear to come and play outside in the snow. Bear can hear his friends calling. He hears them laughing and playing. Bear can't sleep. But it's bedtime! What is a bear to do?
19) Grumpy Goat
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Goat is the grumpiest animal at Sunny Acres farm until he remembers that there is more to life than eating and being alone.