Russell Hoban
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
c1960.
Language
English
Description
It may be bedtime for Frances, but before Frances can sleep, she needs a glass of milk, a kiss from Father, one from Mother, her teddy bear, her doll, another kiss from Father, and another one from Mother. And then there are tigers and giants and ominous cracks in the ceiling to keep her up. Will Frances ever go to sleep?
Author
Publisher
Summit
Pub. Date
c1980.
Language
English
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Description
Set in a remote future in a post-nuclear holocaust England (Inland), Hoban has imagined a humanity regressed to an iron-age, semi-literate state--and invented a language to represent it. Riddley is at once the Huck Finn and the Stephen Dedalus of his culture--rebel, change agent, and artist.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Follows the experiences of a discarded popsicle stick that is picked up by a little girl who dreams about a magical horse that gallops with her through cities, jungles, and over an ice-pop mountain leading to a gold-filled pirate chest.
10) Jim's lion
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A young boy who is afraid of the operation that can help him get well learns to overcome his fear with the help of a caring nurse.
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
c1970.
Language
English
Description
Frances and Thelma are friends -- most of the time. Thelma always seems to get Frances into trouble. When she tricks Frances into buying her tea set, it's the last straw. Can Frances show her that it's better to lose a bargain than lose a friend?