An Old Man's Winter Night: Ghostly Tales is the newest collection of ghost stories by Tom Dawe, one of Newfoundland and Labrador's most distinguished writers. The stories, all based on ones Dawe himself has collected across the province over the years, include tales of visitations both malevolent and benign.There are stories of ghostly galleons, of unsettling graves, of strange omens and fetches; an eerie tale of a notoriously haunted house—haunted, or built on a fairy pat...

An Old Man’s Winter Night: Ghostly tales is the newest collection of ghost stories by Tom Dawe, one of Newfoundland and Labrador’s most distinguished writers.The stories, all based on ones Dawe himself has collected across the province over the years, include tales of visitations both malevolent and benign. There are stories of ghostly galleons, of unsettling graves, of strange omens and fetches; an eerie tale of a notoriously haunted house – haunted, or built on a fairy p...

A young school teacher learns about strange lights in a foreboding marsh; a nurse in a remote outport visits the baby she delivered weeks before to find a devastating change; a woman meets a mysterious funeral procession late one evening; a musician falls thrall to a group of strange little people and can’t stop playing. The stories in Spirited Away are populated by the fairy-led, by changelings, by people who stray onto fairy turf and experience unnerving events.These lit...

The Daughter of Odren is a short fantasy story of betrayal and revenge set in the world of Earthsea, in which Weed, the daughter of Lord Garnet, waits for the day she will have her father back.For fourteen years, Weed, as she is called, the daughter of Lord Garnet, has brought offerings to the standing stone. Alone in a shallow valley, she implores the stone not to forget her. To remember who he is and the life he led. To wait until the day he will be avenged.Now t...

Celebrating 100 years of one of the most beloved icons of children's literature, Winnie-the-Pooh!When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six complete the four-volume set of deluxe editions of the Milne and Shepard classic works. Like their companions, the Winnie-the-Pooh and The House At Pooh Corner deluxe editions, these beautiful books feature full-color artwork on cream-colored stock. The imaginative charm that has made Pooh th...

The best of Animal Stories for ChildrenChildren can learn about animal or practise for self developmen, it 's happy anytime story in teaching your child patience which yelling,  

This is a Tale about a tail—a tail that belonged to a little red squirrel, and his name was Nutkin. He had a brother called Twinkleberry, and a great many cousins: they lived in a wood at the edge of a lake.

A collection of Norwegian folk tales, notable for their gutsy heroines, tongue-in-cheek humour and folksy idiom.Long ago, when bathtubs were rare and even queens had tangles.Tatterhood is brazen, bold and tougher than troll-hags, but she knows how to charm a cranky prince. The farmer's daughter has a mind of her own too: she won't marry the squire, says she, 'Not even if he was up to his ears in gold - which he isn't.'Hill-trolls, villains,...

The Dunes bring hope to a young girl's life through the Goddess. She faces her own personal battles but finds strength in the stark face of a goddess who rules the Dunes in a tree overlooking this kingdom. A message of hope.

First published in 1885 under the title Penny Whistles, "A Child's Garden of Verses" is a collection of poetry for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, a collection that concerns childhood, illness, play, and solitude. Stevenson dedicated the poems to his nurse Alison Cunningham, who cared for him during his many childhood illnesses. The collection includes some of Stevenson’s most famous poems, including “The Land of Counterpane”, “My Shadow" a...

A young boy makes a wish on his favorite star. He wishes he had a friend to play with. That wish will change his life.

Lost in the desert, Skipper and his friend have a series of problems to overcome before they can get back home.They have to cope with being too hot, to wet, marooned and dangerous animals. Fortunately, they are helped by unexpected friends.