Dean Jones
Author
Series
Mitford years volume 1
Formats
Description
"It's easy to feel at home in Mitford. In these high, green hills, the air is pure, the village is charming, and the people are generally lovable. Yet, Father Tim, the bachelor rector, wants something more. Enter a dog the size of a sofa who moves in and won't go away. Add an attractive neighbor who begins wearing a path through the hedge. Now, stir in a lovable but unloved boy, a mystifying jewel theft, and a secret that's sixty years old. Suddenly,...
Pub. Date
[2006], c1967
Description
The once-blackhearted scoundrel (Blackbeard's ghost) materializes in a small New England town, cursed to wander in limbo until he performs a good deed. He gets his chance when he decides to help a local college track team-- that hasn't a ghost of a chance of winning!
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
A modern song retells the fable of the ant that works hard all summer long to feed her children and store food for the winter while her neighbor, a cheerful but lazy grasshopper, relaxes in the sun. Includes a brief introduction to Aesop, sheet music, glossary, discussion questions, and further reading.
7) Telling time
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"What time is it? Telling Time gives us clues! Hours and minutes are patterns of time that help us know what will happen now and later."--
Pub. Date
2002
Description
Peter Ustinov stars in this hilarious fantasy as the ghost of the legendary pirate Blackbeard. The once-blackhearted scoundrel materializes in a small New England town, cursed to wander in limbo until he performs a good deed. He gets his chance when he decides to help a local college track team ...
11) Beethoven
Pub. Date
1992
Description
A family adopts a cute puppy who grows into a 185 pound St. Bernard.
Pub. Date
2012
Description
The love bug: A race car driver is followed home by a VW bug with a mind of its own.
Herbie goes bananas: Set amid exotic Central American locations, the internationally renowned Herbie, everyone's favorite VW, further demonstrates his special brand of humor as he sets sail for Rio de Janeiro's Grande Premio racing competition. En route, he gets sidetracked by a smuggling syndicate, pestered by a pint-sized pickpocket, and bullied by a raging bull.
Herbie...
14) The Love bug
Formats
Description
Herbie, the Volkswagon "Bug" with a mind of his own, is the star of this Disney favorite.
Pub. Date
2012
Description
"Beethoven: With nefarious dognappers hot on his heels, an adorable St. Bernard puppy adopts George Newton (Charles Grodin) and his family but soon wreaks havoc in their lives when he grows into 185 pounds of trouble! Beethoven's 2nd: Charles Grodin stars in this hilarious comedy about the further adventures of the Newton family and their lovable, lumbering pal, Beethoven. In this second 'symphony' Beethoven has been separated from Missy, the lady...
18) That darn cat!
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
A siamese cat helps an FBI agent solve a kidnapping.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat: the Cat in the Hat comes to entertain one rainy day when mother is not home, and creates all sorts of trouble.
Babe: a piglet destined for eventual butchering arrives at the farmyard, is adopted by an old sheep dog, and discovers a special secret to success.
Beethoven: The Newton family is unprepared for the chaos that enters their lives when the cute, frisky St. Bernard puppy they adopt grows into an enormous, drooling...