Showing posts with label Old houses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Old houses. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 3, 2025

The House at the Edge of the World by Nadine Aisha Jassat illustrated by

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"A memory knocks on the door of my own chest the leaves outside the library on our last day. The one I'd held in my hand as I wishe...
Monday, June 9, 2025

11 Ruby Road 1900 by Charlotte Barkla

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Bookseller blurb: It is 1900 and Dorothy and her family have just moved to a new house at 11 Ruby Road. Ruby Road is a busy street, bustling...
Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Games by Robin Klein

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Kirsty invites Patricia to come along for a weekend in an old country home owned by her Aunt Maude. Kirsty and her best friend Genevieve are...
Saturday, September 2, 2023

The Best Hiding Place by Jane Godwin illustrated by Sylvia Morris

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  Hide and seek is a game that all children (dare I say even around the world) love to play. One of my favourite books to read to the younge...
Thursday, June 11, 2020

The secret Library of Hummingbird House by Julianne Negri

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Focus on Tuna Focus et Fortuna There is a lot going on for Hattie right now. Mum and Dad have split up and Hattie finds it very hard...
Sunday, April 19, 2020

Her Perilous Mansion by Sean Williams

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Almanac (I love that name) receives a letter inviting him to take up a job in a grand house as an apprentice second footman. Having ...
Friday, January 18, 2019

Quicksand Pond by Janet Taylor Lisle

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"I wanted to come down and speak to you girls.  I know what you're doing. ... I give my raft to you." I know this i...