Lloyd Alexander
4) Gypsy Rizka
Author
Language
English
Description
Living alone in her wagon on the outskirts of a small town while waiting for her father's return, Rizka, a Gypsy and a trickster, exposes the ridiculous foibles of some of the townspeople
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A beautiful Kirkassi girl, cold-eyed villains and smiling killers, a bazaar merchant peddling slightly used dreams-could any young adventurer ask for more? Not Carlo Chuchio, who is seeking hidden treasure on the legendary Road of Golden Dreams.
With Baksheesh, the world's worst camel-puller, Carlo leads a caravan through the realm of Keshavar. Robbed of all but his underdrawers, mistaken for a mighty warrior and then for a crown prince, Carlo risks...
Author
Language
English
Description
Have you heard of Mickey Mouse, Snoopy, Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, Donald Duck, Bugs Bunny, Big Bird, or the Minions? I have observed children who have the natural ability to draw marvellous, interesting, and captivating cartoon characters like these. However, this book is designed for children who look at a blank page and don't know how to start. Those children are the ones who inspired this book. Children do not need to have art talent to invent...
10) The rope trick
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
195 p. ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Motivated by her quest to learn a legendary rope trick, the magician Princess Lidi and her troupe embark on a journey through Renaissance Italy that intertwines adventure, love, and mystery
11) Taran Wanderer
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The fourth book of the Prydain cycle tells of the adventures that befell Taran when he went in search of his birthright and the truth about himself.
12) The high king
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In this fifth and final chronicle of Prydain the forces of good and evil meet in ultimate confrontation.
13) Westmark
Author
Series
Westmark trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
c1981
Language
English
Description
A boy fleeing from criminal charges falls in with a charlatan, his dwarf attendant, and an urchin girl, travels with them about the kingdom of Westmark, and ultimately arrives at the palace where the king is grieving over the loss of his daughter.
14) The Arkadians
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c1995
Physical Desc
x, 272 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
To escape the wrath of the king and his wicked soothsayers, an honest young man joins with a poet-turned-jackass and a young girl with mystical powers on a series of epic adventures
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
199 p. ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In Depression-era Philadelphia, when eleven-year-old David is too ill to attend school, he is tutored by the unique and adventurous Aunt Annie, whose teaching combines with his imagination to greatly enrich his life
18) The Kestrel
Author
Series
Westmark trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c1982
Physical Desc
244 p. : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
With war in Westmark and the assumption of the throne by Mickle, all Theo's talents are needed, as well as those of his former companions
Author
Series
Vesper Holly volume 5
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c1990
Physical Desc
150 p. : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1876, on the eve of the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, twenty-year-old Vesper Holly and her friends clash yet again with the archfiend Dr. Helvitius, whose evil schemes plunge them into danger in the wild Pennsylvania countryside