Elise Primavera
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Marigold Star is destined for greatness. Everyone in Bramblycrumbly thinks so, her parents and pet dragon included. There's just one problem. Marigold can't do magic! Then one day she tries a new spell written in a very old book. It's called the Invis-O-Friend Spell, and it makes Marigold invisible to all but the friend who needs her most. To Marigold's surprise, the spell works! But now there's another problem. The spell sent Marigold to the human...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
For seven years, bad luck has followed Ivy around like a dog on a leash. Her father disappeared, her mother is a washed–up beauty–pageant winner, and now Viola and her mother have moved into a ramshackle house on Gumm Street. Ivy's new neighbors–bookish Pru, stuck–up Cat, and wannabe adventurer Franny–are worse than unfriendly. But then a mysterious pair of ruby red slippers turn up, and the four girls are swept away... not to OZ, but to...
5) Auntie Claus
Author
Publisher
Silver Whistle/Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
When her eccentric Auntie Claus leaves for her annual business trip, Sophie stows away in her luggage, travels with her to the North Pole, and discovers what business engages her aunt from Halloween to Valentine's Day.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
When Sophie is cast as the Sugar Plum Fairy in her school's performance of the Nutcracker, her Auntie Claus forgoes her usual fall business trip and transforms New York City into the North Pole, with some unpleasant consequences.
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Students at a whimsical school for children of busy parents learn silly lessons about manners, friendship, and going far in life, in book two of the series that’s tailor-made for a new generation of Mary Poppins fans
Great Rapscott School for the Daughters of Busy Parents is not your typical boarding school. Students arrive in boxes, birthday cake is served for breakfast, and two very talented corgis assist the rather quirky headmistress....
Great Rapscott School for the Daughters of Busy Parents is not your typical boarding school. Students arrive in boxes, birthday cake is served for breakfast, and two very talented corgis assist the rather quirky headmistress....
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A small dog named Baked Potato is lost and searching for his lady owner, but neither the grumpy dog or the fox are helpful, and his strange name creates confusion--until owl explains that, whatever he is called, he is really a dog,
13) Who Needs Love?
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Scarlett Starlett and Simon Greensnout were best friends; they were also alligators who lived in a town menaced by a rotten-to-the-core witch. She hated anything sweet and nice and had no use for love.
Scarlett longed to be a singer and Simon yearned to travel the world. One day, they stumbled upon a silver dollar that the witch had lost. In exchange for its return to her, the witch granted them their wishes. But be careful what you wish for, because...
Scarlett longed to be a singer and Simon yearned to travel the world. One day, they stumbled upon a silver dollar that the witch had lost. In exchange for its return to her, the witch granted them their wishes. But be careful what you wish for, because...
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Fans of Mary Poppins will love this whimsical tale of a boarding school for children of very busy parents, where an extraordinary headmistress teaches them life lessons about courage, adventure, friendship . . . and the importance of birthday cake.
Nestled inside a lighthouse, Great Rapscott School for the Daughters of Busy Parents takes its motto from Amelia Earhart: Adventure is worthwhile in itself. Headmistress Ms. Rapscott...
Nestled inside a lighthouse, Great Rapscott School for the Daughters of Busy Parents takes its motto from Amelia Earhart: Adventure is worthwhile in itself. Headmistress Ms. Rapscott...
16) Raising dragons
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
Description
A farmer's young daughter shares numerous adventures with the dragon she raises from infancy.
17) Moonlight kite
Author
Publisher
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
Pub. Date
c1997.
Language
English
Description
The last three monks at a monastery have their lives enriched by the presence of children flying kites outside their walls.