Ignored by his father and sent to Derbyshire for the weekend, twelve-year-old Peter and his new friend, Kate, are accidentally transported back in time to 1763 England where they are befriended by a reformed cutpurse.
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China Under Communism
This history of modern China covers the origins, founding, and development of the country’s Communist regime and examines the forces that are pushing the country–nuclear power and the home of a fifth of the world’s population–toward change.
Whose Is The Sun?
A puppy and a chick share a house, and ultimately decide that they can share the sun too.
Once Upon A Tide
A boy and a girl build a boat and sail off in their imaginations to find Captain Bart’s buried treasure.
The Beautiful Butterfly
After choosing a husband for his sweet singing voice, a beautiful butterfly mourns the fact that he is swallowed by a fish, until a king in his underwear reunites the two.
That’s Me
A baby describes some of the sights and sounds around him, including his mother, who sings ‘La, la, la,’ and Grandpa’s canary saying, ‘Tweet, tweet’!
Princess Smartypants Rules
Princess Smartypants discovers that it is easier to capture evildoers and rule the kingdom of Totaloonia than to control one small baby.
Where’s My Sock?
Pippin the mouse and Tog the cat leave no drawer unturned as they search for Pippin’s missing ‘yellow sock with clocks.’
Pipiolo And The Roof Dogs
Having seen the guard dogs on the roof in their tight cages on the hot tiles, Lupe and Pipiolo come to feel that it is too horrible an existence and so make a daring plan to set them free in order to give them a chance at a happy life.
Enora And The Black Crane
Enora follows a shimmering band of colors deep into the rain forest, where an act of violence against a crane changes him forever.