Ferocious pirate Captain Firebeard thinks that he and the ruthless crew of the ‘Horrible Haddock’ rule the high seas. But Firebeard and his band meet their match when they kidnap a small but feisty girl named Molly.
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Warriors, Wigmen, And The Crocodile People: Journeys In Papua New Guinea
Visits two different communities on the South Pacific island of Papua New Guinea and describes their traditional ways of life. Includes photographs and a map.
Postcards from No Man’s Land
Alternates between two stories — contemporary, 17-year-old Jacob visits Amsterdam at the request of his grandmother — and historical, 19-year-old Geertrui relates her experience of British attempts to liberate Holland from occupation.
A Ride On The Red Mare’s Back
With the aid of her magic wooden horse, a brave girl travels to the High House in the mountains to rescue her kidnapped brother from the trolls.
Anne Frank’s Tales From The Secret Annex
A collection of the young author’s lesser-known writings composed while she was hidden from the Nazis during World War II. Some translation was also done by Michel Mok.
Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta
Relates the adventures of Ibn Battuta, a fourteenth-century traveler who, like Marco Polo, set forth on a seventy-five-thousand-mile journey of discovery through many lands, including Tanzania, China, Russia, and Morocco.
Taking Wing
With his father in the Army Air Corps and his mother diagnosed with tuberculosis, thirteen-year-old Gus sets out to incubate a nest of orphaned duck eggs on his grandparents’ farm in Vermont.
A Friend Called Anne
The story of Jacqueline van Maarsen (‘Jopie’), who was Anne Frank’s best friend before Anne went into hiding. She remembers her friendship with Anne, her own experiences of the Holocaust, and accepting the fame of Anne’s diary.
The Changeling
A farmer’s wife becomes the foster mother of a troll’s child and her humanistic treatment of the changeling eventually secures the return of her own son.
The Last Snow of Winter
The great sculptor Gaston Pompicard creates a snow sculpture for his friends the children, and then later he receives a similar gift from them during the last snow of winter.