Author : Barbara Euphan Todd
Publisher : Evans Brothers
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 48,23 MB
Release : 2008-09
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 0237535742
Scarecrow-come-to-life Worzel Gummidge decides to become a detective in this humorous classic story, the 10th in the series. Obstinate and obstructive but ultimately endearing, Worzels appeal has not been diminished. First published by Evans in 1963.
Author : Barbara Euphan Todd
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 29,8 MB
Release : 2002-03-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780192751027
Susan and John are having a very dull holiday in the country until they meet Worzel. They are amazed by the walking, talking bundle of clothes and straw. He's half scarecrow and half human but best of all, he's a wizard! Susan and John soon grow to love Worzel and share all sorts of magical adventures with their unusual friend.
Author : Barbara Euphan Todd
Publisher :
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 26,43 MB
Release : 1959
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 9780237449216
Author : Bernard A. Drew
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 44,66 MB
Release : 2010-03-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 078645721X
This is an encyclopedic work, arranged by broad categories and then by original authors, of literary pastiches in which fictional characters have reappeared in new works after the deaths of the authors that created them. It includes book series that have continued under a deceased writer's real or pen name, undisguised offshoots issued under the new writer's name, posthumous collaborations in which a deceased author's unfinished manuscript is completed by another writer, unauthorized pastiches, and "biographies" of literary characters. The authors and works are entered under the following categories: Action and Adventure, Classics (18th Century and Earlier), Classics (19th Century), Classics (20th Century), Crime and Mystery, Espionage, Fantasy and Horror, Humor, Juveniles (19th Century), Juveniles (20th Century), Poets, Pulps, Romances, Science Fiction and Westerns. Each original author entry includes a short biography, a list of original works, and information on the pastiches based on the author's characters.
Author : Lesley Thomson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 3671 pages
File Size : 30,42 MB
Release : 2021-08-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1801109494
A complete e-Book boxset of the novels in Lesley Thomson's bestselling Detective's Daughter series. Stella Darnell, a cleaner, is the detective's daughter. When her father died, she discovered old case files in his attic while clearing out his house. Now she has devoted herself to solving crimes that were once thought unsolvable, assisted by her friend Jack, a tube driver. Follow Stella and Jack's story with this complete eBook boxset, including books 1–8: The Detective's Daughter Ghost Girl The Detective's Secret The House with No Rooms The Dog Walker The Death Chamber The Playground Murders The Distant Dead The first novel in the series, The Detective's Daughter, became an ebook phenomenon in 2013, staying at number 1 in the digital charts for 3 months. Since then, the series has gone on to sell 800,000 copies worldwide. 'Lesley Thomson is a class above' Ian Rankin 'Stella Darnell is without doubt one of the most orginial characters in British crime fiction'Crime Review
Author : Ruskin Bond
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 25,54 MB
Release : 2006-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780143335078
A comprehensive guide to fiction in English for readers aged four to sixteen, The Puffin Good Reading Guide for Children is divided into three sections to suit every age group. It has entries listing over 1000 books, and is divided into categories with cross-references so that children can read more in genres they like. It includes both classics and the best of contemporary works and books from all over the world. With an introduction by Ruskin Bond, India's best-known children's writer in English, The Puffin Good Reading Guide is an invaluable resource for children who love books, as well as for parents and friends looking for the right book for the young people in their lives.
Author : Lesley Thomson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 40,78 MB
Release : 2013-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1781853177
As winter closes its grip on snow-bound London, a cleaner determines to solve the case that her detective father never could. A Kindle number one bestseller. It was the murder that shocked the nation. Kate Rokesmith, a young mother, walked to the banks of the Thames with her three-year-old son. She never came home. For three decades, the case file has lain, unsolved, in the corner of an attic. Until the detective's daughter, Stella Darnell, starts to clear out her father's house after his death... Reviews for The Detective's Daughter: 'A haunting novel about loss and reconciliation, driven by a simple but clever plot' Sunday Times 'This book has a clever mystery plot – but its excellence is in the characters, all credible and memorable, and in its setting in a real West London street, exactly described' Literary Review 'A thoughtful, well-observed story... It reminded me of Kate Atkinson' Scott Pack 'A cerebral thriller... Evokes chills from more than just the frigid winter nights' Forward Reviews Magazine 'Lesley Thomson gets better and better' Ian Rankin
Author : Barbara Euphan Todd
Publisher :
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 49,46 MB
Release : 1946
Category : Castaways
ISBN : 9781903155363
Tells the tale of a woman who goes on a cruise and is swept overboard. She lives for three years on a desert island before being rescued by a destroyer in 1943. When she returns to England it seems to her to have gone mad: she cannot buy clothes without 'coupons', and she is considered uncivilised if she walks barefoot or is late for meals.
Author : Margery Fisher
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 20,31 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN :
In alfabetische volgorde worden de belangrijke figuren van ongeveer 900 kinderboeken uit heden en verleden op originele wijze geanalyseerd. Niet opgenomen zijn figuren uit bakerrijmpjes, mythen en sprookjes.
Author : John E. Simkin
Publisher : K. G. Saur
Page : 1228 pages
File Size : 13,35 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
This work is the only comprehensive guide to sequels in English, with over 84,000 works by 12,500 authors in 17,000 sequences.
